Another murder in Kapilvasthu as violence continues in tarai

Kathmandu, 25 Oct: Pipara VDC secretary was shot dead by three motorcyclists in Kapilvasthu Saturday as violence continues in the south.
Three assailants sped away on a motorcycle after shooting Ram Milan Prasad Gupta who died instantly.
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Major government transfers, promotions

Kathmandu, 25 Oct: Sixteen secretaries were transferred by the cabinet Saturday and 20 joint secretaries were promoted.
Radio Nepal didn’t provide immediate details.
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Susta encroached by Indians

Kathmandu, 25 Oct: Indians with the assistance of Seema Surakshya Bal (SSA) again started encroaching on Susta since the last two days planting winter crops and building temporary structures.
Adam Khan, chief of Save Susta Committee, gave the information.
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Casino workers stage demonstrations

Kathmandu, 25 Oct: Casino workers in the capital staged a demonstration Saturday demanding security work and protested Friday’s attempted police raid ob Casino Anna in which two dozen workers and policemen were injured..
The demonstrators launched the protest from Ratna Park and held a corner meeting at Mandala Square where they condemned Home Minister Bandeb Gautam.
Police lobbed teargas shells in a failed attempt the casino at eight in the evening.
Gautam has ordered closure of dance restaurants from 11 PM amid protests of workers and management and removed street vendors from the capital.
Protesting vendors are also demanding alternative space to sell their ware.
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Maoist national wormer’s meet postponed

By Bhola B Rana

Kathmandu, 25 Oct: A national meet of workers of CPN (Maoist) schedule din the capital from 10 November has been postponed, party sources said.
The meet was postponed amid differences between two factions on a people’s republic and a democratic republic.
A faction led by senior leader Mohan Baidya Kiran is demanding an immediate people’s republic while the faction led by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda and Finance Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai defend a democratic republic in a transition phase.
The differences have come out in the open with the Kiran faction calls the rival faction revisionist.
Both claim majority in the central committee..
Bhattarai even said publicly in Washington DC this month only the coming generation could enforce communism in Nepal—a clear hint the Maoist-led government may even abandon communism after attaining state power by emerging from the jungle in 2005.
The national meet has now been postponed to the first week of Mangshir beginning 16 November.
No firm dates were given.
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No cabinet discussion special integration committee


Kathmandu, 25 Oct: The cabinet didn’t appoint a special committee for the integration of the Nepal Army and Maoist PLA.
Differences persist in the four main ruling and main opposition parties.
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