IN BRIEF

Property looted

LALITPUR: A group of about seven unidentified persons looted cash and valuables amounting to Rs 460,000 from the house owned by one Suresh Raj Bajracharya at Magalbazaar, Lalitpur on Sunday morning, police said. Meanwhile, a report said US dollar 2,500, Japanese Yen 25,000, seven tolas of golden jewellery, two mobile sets and a wrist watch were reported to have been stolen from the house of Raja Aryal at Saibabamarg, Kathmandu, on Saturday night. — HNS

Badu’s nomination

KATHMANDU: PM and Patron of the National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) GP Koirala has, in accordance with Clause (a) of the National Trust for Nature Conservation Act-2039 (along with amendment), nominated Minister of State for Forest and Soil Conservation Dilendra Prasad Badu as Chairman of the Trust. — RSS

Cheque handed over

KATHMANDU: A cheque amounted Rs 2,488,597 was handed over on Sunday to coordinator of Jana Andolan Injured Treatment and Management Committee, Member of Parliament (MP) Krishna Kishor Ghimire, at a function organised in Parliament Secretariat. — RSS