Kathmandu, July 25 : Nepal’s caretaker Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala met leaders of the Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party (TMLP) and the Sadbhawana Party (SP) at his Baluwatar residence this morning.

According to Nepalnews, Koirala requested the leaders of the two parties to back the new alliance of the Nepali Congress (NC), the United Marxist and Leninist (UML) and the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) in its efforts to lead the new Government.

Kathmandu, July 25 : Nepal President Dr Ram Baran Yadav has begun consultations with legal experts in a move to call on political parties to form a new Government in Nepal.

According to Kantipur, President Yadav met Attorney General Yagya Murti Banjade, senior advocate Sindhu Nath Pyakurel and lawyers Harihar Dahal, Badri Bahadur Karki, Shambhu Thapa and Surya Dhungel at his office on Thursday.

During the meeting, the lawyers suggested that the President should ask political parties to forge a consensus on forming the new Government under Article 38 (1) of the Interim Constitution.

Kathmandu, July 25: Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has put forward three conditions to lead the Nepal Government.

Talking to reporters after his party held discussions with all 24 parties represented in the Constituent Assembly (CA), Prachanda said that first the so-called alliance of the Nepali Congress, the CPN (UML) and the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF), should be broken.

Kathmandu, July 24 : The term of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) has been extended for another six months to allow the mission to complete its monitoring and management of the arms and personnel of the Nepal Army and the Maoist People''s Liberation Army (PLA) combatants.

According to Nepalnews, the UN Security Council adopting the resolution unanimously to this effect last night renewed the mandate of the mission through January 23 next year.

They also called on Nepal''s political parties to support the peace process so that UNMIN could wrap up its work soon.

Kathmandu, July 24: There were minor demonstrations in Nepal against the newly elected Vice President Parmananda Jha after he took his oath of office and secrecy in Hindi.

According to Nepalnews, student organisations affiliated with different parties staged demonstrations today. They demanded that Jha apologize for taking oath in a "foreign language".

Residents of Gajuri in Dhading district also barred vehicles from plying on the road by imposing transportation strike.

They said that this was a matter of grave concern, putting at risk the sovereignty of the country.

Kathmandu, July 24 : Following the election of Dr. Ram Baran Yadav as President and Paramananda Jha as Vice President, the race to form the new Government in Nepal has started.

The decks have been further cleared with the formal resignation of Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala who tendered his resignation to President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav.

The election of chairman of Constituent Assembly (CA), too, is likely to take place today with the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) candidate Subas Nemwang set to be elected unopposed.