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.

Kathmandu, Aug 1 : Coordinator of Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) Upendra Yadav, has said his party won''t be a part of the upcoming Nepal Government.

Speaking at the Reporters Club on Thursday, Yadav said, "We are not going to join the Government by putting the Madhes agenda on hold. Instead, we can play an active role in writing the new Constitution by remaining in the opposition."

Yadav further said that the Maoists should take the initiative to form the government on consensus.

He was of the view that if the Maoists failed to forge consensus other parties would have to come forward to form the Government.

Kathmandu, Aug 1 : A majority of central leaders of the CPN (Maoist) has urged the party leadership to lead the next government only if the party''s three ''conditions'' are fulfilled.

After deliberating on Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanada’ political proposal during the party''s central committee meeting on Thursday, the party leaders said they won''t be able to function effectively in Government if its conditions for forming the Government are not fulfilled.

New Delhi - At least 23 Nepalese pilgrims were killed and 10 were missing and feared dead after their bus crashed into a river in India's northern mountainous state of Uttarkhand, police said Friday.

The bus, which was carrying 38 passengers, skidded off a mountain road Thursday night and fell about 46 metres into the Alaknanda River near Chamoli.

Five people survived and were being treated at a government hospital in the town 160 kilometres east of the state capital, Dehradun.

Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), July 30 : Security has been stepped up on the Indo- Nepal border in Uttar Pradesh Gorakhpur district in the wake of recent bomb blasts in Bangalore and Ahmedabad.

Army personnel accompanied by sniffer dogs are doing constant patrolling to monitor the movements in the border area.

“The border police came and asked us to inform them if we were troubled in any way by any body. But, as of now I do not have any such problem,” said Manowar, a resident.