CRUCIAL MAOIST, UML TALKS WEDNESDAY

MAOISTS ULTIMTUM TO PM

Kathmandu, 27 July: UCPN (Maoist)—a coalition partner of UML chaired by Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal has given the government chief until Wednesday morning to administer oaths of office to a new Maoist team the latter is sending to government.
UML Tuesday ejected the 24-member Maoist team Tuesday saying reshuffle of the majority communist government with a new Maoist team would hinder implementing the 5-point tripartite agreement which extended the tenure of the constituent assembly by three months after 28 May.
A ceremony to install the new Maoist team Tuesday was halted.
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ARMY CHIEF LEAVES FOR SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY

Kathmandu, 27 July:: Army Chief Gen. Chatraman Singh Gurung leaves for Singapore to attend a conference of the 7th. Pacific Armies Chiefs conference from 28 July.
He will also participate in the 35th Pacific Armies Management Seminar in the island state.
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DRAGON AIR TO INCREASE FLIGHT FREQUENCY

Kathmandu, 27 July: Hong-Kong based Dragon Air will increase its thrice weekly flights between the island and Kathmandu from from 1 September in the autumn.
The additional flights will convenience with better quality service, the airline said.
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