KATHMANDU:

The Government has nominated nine mediapersons, namely editor of The Kathmandu Post Prateek Pradhan, editor of Jana Aastha Weekly Kishore Shrestha, journalists based in Dang and Birgunj, Bipul Pokharel and Dipendra Chuhan, publishers Prashu Ghimire and Sanjaya Santoshi Rai, Yagya Raj Sharma, Mahendra Bista and Gyanu Pandey as members of the Press Council Nepal for a period of two years, the Ministry of Information and Communications said.