DETAILS ON TAMANG DEATH Kathmandu, 1 Dec.: Leaders and well-wishers are paying their last tribute to NC leader Bhim Bahadur Tamang whose boy has been kept at the party office in Sanepa. The main opposition party decided to fly the party flag at half-staff to Tamang will be lid to rest Sunday according to Buddhist tradition. Nnnn REFERENCE PRICES OF MAIZE, WHEAT BEING FIXED Kathmandu, 1 Dec.: Government is to set references prices of maize and wheat-the second and third crops of the country, agriculture ministry officials said. The move comes after reference price of staple crop rice was fixed at Rs. 1,650 per quintal for coarse and Rs 1,725 for refined rice. nnnn. INDIAN HOME SECRETARYINSPECTS BIRGUNJ CUSTOMS POINT Kathmandu, 1 Dec.: Indian Home Secretary Rajkumar Singh inspected the under construction Birgunj-Raxaul Integrated Customs Check Post at Pantoka in the Indian border town of Raxaul on Friday, RSS report from Birgunj.. There is a plan to develop the check post in Birgunj as model with modern facilities, which is at the shortest distance from Kolkata port of India. The distance to Birgunj from Kolkata port is 924 kms, whereas the distance to other customs of Nepal is more than this. India has moved ahead works by acquiring land by the concerned sides in India and Nepal for the project some distance away from dense settlements. The project is being constructed with Indian cooperation. India had proposed for building integrated customs check posts with modern facilities including dry port in four places including Birgunj, in Bhirahawa, Nepalgunj and Biratnagar. Nnnn MONASTERY, SCRIPTURE DESTROYED IN RASUWA Kathmandu, 1 Dec.: A fire destroyed ancient Buddhist scripture s at the 960 years old at Hisse Sindup Gumba in Rasuwa, published reports said The monastery at Chilime-7 Thursday night, was destroyed. Nnnn MEDIA GOOGLE “Although an opponent of the king, I went for the coronation of the king. It was a mistake to go to the palace It looked like I was the king’s supporter. Prime ministers before me and party leaders threw coons during the coronation.” (UML leader and former Prime Minister Madhab Kumar Nepal, Annapurna Post, 1 Dec.) nnnn