Nepali PM expands cabinet amid bickering

September 20th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Three Nepali women who were being allegedly trafficked to the Gulf have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh while they were headed to New Delhi to take a flight, police said. A fourth Nepali woman who was allegedly part of a human trafficking gang was also taken into custody Saturday evening from the Gorakhpur railway station.

September 2nd, 2009 KATHMANDU - The row over the use of Hindi as Nepal's official language continued Wednesday with a defiant politician taking his oath of office in Hindi as Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal expanded his cabinet for the fifth time. Already accommodating 33 ministers, the coalition government, which includes 22 parties, is set to induct 11 more, creating a jumbo cabinet.

August 26th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Nepal Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala has said that she failed to accompany Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal in his maiden visit to India purely due to health reasons. At the Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party office where she was summoned to furnish clarification as to why she dropped out of Prime Minister's visit to India, Koirala, said that there were no other intentions behind it other than the sudden illness she developed on the eve of departure.

August 11th, 2009 SC Gov to meet with Cabinet amid travel scrutinyCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Embattled South Carolina Gov.

June 24th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Within 72 hours of Indian foreign secretary Shivshankar Menon's visit to Nepal to give a push to the stagnating peace process, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal Wednesday expanded his cabinet for the third time, inducting the Terai parties that had remained deadlocked over the allocation of berths. But though Nepal named eight new ministers - including two ministers of state - confusion dogged the swearing-in ceremony with one of them not turning up at the presidential palace for the ceremony.

June 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon leaves for Kathmandu Saturday amid continuing political instability in the Himalayan state for a two-day trip that is expected to set the stage for Nepal's new Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal's visit to India. Menon will meet Nepal and Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala and discuss a host of issues, including the floundering peace process and progress in drafting of the new constitution.

June 17th, 2009 KATHMANDU - After a week of political deadlock over the distribution of ministerial berths among the coalition partners, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal will finally expand his cabinet today. Addressing a meeting of the CPN (UML) parliamentary board here this morning, the Prime Minister said the cabinet would be expanded and the new ministers would be sworn in by 2 pm today.

June 17th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Even three weeks after assuming office, Nepals new Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal Wednesday failed to reach an understanding with his major allies, being forced to induct only 10 new ministers after sharp criticism at home and mounting international concern. The protracted squabble with allies over power-sharing continued with the parties from the Terai not sending any new faces to the cabinet despite three days continuous negotiations.

June 16th, 2009 KATHMANDU - The election of the Nepali Congress parliamentary board will take place on Saturday. The last date for the filing of nominations for the post of parliamentary party leader and other positions has been fixed for Friday, a statement released by Ananda Prasad Dhungana, the coordinator of the committee conducting the election, said.

June 5th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has expanded his three-member cabinet by inducting one deputy prime minister and seven new ministers including six ministers from Nepali Congress and one from the CPN (ML) here on Thursday. Prime Minister Nepal administered the oath of office and secrecy to the new Ministers at in the presence of the President Dr.

May 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expands his council of ministers Thursday, adding 14 cabinet ministers, including three former chief ministers and three DMK leaders, and 45 ministers of state. Of the ministers of state, seven will have independent charge.

May 25th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Newly elected Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal today said that bringing the peace process to its logical conclusion and drafting a new Constitution would be the top priorities of his government. Speaking to mediapersons after assuming his office at the PMO in Singha Durbar, Madhav Kumar mentioned that addressing the immediate needs of the people, maintaining good governance, law and order and creating employment would be other priorities of his cabinet.

May 8th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Nepal caretaker Prime Minister and Maoist party chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda met Nepali Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala to discuss the political scenario in the aftermath of his resignation. According to Nepali Congress vice president Ram Chandra Poudel who was present during hour-long meeting, Koirala asked Prachanda to cooperate in forming a government of national consensus.

March 17th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Indian Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood met Prime Minister Prachanda at latter's official residence in Baluwatar on Tuesday. According to Prachanda's press advisor Om Sharma, they discussed army integration,onstitution drafting process and the present political situation.

January 23rd, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed Saturday inducted six more junior ministers into her cabinet, raising the cabinet's strength to 38, officials said. President Iajuddin Ahmed administered the oath to the new state ministers at the presidential palace, Bangabhaban.