Maoist leader quits

BAGLUNG: Hit Bahadur Pun, a member of Magarat Liberation Front Gandak Region of the CPN-Maoist, surrendered before the Dhaulagiri zonal administration on Monday. — HNS

Govt forms two panels

Kathmandu: The government has formed the Squatters Study Suggestion Committee and the Supply Management Study and Suggestion Committee to study into the problems faced by the squatters and freed-Kamaiyas and address the problems of supply within three months. — HNS