Kathmandu, Aug4 (ANI):

Kathmandu, Aug 2 : The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists is set to renew its consultations today to discuss common minimum programme (CMP) with 25 political parties represented at the Constituent Assembly (CA) after its Central Committee took the official decision to lead the next Government.

The Maoist leaders have said they would put forth their policies and programmes before other parties as a part of efforts to forge the CMP for the new Government.

Kathmandu- Nepalese police Friday broke up an anti-China protest in the capital Kathmandu and arrested over 150 Tibetan exiles.

The Tibetans, including Buddhist monks and nuns, were arrested near the Chinese embassy in central Kathmandu.

Police in riot gear stopped the protestors about 200 metres from the embassy's consular section. Minor scuffles then broke out as the protestors tried to breach the police lines.

The protestors were dragged into waiting vans and police trucks to be taken to detention centres.

Kathmandu, Aug 1 : The CPN-Maoist today decided to form a new Government based on Nepal national consensus under its leadership with common minimum programmes.

The meeting of the Maoist Central Committee (CC) that concluded here today took the official decision to lead the next Government.

Talking to media after the meeting, party spokesperson Krishna Bahadur Mahara said that the party would make efforts to form a Government of Nepal national consensus.

Kathmandu, Aug 1 : Nepal’s caretaker Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala today started bilateral meetings with leaders of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), who have gathered here to participate in the summit on August 2-3.

According to Nepalnews, he paid a call to President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Kathmandu, Aug 1 : Nepali Congress (NC) today proposed the CPN-UML to form a new Government in Nepal without the presence of the Maoists.

According to UML leader Bharat Mohan Adhikari, the Nepali Congress leaders forwarded the proposal at the meeting held at UML party office here.

“Nepali Congress leaders claim that the Maoist did not implement the agreements made prior and later the Constituent Assembly (CA) polls,” he added.