ELEGANT STATE HALL IN SINGHA DURBAR BEING DEMOLISHED Kathmandu, 24 Aug.: The 107-year-old State Hall [also know as Gallery Hall] in Singha Durbar is being demolished for the expansion of the Office of the Prime Minister with space shortage, Ishworraj Dhakal reports in Nepal Samacharpatra. The Hall has priceless objects and was used at one time to welcome foreign dignitaries on state occasions.. A search on for a place to put the objects. King Birendra broke down when he ordered the demolition of the central secretariat destroyed by a fire in May 1973 to save the front portion built by Prime Minister Chandra Shumshere JB Rana) Nnnn MEDIA GOOGLE ‘This government shouldn’t be kept at all. It is India’s Trojan horse and UCPN Maoist is directed by India. The incumbent government is implementing a plan of India conceived 50years ago.) (Bhaktapur communist splinter group leader Narayanman Bijukakchaya, Nepal Samacharpatra, 23 Aug.) nnnn