64.31 percent pass SLC exams

Kathmandu, 2 July: In the SLC results announced Friday evening, 16,859 students got distinction, Controller of Examination said.
Altogether 93,339 secured first division while 64.31 percent examinees passed—lower percentage than last year.
Overall, 274, 689 students got through the exams.
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11 parties to push for Maoist-led government (DEVELOPING STORY)

Kathmandu, 2 July: A front of 11 parties, including Maoists, will push for a national unity government.
The parties came to an agreement Friday in the front’s meeting.
Maoist Vice-chairman Baburam Bhattarai said it was the first meeting the three-member Maoist negotiating team had after its formation Thursday.
The front also consisting of Chairman Prachanda and another Vice-chairman Mohan Baidya is trying to assemble a government to replace the caretaker administration led by Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal.
Prachanda said the team will hold negotiations with NepaliCongressand UML Saturday.
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Top Naxal leader killed in Andhra Pradesh

Kathmandu, 2 July: Naxal leader and party Spokesman Azad was killed in an encounter with Indian security forces in the state of Andhra Pradesh, radio reports said Friday.
Another Indian Maoist leader was also killed.
The death of the top Naxal leader comes after rebels killed 27 policemen Tuesday in an ambush in Chhattisgarh state.
Naxalites slit throats of the policemen and three to four bullets wounds were found in all the 27 CRPF personnel bodies, Times of India reports from Raipur.
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Five teachers flee Gorkha under Maoist death threats

Kathmandu, 2 July: Five school teachers, including a teacher, trekked for six days through forests and climbed hills to reach the capital Friday escorted by a group following death treats from Maoists in Gorkha, the teachers told Avenues Television which showed their footage.
The teachers told the television network they would be killed if they didn’t quit the district.
They appealed for creation on an environment for their return home and protection of their lives.
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Indian reaction of PM Nepal’s resignation; excerpts from edit

Kathmandu, 2 July: In an edit entitled “Fighting the Peace”, Times of India, which reflects Indian government thinking said Friday: Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal’s resignation under Maoist pressure almost a year after coming to power demonstrates the depressing circulatory of politics in Nepal.
‘The fight for the prime minister’s chair is likely to be a messy one.
“Also, the coalition partners are unlikely to agree to a Maoist-led government. If democracy’s shaky edifice is to be propped up, the question of disbanded cadres must be addressed swiftly.
‘Tricky as the situation is, it can be resolved if Maoists begin work entirely within the democratic framework, something they have failed to do so far.”
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Nepal Maoists support Naxals

Kathmandu, 2 July: With Nepal plunging back into uncertainty with the resignation of prime minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Wednesday, alarm bells are going off in India, Indrani Bagchi reports for the Times of India from New Delhi.
For one thing, the Maoists have, for the first time, openly expressed support for ‘communist revolutionaries’ in other countries, particularly India.
After their politburo meeting on June 26, the Prachanda led former guerrillas issued a statement protesting what they called the ‘suppression’ of people in India.
“It has been decided to establish a lively relationship with he communist revolutionaries of the world with exchange of ideologies as per the principle of proletarians internationalism
“Also, it has been concluded to raise voice against the suppression of the people in India and other parts of the world,” the statement said.
It’s the clearest signal of Nepal Maoists openly soliciting links with the Naxalites in India…”
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