Prez summons House meeting (rep 16/05/2012)

Kidnapping convict lawmaker Gupta gets voting rights in CA (nn 15/05/2012) [???? According to article 65 (c) a member of the CA must not have been convicted of a criminal offense involving moral turpitude!!!], SC allows lawmaker Gupta to vote from jail, by Sundar Khanal (rep), Jailed lawmaker Gupta gets voting rights (ht 16/05/2012) [?????]

CA put off to give leaders more time (kp 24/04/2012) [Yes, the framing of the constitution is the task of (partly rejected) party leaders and not that of the elected representatives of the people!!!]

CA women caucus website launched (ht 19/04/2012) [see website]

CA meet to start statute drafting: Parties say will continue intra-party discussions for final give and take (kp 19/04/2012), Procedures to okay statute to be cut (ht 19/04/2012), CA to start voting on thorny issues from April 23 (ht 19/04/2012)

CA members bat for well-built local govt: Discussion on SRC reports continues (ht 29/03/2012), Discussion on SRC report to conclude today (nn 29/03/2012), Debate on SRC report to continue one more day (nn 29/03/2012)

CA resuming business today, by Phanindra Dahal (kp 25/03/2012)

CA to meet on 21 March (nn 21/03/2012)

CA rule revision suggestion panel a divided house (kp 30/01/2012)

House at a loss about Gupta action (kp 19/01/2012)

Low turnout continues to plague House business, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep 11/01/2012)

House endorses motion on power shortage (rep 30/12/2011)

Lawmaker Sah suspended 10 days, fined for vandalism, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep 23/12/2011)

House prolonged for months with no result, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep 13/12/2011)

CA endorses 6-month timeline for statute drafting (rep 07/12/2011)

CC to make appointment to statutory bodies transparent (rep 07/12/2011)

Murder convict in CA: embang asked to expel Dhungel, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 07/12/2011)

The Supreme Court Verdict: Outcry In the House, by Prem Khatry (rn 06/12/2011)

CC gives its nod to statute work plan: Full session of Parliament to discuss it tomorrow (ht 05/12/2011)

House suspends MJF-N lawmaker Yadav (ht 01/12/2011) [This is o.k., but what about Dhungel who has been sentenced for murder?]

CA term extended for six months (rep 30/11/2011), CA term extended by another six months: Legislative Parliament passes 11th amendment bill on Nepal’s Interim Constitution, by Ram Prasad Dahal (rn 30/11/2011), It’s official, CA gets 6-month extension: Parties say they will complete constitution drafting in time, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 30/11/2011)

CA to automatically expire in 6 months: SC, by Bimal Gautam (rep 26/11/2011)

Chure Bhavar recommends Neupane for vacant CA post (nn 14/11/2011)

Hearing on CA term begins: Curb over-use of doctrine of necessity: Lawyers (kp 04/11/2011)

SC reinstates Gupta’s CA membership (nn 03/11/2011)

House stalled demanding sack for 2 ministers (rep 14/10/2011)

Our dear constitution: The real cost of constitution making in Nepal is not the time and money that must be spent, but what has been sacrificed for it, by Sukhdev Shah (kp 18/09/2011)

House begins discussions on budget allocations (kp 13/09/2011)

CA secretariat faces space crunch to adjust splinter parties, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep 11/09/2011)

CA Members Should Be Made More Accountable, by G.K. Pakavath (rn 05/09/2011)

Parties okay three-month extension of CA term, by Phanindra Dahal (kp 30/08/2011), CA gets another three months: Maoist call for half-year extension rejected, by Prakash Acharya (ht 30/08/2011), CA extended three more months, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep 30/08/2011)

Four RPP-N lawmakers suspended for a day (rep 26/08/2011)

PHSC can now reject nominations (rep 23/08/2011)

Rationale Of Constituent Assembly, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 18/08/2011)

CA secretariat annuls membership of Mainali, Limbu (rep 10/08/2011)

Panel formed to study Jha's CA membership (rep 29/07/2011)

NC obstructs House for 2nd consecutive day (rep 27/07/2011), No end to House impasse (ht 28/07/2011)

Budget tabled amid high political drama: Lawmakers seek probe into ‘leak’; want PM, FM to quit, by Phanindra Dahal  (kp 16/07/2011), High Drama At Parliament During Budget Presentation, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km 17/07/2011), Vote on Account Bill approved amid criticism (ht 17/07/2011), House endorses vote on account bill (rep 17/07/2011)

Parliament may witness rerun of budget drama, by Arjun Bhandari (kp 14/07/2011), UDMF decides not to allow govt to present budget (nn 14/07/2011), Budget deferred till Friday to court Madhesi leaders, by Thira L. Bhusal and Gani Ansari (rep 15/07/2011), UDMF agrees to allow budget presentation in House; FM Adhikari to present budget today (nn 15/07/2011)

Two lawmakers likely to lose CA membership, by Gani Ansari (rep 10/07/2011)

House majority endorses govt policy, programs, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep 08/07/2011), House okays govt policies, programmes: Govt secures simple majority; Budget at 4 pm on July 14 (kp 08/07/2011)

Nembang asks govt to send ministers to House meetings regularly (rep 07/07/2011)

Speaker suspends four lawmakers for a week: Ousted for ‘disrupting peace’ in House (kp 20/06/2011), Four protesting CA members suspended (ht 20/06/2011), Nemwang Acts Boldly, Purposefully (rn 21/06/2011)

Govt to hold pre-budget discussions in House (kp 20/06/2011)

Opposition parties continue House disruption to prevent govt from tabling CA extension proposal (nn 25/05/2011)

In 365 days, Constituent Assembly sweated for 95 minutes, by Phanindra Dahal (kp 18/05/2011)

Paswan repeats his antics, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep 16/05/2011), Lawmaker on the rampage in statute meet: Tears up own clothes when panel chairman disciplines him (kp 16/05/2011), Shame on Paswan (rep 17/05/2011)

Amid loud shouts, government registers four bills at Parliament: Next session scheduled for May 22 (ht 16/05/2011)

The Constituent Assembly- Three Blunders from its Inception, by Ankit Dhakal (sp 13/05/2011)

Dormant House resumes business: Five agitating lawmakers continue their harangue (kp 12/05/2011), CA Chair warns agitating lawmakers of serious consequences if they continue to paralyse House (nn 12/05/2011)

Parliament’s inability showing up Nepal faces blacklisting prospects for failing to enact crucial laws, by Kuvera Chalise (ht 11/05/2011)

Four conditions for CA extension, by Ameet Dhakal (rep 10/05/2011)

Budget session beginning today; opposition parties planning to obstruct (nn 02/05/2011), NC to obstruct budget sittings only (nn 02/05/2011), Budget session starts amidst sloganeering (rep 03/05/2011), Early budget plan hits snag (ht 03/05/2011), 4 lawmakers make House mockery (kp 03/05/2011), Budget blues: PM pledges to take oppn parties into confidence (kp 03/05/2011), Nembang to decide on course of action (ht 08/05/2011), Women and fringe party lawmakers obstruct House proceedings (nn 08/05/2011), 4 lawmakers stall House for 3 hours (rep 09/05/2011), 3-hr rant in House: Four lawmakers obstruct session (kp 09/05/2011), Women lawmakers' protest (rep 10/05/2011)

CA members asked not to leave Capital until May 28 (kp 30/04/2011)

How Qualified Should MPs Be?, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 28/04/2011)

Khanal requests President to call budget session from May 2 (nn 25/04/2011), President calls budget session from May 2 (kp 26/04/2011), Finance Ministry beavering on budget (kp 26/04/2011), Budget session from May 2: Adhikary to present annual spendings on May 23 (ht 26/04/2011), NC against budget before May 28 (rep 27/04/2011), PM likely to skip House session: Officials say prime minister’s presence is a must, by Phanindra Dahal (kp 27/04/2011)

House winter session ends (nn 22/04/2011)

Four CA members obstruct House (ht 20/04/2011)

CA to toss out Shyam S Gupta from House (kp 16/04/2011), CA to sit tomorrow to scrap Gupta’s membership (ht 16/04/2011), Gupta gets the boot from CA (kp 18/04/2011)

“The Efforts Of CA Are Encouraging”, interview with Krishna Man Pradhan (sp 08/04/2011)

NC obstructs House over secretary Khanal's resignation (nn 01/04/2011), House adjourned amidst opposition protest (rep 02/04/2011), Hoo-ha in House over finance secy’s resignation: NC obstructs Parliament on second consecutive day,bars Adhikary from clarifying position, by Prakash Acharya (ht 02/04/2011)

Rich pickings (kp 01/04/2011)

CA forwards report to CC (kp 17/03/2011)

28 parties agree to forward State Restructuring Committee proposal to CC for discussion (nn 15/03/2011)

CA extension decision irrevocable, says SC: Apex court rules that Interim: Constitution has not set any mandatory deadline for statute completion (kp 24/02/2011)

CA members are in a dor or die situation, by Kalpana Rana (kp 23/02/2011)

CA chairman unveils statute drafted by minority groups (kp 21/02/2011)

Itahari folk take CA members to task: Seek return of taxpayers’money for failing to deliver the constitution on time (ht 20/02/2011)

SC expects CA to draft statute on time: CA members not to be denied salaries, allowances (ht 19/02/2011)

House endorses four budget ordinances: The ordinances were brought by the Madhav Kumar Nepal-led government while announcing the budget for the current fiscal year on Nov. 20 (kp 13/02/2011), House approves ordinance budget (nn 14/02/2011)

SC scraps Gupta’s CA membership (ht 12/02/2011)

House sitting put off again as coalition partners lock horns over plum portfolios (nn 09/02/2011)

Statute body bid to pave common path (kp 01/02/2011) [after 8 months!!!]

Land management: CA panel calls for land reform report release (kp 30/01/2011)

CA sends drafts of seven thematic committees to CC (nn 26/01/2011)

House sitting postponed for third time in row as parties differ in PM election process (nn 19/01/2011), House sitting deferred until Monday (nn 21/01/2011), House okays new rules on PM poll (kp 26/01/2011)

CC given more teeth to settle statute issues (ht 18/01/2011), CC tasked to end disputed issues (kp 19/01/2011)

House session cancelled for the second straight day (nn 18/01/2011)

House session deferred until Tuesday (nn 17/01/2011)

SC notice on expelled lawmakers (ht 11/01/2011)

House faces backlog of bills, by Phanindra Dahal (kp 10/01/2011)

House winter session starts from today (kp 09/01/2011)

Order or liberty: Two opposing political visions are being fought over in the CA—and it is by no means easy to reconcile them, by Aditya Adhikari (kp 01/01/2011)

Parliamentary regular session likely from January 3 (nn 27/12/2010), Will winter session thaw
tensions? House to meet on January 9; Maoist leaders irked at delay (kp 28/12/2010), Winter Session Of Parliament (rn 29/12/2010)

House poised for another fiasco (kp 17/12/2010), Dormant CA likely to meet next week (kp 17/12/2010)

Prez calls House session on Dec 19 (kp 14/12/2010)

Constituent Assembly indigenous caucus gets new office building (ht 04/12/2010)

Are 601 Members Required To Write The Constitution?, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 16/11/2010)

SC directs Speaker to review parliamentary regulation to make PM election fruitful (nn 10/11/2010)

SC upholds CA term extension (ht 05/11/2010)

411 CA members fail to return diplomatic passports after foreign visit (nn 04/11/2010)

Still a man's game: The Constituent Assembly has 33 percent women; that does not explain women's poor participation in the constitution-building process , by Alexandra Delaney and Ishwar Rauniyar (kp 30/10/2010)

Sub-panel split over language (kp 28/10/2010)

CA chairman leaves for Canada (nn 16/10/2010)

Top leaders urged not to tamper with statute drafting calendar (ht 13/10/2010)

Constitution drafting: Panel formed to remove irritants, by Arjun Bhandari (ht 12/10/2010)

Debate on forms of governance on (ht 08/10/2010)

CA to keep parties on statute toes (kp 01/10/2010), CA chair gets consolidated report: High-level meeting on October 3 to discuss contentious issues, by Arjun Bhandari (ht 01/10/2010)

Deuba, Dahal excel at playing hooky, by Phanindra Dahal (kp 30/09/2010)

100 lawmakers call for CA meet before Dashain Ask Nembang to settle thematic committee reports through voting (ht 30/09/2010)

Prez draws UML flak (kp 27/09/2010)

Parties may not toe deadline line (kp 25/09/2010)

“Few Signs Of Progress Towards Constitution”, interview with Suresh Acharya (sp 24/09/2010)

House 'disrupted' over controversial audio tape; Financial Act amendment bill in limbo (nn 08/09/2010), House session put off till Sept 13 (ht 10/09/2010), House meeting adjourned again (nn 13/09/2010), Govt to withdraw Bill to amend Finance Act; House adjourned (ht 14/09/2010), Tape scandal rages in House; Remarks contradictory: Ghimire; No horse-trading: Shrestha (kp 15/09/2010), Lawmakers demand probe into tape scandal (ht 15/09/2010)

House panels turn ineffective after govt stepped down (nn 29/08/2010)

Two CA seats vacant (nn 19/08/2010)

Talks on sharing resources dull? Only four CA members present at interaction (ht 14/08/2010)

CA to vote to end disputed issues (kp 09/08/2010)

SC upholds CA decision to expel Matrika, Jagat (ht 05/08/2010), EC approves nominations of two Maoist CA members (nn 05/08/2010)

CA member attempts to kill herself (ht 22/07/2010)

CA okays new calendar of events: Nembang urges parties to go extra mile (kp 19/07/2010)

State re-do panel hangs (kp 11/07/2010)

Budget session begins today amid standoff (kp 05/07/2010), Budget session adjourned till 11 July (nn 05/07/2010), Budget session begins, put off (kp 06/07/2010)

Big 3 for new statute timetable (kp 05/07/2010)

CA Did What It Could, by Mangal Siddhi Manandhar (sp 02/07/2010)

Budget session to start from 5th July (nn 28/06/2010), UCPN (M) vows to disrupt upcoming House session (nn 28/06/2010), Budget session called for July 5 (kp 29/06/2010), Budget on sticky wicket (kp 29/06/2010), Session called without our consent: Maoist (rn 29/06/2010), Govt gears up for budget battle (kp 30/06/2010)

Pre-budget debate ruled out (ht 21/06/2010)

Budget session likely on June 18: PM urged to address the nation tomorrow, by Arjun Bhandari (ht 12/06/2010), Speaker urges PM to call budget session (kp 14/06/2010)

So far, so ok: The CA got some important, by Dhruba Simkhada (nt 11/06/2010)

CC meets to discuss way ahead (kp 08/06/2010)

Maoists boycott House, winter session ends (nn 03/06/2010), House prorogued, Maoists cry foul: Budget session to begin from June 8 (kp 04/06/2010), House session prorogued dealing with nine bills, by Liladhar Upadhyaya (rn 04/06/2010), Maoists miffed at House prorogation (ht 04/06/2010)

Whither constitution writing? Contrary to popular belief, the CA members have actually done a lot of work; It's their leaders who are mostly to blame for the CA's failure (nt 28/05/2010)

Parliament adjourned till tomorrow (ht 27/05/2010)

CA baddies await societal rejection (tg 19/05/2010)

Lawmakers at loggerheads: Maoist, non-Maoist leaders trade charges (ht 12/05/2010)

House disrupted (kp 11/05/2010)

House meeting deferred again (nn 09/05/2010)

Haste makes waste: It is not advisable to rush the constitution; the CA needs more time, by Shyam K.C. (kp 26/04/2010)

TRC bill in parliament (kp 23/04/2010)

Parliamentary session drowned in lawmakers’ war of words (ht 21/04/2010)

Total incompetence: Nepali taxpayers are footing the cost of the CA, and they want their money’s worth, by Surendra R. Devkota (kp 18/04/2010)

CA thematic panels’ drafts reviewed (rn 18/04/2010)

Parliament can amend all provisions but two: No backtracking to monarchy, unitary system (ht 16/04/2010)

CA meeting deferred until further notice (nn 07/04/2010)

Parliament to debate 27 Bills (ht 05/04/2010)

Winter session of House begins today: Crucial bills on the table, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 04/04/2010)

100th CA meeting (kp 03/04/2010)

A shot in the arm for marginalised (kp 31/03/2010)

Third CA committee submits its report (nn 30/03/2010)

Panel urgently seeks reports from parties (ht 26/03/2010)

CA extension: Continuity of the existing CA will be crucial to write the new constitution, by Radheshyam Adhikari (nt 26/03/2010))

CA panel meet on resources, revenue (ht 18/03/2010)

Winter session of the parliament from April 4 (nn 17/03/2010)

CA meet ends in 5 minutes (ht 17/03/2010)

Bhattarai appointed parliament general secretary (nn 17/03/2010)

‘New-gen’ in CA rise for timely statute (kp 10/03/2010)

CA amends operation calendar for tenth time, by Liladhar Upadhyaya (rn 10/03/2010), CA schedule gets 10th amendment (ht 10/03/2010)

Next 30 days for first draft (kp 09/03/2010), CA timeline 30+50 days now: ‘No statute without national unity govt’ (kp 10/03/2010)

Constitutional Committee calls emergency meeting (nn 07/03/2010)

CA submits report to CC before burying the hatchet (ht 05/03/2010), CC members object report for missing debates (ht 06/03/2010)

The hundred-day deadline has just passed for the promulgation of Nepal’s long-awaited new constitution, by Bipin Adhikari (Himal Southasian 03/2010), Constitution is unlikely to be completed on time, interview with Ram Sharan Mahat, Nepali Congress (kp 01/03/2010)

CA members’ visit put off (kp 01/03/2010)

Fix commissions’ number: CA panel (kp 28/02/2010)

Commerce minister Mahato defies house panel call; panel passes censure motion (nn 25/02/2010), House panel orders fresh ban (ht 25/02/2010)

It’s break time for CC (kp 24/02/2010), Thematic bodies fail to give reports to constitutional panel (rn 24/02/2010), Work at a standstill as constitution clock ticks, by Prakash Acharya (ht 24/02/2010)

CA bars members from going on foreign visits (nn 18/02/2010)

100-day countdown begins for CA (kp 17/02/2010), ‘Big three’ mull extension of statute deadline, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn 17/02/2010), CPN-UML youth pickets CA (ht 17/02/2010)

CC gives its sub-committee five more days to prepare draft statute (nn 10/02/2010)

Short of expectation (ht 10/02/2010)

Uproar in House over Shah’s murder (kp 09/02/2010)

Budget session of legislative parliament concludes (nn 09/02/2010)

CA enters statute drafting phase, by Phanindra Dahal (kp 05/02/2010)

Constitution writing to commence from today: CA chair (nn 04/02/2010)

Revenue, financial rights draft okayed (kp 04/02/2010)

CA begins discussion on state restructuring draft (rn 01/02/2010), CA debate sees only Maoists supporting 14-state federal structure (nn 01/02/2010), Maoists not advocating ethnicity-based federalism to promote 'communal politics', Bhattarai clarifies (nn 02/02/2010), CA debate: Parties voice differences on model of federalism (nn 03/02/2010)

Deliberations on system of governance continue (rn 28/01/2010)

Big 3 one on CA reports (kp 27/01/2010)

Opinions vary at CA's palavers on governance (rn 27/01/2010)

Indigenous CA members threaten fire (kp 26/01/2010)

Dynamics of constitution making: This is the time to think beyond current requirements, by Subhash Chandra Nemwang (kp 25/01/2010)

CA amends constitution writing timetable for ninth time (nn 24/01/2010)

All thematic panels submit drafts to CA, by K.P. Gautam (rn 22/01/2010)

Dealing With Differences, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn 21/01/2010)

CA panel endorses 14 provinces (kp 21/01/2010), Tharus to protest 14-state model (kp 25/01/2010)

Maoist stalls House (rn 19/01/2010)

CA receives 10th report for debate (nn 18/01/2010), CA receives 10th report (rn 19/01/2010)

CA's governance panel to submit report tomorrow (ht 17/01/2010)

Three views to be forwarded for CA (ht 13/01/2010), Governance Structure: CA panel okays parallel status for 3 proposals (kp 13/01/2010)

CA committee tables statute content report (ht 10/01/2010), Over 100 contentious issues finalised, Constitutional panel tables concept paper, draft report (rn 10/01/2010), Tharu body miffed at CC draft (nn 11/01/2010), Lawmakers discuss draft report (rn 13/01/2010)

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