285 STRANDED TOURISTS EVACUATED FROM EVERET REGION

UPDATE ALTOGETHER 285 STRANDED TOURISTS AIRLINFED FROM EVEREST REGION

Kathmandu, 6 Nov. Altogether 285 stranded tourists were airlifted out of the Everest region where they were stranded by bad weather for six
days.
Continued bad weather hampered normal evacuation efforts Sunday.
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ARMY CHIEF RETURNS

Kathmandu, 6 Nov. Army Chief Gen. Chatraman Singh Gurung
returned home Sunday.
He returned home from China after concluding a week-long
Visit of the northern neighbour.
During the visit, China agreed to supply medical equipment
to Birendra Military Hospital in Chauni; an agreement was
signed during the visit to supply the equipment.
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GIRL MISSING ON MADI RIVER
Kathmandu, 6 Nov.: A girl has gone missing in Madi river of Pyuthan district on Sunday. Sarita Khatri, 12, of Dhungegadhi-3, Baddanda, who had gone to bath in the river on the occasion of the Haribodhani Ekadashi, has gone missing, said a local Pyar
Ali Khan, RSS reports from Pyuthan..
According to Temporary Police Post, Baddanda, search for the girl is underway. Seven people including the girl had gone for taking a holy bath in the river.
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