EARLY COLD WAVE HITS TERAI, 1,500 PLUS TOURISTS STRANDED IN LUKLA

EARLY COLD WAVE DISRUPTS NORMAL LIFE IN TERAI

Kathmandu, 4 Nov.: An early cold wave has affected normal life in the terai plains.
The cold wave follows heavy snowfall in the hills.
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MORE THAN 1,500 TOURISTS STRANDED AT SOLUKHUMBU
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Kathmandu, 4 Nov.: Following continuous bad weather and bitter cold, more than 1,500 tourists have been stranded at Lukla airport, servicing the Mount Everest region –a major attraction for adventure tourists.
Tourists and their Nepali guides, numbering about 500, have been stranded at the airport for four days.
Airlines haven’t been able to operate flights in and out of the airport.
Nearly 60 daily flights operate between the capital and Lukla
airport.
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LETTER CONTROVERSY IN UCPN (MAOIST)

Kathmandu, 4 Nov.: A serious turn has taken place in UCPN (Maoist) over a controversial letter addressed to Party Vice-chairman Mohan Baidya
Kiran, Netra Panthi writes in Naya Patrika.
Maoist Chairman Prachanda suspects the letter’s source is Revolutionary Communist Party of USA (RCP).
The letter that surfaced two days ago talks of a split in UCPN (Maoist) and is written by Kumar who says he’s happy with the
The development will help the reorganization of Revolutionary International Movement (RIM).
But Kiran denied the 10 September letter’s existence at a news conference Wednesday.
But Prachanda at a party central committee meeting Wednesday
The setter could have come from RCP.
“We’re heartened after hearing you are actively working in
quitting the party. The action will help not only Nepali revolutionary movement, but it will help he world revolutionary communist
movement. It will definitely help the RIM reorganization,” the
letter says.
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