4 SCHOOL GIRLS DIE, 65 SICK OF UNKNOWN DISEASE IN JUMLA Kathmandu, 25 Aug.: Four school girls have died from an unknown disease at Khimna VDC in Palanta area of Kalikot district. Over 65 students have fallen sick due to a breakout of mysterious disease, RSS reports from Jumla. The victims were the students at the local Kalika Lower Secondary School.Following an outbreak of mysterious illness, an emergency meeting of the school management on last Wednesday decided to close the school until the situation comes under control, said school principal Man Bahadur Budha. Principal Budha has complained that the District Public Health Office has turned a deaf ear towards frequent calls by the school management to take measures to investigate the causes of mass illness and take the situation under control. "The local health centers here are not able to provide even Citamol tablets for the sick," he said. The locals have submitted an application at the District Administration Office and the District Education Office demanding that lives of the students be saved. Meanwhile, a man who, was found dead on the bank of a glacier at Phoimahadev Ward No-1 in the district few days back, has been identified, said the District Police Office, Jumla. He is Surya Hamal, 29, of Narakot-2 in the district. Mentally ill Hamal had left his home some two weeks ago, said the family source. His body was handed to the family today and his final rites were conducted today itself. Nnnn BOTH PM, PRESIDENT HAVE NO LEGITIMACY SAYS MOHAN BAIDYA Kathmandu, 25 Aug : Chairman of newly formed CPN-Maoist Mohan Baidya has said both the President and the Prime Minister have no legitimacy in the present situation when the nation is running without parliament, RSS reports.. Opening a two-day painting workshop organised by the All Nepal Fine Arts Association on Saturday, leader Baidya said an inter-conflict regarding the rights and duties of the President and the PM has pushed the country towards uncertainty. "At present, only judiciary, the Nepal Army and the Nepal Policy have legitimacy ," he said. Stating that the country has entered into the political and constitutional vacuum, CPN-Maoist Chairman Baidya claimed that reinstatement of the Constituent Assembly or holding fresh elections could not give a way out to the nation from the present crisis. "Only all-party roundtable conference is the best solution to the present political and constitution stalemate," Baidya said. nnnn