Four
new ministers
from UML join
Gandaki
Province govt
(kh
02/09/2024), Ministries
split in
Gandaki
Province to
accommodate
more aspirants
: With the
change in the
number of
ministries in
the province
on Sunday, the
CPN-UML is
expected to
join the
Nepali
Congress–led
government
within a day
or two, by
Dipak Pariyar
(kp
02/09/2024), Deepak
Manange
resigns after
ministry
transfer
(kh
02/09/2024) [One minister with a criminal past less!], UML
joins
Congress-led
Gandaki
government :
Congress
agrees to join
the UML-led
government in
Koshi (kp
03/09/2024)
SC
issues interim
order in favor
of Phanindra
Devkota, halts
disciplinary
action (kh
24/06/2024), Phanindra
Devkota
re-appointed
Energy
Minister in
Gandaki
(kh
30/06/2024)
The
kingdom within a republic :
Mustang’s king grapples with the
impact of climate breakdown and
other challenges, by Durga
Rana Magar (nt 14/06/2024)
NC-led
govt in Gandaki Province loses majority as
lawmaker Devkota ousted from his position
(kh 14/06/2024) [The
political chaos in the provinces is definitely
not a consequence of the federal system, but is
caused by the lust for power of the incompetent
so-called top politicians at the central level
of the system, who have not understood the
functioning and purpose of federalism at all!],
Devkota
loses seat in Gandaki provincial assembly : The
Samajbadi member, who won the election with
Maoist Centre symbol, was removed for defying
the Maoist whip (kp 15/06/2024), Gandaki province
politics: Phanindra Devkota files
petition against Maoist Center’s
disciplinary action (kh 21/06/2024)
Devkota
and Manange set to become ministers in Gandaki
Province (kh 11/06/2024), Devkota
and Gurung sworn in as ministers in Gandaki
Cabinet : Devkota had defied Maoist Centre whip
to back the chief minister. This will be
Gurung’s sixth stint as Gandaki minister, by
Deepak Pariyar (kp 12/06/2024)
Gandaki
CM Surendra Raj Pandey secures vote of
confidence (rep 10/06/2024), Gandaki
Chief Minister Pandey wins trust vote after
floor cross : Phanindra Devkota, a lawmaker from
the Nepal Samajbadi Party who fought the 2022
election using the CPN (Maoist Centre) symbol,
votes for the chief minister, by Deepak
Pariyar (kp 11/06/2024)
Surendra
Pandey appointed Gandaki Province Chief Minister
(kh 29/05/2024), CM
Pandey and two other ministers of Gandaki
Province take oath of office and secrecy
(rep 29/05/2024), Pandey
is Gandaki chief minister again after court
order : Surendra Pandey’s party, Nepali
Congress, has just 27 seats in the 60-strong
provincial assembly, by Purushottam Poudel
(kp 30/05/2024) [Incessant
power struggles, creation of constant political
instability, endless manipulations, prevention
of the rule of law, disregard of basic civil
liberties, neglect of the interests of both the
State and the people - this is what Nepal's
politicians do best!]
SC
nullifies Chief Minister Adhikari’s vote of
confidence, Gandaki govt collapses (kh
27/05/2024)
NC,
RPP lawmakers’ absence leads to postponement of
Gandaki PA Meeting (kh 24/05/2024)
Infrastructure
development gains momentum up in Gandaki
Province (rep 19/05/2024)
Court
bars Gandaki government from taking long-term
decisions : The bench issues a show cause notice
to the defendants and prioritises the writ
petition (kp 11/05/2024)
Gandaki
chief minister expands Cabinet amid controversy
: Bhandari Lal Ahir returns in Lumbini Cabinet
15 days after quitting, by Pratichya Kafle
and Birendra KC (kp 07/05/2024), NC
challenges confidence vote of Gandaki Province
CM, files writ at Supreme Court (kh
07/05/2024)
Expert
views clash over Gandaki CM’s confidence vote
(kh 05/05/2024), With
the Speaker’s vote, Chief Minister Adhikari
secures vote of confidence in Gandaki Province
(kh 05/05/2024), Gandaki
Speaker announces majority in favour of Chief
Minister Adhikari, Congress protests : The
opposition party objects to Speaker Dhital’s
recognition of 30 as a majority in the 60-strong
provincial assembly, by Deepak Pariyar and
Pratiksha Kafle (kp 06/05/2024)
Court
quashes petition against Adhikari’s appointment
as chief minister : The apex court suggests
resolving the dispute through floor test from
the provincial assembly (kp 30/04/2024)
Gandaki
CM Adhikari assigns portfolios to Deepak Manange
and Hari Chuman (kh 20/04/2024) [A person with a criminal
past should not be made a minister!]
Gandaki
Provincial Assembly set to kick off amidst
political turmoil (kh 19/04/2024), Gandaki
province assembly postponed indefinitely (kh
19/04/2024)
Gandaki
CM adds ministries, plans to increase from 7 to
9 (kh 11/04/2024) [Originally
it was said that there should not be more than 7
ministers in the provinces, but there are so
many mainly male high-caste politicians who
would also like to be ministers... ]
Khagaraj
Adhikari of CPN-UML vies for the post of Gandaki
Province CM (kh 07/04/2024), Adhikari
appointed Gandaki's Chief Minister (rn
07/04/2024), Three
leaders, including Chief Minister Adhikari,
sworn in to Gandaki Cabinet (kh 07/04/2024),
NC
protests against UML leader Adhikari’s
appointment as Gandaki CM (kh 07/04/2024) [Nepalese politicians
obviously do not understand that they have to
abide by court decisions!], UML
defies top court precedent to form government in
Gandaki : Nepali Congress, the largest party in
the assembly, is set to challenge the province
head’s decision to appoint Khagaraj Adhikari the
chief minister, by Binod Ghimire (kp
08/04/2024), Lumbini,
Gandaki chief ministers sworn in : This is
Adhikari’s second stint as Gandaki chief
minister. He first took the post in January last
year but lost it after failing to secure the
vote of confidence during the floor test in the
provincial assembly in April, by Ghanashyam
Gautam, Birendra KC and Pratichya Kafle (kp
08/04/2024), NC
to challenge Gandaki Chief Minister appointment
in Supreme Court (kh 08/04/2024), NC
appeals SC to invalidate appointment of Gandaki
CM Adhikari (kh 09/04/2024), SC
issues show cause order regarding
Gandaki CM Adhikari’s appointment
(kh 10/04/2024), Top
court bars Gandaki government from taking
decisions with long-term consequences : The
order issued by Justice Binod Sharma applies
until a final verdict is passed (kp
11/04/2024)
Gandaki
CM Pandey resigns (rep 03/04/2024)
Gandaki
Province undergoes Cabinet reshuffle: Deepak
Manange named Minister for Physical
Infrastructure (kh 18/03/2024) [Another politician with a
legal background who has obviously been given a
ministerial post to secure a majority!]
Public
holiday tomorrow in Gandaki (kh 15/02/2024)
Attention
drawn towards sluggish implementation of
programs in Gandaki (kh 01/02/2024)
Gandaki
government intensifies infrastructure
development (kh 25/12/2023)
Gandaki
province implementing 1,400 projects (kh
03/12/2023
Gandaki
wasting resources in useless projects, by
Keshav Sharan Lamichhane (ae 18/07/2023)
Various
schemes of Gandaki included in Federal Policy
and Program (kh 20/05/2023)
Gandaki
govt makes changes in ministries (kh
12/05/2023)
Gandaki
Chief Minister Pandey secures vote of confidence
(kh 04/05/2023)
NC’s
Surendra Raj Pandey to be appointed Gandaki
Province CM (kh 27/04/2023)
Gandaki
CM Adhikari fails to garner vote of confidence :
NC Gandaki Province leader Pandey likely to
become new CM (kh 22/04/2023) [The main thing is to
maintain continuity: a male Bahun is exchanged
for another male Bahun. Otherwise, it's all
about power struggles as ordered by the central
level. The concerns of the people in the
province and the rules of a federal democracy
are of no real interest to any of these
politicians!]
Gandaki
CM Adhikari stresses on safeguarding
achievements (kh 22/04/2023) [Which achievements?]
Gandaki
CM Adhikari likely to step down on April 22
(kh 15/04/2023)
Provincial
pride projects in Gandaki in limbo : Political
instability, lack of coordination between
federal and provincial governments, budget
crunch, and the pandemic are cited as the
reasons, by Pratiksha Kafle (kp 10/04/2023)
Province
govt cautioned not to take decisions having
long-term impacts (kh 26/036/2023)
Maoist
Center to quit Gandaki government today (kh
24/03/2023), Maoist
Center withdraws support given UML govt in
Gandaki province (kh 24/03/2023)
Gandaki
Province reduces number of ministries (kh
23/01/2023)
UML’s
Khagaraj Adhikari to be appointed Gandaki CM
(kh 09/01/2023), UML
leader Adhikari gets appointed as Gandaki
Province CM (kh 09/01/2023)
Efforts
to form new government in Gandaki begins (kh
18/12/2022)
Concept
of Deukhuri as Lumbini’s permanent capital
implemented (rep 06/12/2022)
NC’s
Sherchan elected to Mustang’s Provincial
Assembly (B) (kh 21/11/2022)
NC
candidate Gurung wins from Mustang in Gandaki
Province Assembly (kh 21/11/2022)
Gandaki
government sacks another minister : In the last
seven days, Chief Minister of Gandaki Province
Krishna Chandra Nepali has sacked two ministers,
accusing them of not supporting the ruling
alliance for the polls (nlt 15/11/2022)
Gandaki
Province Chief Minister sacks energy minister
Hari Sharan Acharya (nlt 08/11/2022), Minister
sacked for anti-alliance activities (ht
09/11/2022)
Gandaki
Province passes RTI Bill (kh 12/08/2022)
Call
to roll back tax increase (kh 07/08/2022)
Human
resource crunch identified as key challenge in
Gandaki Province (kp 13/11/2021)
Govt
committed to press freedom: Gandaki Province CM
Pokharel (rep 01/11/2021)
Gandaki
lawmaker Dobate Bishwokarma appointed as
Minister (kh 11/10/2021)
Gandaki
Chief Minister expands cabinet, six ministers
sworn in : Three ministers each from Nepali
Congress and Maoist Center inducted (kh
23/07/2021)
UML
lawmakers block Gandaki province assembly
seeking justification over budget transfer
(kh 11/07/2021)
Gandaki
CM Pokhrel assigns Ministries to Manange and
Acharya (kh 11/07/2021)
Gandaki
province warns of protest if Kaligandaki
diversion project continues (kh 28/06/2021)
Power-sharing
deal among coalition partners finalized two
weeks after formation of new govt, by
Sandesh Shrestha (rerp 26/06/2021)
CM
Nepali wins vote of confidence in Gandaki
(kh 18/06/2021)
NC
leader Nepali appointed Gandaki CM (kh
12/06/2021), A
setback for Oli, as his aide is replaced by
Congress leader in Gandaki : Nepali Congress’
Krishna Chandra Nepali takes over chief minister
after Prithvi Subba Gurung lost confidence vote,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 13/06/2021)
Opposition
alliance lays claim to Gandaki government :
Congress’s Krishna Chandra Nepali likely to be
appointed new chief minister today, by
Deepak Pariyar and Pratiksha Kafle (kp 12/06/2021)
Gandaki
CM Gurung fails trust vote (rep 10/06/2021),
Speaker
informs Province Chief about CM Gurung’s loss of
confidence vote (kh 11/06/2021), NC
leader Krishna Chandra Pokharel likely to be
next CM of Gandaki Pradesh (kh 11/06/2021),
Gandaki
Governor Poudel solicits claims for CM’s office
: Opposition alliance to stake claim Friday
itself if possible (kh 11/06/2021), Gandaki
Province: NC-led opposition alliance stakes
claim to form new govt (rep 11/06/2021)
Gandaki
CM Gurung to take a vote of confidence on June
10 (kh 06/06/2021)
Rastriya
Janamorcha suspends Gandaki lawmaker Thapa
(kh 23/05/2021)
CM
Gurung extends cabinet; Manange minister again
(kh 19/05/2021)
Rastriya
Janamorcha removes Krishna Thapa from post of
parliamentary party leader (rep 12/05/2021)
Prithvi
Subba re-appointed as Chief Minister of Gandaki
Province (kh 12/05/2021), Reappointment
of Chief Minister Gurung ‘unconstitutional’:
Opposition parties (rep 13/05/2021)
Gandaki
Province Chief Minister Prithvi Subba Gurung
resigns ahead of no-confidence vote : The
resignation comes in the manner Lumbini Chief
Minister Pokhrel did last week to dodge a
no-confidence vote, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp
09/05/2021), Gandaki
CM Gurung resigns (lh 09/05/2021)
Gandaki
Province CM tests COVID-19 positive : All PP
leaders of Gandaki Province in contact tracing,
by Raghab Sharma (kh 05/05/2021)
Parties
filing no-confidence motion against CM Gurung of
Gandaki Province demand security (rep
30/04/2021)
Manange
likely to become minister in Gandaki Province
(kh 29/04/2021) [An
unbelievable procedure!], Gandaki
CM Gurung expands cabinet : Deepak Manange
appointed Sports Minister (kh 29/04/2021), Gangster-turned
politician Dipak Manange appointed Youth and
Sports Minister!, by Santosh Pokharel (rep
30/04/2021)
Rastriya
Janamorcha lawmaker Shahi clarifies his stance,
reason for absence at Gandaki PA (kh
29/04/2021)
Three
lawmakers of Gandaki Province test positive for
COVID-19 (rep 28/04/2021)
Gandaki
Provincial Assembly meeting postponed (kh
28/04/2021)
UML
lawmakers obstruct Gandaki PA : Attempt to
prolong province govt days in power (kh
27/04/2021)
No-confidence
motion against Gandaki Chief Minister Gurung
tabled at Provincial Assembly : As many as 28
members of Congress, Maoist Centre and Janata
Samajbadi had registered the motion on April 15
and demanded a special session of the assembly
(kp 26/04/2021)
Gandaki
Province Assembly winter session prorogued
(rep 15/04/2021) [Practising
KP Oli's undemocratic methods to prevent his
dismissal!], No-confidence
motion filed against Gandaki CM Gurung, NC’s
Pokharel proposed as new CM (rep
15/04/2021), Opposition
parties in Gandaki to call for special session
(kh 15/04/2021), Fearing
no-confidence motion Gandaki Chief Minister
Gurung prorogues Assembly : Leaders of the
Maoist Centre say a no-confidence motion will be
filed nonetheless and the party will support the
Nepali Congress to form a new provincial
government (kp 15/04/2021), No-confidence
motion filed against Gandaki Chief Minister
Gurung : Since the Provincial Assembly was
prorogued hours before the motion was
filed, provincial lawmakers have also
called for a special session, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 16/04/2021)
Gandaki
govt in crisis as Rastriya Janamorcha withdraws
support to Chief Minister Gurung (rep
14/04/2021) [In a
multiethnic und multicultural state, democratic
parties should not call for a return to the
Hindu state. And they should also distance
themselves from politicians who coup against the
state and democracy like Deuba in 2002 and Oli
in 2020!]
Two
CPN (Maoist Center) ministers of Gandaki
Province Govt resign (rep 07/04/2021), Maoist
Centre leaves Gandaki provincial government,
by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp 08/04/2021)
Bhandari
removed as NCP chief whip in Province 1 : The
Dahal-Nepal faction of the Nepal Communist Party
also relieved Shankar Pokharel and Prithvi Subba
Gurung as the party’s in-charge of Lumbini and
Gandaki provinces, by Deo Narayan Shah (kp
05/01/2021)
Gandaki
government says development targets missed due
to challenges: Opposition says government failed
to meet people’s expectations, by Pratiksha
Kafle (kp 16/02/2020)
‘Widening
access to tap water, electricity major
achievements of Gandaki Province’ (ht
15/02/2020)
Division
Road Office of Gandaki Province operating
without a proper office building: Current
employees have been compelled to carry out works
from a single room, by Prakash Baral (kp
20/10/2019)
Gandaki
Province yet to make ministers’ property details
public: High-level officials must make public
such details within 60 days of taking office,
by Pratiksha Kafle (kp 19/10/2019)
Provincial
government, local bodies clash over revenue
sharing (ht 05/10/2019)
Gandaki
Province endorses a bill that penalises owner of
stray animals that cause road accidents: The
proposed legislation also has a provision to
penalise jaywalkers. A pedestrian who does not
use zebra crossings to cross a road will be
fined Rs 100, according to the bill, by
Deepak Pariyar (kp 02/10/2019)
15
cases filed against Gandaki Province gov (ht
17/07/2019)
PA
lawmaker Rajiv Gurung to join NCP (ht
04/07/2019)
Gandaki
Province unveils policies and programmes (ht
08/06/2019)
Gandaki
likely to record over 7 percent growth rate,
by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp 24/05/2019)
Centre
reluctant to delegate power: CM (kp
13/05/2019)
Gandaki
Province govt against Kaligandaki-Tinau
Multi-purpose Project (ht 05/05/2019)
Fewa
Lake conservation affected due to lack of
coordination between local and province
governments, by Santosh Pokharel (rep
05/05/2019)
Gandaki
province doling out Rs 300 million to homestays
on ad hoc basis: Homestays getting Rs 1 million
each, by Santosh Pokharel (rep 02/05/2019)
Coordination
missing in Gandaki govt tiers, by Bharat
Koirala (ht 27/04/2019)
CPN:
a major security threat in Gandaki Province,
by Sandesh Shrestha (rep 08/04/2019)
Gandaki
provincial government starts initial survey
works of Fewa lake, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp
22/03/2019)
CM
Gurung flays existing education system (ht
24/02/2019)
Gandaki
province proposes paid travel leave for civil
servants, by Santosh Pokharel (rep
23/02/2019)
Gandaki
Province observing Internal Tourism Year sans
preparation, by Santosh Pokharel (rep
20/02/2019)
Gandaki
Province issues re-entry labour permits from
today: The number of provinces that now issue
the permit add up to be three, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 10/01/2019)
Gandaki
Province proposes building petroleum storage at
Gachhepani, by Bishan Chhetri (rep
10/01/2019)
Deepak
Manange’s swearing-in uncertain (ht
04/01/2019), Will
Manange be administered oath?, by Bishan
Chhetri (rep 06/01/2019), Provincial
Assembly snubs Manange, by Lal Prasad Sharma
(kp 07/01/2019), Gandaki
PA mired in dilemma over swearing in Gurung
(ht 08/01/2019), Rajeev
Gurung, aka Deepak Manange, sworn in as
provincial lawmaker, by Lal Prasad Sharma
(kp 29/01/2019) [He is
still a person under accusation: There cannot be
enough criminals in parliament and provincial
assemblies!], Crime
and candidacy: Having lawbreakers as lawmakers
would be the biggest irony (kp 30/01/2019)
Gandaki
province launches campaign against gender-based
violence (kp 26/11/2018)
Gandaki,
Hainan ink sister province ties, by Lal
Prasad Sharma (kp 17/11/2018)
Gandaki
state to set up 400 model farms (kp
30/10/2018), 400
model farms to be developed in Gandaki (ht
30/10/2018)
Gandaki
fails to spend budget: Chief Minister Gurung
(rep 09/10/2018)
Gandaki
mulls
importing 10,000 cows to become self-reliant on
milk: Provincial govt seeks central govt’s nod
for foreign investment, by Bishan Kshetri
(rep 20/09/2018)
Gandaki
Province introduces 'Hello CM' (rep
21/08/2018)
Gandaki
State CM for education policy reform (kp
19/08/2018)
Gandaki
Province to integrate all tourism fees into one,
by Santosh Pokharel (rep 13/08/2018)
Gandaki
Cabinet appoints PC expert (ht 02/08/2018)
Gandaki
Province introduces its own rules for crusher
industry, by Bishan Chettri (rep 26/07/2018)
Province
4 named Gandaki; Pokhara capital, by Lal
Prasad Sharma (kp 07/07/2018), Province
4 is now Gandaki Province, Pokhara to remain
capitals (rep 07/07/2018), Gurung,
Magar communities shut Gandaki Province (kp
10/07/2018)
Pokhara
named State 4 capital, by Lal Prasad Sharma
(kp 03/07/2018)
Parliamentarians
to discuss viable names for Province 4 and its
capital, by Bishan Chhetri (rep 24/06/2018)
Province
4 endorses budget of Rs 24 billion (kp
22/06/2018)
Province
4 lawmakers not to get constituency development
fund, by Bishan Chhetri (rep 17/06/2018)
Province
4 presents most realistic budget (ht
17/06/2018)
Province
4 sets target of USD 2,500 per capita income,
by Bishan Kshetri (rep 09/06/2018)
Infrastructures
a priority for Province 4 govt, by Bishan
Kshetri (rep 08/06/2018)
Gandaki
pitched as name for Province 4; Pokhara as
capital, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp
05/06/2018), Locals
vote to name Prov 4 “Gandaki Province” (ht
05/06/2018)
Some
leaders don’t want to empower federal units
(kp 21/05/2018), Top
leadership weakening provincial govt: CM Gurung
(ht 21/05/2018)
Province
4 government announces partial budget of Rs 1.25
bn (ht 03/05/2018)
‘I/NGOs
should work to meet govt’s objectives’ (kp
16/04/2018)
Province
4 assembly endorses bill related to salary and
perks for local reps (ht 07/04/2018)
Province
4 proposes salaries and allowances for
officials: Ward members, too, to get a monthly
salary, by Santosh Pokharel and Bishan
Kshetri (rep 27/03/2018)
Province
4 CM wins trust vote (ht 10/03/2018)
Naming
of province a great challenge: Experts suggest
avoiding ethnic influence over choice, by
Santosh Pokharel and Bishan Kshetri (rep
04/03/2018) [Symbols of
state and nationality are predominantly related
to Hindu culture and thinking, but every
reference to ethnic culture is treated as
dangerous and has to be avoided! This is the
opposite of inclusion!]
Gurung
stresses tapping local resources (ht
03/03/2018)
‘Pokhara
will become a trade hub’ (ht 27/02/2018)
Provincial
Assembly members busy searching for rented rooms,
by Santosh Pokharel (rep 26/02/2018)
Political
stability to usher in development’ (ht
20/02/2018)
Many
aspirants for a few ministerial posts in
Province 4 (rep 20/02/2018)
Province
4 chief minister pledges prosperity (ht
18/02/2018)
Adhikari
speaker of Province 4 (ht 16/02/2018), Chief
Minister, Speaker of Province 4 sworn in (ht
16/02/2018)
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