20 TREMORS FELT IN FAR-WEST Kathmandu, 25Aug. Twenty tremors were felt on the far-West from Thursday night to Friday morning butodamage was reported, Gorkhapatra reports from Banke. The first jolt was recorded at 10.15 Thursday night and continued until 9.40 Friday morning. MEDIA GOOGLE “As the Constitution does not allow any person who is not a member of the Constituent Assembly to become Prime Minister, a new Prime Minister cannot be appointed without the presidential order to relax the provision, The president can take steps to resolve the current stalemate after a political parties forge consensus on constitutional issues.” (Senior Advocate Sushil Pant, the Himalayan Times. 25 Aug.) “I’m really humbled because it wasn’t just me winning, it was all of us. I didn’t go there thinking that it was just my competition. For me, it was like I was taking Nepal with me. So I’m happy that I could give back something for all the love and support that I got.” (Miss Nepal 2012 Shristi Shrestha after participating in Miss World 2012 in China, Republica, 25 Aug.) “While Prachanda appeals for dialogue in the centre, he has repeatedly instructed his party cadres to physically assault supporters and cadres of the NC and the UML in the districts. The alliance has painted democratic parties like the NC and the UML as anti-federal forces. As such, UML will not participate in any programme organised by the alliance," (UML leader Bamdev Gautam revealing NC and UML will boycott all-party meets, The Kathmandu Post, 25Aug.) nnnn