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KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's warring political parties failed to meet a midnight deadline to agree on a new constitution on Sunday, plunging the Himalayan republic into further uncertainty, but the government moved quickly to defuse the crisis with a call for elections. A new constitution was widely seen as crucial to ending the instability that has plagued Nepal since the end of a Maoist-led ...
KATHMANDU: Nepal was preparing Monday for months of political instability after the government failed to meet a midnight deadline to agree a new post-war constitution, forcing fresh elections.
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal stood on the brink of fresh political turmoil on Sunday as wrangling over the young Himalayan republic's first federal constitution ground towards a midnight deadline. A new constitution is widely seen as crucial to helping end the instability that has plagued Nepal since the end of a Maoist-led civil war in 2006 and subsequent overthrow of the monarchy, but it has ...
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's warring political parties said on Sunday they had failed to narrow their differences sufficiently to agree on a new constitution for the Himalayan republic before a midnight deadline, plunging the country into fresh political turmoil. A new constitution was widely seen as crucial to ending the instability that has plagued Nepal since the end of a Maoist-led civil ...
KATHMANDU: Nepal's prime minister called fresh elections on Monday after the government failed to agree a new post-war constitution, plunging the nation into a political crisis.
Nepal on Monday was facing an almost six month power vacuum after parliament missed a midnight deadline to agree a new constitution, forcing fresh elections and sparking warnings of violent unrest.
Nepal braced Monday for months of political instability and street protests after a midnight deadline passed without agreement on a new constitution, triggering fresh elections.
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal stood on the brink of fresh political turmoil on Sunday as wrangling over the young Himalayan republic's first federal constitution ground towards a midnight deadline.
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Kathmandu, May 27 (Xinhua-ANI): With the looming deadline of the Constituent Assembly on May 27 in Nepal, security in the capital Kathmandu has been beefed up in order to avert any untoward incidents.
Nepal's prime minister called new elections for November after the term of the Constituent Assembly expired at midnight Sunday without political leaders completing the task of writing a new constitution.
Nepal's prime minister says political leaders failed to reach agreement on drafting a new constitution before the expiration of the term of the country's Constituent Assembly.
Kathmandu, May 27 -- Nepal seemed headed for a constitutional crisis as political parties failed to seal a deal on the new constitution--hours ahead of the Sunday midnight deadline. Differences among major political players on restructuring the country into federal units has become the biggest stumbling block in drafting the new constitution on time. Despite the clock ticking, leaders failed to ...
Nepal is bracing for political instability and street protests without agreement on a new constitution.
Kathmandu, May 27: With the looming deadline of the Constituent Assembly on May 27 in Nepal, security in the capital Kathmandu has been beefed up in order to avert any untoward incidents.
Nepal's prime minister announces elections in six months after the country's political parties fail to agree a new constitution.
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