Kathmandu  - The UN Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Friday called on the Nepalese government to investigate 170 cases of forced disappearances in a single district in the western part of the country during the communist insurgency.

OHCHR in a report said it had documented 170 cases of disappearances in Bardiya district, about 450 kilometres west of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu.

Kathmandu, Dec 19 : Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda has said that the current government cannot be pulled down by anyone.

Talking to mediapersons here on Thursday, Prachnada said, "There is no question of pulling this government down and forming another."

"If this government is pulled down, there will be huge implications on the country," he added.

He said that given the complicated nature of transition, the politics in the country was becoming multidimensional.

Kathmandu, Dec 17 : Indian Ambassador to Ne

Lahore, Dec 16 : The Nepalese Government has denied Ajmal Kasab's arrest by Indian agents from Nepal.

The Nepal Interior Ministry denied the claim that the sole surviving gunman involved in the Mumbai terror attacks, Ajmal Kasab, was arrested from Nepal, Geo TV reported.

Earlier, a Pakistani lawyer SM Farooq had claimed that Kasab had been arrested from Nepal and shifted to India, and that an application had also been moved in the Nepali Supreme Court for his release.

Kathmandu, Dec 16 : Kush Kumar Joshi president of the Federation of the Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI) has said that the political interference has been a major stumbling block to industrial growth in Nepal.

Addressing a function here on Monday, Joshi said that political parties have not been sensitive towards the problems facing the business sector.

"Parties remain as indifferent towards promoting the private sector as in the past. Industries have not been able to operate smoothly, mainly due to political interference," he added.

Kathmandu, Dec 16 : CPN-Maoist has decided to bring nationalists and republican forces into an alliance by including political forces that are committed to nationality and republicanism for polarisation.

The Maoist Central Committee (CC) meeting held on Monday supported the proposal for the republican front tabled by Maoist Chairman and Prime Minister Prachanda.

Prachanda introduced the idea of forging an alliance of republican and nationalist forces at a time when the Nepali Congress (NC) President Girija Prasad Koirala is talking about the Broad Democratic Alliance.