10-hour load-shedding

Kathmandu, 4 Nov: Load-shedding will be increased to 10 hours from Mangshir [17 November] with the onset of winter and the fall is water level in rivers, Kantipur reports.
Nepal Electricity Authority (NEC) will work out the schedule after Chaat [today Tuesday].
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No permits for additional flights

Kathmandu, 4 Nov: Almost 30,000 tourists have been diverted from Nepal after international airlines didn’t receive permits for additional flights during the peak tourist season, Annapurna Post reports.
Government had in the past been issuing such permits every year from August.
Such permits haven’t been issued so far.
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Rebellion threat in Maoist PLA

By Bhola B Rana

Kathmandu, 4 Nov: Differences have surfaced amongst Maoist commanders in camps after integration of PLA became a national issue, Mohan Budhair reports in Kantipur.
They are awaiting a decision by the political leadership on integration.
‘A debate has started whether to wholly accept the political decision or rebel,” one division commander told Kantipur.
Differences have surfaced among ranks above brigadier.
Before tihar, Peace Minister Janardhan Sharma Prabhakar, military commander Nanda Krishna Pun Pasang, CA member and commander Barsha Man Pun Ananta and Chandra Deb Khanal Baldeb visited the seventh division for an internal discussion.
The difference surfaced then when the idea of a referendum was also proposed to sort out the difference.
Hardliner 7th division commander Mahendra Bahadur Shahi Prajawalla has even threatened rebellion if there’s no agreement on integration.
A general staff meeting of Maoists was held in the capital last week when Bista threatened a rebellion.
A referendum came up as a solution.
Integration on basis of personal qualification wasn’t acceptable to Prajawalla.
He proposed a single headquarter command and separate brigade commands and opposed integrating Maoist commandants in different Nepal Army units.
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