PM TELLS PRESIDENT GOVT. CHIF IS HIS ADVISOR

ARMY CHIEF MEETS STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL

Kathmandu, 10 April: Visiting Army Chief Gen. Chatraman Singh Gurung Saturday held discussions in Washington with State Department Assistant Secretary of
State for Central and South Asia Robert O.Blake.
Ambassador Shanker Sharma was present.
He also held discussions with Derek Mitchell, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for Southeast Asia.
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RATO MACHINDRANATH FESTIVAL BEGINS

Kathmandu, 10 April: Rato Machindranath festival began in Lalitpur
Saturday.
The festival with a puja.
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REPORT ON 2ND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
BEING PRESENTED

Kathmandu, 10 April: A report on a second international airport to be constructed at Nijgadh in Bara is being presented to government Sunday.
The report of a South Korean firm envisages the airport’s construction in
Four years at an estimated cost of $600 million.
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I’M YOUR ADSIVOR MR. PRESIDENT: PM KHANAL

Kathmandu, 10 April: Reminding the president the prime minister in the
advisor of a ceremonial president, Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal has expressed his dissatisfaction with the ‘activism’ of President Dr.. Ram Baran Yadav Saturday at Shtal Niwas at a meeting, Nagarikk reports.
‘Mr. President, I’ve been receiving reports of your consultations on
political issues. I’m your advisor,” Khanal said in a 90-minute meet.
‘Comments by your advisors on political and constitutional matters disrespect the
the position of and honour of the institution,” Khanal said in dissatisfaction, according to a source said.
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