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Nepali Congress has issued a whip to its lawmakers to vote in favor of the government's policies and programs.

Congress Parliamentary Party Chief Whip Shyam Kumar Ghimire issued a whip to the party lawmakers to vote in favor of the government's policies and programs.

The government’s policies and programs will be presented in the meeting of the House of Representatives today.

The Congress has urged its lawmakers to be present mandatorily and vote in favor of the policies and programs.

Earlier, the CPN-UML had also issued a whip to its lawmakers to vote in favor of the government's policies and programs in the House meeting.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is scheduled to answer the questions raised by lawmakers on government’s policies and programs in the Parliament meeting today, according to General Secretary of Federal Parliament Secretariat Padma Prasad Pandey.

The Parliament meeting is taking place at 11 am.

President Ram Chandra Paudel presented the government's policies and programs for the fiscal year 2025/26 on May 2 in the joint meeting of the Federal Parliament..

Likewise, the amendments received on the government's policies and programs would be tabled for decision. Altogether 37 amendment proposals have been registered. 

Likewise, Prime Minister Oli is also scheduled to respond to the concerns raised during the discussions on the government's policies and programs unveiled for the upcoming fiscal year in today's National Assembly meeting. 

The NA meeting is taking place at 1:15 today. 

As per the schedule, the government policies and programs for the next fiscal year will be passed today itself.

India and Pakistan have accused each other of "violations" hours after the two nations said they had agreed to a ceasefire following days of cross-border military strikes, BBC reported.

After sounds of explosions were heard in Indian-administered Kashmir, India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said there had been "repeated violations of the understanding we arrived at".

A short while later, Pakistan's foreign ministry said it remained "committed to faithful implementation of a ceasefire...notwithstanding the violations being committed by India in some areas". 

The fighting between India and Pakistan over the last four days has been the worst military confrontation between the two rivals in decades, according to BBC.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for "direct talks" with Ukraine, saying they should "start without delay, as early as 15 May", BBC reported.

"We seek serious talks... to remove the root causes of the conflict and start moving towards a lasting, strong peace", he said on Saturday, in a rare televised late-night address from the Kremlin.

It comes hours after European leaders - including UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron - visited Ukraine and urged Russia to agree to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire, according to BBC.

In response, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov had said Moscow would "have to think this through" - but warned that "trying to pressure us is quite useless".