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NC decries PHSC decision

Posted by | Aug 6, 2018 |

Kathmandu – The main opposition party, the Nepali Congress, has announced it would reject the decision made by the Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee last Friday. Speaking at the start of the House of Representatives’ meeting today, Nepali Congress lawmaker Gyanendra Bahadur Karki charged that the Committee had decided to announce the justice proposed for appointment to the post of Chief Justice disqualified without any ground. “If Deepak Raj Joshi, who was proposed for the Chief Justice post, is unqualified for the post, then what about the status of the Prime Minister who recommended his name,” lawmaker Karki asked, referring to the Constitutional Council chaired by the Prime Minister that recommends names for appointment to the constitutional bodies and the Chief Justice. “The decision taken by the committee on the basis of prejudice and partiality, and without any basis and evidence, is wrong. We declare it illegal and we don’t approve of it,” he added. The NC lawmaker also stated that the PHSC’s latest decision shows that it does not respect the independence of the judiciary, which would pose a challenge to constitution’s implementation itself. Denying the NC lawmaker’s accusation, ruling party lawmaker Birodh Khatiwada charged that the role of the opposition party was oriented towards anarchic tendency. “Can the decision made by two-thirds be overruled by one-thirds opinion in a democracy? If they (the opposition party) tried to do that,...

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Democracy, judiciary undermined, says NC

Posted by | Aug 5, 2018 | ,

The main opposition Nepali Congress today said the Parliamentary Hearing Committee’s rejection of chief justice nominee Deepak Raj Joshee had undermined democracy and independence of the judiciary. The NC’s party office bearers’ meeting and the meeting of the parliamentary party today reached this conclusion. Both meetings concluded that the Constitutional Council led by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli had nominated Deepak Raj Joshee for the post of chief justice, but his party’s lawmakers at the PHC had rejected the PM’s recommendation, which was not right. NC’s Joint-general secretary Prakash Sharan Mahat said Nepal Communist Party (NCP) lawmakers were trying to create confusion. “Their PM recommends a person for the post; but some of the party’s lawmakers reject him. “Congress is not talking about one person. We are talking about the process and the institution,” he added. CJ nominee Joshee was rejected by the PHC with two-thirds majority yesterday. NC lawmakers defied the process by boycotting the vote. The NC will question the CJ’s nomination process by  the Constitutional Council in the Parliament, said NC lawmaker Rajan KC. “If Joshee was not deemed fit, why did the Constitutional Council nominate him for the CJ’s post?” he asked, adding that this was an issue that raised the question of the PM’s morality too. He said the opposition party’s lawmakers would raise questions tomorrow at the House of Representatives meeting. Lawmaker Prakash Rasaili...

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Four killed after houses were buried in landslide

Posted by | Aug 5, 2018 | ,

Jajarkot– Four members of a family died after being buried in a landslide in Thanti bazaar in ward no. 3 of Bheri municipality this morning. Lal Bahadur Lohar and his wife and children were buried in the landside that washed away the house they were living on rent in the road leading to Pani Naula from Thanti bazaar. Lal Bahadur was rescued alive from the house owned by Tirtha Bohara. However, his wife, daughter and two sons died in the incident. A house belonging to Gopal Sunar was also buried in the incident and security persons are currently carrying out rescue work with the help of locals, according to Chief District Officer Lalit Kumar...

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Incentive to mothers with daughters

Posted by | Aug 5, 2018 | ,

Baitedi– More than two hundred mothers who gave birth to a daughter were honoured by the Dogadakedar rural municipality. In the previous fiscal year 2017/18, the rural municipality provided an incentive of Rs. 1,000 each to 212 new mothers with daughters, according to health coordinator Narendra Nath. The initiative began a year ago and the Rs. 1,000 incentive allowance is in addition to the Rs. 1,000 provided by the government for women giving birth at health centres. “We began this initiative with the objective of putting an end to discrimination between a son and a daughter,” Vice-chair of the rural municipality Parbati Karki said. It is also intended to give a message to the society that sons and daughters are equal. Dogadakedar is the first rural municipality of Baitedi district to begin this noble...

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Nepal to take part in qualifying for 2020 Olympics

Posted by | Aug 5, 2018 |

Kathmandu– Nepal has been grouped together with India, Bangladesh and Myanmar in the qualifying games for the women’s football category in the 2020 Olympics to be held in Tokyo, Japan. The first round of the Asian qualifying for Nepal will begin on coming November 8 with a game against India, according to calendar released on Saturday. Likewise, Nepal will face Myanmar on November 11 and Bangladesh on November 13. A total of 18 countries are taking part in the first phase of qualifying among the Asian countries. They have been divided into four groups of four and Nepal is in Group ‘C’. Of them 12 including the group winners and runners-up and the best two among the remaining go to the second round. However, only two will qualify for the Olympics from Asia, as Japan qualifies automatically as the host nation. A total of 12 countries will compete for the gold medal in women’s football...

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