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Caste-based discrimination rife in Doti

by Mohan Shahi in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 12, 2023Sarita Dayali, has been buying milk from a restaurant nearby ever since the milkman refused to sell her milk a couple of years ago. Dayali is from the Dalit community and is the district chief of the Feminist Dalit Organisation in Silgadhi, the district headquarters of Doti. Dayali, a mother of two children, has been living in the district headquarters for almost a decade. Although she…

Koshi lawmakers deny possibility of mid-term elections

by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 27, 2023After the Supreme Court issued an interim order for a second time in the name of the Uddhav Thapa-led Koshi provincial government not to take any important decisions, speculations are rife on the chances of mid-term polls in the province. The court on Thursday ruled that the vote of confidence secured by the chief minister on Monday was unconstitutional. The Thapa government has now been reduced…