President listens to basanta shrawan

Kathmandu, 31 Jan: Like past kings, President Dr Ram Baran Yadav listened to basanta shrawan recited by Hindu priests at Hanuman Dhoka.
Maoist Prime Minister Prachanda also listened.
Spring has come to Nepal with the end of a mild winter.
Goddess of Learning Sharashwati was also worshipped at temples and homes.
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People displaced by Kosi river return home

Kathmandu, 31 Jan: Several families displaced by the flooded river returned home from a camp in Sunsari Saturday.
Each family received Rs 50,000 in compensation.
The river was brought back to its original course this week.
Mahendra Highway, damaged by the river, will be linked to the national network in another three weeks.
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Army publishes results of written exams for recruitment; other details

By Bhola B Rana

Kathmandu, 31 Jan: Nepal Army, amidst protests of only Maoists in government, Thursday night published results of written examinations for recruitment of 2,800 to fill in vacancies.
Main opposition Nepali Congress and three other ruling parties.
Downsized and downgraded UMNIN also criticized the move supporting Maoists.
Main opposition Nepali Congress leaders called outgoing UNMIN Special Representative Ian Martin a pro-Maoist as the party said it has noted with ‘seriousness” Martin’s comments.
Army published the results even as the defence minister and its Chief Ram Bahadur Thapa Badal to stop recruitment.
The results have been pasted at Chauni barracks.
“The publication is against the peace agreement,” Maoist Spokesman Dinanath Sharma told Nepal Samacharpatra. “The issue will be discussed in the party.”
Senior officers, including generals, held a meeting Friday and the peace agreement wasn’t violated, Rajdhani reported quoting unnamed military sources.
The meeting concluded to garner political and diplomatic support for a constitutional move, the newspaper reported.
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Maoists shifting district headquarters for their convenience; other details a new strategy is being formulated

By Bhola B Rana

Kathmandu, 31 Jan: Concluding their bases have been destroyed in terai and Madesh, Unified CPN (Maoist) have adopted a new strategy to regain lost ground, Janasatta reports.
According to a Maoist source, a new strategy is being formulated considering political, administrative and economic sectors.
The source said present district headquarters don’t benefit Maoist politically and strategically and headquarters are being shifted to places that suit Maoists.
Maoists have adopted a strategy to shift integrated service centers to confuse people and quell protests against the complete shift of district headquarters.
As an example, Bardibas in Mohottari suits Maoists.
Maoists are trying to move centers to places easily accessible areas near forests.
Maoists are trying bring agitating Maoist groups into their fold.
Terai leader Matrika Prasad Yadav, currently in China, has been given this responsibility.
His rebellion in the party is just a sham.
Meanwhile, Unified CPN (Maoist) central committee meets Sunday to adopt a terai, Madesh policy
Following a two-day interaction with persons of the south in the capital.
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Chairman of CPN-UML to be powerful person in party

Kathmandu, 31 Jan: The elected chairman of the CPN-UML will now be the most powerful person in CPN-UML, the third largest party in the CA.
Until now, the general secretary controlled the party.
The party statute approved by the standing committee and central committee has approved the statute to be presented at a party general convention to be held in Butwal next month.
Details were revealed by organization Amrit Bohara Friday.
Former General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal and incumbent party chief Jhalanath Khanal are expected to contest the chairmanship.
The chairman will head the standing and central committees; the chairman will also preside over the proposed national representative council.
The council can sack central committee members; the council will be represented by two members of 200 plus electoral constituencies and members of central agencies.
The new general secretary, the second person in the party, will head the central secretariat and oversee implementation of party policy and plans besides implanting orders of the chairman.
Nobody replaced ceremonial chairman Manmohan Adhkari after his death.
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MEDIA GOOGLE

“When we don’t have a single ambassador, our nominees should be appointed ambassadors to India and USA.”

(Foreign Ministry Advisor Shyamananda Suman, Rajdhani, 31 Jan.)

“UML activists should be pressurized to change of character of their leaders who are soiling plates out of which they eat.”

(Dr Baburam Bhattarai, Janasatta, 31 Jan.)

‘Unified CPN-Maoist senior leader and Finance Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai said Friday that his party was in favour of democracy and republic but would not accept Westminister–style parliamentary democracy.”

(Report in The Rising Nepal, 31 Jan.)
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