Dr Ram Baran Yadav is Republic Nepal's First President

Dr Ram Baran Yadav of Nepali Congress has been elected as the First President of Nepal today after he got 308 votes for 280 by Ramraja Prasad Singh. Total casted votes 590. I congratulate Dr Yadav for being on the such a glorious position of the country- Nepal's First President.

Speculation made earlier were in favor of Dr Yadav, and hence he is the Republic Nepal's very first President.

With some small parties pledging fresh support to the NC-UML-MPRF alliance for presidency in Monday's run-off, Nepali Congress candidate Dr Ram Baran Yadav has garnered a groundswell of support as the new republic's first president. The new three-party alliance received clear words from some new parties, which boycotted the presidential polls on Saturday, during parleys to garner 15 votes that he ran short of in Saturday's polling to win the election.

Update from Avenues.tv

राष्ट्रपतिमा आफ्नो उम्मेदवार पराजित भएपछि नेकपा माओवादी सरकारमा सहभागी नहुने भएको छ । केन्द्रीय कमिटीको अनौपचारिक बैठकपछि माओवादी अध्यक्ष पुष्पकमल दाहालले सरकारमा सामेल नभई प्रतिपक्षमै बसेर जनताको आवाजलाई सम्बोधन गरिने बताउनुभयो । नयाँ गठबन्धनमा सामेल दलहरुसँग तत्कालै सहमतिको सम्भावना नरहेको पनि अध्यक्ष प्रचण्डले स्पष्ट पार्नुभयो

राष्ट्रपति निर्वाचनको परिणाम आए लगत्तै त्यसको समीक्षा गर्न माओवादी केन्द्रीय कमिटीको अनौपचारिक बैठक सिंहदरबारमा बसेको थियो ।

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4 real pics to ponder the beauty of being a Nepali

Barahi Temple in Lake Phewa

 

Paragliding in Pokhara - an extreme sport for Tourists

 

Traditional farming in Nepal-
a long after seen revived scene of true farming 

 

A close shot to Mount Everest

 

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Nepal's Presidential Election re-polled, Paramananda Jha Nepal’s first vice-prez, re-election for prez

Finally held, presidential election to choose one of the three Presidential Candidates for the First President of Nepal, today could not decide for the candidate as none of the Rams got required number of votes.

The decision of vice-president has been finalized. Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum's Paramananda Jha has been elected as Nepal's first vice-president. He defeated two female candidates on the election.Click here to read the news in detail/full article.

Madhesi People’s Rights Forum candidate Paramananda Jha was elected as the first vice president of the federal democratic republic of Nepal. However, none of the three candidates vying to be the first president of Nepal could garner a clear majority of at least 298 votes.
Today’s Constituent Assembly (CA) meeting will fix a new date for the presidential post run-off.

Maoist candidate Ram Raja Prasad Singh, Nepali Congress (NC)’s Dr Ram Baran Yadav and CPN-UML’s Ram Prit Paswan were vying to be Nepal’s first president. Likewise, Maoist’s Shanta Shrestha, NC’s Maan Bahadur Bishwakarma, UML’s Asta Laxmi Shakya and MPRF’s Parmananda Jha are the candidates for the vice-presidential post.

Earlier today, the CA members had cast their votes to choose Nepal’s new president and vice-president.
Of the total 594 voters registered, 578 CA members cast their ballots while 16 CA members stayed away from the voting centre.
As per the election programme, a re-election will be conducted between the two candidates securing highest number of votes if none of the candidates could garner a clear majority (298 votes).

Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal, National People’s Front Nepal and Nepal Workers and Peasants Party boycotted the election.
Voting began at around 11:15 am at the International Convention Centre in the capital and concluded at 2:30pm.
Voting was delayed for some time as new alliances were forged among the parties at the eleventh-hour.
The Election Commission had extended the voting period till 2.30pm. It had earlier fixed the time from 11am to 2pm today.

For more information visit:

• http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=154137
• http://www.nepalelectionportal.org/EN/
• http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20080719/876/twl-re-poll-fear-haunts-nepal-s-first-pr.html
• http://www.bbcnepali.com/

 

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Using Windows Live Writer for better blogging

Available as a part of Windows Live Installer, Windows Live Writer is a software client for publishing blog posts in rich-text environment similar to Microsoft Office Word, with a lot of plug ins available. Windows Live Writer can create and post entries on your weblog, and works with a variety of weblog services. With Windows Live Writer, you will not not require any other services working with/for Blogging. Most of the blogging platforms including WordPress, Blogger, Atom Publishing Protocol, TypePad, LiveJournal, Movable Type, Metaweblog API, Community Server and many others.

 

Configuring Windows Live Writer is very easy. Just opt your choice. Click Another weblog services to see more service providers. You got tons of options the program preferences, accounts- managing and editing blog accounts, Blog This feature, Spelling, Plug-ins, Ping servers and a lot.

Moreover, a lot of 3rd party plug-ins are available in the Windows Live Writer Website- of which Insert Video, Insert Adsense Coder, Insert Picasa Link, and Insert Wikipedia Links are worth mentioning.

 

Windows Live Writer enables you to edit using the visual style of your weblog. This enables you to see what your posts will look like online while you are editing them, instantly. Another plug in, WLW uses is Website Capture. here is the captured version of this weblog itself as captured from the Website Capture Plugin.

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Do Parrot's BOSS?

A man goes into a pet shop to buy a parrot. The shop owner points to three identical looking parrots on a perch and says "The parrot to the left costs 500 dollars". "Why does the parrot cost so much?" the customer asks. The owner says "It knows how to use a computer." The customer asks about the next parrot and is told "That one costs 1,000 dollars because it can do everything the other parrot can do plus it knows how to use the UNIX operating system." Naturally, the increasingly startled man asks about the third parrot and is told "That one costs 2,000 dollars." Needless to say this begs the question "What can it do?!" The owner replies "To be honest I have never seen it do a thing but the other two call him boss!"

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Nepal's first President to be elected on 19 July 2008

After a long instability and political insane, Nepal's indirect Presidential election is all set to go tomorrow. The Nepalese Constituent Assembly (CA) elected in April 2008 will elect a new president and vice-president after the Fifth Amendment to the Interim Constitution was passed on July 14. This would be the first president to be elected after Nepal became a republic few months earlier.

As the major political parties of Nepal failed to forge a common agreement on the presidential candidate until Wednesday evening, the office of the Election Officer (OEO) is set to take the procedure of electing the first president of the newest republic from Thursday. As part of the president election process, the OEO published the final votes list this afternoon.

Altogether 594 Constituent Assembly (CA) members are included in the list of voters who will be electing the country's first president and vice president on Saturday.
The OEC published the names of 593 votes out of 601-CA members saying that the election is still due to take place in five constituencies and three CA members are still to be sworn-in. According to Kantipur sources, the election procedure will definitely move forward from Thursday if the political parties make no heady on the president and vice-president by 1 pm on Thursday.

Likewise, Ram Raja Prasad Singh took a candidacy form for the president. Singh lately remains far from the probable candidate for the presidential post though the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) had proposed him for the constitutional post earlier. The political parties finally decided to put the issue to a vote at the CA to elect the country's first president after the deadlock over the appointment of president, vice-president and CA chair.

The election commision's website writes on Election of Nepal's First President and the First Presidential Election:

The process of electing the first president of republic Nepal began from Wednesday.As per the election program mentioned in the procedure passed by the Constituent Assembly, the voters' list will be published at 10 am on Wednesday on which protests can be registered till 12 noon. The final list of voters will be published on 12:30 pm. On the basis of political understanding, presidential and vice president candidates will file nomination papers till 5 pm in the evening. However, if the political understanding is not forthcoming, nominations can be filed on Thursday between 10 am and 1 pm. The final list of candidates will be published at 5 pm on Thursday.The whole of Friday has been reserved for campaigning. The election will then take place between 11 am and 2 pm on Saturday. At 5 pm, the CA will declare the result of the winner. President can be elected based on simple majority. If none of the candidate gets majority, the top two candidates will head to second round of voting.
Only the CA members are eligible for voting in the election

Read further:

• Nepal Election Portal
• Malaysian Sun about Nepal's President
• Wikipedia-Nepalese presidential election, 2008

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