The Kaski District Administration Office has declared the areas surrounding Sahid Chowk and Gairapatan in Pokhara as prohibited zones citing ‘potential unrest’ following the arrest of former Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister, Rabi Lamichhane. The restrictions, effective from today, will remain in place until further notice. The Kaski District Police Office issued a notice […]
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Rastriya Swatantra Party Chairman, Rabi Lamichhane, has been arrested following an order from the District Court in Kaski on Friday. The former Home Minister was apprehended by the police in connection with a cooperative fraud case. A parliamentary inquiry committee on cooperative fraud found him guilty of misappropriating funds and had recommended legal action. He
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Rabi Lamichhane, former Home Minister, Chairman of RSP, and Managing Director of Gorkha Media Network, has been found guilty of financial misconduct involving the embezzlement of cooperative deposits. A special inquiry committee was formed on May 28 to investigate the embezzlement of deposits in dozens of cooperatives across the country. The Nepali Congress had been
There has been an uptick on social media debate (what we can call the modern day’s public sphere) since 21st May, 2024 – the day Kantipur Media Group’s Kailash Sirohiya was taken into custody on charges of alleged citizenship discrepancies. While rights groups assert abuse of state power to target an individual and undermining of
The Supreme Court has mandated registration of a writ petition against Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane, and has demanded cancellation of a letter from the Attorney General’s office which stated that Lamichhane is not involved in the ongoing cooperative fraud. The order was issued by a bench led by Supreme Court Justice Tek Prasad Dhungana on
Political leaders, including NC President Sher Bahadur Deuba, CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli, and Deputy Prime Minister, who is also Home Minister convened at Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s residence in Baluwatar. The leaders agreed to form a parliamentary committee to investigate the cooperative fraud. However, the scope of the committee’s investigation, particularly whether it
The meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) was adjourned today after the main opposition party, Nepali Congress (NC), continued to voice their grievances against Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Rabi Lamichhane’s alleged involvement in a cooperative embezzlement case. Speaker Devraj Ghimire postponed the session until 11:00 am on Friday after NC members encircled
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The police raided the house of former DIG of Nepal Police, Chabilal Joshi, at Shankhamul on Wednesday evening. The premises, which also housed the office of Nature Hub International Pvt. Ltd., yielded evidence pertaining to an ongoing investigation into financial irregularities. According to police sources, materials related to Suryadarshan Sahakari, based in Pokhara, including software
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Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Lumbini Province Committee organized a two-day training program in Bhairahawa on Saturday, 8th July. Rabi Lamichhane, the Chairperson of RSP, clarified that his party never advocated for denying citizenship to individuals based on their birth status. He stated that RSP has a clear understanding of which issues they protest against and
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The Chitwan District Court today gave clean chit to all three accused, including TV presenter Rabi Lamichhane, in connection with the suicide of journalist Shalikram Pudasaini. Lamichhane, Yubaraj Kandel and Asmita Karki have been given clean chit by a single bench of district judge Hemant Rawal. The group was accused for prompting Pudasaini to commit
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