Sudurpaschim,
FNCCI agree for collaboration (rep 22/10/2023)
Nagarik
Unmukti Party recalls lawmakers set to take oath as
cabinet members (kh 25/07/2023)
Three
including Province Law Minister Singh die in Bajhang
road accident (kh 20/06/2023)
Progress
and perseverance in Sudurpashchim : Although much work
remains to be done, the province is making remarkable
progress in health, education, and inclusion, by
Riina-Riikka Heikka, Nona Deprez , Gilles Bourbao
& Thomas Prinz (kp 02/04/2023)
NUP
to participate in Sudurpaschim govt (rep
05/03/2023), Sudurpaschim
CM Shah gets vote of confidence (rep 05/03/2023), Sudurpaschim
Chief Minister Shah garners two-thirds majority in the
provincial assembly (kh 05/03/2023)
There
should not be mid-term elections in Sudurpaschim
province: Madhav Kumar Nepal (kh 12/02/2023)
Sudurpaschim
province has a new Cabinet : Congress’ Kamal Bahadur
Shah was appointed chief minister after UML’s Rajendra
Singh Rawal failed to win trust vote, by Arjun Shah
(kp 11/02/2023)
NC
PP leader Shah appointed Sudurpaschim Chief Minister,
swearing-in on Friday (kh 09/02/2023), Congress
in power in Sudurpaschim : Fall of UML-led provincial
government suggests more problems ahead for ruling
coalition, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp 1002/2023)
Sudurpaschim
govt collapses within a month (kh 09/02/2023), Sudurpashchim
CM Rawal loses vote of confidence (rn 09/02/2023)
NUP
to refrain giving vote of confidence to CM Rawal,
Sudurpaschim govt likely to face crisis (kh
07/02/2023), Sudurpaschim’s
Rawal in trouble as Unmukti Party not giving vote of
confidence (kh 08/02/2023), Vote
of confidence motion of Sudurpaschim province postponed
on Wednesday (kh 08/02/2023), Nagarik
Unmukti Party will not surrender, says party Chair
Ranjita Shrestha (kh 09/02/2023) [????]
UML's
Rawal stakes claim for the post of province chief
(rep 11/01/2023)
Nagarik
Unmukti Party backs UML candidate for chief minister of
Sudurpaschim Province (rep 11/01/2023)
NUP
in dilemma over joining govt in SP (ht 08/01/2023)
Sudurpaschim
Province Chief calls parties to stake claim for Chief
Minister (kh 04/01/2023)
Province
government formation uncertain in Sudurpaschim (kh
02/01/2022)
Shortage
of textbooks affects studies in Far-west hill districts
: Students, teachers left in the lurch while authorities
concerned appear indifferent, by Menuka Dhungana and
Tripti Shahi (kp 30/08/2022)
Far-West's
potential : The govt must focus on human resource
development to improve the living condition of the
region (ht 14/06/2022)
More
money than it can handle : This is how Sudur Pashchim
Province can increase expenditure of federal grants,
by Khagendra Prawaha (kp 23/01/2022)
Sudurpaschim
Pradesh Assembly endorses budget by majority (kh
28/06/2021)
Sudurpaschim
CM gets vote of confidence, NC goes neutral : 30 voted
for Bhatt, 9 against him and 12 went neutral in the
voting (kh 08/06/2021)
Budget
session in Sudurpaschim Pradesh hit due to UML
intra-party feud (kh 07/06/2021)
Sudurpaschim
cabinet reshuffle: Five ministers and four state
ministers appointed : Three UML ministers resign (kh
28/05/2021)
UML’s
Sudurpaschhim Province PP meeting underway (kh
26/05/2021) [According to the
2015 constitution, Nepal is a federal state. In such a
state, the central party leadership can only make
recommendations to that of the province, but cannot
issue orders.The measure is merely part of KP Oli's hate
campaign and is aimed at destroying governability at all
levels of the federal system!], UML’s
Sudurpaschim province PP defies SC decision : Decides
not to withdraw support from the province government
(kh 26/05/2021)
Sudurpaschim
Government releases budget for oxygen plant (kh
10/05/2021)
The
sun rises in Nepal’s Far West : Better connectivity and
a sense of identity under a new federal structure brings
hope to Far-Western Province (nt 26/03/2021)
Fate
of Sudurpaschim govt hangs in balance (ht
10/03/2021), CPN-UML
rival factions clash over nameplates (kh 10/03/2021)
Ministry
of Social Development in Sudurpaschim delays funds for
Saipal eye camp : Delay in the release of total budget
has led to non-payment of the expenses incurred in the
management and treatment of patients during the eye camp,
by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 13/02/2021)
PM
Oli-faction expands Sudhurpaschim Committee; takes
action against Bhim Rawal (kh 07/01/2021)
Tilting
toward NCP's Oli led-faction, Sudurpaschim Provincial
Minister Bohora resigns (rep 06/01/2021)
Physical
Infrastructure Minister of Sudurpaschim Province,
Pathansingh Bohara relieved of his post (rep
29/12/2020)
Collateral-free
loan to promote self-employment in Bhimdatta, by
Bhawani Bhatta (kp 14/11/2020)
Sudurpaschim
Government Overwhelmed With Unemployment Benefit
Applications (rn 11/11/2020)
Sudurpaschim’s
agriculture subsidy plan for returnees falls short :
Eighty thousand migrant workers have applied for the
government grant prepared for only 5,000, by Arjun
S#hah (kp 09/11/2020)
Sudurpaschim
delivers essential supplies to Chhangru and Tinkar : The
Sudurpaschim government released Rs 4.5 million through
the Ministry of Industry, Tourism, Forest and
Environment to airlift daily essentials to the villages,
by Manoj Badu (kp 21/10/2020)
Doctors
advise contact tracing of all suspected of harbouring
Covid-19: Contact tracing has been effective in
preventing the virus’ spread in many East Asian
countries but Nepal lacks the means to trace and
adequate means to test, by Arjun Poudel (kp
19/03/2020)
Sudur
Paschim Province has laws that are never implemented,
by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep 25/02/2020)
Sudurpaschim
Province burdened with financial irregularities in the
local units: Several local units in the district have
distributed budgets under the development heading to
political cadres through consumers’ committees, by
Mohan Shahi (kp 10/02/2020)
Heavy
equipment demand rises in Sudur Paschim, by Dil
Bahadur Chhatyal (rep 17/01/2020)
Sudurpaschim
is arming health posts with ultrasound machines: Health
officials claim the tele-ultrasound system helps to
control the alarming child and maternal mortality rates,
by Arjun Shah (kp 06/01/2020)
In
the Far-west, a significant chunk of budget goes into
temple construction: The Far-west is the country’s
poorest province where 33.9 percent of people are under
the poverty line. But the sight of the local units and
people’s representatives is apparently somewhere else—on
the temples, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 23/11/2019)
Failure
to coordinate affecting common rights (ht
19/11/2019)
Sudurpaschim
govt spends Rs 4.2 million monthly on salaries and
allowances for ministers, assembly members, by
Pushparaj Joshi (rep 18/11/2019)
State
Minister of Sudurpaschim Province Prakash Rawal resigns
over fraud investigation: Rawal is an elected provincial
lawmaker of the Nepal Communist Party from Kanchanpur
Constituency-3 (A), by Arjun Shah (kp 11/11/2019)
Women
in Sudurpaschim are excited over the appointment of top
female officials: Along with the female governor in the
province, there are two female cabinet ministers, a
female deputy speaker and two women lawmakers, by
Arjun Shah (kp 08/11/2019)
Minister
Rawal yet to appear before court (ht 07/11/2019)
Staff
crunch affects service delivery in Sudurpaschim (ht
26/10/2019)
Healthcare
in disarray in Sudurpaschim Province: Absence of
implementing is guidelines weighing the health sector
down, by Arjun Shah (kp 01/10/2019)
Lack
of govt employees hampering development of Sudur Paschim
Province (rep 30/09/2019)
Sudurpaschim
Province govt to hike salaries of local reps (ht
05/09/2019)
Road
accidents claim 223 lives in Sudur Pashchim last year
(rep 27/07/2019)
PA
members to get laptops worth 60K (ht 19/07/2019)
Sudur
Paschim on spending spree as fiscal year nears end,
by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep 09/07/2019)
Sudurpaschim
government faces difficulties to endorse budget for
fiscal year 2019-20: Ruling party lawmakers demand a
revision in the annual fiscal plan, by Arjun Shah
(kp 03/07/2019)
Government
offices in Sudurpaschim unable to spend even 50 percent
of development budget: These days, most of these offices
can be seen spending budget on various seminars and
training, by Tripti Shahi (kp 30/06/2019)
Opposition
to continue obstructing PA meeting (ht 30/06/2019)
Sudurpashchim
Province budget gets mixed reaction (ht 19/06/2019),
Sudurpaschim
misses out on plans for education and health: The budget
includes the same plans it had in previous year, experts
say, by Mohan Budhaair (kp 20/06/2019)
Sudurpaschim
MPs lobby for a hike in budget for infrastructure
development, by Arjun Shah (kp 12/06/2019)
Corruption
thrives in development projects due to lack of
monitoringMost projects in Sudurpaschim Province are
selected to appease party activists, officials say,
by Pant (kp 05/06/2019)
Two
provinces present policies and programmes: State 2
prioritises mechanisation of agro sector and
Sudurpaschim focuses on programmes for high economic
growth rate (kp 03/06/2019)
Sudurpaschim
Province spends a major chunk of its budget on buying
vehicles for people’s representatives: An activist
claims that local units are purchasing vehicles for the
sake of commission (kp 25/05/2019)
Unsustainable
development projects in Sudurpaschim pose environmental
riskNone of the local units has carried out environment
impact assessment for road construction projects, by
Pant (kp 22/05/2019)
Local
govts channeling provincial govt in encroaching upon
forests, by Pusparaj Joshi (rep 13/05/2019)
Misuse
of government vehicles goes unchecked in Sudurpaschim
Province (kp 03/05/2019)
Far-west
Province CM’s contact office in Dipayal (ht
03/05/2019)
Strike
disrupts life in Sudurpaschim (kp 19/04/2019), Blasts,
hoaxes, arson mark CPN’s general strike (ht
19/04/2019)
Sudur
Paschim province airlifts pregnant woman needing
emergency care, by Krishna Oli (rep 02/04/2019)
Sudurpaschim’s
plan of running government bus service in limbo, by
Mohan Budhaair (kp 28/03/2019)
Federal
affairs ministry renames five local units:
Administrative centres of 7 federal units changed in
Sudurpaschim (kp 19/02/2019) [Under
the federal system, this should be the task of the
provincial government!!]
After
one year, Far-west province govt hasn’t much to show (ht
18/02/2019)
Sudurpaschim
Province
all set to institutionalise Ayurveda education: The provincial
government launches plans for Ayurveda and yoga studies in
school curriculum, by Arjun Shah (kp 15/02/2019)
Sudurpaschim
to bring electric buses into operation only next year,
by Pushpa Raj Joshi (rep 10/02/2019)
Local
judicial committees in Sudurpaschim restricted by lack
of staff and legal know-how, by Panta (kp
01/02/2019)
SC
seeks explanation for picking Godawari as provincial
capital, by Arun Bam (rep 20/01/2019)
Shortage
of health employees hits Sudurpaschim Province (kp
02/01/2019)
Far-western
Province fails to promulgate laws of public concern
(rep 26/12/2018)
State
7
local units in pact to promote renewable energy: The
parties have agreed to work together for promoting
entrepreneurship, improving the energy situations
and creating micro-infrastructure in the province
(kp 12/12/2018)
Far-west
fails to spend development budget (ht 01/12/2018)
Far-west
province govt to appoint staffers on contract (ht
28/11/2018)
Sudurpashchim
CM sacks minister Sodari: NCP also suspends his general
membership, by Arjun Shah (kp 14/11/2018), Provincial
minister was sacked for having 'illicit relations'
(rep 15/11/2018), Will
sackedminister Sodari retain PA membership? (ht
15/11/2018)
Landslide
victims submit memo to CM (ht 30/10/2018)
Animal
sacrifice continues unabated in Sudurpaschim (rep
25/10/2018)
‘Sudurpashchim’
proposed
name for Province 7: Congress lawmakers object to the
provincial capital proposed by parliamentary committee,
by Arjun Shah (kp 26/09/2018), Proposed
name for State 7 sparks protest, by Chitranga Thapa
and Mohan Budhair (kp 27/09/2018), NC,
RJPN oppose proposal to move provincial capital (rep
27/09/2018), Protesters
shut Dhangadhi over plan to shift state capital (kp
28/09/2018), Action
sought against Dhangadi mayor for threatening lawmakers
(ht 28/09/2018), Locals
protest proposed province name, HQ, by Tekendra
Deuba (ht 28/09/2018), Province
7 name confirmed Sudurpashchim (kp 29/09/2018), Province
7 named Far-western, Godawari its capital, by Dil
Bahadur Chhatyal and Pushapa Raj Joshi (rep 29/09/2018), Dhangadhi
locals protest; welcome rally in Godawari, by Arjun
Shah (kp 30/09/2018), Banda
affects life in Dhangadhi for second day in succession,
by Arjun Shah (kp 01/10/2018)
25
rapes in Province 7 after Nirmala rape, murder, by
Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep 24/09/2018)
Province
7 Chief Minister Bhatta inaugurates web-based IMS (ht
16/09/2018)
Five
ministries in Province 7 sans secretaries (ht 15/09/2018)
Health
facilities in Province 7 understaffed, by Mohan Budhair
and Arjun Shah (kp 28/08/2018)
Elected
representatives sideline public welfare to fulfill
personal needs (rep 19/08/2018)
Tharu
leaders
for Dipayal as Province 7 capital: Tharu leaders say
their struggles for an autonomous Tharuhat Province has
not ended yet, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal and Pushpa
Raj Joshi (rep 12/08/2018)
Achham’s
stark reality: Nearly half of population below proverty
line: A recent survey finds 10,071 families in the
district living in extreme poverty, by Menuka
Dhungana (kp 12/08/2018)
Drug
and alcohol abuse blamed for alarming rise in rape cases
in Province 7 (ht 11/08/2018)
Panel
to determine name, capital city of Province 7 (kp
31/07/2018)
NC
stalls parliament in province - 7, by Dil Bahadur
Chhatyal (rep 21/07/2018)
Children
in Province 7 still rely on tuins to go to school
(rep 21/07/2018)
Province
7 awaits tourism promotion, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal
(rep 17/07/2018)
Province
7 House meeting resumes (ht 28/06/2018)
Five
months
on, parliamentary committees of Province 7 still without
leaders: Election for the head of the committees
postponed thrice, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal
(20/06/2018)
Many
hiding maladies: Province 7 governor (ht 05/06/2018)
Province
7 ministers furnish property details, by Dil Bahadur
Chhatyal (rep 01/06/2018)
230,511
people of Province 7 still rely on tuins to cross rivers,
by Pushparaj Joshi (rep 26/05/2018)
Local
levels lack access to bank services in Province 7
(ht 25/05/2018)
Oppn
dissatisfied with govt’s performance in Province 7
(ht 19/05/2018)
Lack
of building compels parliamentarians to wait under tree
before meetings, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep
16/05/2018)
Province
7 to unveil budget today (ht 22/04/2018), Province
7 budget prioritizes agriculture, by Dil Bahadur
Chhatyal (rep 22/04/2018)
Province
7 CM enrols his daughter in community school, by
Arjun Shah (kp 19/04/2018)
Province
7 policy and programmes okayed (ht 17/04/2018)
Provinces
7 and 2 pass policies for interim budget (kp
17/04/2018)
Unemployment
on the rise due to faulty education system: Bhatta
(ht 14/04/2018)
Province
7 folks welcome New Year with stinging nettles, by
Khamma Khatri (rep 14/04/2018)
Province
2 and 7 present theirpolicies and programmes, by
Santosh Singh and Arjun Shah (kp 12/04/2018)
Problems
galore in Province 7: Minister of Financial Affairs
presents white paper in Provincial Assembly (ht
09/04/2018)
Province
7 PA wants PM Oli to seek upgradation of Gauriphanta
entry point (ht 06/04/2018)
Province
7 cabinet discusses four bills (ht 30/03/2018)
Minister
Bohara starts budget discussion in Province 7 (ht
25/03/2018)
Province
7 lawmakers concerned about poor security (ht
23/03/2018)
Province
7 CM Bhatta at transport office to check on staffers
(ht 20/03/12018)
‘Provincial
govt unable to work without laws’ (kp 16/03/2018)
Security
challenge looms in Province 7 (ht 16/03/2018), CM
Bhatta instructs security bodies to be on alert, by
Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep 16/03/2018)
Shifting
capital not possible: Minister Shah (ht 13/03/2018)
Textbooks
being published in Doteli language (ht 12/03/2018)
Province
7 district coordinators seek roles and facilities
(ht 09/03/2018)
Salary
and perks of Province 7 ministers, lawmakers fixed
(ht 08/03/2018)
Province
7 CM wins majority to run govt, by Arjun Shah (kp
07/03/2018)
Demand
for heavy duty vehicles up in Province 7, by Mohan
Budayer (kp 06/03/2018)
Code
of conduct for Province 7 ministers (ht 01/03/2018)
Delay
in setting up offices hits provincial govt (ht
25/02/2018)
Two
provinces to be one on common agendas (ht
23/02/2018)
Province
7 doctors demand guarantee of security (ht
23/02/2018)
Three
women get vital positions in Province 7 (ht
22/02/2018)
Urban
dev office faces corruption charge in State 7, by
Arjun Shah (kp 22/02/2018)
CM
Bhatta assumes office in Province 7 (kp 19/02/2018)
Province
7 to have zero tolerance towards graft (ht
19/02/2018)
Discussion
under way to form cabinet in Province 7 (ht
17/02/2018), Council
of Ministers formed in Province 7 (ht 18/02/2018), Province 7
gets seven-member cabinet, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal
(rep 18/02/2018)
Province
7 community schools set example, improve sanitation
(ht 17/02/2018)
MC
leaders appointed CM in Province 6, 7 (kp
16/02/2018), Trilochan
Bhatta becomes Province 7 chief minister (ht
16/02/2018)
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