Taplejung’s ‘No Cable Car Group’ announces additional protest programs (kh 28/02/2025)

18 people from 'No Cable Car' group still in custody (rep 28/02/2025)

Are Koshi protesters using cable car issue to stay relevant? Amid claims of Rajendra Mahato’s interest in Koshi issue, his aide rejects it as government’s bid to deflect attention, by Purushottam Poudel (kp 24/02/2025)

Prohibitory order imposed in Taplejung amid Cable Car dispute (kh 23/02/2025), RSP calls for immediate halt to Pathibhara cable car construction (kh 23/02/2025)

Pathibhara cable car protest resurges. Several injured : Clash ensued on Thursday as ‘No Cable Car’ campaigners tried to reach the construction site in Taplejung, by Ananda Gautam (kp 21/02/2025)

Pathibhara cable car supporters attacked, smeared with black soot (rep 17/02/2025)

Mukkumlung Struggle Committee in second phase of protest against cable car project : Groups opposing cable car in Pathibhara, Taplejung say the government is not ready to form a high-level dialogue team (kp 16/02/2025), The Cable Car Controversy, by Narayan Manandhar (rep 16/02/2025)

Pathibhara cable car: Necessity or redundancy?, by Somy Bhattarai (ok 05/02/2025), Int’l Human Rights Organizations urge Nepal to suspend Pathibhara Cable Car project (kh 08/02/2025), Taplejung cable car: Talks end inconclusively (kh 09/02/2025)

Taplejung cable car project: What’s fueling the protests? (kh 04/02/2025), 12 hours of talks, no breakthrough: Government stands firm as Pathibhara cable car protests continue (kh 04/02/2025), Pathibhara cable car dispute: Protesters criticise talks committee as ineffective : Demands for a political-level team and halt to construction, by Ananda Gautam (kp 05/02/2025), Pathibhara cable car work suspended following agreement (rep 05/02/2025)

Resolve Pathibhara Cable Car Dispute Through Dialogue (rep 02/02/2025), Protest against Pathibhara cable car turns violent in Jhapa; police fire tear gas, three arrested (kh 02/02/2025), Cable car protest shuts transport in nine eastern districts : Protesters claim the project threatens the environment, Limbu culture, and residents’ livelihoods, by Ananda Gautam (kp) (kp 03/02/2025), Pathibhara cable car dispute: Protesters demand construction halt before talks with government (kh 03/02/2025)

Pathibhara cable car protesters announce highway shutdown : The call comes after Saturday’s violent clash with police fired on protesters leaving several injured on both sides, by Ananda Gautam (kp 27/01/2025), In Mukkumlung, sacred traditions face disruption with Pathibhara cable car project (kh 28/01/2025)

Out of 784 DPRs created in Koshi Province, less than 50% have been implemented, by Dhruba Bhattarai (kh 24/12/2024)

Issue of province name resurfaces in Koshi after a months-long hiatus : Provincial government forms three-member talks team as dissidents plan protests, by Purushottam Poudel (kp 15/12/2024)

Koshi Chief Minister Karki appoints Rewati Raman Bhandari as minister for internal affairs :The appointment follows resignation of former minister Lilaballav Adhikari after being accused in a human trafficking case (kp 03/12/2024)

NC and UML form for two-party mechanism in Koshi Province (kh 13/11/2024)

Koshi Minister’s associates paid Rs 1.3 million for Japan trip amid trafficking allegations (kh 07/11/2024)

Koshi CM Karki secures vote of confidence (rep 18/09/2024)

Koshi Province CM Karki expands cabinet (rn 13/09/2024)

CPN (Maoist Center) withdraws support from Koshi government (kh 30/08/2024)

Cabinet expansion deadlock stalls Koshi provincial assembly : In the past 19 months, the provincial Cabinet has been reshuffled 13 times, by Parbat Portel (kp 21/08/2024)

UML and NC to lead Koshi government in turns (kh 27/07/2024) [Unproductive and democratically unjustifiable nonsense. The link with the planned new transfer of power at national level finally renders the idea of federalism absurd.]

Maoist Center to withdraw from Koshi provincial government (kh 26/07/2024), NC defers its plan to join Koshi govt (rep 26/07/2024)

SC rejects Kedar Karki’s petition against Koshi Province govt (rep 25/06/2024), Supreme Court upholds incumbent UML-led government in Koshi (kh 26/06/2024)

Koshi provincial assembly adjourned after opposition boycott (kh 19/06/2024)

Identity activists renew protests against naming ‘Koshi’ province : Participants of the meeting held to announce the next wave of protest against naming 'Koshi' province (kh 16/06/2024)

177 human rights violations recorded in Koshi Province last fiscal year (kh 22/05/2024)

SC seeks Koshi province Chief’s Order regarding Chief Minister appointment (kh 22/05/2024)

Koshi Province govt expansion: Five ministers and two state ministers inducted (rep 17/05/2024)

UML-Maoist to file claim to form government in Koshi Province (kh 09/05/2024), UML’s Hikmat Karki, backed by 52 MPs, submits claim for Koshi CM (kh 09/05/2024), Hikmat Karki appointed as Chief Minister of Koshi Province for the third term (kh 09/05/2024), Outgoing CM Kedar Karki challenges appointment of new CM in Koshi Province with writ petition (kh 09/05/2024), UML’s Hikmat Karki appointed chief minister in Koshi : It is Karki’s third stint as chief minister, and the sixth government in the eastern Nepal province in 17 months, by Parbat Portel (kp 10/05/2024), CM Karki secures vote of confidence in Koshi Province amid political turbulence (kh 13/05/2024)

NC leader advocates for mid-term elections in Koshi Province (kh 09/05/2024)

Koshi chief minister Karki refuses to quit, dismisses need for floor test : As per a March 4 deal, a UML leader is supposed to become the new chief minister, by Purushottam Poudel (kp 08/05/2024), Karki’s excesses in Koshi : The Koshi chief minister’s fall from power is sadly accompanied by a fall from grace (kp 09/05/2024)

Koshi Ruling coalition warns CM Karki of action for his alleged violation of provincial assembly’s special authority (rep 02/05/2024)

Koshi chief minister writes to Speaker to block resolution motion against him : A majority of provincial assembly members want to remove Karki from the special session of the assembly, by Binod Ghimire (kp 18/04/2024), Koshi Province Assembly: Resolution proposal to be registered amid political confusion (kh 18/04/2024), Resolution proposal tabled in Koshi provincial assembly meeting (kh 19/04/2024), Koshi Province Assembly passes resolution motion seeking CM Karki’s resignation (kh 19/04/2024), Koshi Assembly passes resolution asking chief minister to seek trust vote : Kedar Karki and his ministers say the Cabinet formed as per Article 168 (5) is not bound to face the Assembly (kp 20/04/2024)

9/04/2024)Koshi Head Khapung summons special provincial assembly session : UML, Maoist members demanded the session as chief minister refuses to go for floor test, by Binod Ghimire (kp 11/04/2024), Koshi Province: Tensions rise as govt and opposition lock horns over Assembly dissolution (kh 11/04/2024)

Maoist Center withdraws support from Koshi provincial govt (kh 08/04/2024) [The constant interference of central level leaders in provincial affairs is completely undemocratic, anti-federal and highly politically destabilising!]

Koshi province government makes various decisions (kh 06/03/2024)

Koshi govt and identity-based agitators reach five-point agreement (kh 09/02/2024), Koshi government and agitating group ink five-point deal : The Province 1 Renaming Joint Struggle Committee agrees to adopt peaceful protests to press its demands, by Binod Bhandari (kp 10/02/2024)

CM Karki set to induct four ministers and one state minister in his cabinet today (rep 09/02/2024), Koshi CM Karki expands cabinet : Four ministers and two state ministers added to province government (kh 09/02/2024) [Ten members are too many for a provincial cabinet with limited responsibilities!]

UML Koshi calls for withdrawal of ordinance to avoid parliamentary failure (kh 29/01/2024)

CM Karki urges NRNs to invest in Koshi Province (rep 18/01/2024)

Bista unanimously elected as Speaker of Koshi Province Assembly (rep 09/01/2024) [Bista and his party want to abolish federalism and thus the Koshi Province as soon as possible! How can such a politician be made Speaker of the Provincial Assembly? Politicians of the anti-democratic and anti-constitutional RPP should not be allowed to hold state offices!], RPP faces internal turmoil as Ambar Bahadur Bista assumes Koshi Province Speaker role (kh 10/01/2024)