Prachanda, Sood meet

Kathmandu, 14 April” Hour-long discussions were held between Chairman Prachanda and Indian Ambassador Rakesh Sood Wednesday.
They discussed the delayed peace process and constitution drafting besides the party’s India policy, a party source said.
The meeting comes one day after Sood’s concern with Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal at the cancellation of a contract to an Indian company to print machine readable passports.
Maoists withdrew their one-day nation-wide strike this week protesting the passport deal forcing the government to cancel the contract.
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Three killed, 10 injured in another bus plunge

Kathmandu, 14 April: here passengers were killed and 10 were injured when a bus plunged into Trisuli river in Chitwan Wednesday morning.
The bus was heading for the capital from Birgunj.
Such bus accidents have become daily occurrences.
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Maoist politburo meet rescheduled

Kathmandu, 14 April: Wednesday’s scheduled meeting of the Maoist politburo was postponed for Thursday.
The meeting was rescheduled citing busy schedule of leaders.
The meeting was to discuss details of anti-government protests andplans to topple Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal.
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