MOST NEWSPAPERS HIT THE STREETS Kathmandu, 17 Nov.; Some newspapers hit the streets Saturday after the end tihar. Most newspapers close down for extended periods durinh dashain and tihar. Nnnn PARTIES SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH UCPN MAOIST Kathmandu, 7 Nov.: The CPN-Maoist party has said that it was not involved in any way in the attack against Unified CPN- Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal at the tea reception the Capital on Fridaym RSS reports.. Talking to reporters following a meeting of the party at its headquarters in Buddhanagar on Friday secretary Netra Bikram Chand described the incident as 'unfortunate' and termed the expressions linking his party with the incident as 'emotional and prejudiced'. "Our party does not need to indulge in such acts. Efforts are being made to disturb the atmosphere by spreading rumors", he said. Chand who is also the in-charge of the Youth People's Volunteer Bureau condemned the statement from the Unified CPN- Maoist that a member of the Bureau was behind the attack. Meanwhile, the Nepali Congress (NC) and the CPN-UML have condemned the act and termed is as a wrong trend. Talking to RSS, NC Vice-president Ram Chandra Poudel said the attack against Dahal was an effort to spoil the political culture and said all should discourage such acts, while also calling for an investigation into the incident. Likewise, Chief of the Publicity Department of the CPN-UML Yubaraj Gyawali said the serial attacks on the political leaders were condemnable, when many civilized and democratic means were available to express one's dissatisfaction, if any. Though such acts could be individual or voluntary, a serious probe of such incidents must be made and special attention should be paid to the security of the leaders, he added. nnnn