A 35-year-old rapper and engineer who entered politics just four years ago has beaten a former prime minister in Nepal’s crucial parliamentary election, in a contest widely seen as a referendum on a ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated the people and government of Nepal for the successful conduct of elections in the Himalayan nation, and said the historic milestone is a proud ...

In a country that has seen political instability following every election since multiparty democracy was restored in 1990, Nepali voters have finally delivered a decisive mandate and in favour of a ...

The newly formed Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) of rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah has secured a landslide victory in Nepal’s general elections, decimating the established parties in the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A relatively new party swept Nepal’s first parliamentary election since Gen Z uprisings ousted the nation’s ...

Voters in Nepal have handed a landslide victory to the recently formed Rastriya Swatantra (RSP), or National Independent Party, putting former rapper and Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah on track to be ...

No single political party since the 1991 elections has secured a two-thirds majority in the lower house As counting of votes concluded in 163 electoral constituencies out of 165 under the ...

A youth-led uprising brought Nepal’s government down last year. Now, a 35-year-old politician demanding change is set to become prime minister. Balendra Shah, center, during his campaign on Saturday ...

Inside the Nepal Campaign That Could Vault Balendra Shah to Power KATHMANDU, March 7 (Reuters) - The campaign that swept aside Nepal's established political heavyweights and brought 35-year-old rapper ...

As I have noted in many prior articles, despite the wave of Gen Z protests that have swept through Asia in recent years and carried over to other parts of the globe (from Togo to Madagascar to the ...

Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah's Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is heading towards a sweeping victory in Nepal's first general elections since the violent Gen Z protests, shattering the ...

Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah's RSP is all set to form the government in Nepal, after securing a sweeping victory in the crucial general election, the results of which were declared on Sunday ...