BABA RAMDEV'S AIDE WITH NEPAL CONNECTIONS ARRESTED BY INDIA’S CBI Kathmandu, 20 July: A trusted aide Yoga Guru Ramdev with Nepal connections has been arrested by the CBI in India Friday. He has been charged for falsifying documents to obtain an indina passport. Be was born of Nepali parents in India. Reports said Baba Ramdev’s deputy didn’t present himself at an office to investigate the charge. nnnn ANOTHER BIG HAUL OF MAKWANPUR PRODUCED HASH Kathmandu, 20 July: Police seized another eight quintals of marijuana produced in Makwapur Friday at Hattiled VDC-3 in Mahottari district Friday morning. The contraband was seized before it could be smuggled across the open border to India. Three males have been arrested. Makwanpur district in emerging as the country’s main district producing high quality hemp for export. Nnnn nnnn UML REINFORCES ITS SECRETARIAT Kathmandu, 20 July: The CPN-UML has added three leaders to its Central Secretariat, RSS reports. The leaders now part of the Secretariat are Chief of Central Publicity Department, Pradip Gyawali, Chief of Legal Department, Raghuji Pant and Politburo member Bishnu Rimal, according to the party Secretary Bishnu Poudel. Earlier, the Secretariat comprised three secretaries and one central office secretary. Likewise, as per the latest decision of the Standing Committee, the responsibilities carried out by the disgruntled janajati leaders of the party have been allocated temporarily to other leaders. nnnn