RPP WELCOMES SC DIRECTIVE ON CA EXTENSION AS LAST

RPP WELCOMES SC DIRECTIVE ON CA EXTENSION WHICH SHOULD
BE LAST
Kathmandu, 26 Nov.: Rastriya Prajatantra Party Chairman Pashupati Shumsher JB Rana said his party welcomed the Supreme Court (SC) directive regarding the extension of Constituent Assembly (CA) term, RSS reports from Birgunj.

Speaking at an interaction programme organised by Reporters’ Club of Nepal, Parsa, he said the SC directive has paved the way for the constitutional and political legality. He added that his party has welcomed the directive made for the sake of all Nepalese keeping them in center.

The SC on Friday directed to extend the CA for the last time to conclude the peace and constitution writing processes as per the Article No. 64 of Nepal's Interim Constitution.

The current decision of SC has forced the political parties to conclude the peace and constitution drafting processes within the next six months, he said.

Rana said Nepali people had sought the alternative to the major three political parties as they failed to give right direction to the present political stalemate, adding that the unity of Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal and the Rastriya Janashakti Party could be the best alternative to it.

He said the state should bring the armed outfits in Terai that raised arms for political change into mainstream politics by holding talks.
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PREGNANT WOMEN AND INFANT SERVICE OCIETY DOCTORS, NURSES DISCUSS MEEDICAL EDUCATION FOR PREGNANT WOMEN
Kathmandu, 26 Nov.: The Eight Conference of the Pregnant Women and Infant
Service Society began here on Saturday with the slogan ‘Continual medical education for the service of the pregnant women and infants’, RSS reports..

Some 150 doctors and nurses of Nepal associated with the Society and experts on pregnant women and infants from India, Bangladesh, and United Kingdom have been participating in the conference.

Various working papers will be presented in the two- day conference organised by the Nepal Prenatal Society with an objective of fulfilling Millennium Development Goals (MDGS) by bringing down child and maternal mortality rates.

Former Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF Kulchandra Gautam, while initiating the conference, said although Nepal had made remarkable progress in lowering the child and maternal mortality rates, there are still challenges to fulfill the MGDs.

Health Secretary Dr. Pravin Mishra said although free delivery services were given through the Mother Safety Programmes, pregnant women in remote areas still hesitate to visit the Health Centres.

Society Chairperson Dr. Indira Satyal and outgoing Chairperson Jyoti Ratna Dhakhwa informed that camps were run targeting the pregnant women and infants.

At the programme, the prize established by Prof. Dharma Ratna Manandhar was given away to Mina Sharma for her contribution in saving lives of women and infants. Former chairman of the Society Dr. Dharma Raj Aryal was also honored, whereas Society Secretary Dr. Kusumlata Mishra shed light on the society’s activities.
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INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY MATHAI ARRIVES UPDATE

Kathmandu, 26 Nov.: India’s top diploma Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai arrived on his first two-day Nepal visit after assuming office this year.
Mathai said an agreement to avoid double taxation Sunday will replace a 1987 agreement,
The foreign secretary will hold discussions with Chief Secretary Madhav Ghimire at 5:30 in the afternoon Saturday following his arrival.
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ONE ARESTED WITH WEAPONS IN PARSA FOR ARMED GROUP

Kathmandu, 26 Nov.: Policemen have arrested one person along with weapons,
Saturday morning.

A police team from Rangapur Police Post arrested a local Bihar Gaddi from Sonbarsha VDC-5 of the district, RSS reports from Parsa.
Police arrested him along with weapons acting on a tip off, the District Police Office Parsa said.

Police have confiscated one homemade gun, four rounds of bullet and rifle bullets. He is supposed to be aligned with armed groups of tarai, police said.
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DEMANDS IN INDIA FOR KILLING OF NAXALITE OR MAOIST KILLING

Kathmandu, 26 Nov.: India´s communists and a human rights group condemned Saturday the killing of a top Maoist rebel and suggested that the shoot out in which he was killed was staged by security forces, AFP reports from New Delhi.

Indian police has been in the spotlight over "fake encounters" or staged killings in the recent past. In 2009, New York-based Human Rights Watch interviewed more than 80 police officers and said nearly all believed illegal detention, torture and even killing were legitimate tools for law enforcement.

Police said Maoist military commander Koteshwar Rao, also known as Kishnenji, died Thursday in a gunbattle in a forest in the eastern state of West Bengal, striking a major blow to extreme left-wing fighters who control impoverished but mineral-rich swathes of the country.

"The story of the encounter appears to be fake," Gurudas Dasgupta of the Communist Party of India said, asking for a government probe into whether the rebel leader had been killed in "cold blood".

The government released photographs of the slain 58-year-old rebel commander lying in a pool of blood next to a machine-gun while bullet marks on trees and nearly 100 spent cartridges marked the scene of the shootout.

The International Campaign Against War on the People in India charged in a statement that the killing was "a planned assassination".

Kishenji, 58, who is described as the number three in the Maoist cadre hierarchy by the government was held responsible for the death of dozens of police.

The leader had evaded capture for more than 30 years, often appeared on television with his back to the camera, his head covered by a scarf and a rifle slung over one shoulder.

The government describes the Maoist movement as India´s biggest internal security threat.

The Maoist insurgency, which began in 1967, feeds off land disputes, police brutality and corruption, and is strongest in the poorest and most deprived areas of India, many of which are rich in natural resources.
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