The office of the President of Nepal has denied information about his resignation.

The office of the President of Nepal Ram Chandra Paudela denied the information about the resignation of the head of state. This was reported on September 9 by India Today magazine.

"Ram Chandra Paudel has not resigned from his post," the president's office said in a statement.

Earlier that day, the media reported that the Nepalese leader had resigned amid anti-government protests.

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Mass protests in Nepal began on September 8 after the authorities banned the activities of major social networks that did not register with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology on time. Protesters set fire to the central office of the ruling Nepali Congress Party, and they also attacked Nepal's Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel.

According to the latest data, a total of 22 people were killed and about 500 injured during the protests. Alexander Ivashev, press attache at the Russian Embassy in Kathmandu, told Izvestia that Russians were not among the victims. The official representative of the embassy urged to remain calm, monitor the normalization of the situation and "not force" the return to Kathmandu.

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