29 hurt in bus mishap

DANG: Twenty-nine passengers were injured when a passenger bus bound for Dang from Pyuthan’s pilgrim site Sworgadwari, met with an accident at Tribhuvannagar Municipality ward no 7 Baraiya on Wednesday. — HNS

Bisexuals ‘insecure’

KATHMANDU: Representative of the Office of the United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ian Martin, on Wednesday said discrimination against lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and trans-gender people was not acceptable. Martin was speaking at a programme organised by Blue Diamond Society. — HNS

SC nod to CDMA plan

KATHMANDU: The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Nepal Telecom (NT) to launch the limited mobility of Code Division Multiplexing Access (CDMA) vacating the previous stay order issued by the apex court some five weeks ago. — HNS

OHCHR concerned

KATHMANDU: The OHCHR-Nepal on Wednesday conveyed its concerns to the Home Ministry regarding the use of the Public Security Act (PSA) to hold former ministers in preventive detention. — HNS

SC show cause notice

KATHMANDU: The SC on Wednesday issued show cause notices to the PMO and Cabinet, the Home Ministry and the Police Headquarters to clarify why former minister of state for Health, Nikshya Shumsher Rana, had been detained. — HNS

Indian assistance

KATHMANDU: Indian ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shankar Mukharjee laid the foundation stone of a building to be constructed for Madan Bhandari Memorial College at Anamnagar on Wednesday. The Indian government has provided Rs 28.639 million for the construction of the building. — RSS