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Supreme Court asks judge to frame issues in N.D. Tiwari paternity suit

May 10, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

New Delhi, May 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday asked a trial judge to frame issues in a paternity suit filed against former Andhra Pradesh Governor N D Tiwari.

The suit has been filed by Rohit Shekhar, who claims to be his biological son.

The Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan headed bench said the issues should be framed without being influenced by observations made by single judge or the division benches of the Delhi High Court.

The Delhi High Court had on March 17 rejected Tiwari”s plea for quashing Shekhar”s paternity suit.

A division bench of the high court had hinted that Tiwari might have to undergo a DNA test to decide the issue. It set aside a single bench order that had dismissed Shekhar”s paternity suit on grounds that it was time barred and non-maintainable.

Justice S N Dhingra had on November 3, 2009 said the suit filed by Shekhar was non maintainable and allowed the plea of 84-year-old Tiwari, who had sought dismissal of the petition.

Tiwari quit as Andhra Pradesh Governor following allegations of his involvement in a sex scandal inside Raj Bhavan. (ANI)

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Supreme Court to hear N.D. Tiwari”s paternity suit appeal

May 10, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

New Delhi, May 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court will hear former Andhra Pradesh Governor N D Tiwari”s petition challenging the paternity case filed against him by Rohit Shekhar who claims to be his biological son.

The Delhi High Court had on March 17 rejected Tiwari”s plea for quashing Shekhar”s paternity suit.

A division bench of the high court had hinted that Tiwari might have to undergo a DNA test to decide the issue. It set aside a single bench order that had dismissed Shekhar”s paternity suit filed by Shekhar”s on ground that it was time barred and non maintainable.

Justice S N Dhingra had on November 3, 2009 said the suit filed by Shekhar was non maintainable and allowed the plea of 84-year-old Tiwari, who had sought dismissal of the petition.

Tiwari quit as Andhra Pradesh Governor following allegations of his involvement in a sex scandal inside Raj Bhavan. (ANI)

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Court dismisses Tiwari’s plea over paternity suit

March 17, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday dismissed former Andhra Pradesh governor N.D. Tiwari’s plea challenging the paternity suit filed by a 34-year-old man who says the Congress leader is his biological father.

Justices Vikramjit Sen and Manmohan Singh said there was ample evidence to prove that the suit filed by Rohit Shekhar could be filed in Delhi – a ground on which Shekhar’s plea was dismissed earlier by a single bench.

According to the division bench, as Tiwari is not the governor of Andhra Pradesh any more and has an official residence in Delhi, the case could be heard by the Delhi High Court.

The single bench, while refusing to admit Shekhar’s plea earlier, had said that since Tiwari was the governor of Andhra, the suit against him should be filed in that state.

On Wednesday, the court checked Tiwari’s counsel when he submitted that Shekhar’s plea was not maintainable. It said it may consider ordering a DNA test if the issue of maintainability was raised by Tiwari, now 86.

Shekhar’s plea will now come up before a single bench April 7.

Senior advocate P.S. Patwali, who argued for Shekhar, stressed that Tiwari’s denial in accepting him as his son was the reason for filing this civil suit.

Welcoming the court order, Ujwala Sharma, mother of Shekhar, said: ‘I am very happy and it is a big victory for us.’

Shekhar said the purpose of filing the suit was to know who his biological father was. ‘It’s my fundamental right,’ he told reporters.

Shekhar said he was seeking a DNA test to know if Tiwari was his father. He indicated that he wanted an apology from the veteran Congressman if the test proved him to be so.

According to Shekhar’s petition, Tiwari began neglecting Shekhar and his mother Ujjawala Sharma after 1995 and refused to meet him after becoming the Uttranchal chief minister.

Tiwari’s five-decade-old political career came to a virtual end after a news channel last year showed clippings of an elderly man purported to be Tiwari in bed with three young women.

A few days later, Tiwari resigned as the Andhra Pradesh governor citing health grounds.

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N D Tiwari in fresh trouble over paternity suit

March 17, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Mar 17 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday declined the plea of former AP Governor N D Tiwari on a paternity suit filed by a youth, who is claiming to be his biological son

The court will now hear the paternity filed by the youth Rohit Shekhar on April 7, who had earlier challenged a single bench order of November 2009 that had dismissed the case on jurisdictional grounds.

The court had on March 11 reserved its order on the paternity suit filed by Shekhar.

A Bench comprising Justices Vikramajit Sen and Manmohan Singh reserved the order after the octogenarian politician opposed the court entertaining such a petition, which was filed 31 years after Shekhar”s birth.
Shekhar had filed an appeal before a Division Bench challenging a single-bench order, which had dismissed his petition on the ground that it was not maintainable.

Justice S N Dhingra had on November 3, 2009 said the suit filed by Shekhar was not maintainable and allowed the plea of 84-year-old Tiwari who had sought dismissal of the petition.

Tiwari had quit as Andhra Pradesh Governor following allegations of his involvement in a sex scandal inside Raj Bhavan. (ANI)

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Nuke Sub, Aircraft Carrier in Kalam’s vision 2020 for Andamans

September 4, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Islands), Sep 4 (ANI): Former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam on Friday unveiled a vision document for the strategic development of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands by the year 2020.

Inaugurating a national seminar on ‘Security and Development of the Andaman and Nicobar islands’ here, Dr Kalam said that a 250 mw nuclear power station on one of the islands would form the core of the development programme.

Dr Kalam said the islands being a vital part of the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), the Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) of the Integrated Defence Staff (IDS) would have “enhanced significance” in the next decade.

He further said that the ANC should have bases for static aircraft carrier and a nuclear,

Dr Kalam also called upon the Armed Forces to evolve an effective security plan for underneath the sea, at sea level and in air.

“The security plan which you evolve should ensure that there is no unauthorised occupation of the vacant islands,”said Dr Kalam.

Meanwhile, Commander-in-Chief of the ANC, Vice Admiral Vijay Shankar, said that the location of these islands confers a geostrategic advantage.

“Its economic and forest potential dictates a sound security presence,” he added.

Top defence and security experts, including Deputy National Security Advisor Shekhar Dutt, former Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India R Chidambaram, are attending the two-day seminar. (ANI)

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Child labour case registered against Suchitra Krishnamoorthi

August 25, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Aug. 25 (ANI): Following the rescue of a minor domestic help from her house, the Maharashtra Government on Tuesday filed cases against Bollywood actress Suchita Krishnamoorthy.rishnamoorthi and television star Laxmi had allegedly employed child labours.

Labour Minister Nawab Malik told media persons on Tuesday afternoon that his department got information that the two actresses were employing minor girls as maids.

“Accordingly, we have initiated necessary proceedings against the two actresses. We appeal to people to come forward and give us information about such individuals who employ child labour so we can take suitable steps in the matter,” Malik said.

Suchitra is the former wife of noted director Shekhar Kapur.

The action comes barely three days after television actress Urvashi Dhanorkar was arrested Saturday for beating, burning and confining her 10-year old maid after she caught her “eating”.

Dhanorkar was bailed out hours after her arrest. Meanwhile, the victim, Rameshwari is now in a juvenile rescue home.

The Child Labour Prevention Act, 1986, was amended October 2006 to ban employment of children under 14 as domestic servants and in dhabas, restaurants, hotels and other hospitality sectors. It makes their employment a punishable offence. (ANI)

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Oriya dance group emerges winner in TV reality show

August 25, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Mumbai, Aug 23(ANI): The Prince Dance Group from Orissa won the grand finale of a TV reality show “India’s Got Talent” that was staged in Mumbai on Saturday night.

The group won a cash prize of Rs five million and a Maruti Suzuki Ritz car.

The group, comprising 26 artistes held the audience and the judges engrossed with their act from the mythological Mahabharata.

“I always had faith on these children. They are very hard working. I wanted to make a group by teaching these kids but I cant believe that we could reach at this level. We are here today all because of God’s grace and our hard work,” said Krishna, lead dancer of the group.

While, renowned filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, actors Sonali Bendre and Kirron Kher judged the show, Bollywood stars Shahid Kapoor and Rani Mukherjee, also made their presence felt on the occasion and promoted their forthcoming movie ‘Dil Bole Hadippa’.

“Whenever you come and watch such unique performances, you actually get a lot to learn and take back something new. Be it their art or their story it definitely touches you. So we actually took back,” said Sonali Bendre. (ANI)

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Meghalaya bid to attract tourists

August 19, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Aug 19 (ANI): Meghalaya Governor Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary called on Union Tourism Minister Kumari Selja here today and told here that Megahalaya has vast tourism potential both for domestic as well as foreign tourists.

He said, leave travel concession to the Central Government employees to visit the north-east has made Meghalaya quite popular among tourists.

“Tourism is one of the most important aspects in achieving the national integration,” he added.

Welcoming the proposed Heli-tourism announced by the Union Ministry of tourism, he urged that travel by helicopter to Meghalaya might be made affordable to attract more visitors to the area.

He requested to see if a subsidy could be considered in this regard.

Selja said the Union Government is committed to promote tourism in the north-east and the region is on the priority agenda for development of tourism related infrastructure.

“Tourism and people-to-people contact has provided an excellent opportunity to have better understanding among the people to know each other,” she added. (ANI)

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Himachal gets first private radio station

July 11, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Shimla, July 10 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Friday got its first private radio station with the launch of Reliance’s BIG FM station.
The station was launched by Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal.

Himanshu Shekhar, BIG FM’s business head, said: “This is our first radio station in this hill state. Now, we have 45 FM radio station across the country.”

“Initially, the radio station entertains people of Shimla and adjoining areas for 16 hours a day, later it will be 24-hour entertainment station,” he added.

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BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha views Shekhar Suman as a ‘monkey’

May 24, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Patna, May 24 (ANI): Elections are over, but its bitterness may perhaps take time to end. It was visible when Bharatiya Janata Party leader and veteran film actor Shatrughan Sinha on Sunday described his rival TV actor-turned-politician Shekhar Suman of the Congress party as a ‘monkey’.

Attending a felicitation function to mark his poll victory, Sinha without directly naming anyone, was sarcastic about his political opponent in the recently held parliamentary elections.

“Those people who were behaving like a monkey on screen as well as off screen….. I have always said that the people’s welfare and progress are more important than name and fame. I was surprised to see that some people who were earlier seen in the election campaign of Narendra Modi, whatever might be the reason, it might be commercial reasons, who were seen in the oath-taking ceremony of Narendra Modi, all of a sudden started talking about secularism and started saying that their family belongs to Congress and that they belong to Congress too,” said Sinha.

Shekhar contested election on Congress ticket against Shatrughan Sinha of the BJP. Both represent the Kayastha community whose members account for over 500,000 votes in the urban constituency of Patna Saheb.

Besides, an illustrious career in Bollywood, Shatrughan Sinha has been a Minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government and been a member of the Rajya Sabha twice. (ANI)

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Manmohan Singh gets unique greetings from artists

May 22, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Allahabad/Ludhiana, May 22 (ANI): As Dr. Manmohan Singh gets ready for his second term as Prime Minister, artists have greeted him in their own unique way.

A youth from Allahabad city has built a sand sculpture of Dr. Singh at Sangam on the banks of the river Ganga.

“On the banks of the holy river Ganga, I have built sand sculpture of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. As he will take oath today, I am expressing my happiness in a creative way,” said Rajkapoor Chetera, Sand Artist.

The sculpture has been built at Sangam, union of three of the holiest rivers – Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati.

In Ludhiana, another artist has created wax statue of Dr. Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi to greet them on their resounding electoral win.

“We feel proud that a person like Manmohan Singh who is an economist, an honest person, dedicated and a visionary is working whole heartedly for the country’s progress,” said Chander Shekhar Prabhakar, the wax artist.

Elated that Dr. Singh will continue his second term, Prabhakar distributed sweets among his relatives and friends.

He also offered sweets to the statues. (ANI)

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Chidambaram loses in Sivaganga, seeks repoll

May 16, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Sivaganga, May 16 (ANI): Congress leader and Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has lost the elections in Tamil Nadu’s Sivaganga parliamentary constituency to his All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) rival Raja Kannappan.

According to sources, a repoll has been ordered in the constituency.

Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shatrughan Sinha has won the Patna seat, beating his rival and television actor Shekhar Suman of Congress.

In Ghaziabad, BJP President Rajnath Singh has won, while Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Chief Lalu Prasad has managed to win only the Saran seat.

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mamta Banerjee has won the South Kolkata seat, beating her nearest rival Robin Deb of CPI-M.

Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief and Steel Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has lost against the Janata Dal-United’s (JD-U) Ram Sundar Das in Bihar’s Hajipur parliamentary constituency.

BJP leader Navjot Singh Sidhu has won the Amritsar seat, beating O. P. Soni of the Congress.

Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Jaya Prada has won the Rampur seat, while Congress leader Deepender Singh Hooda beat his nearest rival Nafe Singh Rathi of INLD by over four lakh votes in the Rohtak constituency. (ANI)

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Indian IT industry unperturbed by Bangalore-Buffalo remark by Obama

May 7, 2009 By admin 1 Comment

Bangalore, May 7 (ANI): Undaunted by US President Barack Obama’s Bangalore-Buffalo remark and proposal to extend tax benefits to those creating job opportunities to Americans, experts in the Indian IT industry said the comments had nothing to do with outsourcing or with India.

It is an instance of Obama’s views being misinterpreted, said Som Mittal, President of Nasscom, while speaking to media persons here on Wednesday.

It may be recalled that Obama had vowed on Monday to overhaul tax policies vis-’-vis shifting of US jobs overseas and allowing wealthy people to evade taxes using offshore accounts.

“I think it’s not an issue of India. It is about how US companies are there, how the US subsidiaries are structured and what is the taxation that US has followed over the years. So it’s got nothing to do with India or somewhere. I think even this mention of Buffalo and Bangalore. I think its being misinterpreted,” Mittal said.

“President Obama actually said that the additional taxes that he would get he is going to invest some of that money to do research,” Mittal added.

Mittal further added that the Indian IT industry provides solution so as to enable the United States to become more competent.

The total generation of annual revenue from IT is 40 billion US dollars which is 5.8 per cent of the GDP.

Bangalore alone is a host for 750 thousand employees who are directly or indirectly dependent on IT outsourcing.

As noted by Kartik Shekhar, General Secretary, Union of ITES Professionals (Unites), approximately 14 billion dollars is generated as revenue annually.

“Actual on ground what’s going to happen will actually be known in times to come. But as news this is a wrong time for India. We are trying to recover from recession showing slow indicators coming up. When these indicators come up then such bad news come up dropping sentiments. So it is more on sentiments rather actual realities,” said Shekhar.

Further he added to say that all these will now be a far away dream for some IT experts. Yet some still are hopeful that this will not happen as companies will arbitrate with the US President. (ANI)

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Slumdog star Rubina Ali shoots Schweppes ad with Nicole Kidman

May 7, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Melbourne, May 07 (ANI): Rubina Ali Qureshi, the child star of Slumdog Millionaire, has shot an advertisement with Aussie actress Nicole Kidman.

The advertisement, for a soft drinks company Schweppes, was produced by American Gangster director Ridley Scott and directed by Shekhar Kapur in Udaipur recently.

It also features Bollywood actor Arjun Rampal, reports the Daily Telegraph.

Qureshi, nine, was plucked from the slums of Mumbai to star as Latika in Danny Boyle’s Oscar-winning movie.

Previously, a British newspaper had reported that Rubina’s father Rafiq Qureshi tried to sell her for adoption to a family from Middle East for nearly 200,000 pounds to escape the Mumbai slums.

However, Rafiq has denied media reports that he put his daughter ever on sale.

While talking to reporters in Mumbai, Rafiq claimed that all this was nothing but a trap laid out for him. (ANI)

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Lalu confident of sweeping polls in Bihar

May 7, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Patna, May 7 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav today said he was confident that his party would sweep in Bihar and Jharkhand.

Speaking after casting his vote, he said that the RJD in alliance with the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) of Ram Vilas Paswan would surprise everyone by sweeping the polls.

He cast his vote, along with his wife and former Chief Minister Rabri Devi, elder son and daughters, at a polling station near Patna Veterinary College.

He is himself contesting from Patliputra constituency. Besides Lalu, other prominent among whose fate will be decided today included BJP’s Shatrughan Sinha and TV star Shekhar Suman of the Congress (Patna Saheb).

The counting of votes will take place on May 16.

The 543-member House will be constituted before June 2. (ANI)

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Lalu Prasad alleges rigging in third phase of elections

May 3, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Patna, May 1 (ANI): Railways Minister Lalu Prasad has alleged that voting was rigged in Bihar in the third phase on Thursday.

Eleven out of Bihar’s 40 constituencies went to polls in the third phase of parliamentary elections.

“We have information of voting turnout between 25-55 per cent. In Badhaiya block of Munger district, there have been reports of rigging in. We have tried to contact the observers there and also the Senior Superintendent of Police,” said Lalu.

Munger, Banka and Kishanganj districts are considered to be pivotal constituencies for Lalu’s rival and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s party, Janata Dal United.

Meanwhile, Shekhar Suman, actor-turned-politician and a candidate of the Congress Party campaigned in Patna Sahib of Bihar from where he is contesting.

Suman’s son, Bollywood actor Adhyayan Suman along with wife Alka Suman, also campaigned for the actor.

“I have told them that I haven’t come here to play politics as I could have done it being in a different party which could have easily given me a winning seat,” said Suman.

Patna votes in the fourth phase on May 7.

There is a three-cornered contest involving Suman, another former Bollywood actor Shatrughan Sinha on Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) ticket and RJD’s Vijay Sahu.

The remaining fourth and last round of polls in Bihar will be held for three seats on May 7. The first and second phases in 13 seats each were held on April 16 and April 23.

The outcome of the five-stage elections will be known on May 16. (ANI)

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Nepal Maoists get boost in by-election

April 14, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Shirish B. Pradhan Kathmandu, Apr 11 (PTI) Nepal’s ruling Maoist party, which had appeared isolated, has received a boost in the by-elections, winning two out of five declared seats, including one from the stronghold of the main Opposition party. UCPN-Maoist won Kanchanpur constituency from the Nepal Congress while retaining the Kaski constituency.

In Rolpa constituency vacated by Prime Minister Prachanda, the UCPN-Maoist’s candidate is being challenged by its own break-away faction. The Maoists have done well despite growing public criticism of their seven-month-old government.

The ruling Maoists have performed better than expected in the aftermath of severe criticism from the opposition for resorting to violence and intimidatory tactics. Of the five seats declared so far, three have been bagged by the leftists with one each being won by the Nepali Congress and Terai based Madhesi People s Rights Forum.

Former Prime Minister G P Koiral’s nephew Shekhar Koirala was elected from Morang 7 constituency. Maoists leader Krishna Bahadur Gurung has won the Kaski constituency, which was earlier won by the Maoist Law Minister Dev Gurung.

Counting for the sixth and last Rolpa 2 constituency is, however, still in progress, the EC said. PTI.

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Sonia Gandhi to address rally in Meghalaya today

April 13, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Shillong, Apr 13 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi will address a public rally at the Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Complex here today.

She will address a rally in support of party candidate Vincent H Pala and Deborah C Marak for the Shillong and Tura Parliamentary seats respectively.

The two Lok Sabha constituencies will go to polls in the first phase of election on April 16.

Security has been tightened in view of Sonia’s visit.

Around 1,500 armed police personnel have been pressed into service to avoid any kind of untoward incident.

A team of Special Protection Group (SPG) met state police officials to review security arrangements.

Governor Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary also held review meetings with senior state government and police officials.

Meanwhile, patrolling has been intensified and control rooms have been set up for emergency. (ANI)

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Nepal bypolls boost ruling Maoists

April 12, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Kathmandu, April 11 (IANS) Nepal’s ruling Maoist party has received a boost in by-elections to six seats, with the results coming in Saturday indicating it was poised to win three, including an opposition stronghold.

Nepal’s biggest opposition party, the Nepali Congress (NC), suffered setbacks in two seats in Friday’s bypolls. The Maoists have done well despite growing public criticism of their seven-month-old government.

The Kanchanpur seat had been a stronghold of former NC prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and returned him to parliament in the 2008 election. Vacated after Deuba won from a second constituency as well, the bastion fell to the Maoist grassroots leader whom Deuba had humbled, Harish Thakulla.

Thakulla, also known as Kamal Chhetri during the Maoists’ 10-year ‘People’s War’, who had lived in India’s Mumbai city for several years, supporting himself by hawking newspapers, pulled off a surprise victory over NC candidate Ek Raj Joshi.

The NC also lost its Dhanusha citadel, which had voted for the party in 2008.

NC lawmaker Ram Baran Yadav had resigned from the seat after being elected the first president of the republic of Nepal, replacing deposed King Gyanendra as the head of state.

Though Yadav’s son, radiologist Chandra Mohan Yadav, was fielded by the NC, the debutant politician floundered in third place with the regional party, Terai Madesh Loktantrik Party, and the ruling Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist, which is a member of the Maoist-led coalition government, fighting neck and neck.

The NC however got a shot in the arm when its candidate Shekhar Koirala won from Morang district in eastern Nepal.

Koirala, nephew of NC chief and former prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala and uncle of Bollywood diva Manisha Koirala, had been humbled in the same constituency last year by the new regional party, Madhesi Janadhikar Forum. This time however he clawed back, with the blessings of his octogenarian uncle who was among the first few to cast their votes, winning by a slender margin of 692 votes.

In the other seat in Morang, there were no surprises. Won last year by the Forum, it voted for the same party’s Jay Ram Yadav, with the Maoists coming a close second.

Counting will start late for the seat in Rolpa, regarded as the cradle of the Maoist movement and won last year by Maoist supremo Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda.

It is likely to be retained by the ruling party despite a dissenter contesting as an independent candidate.

Besides Kanchanpur, Maoist contestant Krishna Bahadur Gurung won from Kaski, the district that last year voted for Maoist Law Minister Dev Gurung.

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