NEPALGUNJ: Unified CPN-Maoist leader Krishna Bahadur Mahara today said that his party would give ticket to former king Gyanendra Shah to contest fresh election to the Constituent Assembly if Shah joined the UCPN-Maoist. Speaking at a press meet organised by Revolutionary Journalists’ Union in Banke, Mahara said, “Maoists will not hesitate to give ticket to Shah if he joins the party as a common citizen.” He said his party would have made the ex-king the first president of the nation if he had agreed during the Maoist insurgency. “We had proposed to Shah that he become...
Published On: 2013-05-21

KATHMANDU: A three-member visiting Indian Army delegation led by Lieutenant General Gyan Bhushan of Western Command called on Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) Gaurav Shumsher Rana at the Army Headquarters today. During the meeting, the delegation sought information on the policy related to the management of women soldiers in Nepal Army, said Department of Public Relations of the NA. Also, the team is scheduled to observe various army teaching institutions and return on Thursday after completing their four-day visit. —HNS Dons to get notice KATHMANDU: The Special Court on Tuesday dispatched s...
Published On: 2013-05-21

NEPALGUNJ: UCPN-Maoist leader Krishna Bahadur Mahara has argued that former king Gyanendra Shah can vie for the Constituent Assembly (CA) seat if he wishes for so and it would not be taken otherwise. Speaking at a press meet organised by Revolutionary Journalists' Association Banke on Tuesday, leader Mahara said the former king could take part in the CA election from any political party if any accepts his candidacy. "Door for possibilities is always open in politics and why should we be bias if someone wants to come with correction", he added. He expressed his hope that government...
Published On: 2013-05-21

CHITWAN: Chairman of the UCPN-Maoist, Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, has said Amar Lama was not killed by the UCPN-Maoist. Inaugurating the 33rd anniversary of the Himalayan Higher Secondary School at Geetanagar on Tuesday, Chairman Dahal refuted an accusation by an UML leader on the party, questioning if there were any proof the UCPN-Maoist was involved in the Lama's murder. On a different note, he urged all not to doubt the election to the Constituent Assembly. Leader Dahal further said in his recent discussion with the Chairman of the election Council of Ministers, they have...
Published On: 2013-05-21

RAJBIRAJ: The admission of students enrolled illegally at Mahendra Bindeshwori Multiple Campus, Rajbiraj, has been canceled following pressure exerted by different students' organizations. The campus administration has decided to revoke the students' enrollment concluding that they were admitted illegally making the payments through group cheque, said Prof. Chiranjivilal Dev, Campus Chief. The campus took the decision as some students close to the All Nepal National Free Students, and Madhesi Students Forum protested the act and torched furniture at the chamber of the Campus Chief. The Camp...
Published On: 2013-05-21

HETAUNDA: Construction works on the Hetauda-Kulekhani-Kathmandu tunnel highway would be started within a month. Chairman of Federation of Contractors´ Associations of Nepal (FCAN) and manager of the tunnel highway construction, Jayram Lamichhane, said that they would start the construction process within a month. Stating that obstacles in the construction of the highway were removed after the government on May 13 gave permission to the Nepal Infrastructure Development Company, Lamichhane said that they hoped to get the approval letter only by next Tuesday. He added that they would com...
Published On: 2013-05-21

FALEBAS: An appeal for support made on Facebook has helped raise funds for the establishment of an e-library in a school in Parbat. The Nawajagrit Higher Secondary School in Tilhar, Parbat has received a computer and Rs. 210,000 in cash from donors who responded to a call for support made by the School's principal in his Facebook wall. Former students of the school now in Italy and the Non-Resident Nepalis Association in Italy provided the initial support and have assured for additional assistance, said Principal Bishnu Prasad Subedi. ...
Published On: 2013-05-21

RATNANAGAR: A study of birds in Chitwan has found 15 news species of bird in the hilly (Mahabharat) region of the district. The 10-day long study was carried out after a gap of nine years at the joint initiative of Bird Education Society and Ornithologists Association. According to the findings shared here on Monday, a similar study carried out nine years ago had found 237 species of bird in the Mahabharat region, which is now found to have increased to 252. According to central regional coordinator of the Association, Basu Bindari, this brings the total number of species of birds found in ...
Published On: 2013-05-21

KATHMANDU: Representatives of all 49 member countries in the Least Developed Countries Group (LDC Group) in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), are scheduled to gather in Bonn of Germany to discuss the upcoming framework of the 2015 protocol from June 3 to 14. Talking to this daily, Chair of the LDC group and Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology Prakash Mathema said Nepal will speak up for the common agendas of 49 countries in the conference. "The deliberations will focus on legal aspects of the proposed agreement of 201...
Published On: 2013-05-20

TAULIHAWA: As many as 77 VDC secretaries in Kapilvastu have launched an agitation by shutting their offices indefinitely from Monday. The secretaries have initiated an agitation putting forth five-point demand. Their demands include withdrawal of cases registered against VDC secretaries, holding local election, granting martyr status to then Pipara VDC secretary Rammilan Gupta who was killed by underground outfits six years ago, and compensation for his family, among others. VDC Welfare Protection Centre Kapilvastu Secretary Dayaram Ghimire said that the agitating secretaries had staged a ...
Published On: 2013-05-20