PRESIDENT MEETS COLLECTIVELY WITH RULING PARTY LEADERS Kathmandu, 21 May: Presidnt Dr. Ram Baran Yadav met collectively with Maoist, NC, UML and Madeshi Morcha leaders in government and urged them to promulgate a constitution within the 27 May deadline asking them to be conciliatory. He met the ruling party leaders amid new hurdles and uncertainty in promulgation of a basic lw in the remaining six days. Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai met separately with the president who was briefed by the government chief on the latest political situation. Nnnn NO VIOLENCE REPORTED SO FAR ON SECOND DAY OF OF BANDH IN VALLEY UPDATE Kathmandu, 21 May: No violence has been reported until 10 in the morning Monday in the capital on the second day of a three-day bandh called by an umbrella group of indigenous nationalities and a broad front of Madeshbadi parties of Upendra Yadav, The strike Monday is total. Nnnn CASES REGISTERED AGAINST 11 LAWMAKERS AT SPECIAL COURT FOR MISUSE OF DIPLOMATIC PASSPORTS Kathmandu, 21 May: CIAA registered cases against 11 lawmakers, including Narad Muni Rana, for misuse of diplomatic passports at the special court Sunday, Yam Bihari reports in Annapurna Post. Rana has been suspended from parliament with immediate effect from Sunday. nnnn