PM Koirala’s butler sacked

Kathmandu, 6 Feb: Ailing Girija Prasad Koirala’s butler has been sacked after it was discovered he was secretly supplying cigarettes to the prime minister in his bedroom, Janaastha reports.
Baluwatar is now out of bounds for Prakash Magar from Sunday.
Koirala didn’t do anything to retain the services of Magar.
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Maoists attack Former minister attacked, airlifted to capital for treatment

By Bhola B Rana

Kathmandu, 6 Feb: Maoists attacked and injured former tourism minister Dilendra Prasad Badu and 10 other Congress activists during an election campaign in the remote hill district of Darchula Tuesday.
The injured were airlifted to the capital by helicopter for medical treatment.
The group was campaigning for Wednesday’s district party public meeting for the 10 April assembly elections which looks unlikely. Maoist YCL attacked the campaigning party while they were having lunch at the home of a local party activist Mohan Singh Dhami.
Maoists charged Badu fired on and injured two party workers.
Maoists seized weapons from five on whom are missing, radio reports from the district said.
Maoist YCL attacked the Congress group while having lunch Tuesday at the at home of Mohan Singh Dhami.
Maoists earlier attacked a public meeting addressed by former prime minister and second Congress leader Sher Bahadur Deuba.
Besides Maoist attacks, Congress has been on the receiving end in the terai where all of Dueba’s public meetings were bombed in Sunsari, Saptari, Dhanusha and neighbouring Mohottari.
Deuba survived the bombing attacks.
The Election Commission this week summoned peace minister Ram Chandra Paudel and warned him election may be postponed for the third time if peace isn’t restored through talks with agitating terai groups.
Daily violence and strikes were making it difficult for the commission to sent election materials to the region bordering India for the vote.
UNDP resident representative Matthew Kahane lost his Nepal responsibilities for suggesting in a newspaper interview Indian groups across the border have links with Nepalese rebels across and New Delhi, Kahane suggested, could assist in resolving the crisis in Nepal.
Spokesman for the secretary-general said the statement was unauthorized.
British ambassador Dr Andrew Hall Wednesday delivered a letter to the prime minister from minister for development assistance urging elections should be held 10 April.
Foreigners, more than Nepalis, are interested and pushing the vote.
Tarai groups are against elections without fulfillment of 22 regional demands.
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