DPM GACHHADAR NOT ATTENTING SAARC HOME MINISTERS MEET IN MALDIVES Kathmandu, 24 Sept.: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar is not attending the fifth conference of SAARC home ministers beginning in Maldives Wednesday. He didn’t leave for the island atoll as scheduled Sunday. Gachhadar is also chairman of MJFL, the largest Madeshi party nnnn 1,388 MAOISTS QUALIFY FOR ENTRY INTO NEPAL ARMY Kathmandu, 24 Sept.: Altogether 1,388 former Maoist combatants have passed written and physical examinations, according to an army notification announced Sunday. They’re eligible to join Nepal Army (NA) and will be sent home fo45 days before training and deployment. Medical and other tests of 75 former fighters who qualified for entry at officer level continue. nnnn