INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY ARRIVES SATURDAY

INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY ARRIVING SATURDAY

Kathmandu, 26 Nov.: Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai
arrives Saturday for his first two-day visit his first Nepal visit
after assuming office this year.
He arrives one day ahead of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee who will sign a bilateral agreement to avoid double taxation.
The agreement couldn’t be signed during the just concluded
India visit of Prime Minister Balaram Bhattarai.
Mukherjee is also a point man for the Indian government to oversee the transition from monarchy to a republic.
The transition has again received a setback as another deadline to institutionalize will be missed 30 November.
Mukherjee arrived amid the delay.
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UML CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETS SATURDAY

Kathmandu, 26 Nov. UML central committee continues Saturday.
The party has to decide the duration of the extension of the
constituent assembly (CA)/parliament after 30 November
although the second biggest opposition has decided on another
extension.
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