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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
TopicPushpa Kamal Dahal

Topic: Pushpa Kamal Dahal

Nepal PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ wins vote of confidence in Parliament

Altogether 268 MPs were present during the voting. 110 votes were cast against Prachanda while one lawmaker abstained from voting. He needed 138 votes to win the trust vote.

Nepal PM Prachanda to seek vote of confidence today, third time within 15 months

A PM is required to cross threshold of 50%, which is 138 votes as per present number of parliamentarians. Dahal is expected to get a comfortable majority.

Nepal PM seeks repatriation of Nepali soldiers recruited by Russia

Dahal said he is engaged in diplomatic talks with Russia to stop recruitment of Nepali citizens into the Russian army.

Nepal PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal to seek energy, new air route deals on India visit

The 4-day visit is Dahal's first foreign trip since he was elected PM again in December. He has visited India twice before in two previous tenures as prime minister dating back to 2008.

India, Nepal won’t talk borders. Prachanda has a different message for Modi

India has backed Prachanda, like it usually does traditional political parties such as the Nepali Congress, because it doesn’t fully trust Oli.

Crisis in Nepal again as Prachanda sides with opposition on president polls, but PM likely to survive storm

Prachanda’s support for Ram Chandra Paudel of Nepali Congress has put ruling coalition in flux with deputy prime minister and three other ministers resigning. 3 parties have quit alliance too.

India, Nepal need to address ‘issues left by history’, says ‘Prachanda’

Border demarcation and Kathmandu’s long-pending demand of reviewing the India-Nepal 1950 Friendship Treaty were also raised by the communist leader during his three-day visit

17 Maoists in Nepal cabinet without portfolios, allies to fight elections as rivals

Prachanda’s CPN (Maoist Centre) is in government with Nepali Congress, but has joined hands with K.P. Oli’s CPN (UML) for forthcoming elections.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.