Thapa holds meeting

KATHMANDU: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) led by Kamal Thapa on Monday met and discussed its strategy in the run-up to the stepped up activism demonstrated by the Rayamajhi commission which is probing the “excesses” going back to the royal regime. — HNS

Huge hemp haul

BARA: The Area Police Office (APO), Simra, on Monday seized 110 kgs of hemp from a spot two-and-a-half km from Pathlaiya of the Pathlaiya-Amlekhgunj road sector on Tribhuvan Highway. — HNS

One killed in mishap

ITAHARI: Taranath Dhakal, 72, a resident of Sindhuli was killed when a microbus bound for Inaharuwa from Biratnagar hit him at Bhasi of Sunsari on Monday. He died while undergoing treatment at the Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, police said. — HNS

Peace panel’s meet

KATHMANDU: The Peace Committee at its meeting on Monday discussed constitution of the peace council at the local level and its working procedures. Ram Chandra Poudel presided over the meeting. — RSS