TIHAR STARTS Kathmandu, 11 Nov.: Sunday is Yamapanchami or the first day of Tihar Tihar concludes with bhai tika Thursday; auspicious time for tika is at 11.23 in the morning Newar community observes Maa puja or the worship of the self is observed Thursday The extended festive season 2012 concludes with Bhai Tika. Kaag and kukur puja tihar is beung observed Monday. Laxmi puja falls on Tuesday and Gobardhan puja is on Wednesday. nnnn PATAN HOSPITAL OUT OF BOUNDS FOR VC Kathmandu, 11 Nov.: Doctors, health workers and others have declared Patan Hospital out of bound for Vice-chancellor Dr. Sangeeta Bhandary Plans to close down services calling for her resignation from Sunday were abandoned not to inconvenience patients and general public. Services have been disrupted at the hospital for nearly two weeks. Nnnn CAPITAL’S MORNING TEMPERATURE 10 DEGREES CELSIUS Kathmandu, 11 Nov.: The capital’s temperature at 7 AM was 10 degrees Celsius. Mercury is expected to rise to 22 degrees Celsius in the afternoon. Nnnn