Kathmandu, Sept 29 : CPN-UML General Secretary Jhalanath Khanal today said that the Maoist must implement all the past agreements in order to take the peace process to a logical end in Nepal.

Speaking at a programme here, Khanal said that process of drafting the new Constitution will be initiated soon.

He highlighted the need of all the political parties to get involved in making the constitution as per the people’s mandate.

He also said that the parties should not create obstacles in the process of constitution formation.

Kathmandu, Sept 29 : As a follow up of the decisions taken in Delhi during the recent visit to India of Prime Minister Prachanda, a high-level secretarial meeting of Nepal-India Joint Committee on Water Resource (JCWR) commenced here today.

The Indian delegation is headed by Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources Umesh N. Panjiyar and the Nepalese delegation by Water Resources Secretary Shanker Prasad Koirala.

The three-day meeting will deliberate upon hydro-power generation, irrigation, flood control and other water-related cooperation.

Kathmandu, Sept 29: The CPN-Maoist is planning to split its youth wing, Young Communist League (YCL), under two separate units which include production force and construction force to support the economic activities of the government.

Nepalnews quoted Maoist lawmaker and former YCL in-charge for the Kathmandu Valley, Chandra Bahadur Thapa, saying it was important to keep the youths employed, for the unemployed youth bulge is more than likely to drive the country to conflict again.

"We will bring reform among those youths already organised under YCL and also bring together those who are not organised yet," Thapa said.

Kathmandu - A general strike called by a fringe left party disrupted activity in the capital Kathmandu and other parts of the country Sunday.

The People's Front Nepal called the strike to protest the decision of the Maoists and other major parties to divide the country along a federal structure.

In Kathmandu, many people were caught unaware as People's Front Nepal supporters stopped vehicles and shut down major markets.

Kathmandu, Sept 27: Nepal''s legislative session of the Constituent Assembly (CA) has been disrupted for the second consecutive day today.

The session was disrupted as the Nepali Congress (NC) lawmakers were protesting against the government for not clarifying the subjects missed during the budget announcement.

They as well as the Terai-Madhes Democratic Party (TMDP) and Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal (RPP-N) lawmakers demanded Finance Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai to present the documents before the discussion on appropriations bill commences.

Kathmandu, Sept 27: Nepal former Prime Minister and president of Nepali Congress (NC) Girija Prasad Koirala has warned Maoists against undermining democracy.

Nepalnews quoted him as saying that Prime Minister Prachanda and some Maoist leaders have started saying that parliamentary democracy had failed.

He said: “I want them to look at the example of United Kingdom – the mother of parliamentary democracy”.