In Nepal, the Maoists have been the leading force pushing to establish Nepal as a secular state, which was finally achieved on May 28, 2008. The majority of hardliner Hindus in Nepal saw this move as ...

The bronze bells are ringing in the temples of Bhaktapur, about ten miles outside Kathmandu, and people are lighting small wax candles. The morning after King Gyanendra went on television late Monday ...

The ongoing protests in Nepal are signalling at the prospect of the Himalayan nation being on course for making a U-turn—back to rule of the monarchy, and being a Hindu nation. The streets of ...

PANAUTI, Nepal -- They came just after dinnertime, hundreds of communist rebels in green fatigues flowing in from each direction. One group stormed down the brick lanes of Panauti's old town -- past ...

(Updates with Maoists quotes) By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, June 30 (Reuters) - Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal resigned on Wednesday in a move aimed at resolving a political crisis and saving ...

A lot of people know Hisila Yami only as the wife of former Maoist ideologue and ex-prime minister Baburam Bhattarai. Her critics, of which she has many, have portrayed her as being Bhattarai’s ...

The Maoists first took my younger brother. He was 14 years old. He managed to escape. He just kept crying and kept saying that he would not go with the Maoists even if they beat him. They made him ...

The government formed in the aftermath of an elite-backed de facto coup against the Maoist-led government in May continues in power — although without moral or popular support. The Unified Communist ...

Tens of thousands of college students across Nepal were locked out of classes for two days this week after the student wing of the Maoist rebel movement there called a strike, forcing most schools and ...

As the 19 November Constituent Assembly election date is drawing closer in Nepal, political parties have intensified their election campaigning across the country; at the same time they are facing ...