MORE ON TAMANG FUNERAL Kathmandu, 2 Dec.: Bhim Bahadur Tamang was accorded state hour while his final rites were conducted. Sons Deepak Tamang and Dharma Guru lit the funeral pyre ist tradition. NC President Koirala draped Tamang’s body with the party flag. Nnnn CHUDAMANI KHADKA APPOINTED PERSONAL SECRETARY OF MAOIST CHIEF Kathmandu, 2 Dec.: The Unified CPN-Maoist has made changes in the party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal's personal secretariat, RSS reports. The UCPN-Maoist meeting held at Chairman Dahal's residence at Lazimpat, ON Sunday, has decided to appoint Tamuwan State Committee member Chudamani Khadka as Chairman Dahal's personal secretary, said Hitman Pandey, Chief Secretary at the UCPN-Maoist party headquarters. Earlier to this, Samir Dahal was the personal secretary of UCPN-Maoist Chairman Dahal. The party's Seventh Extended Meeting held in June had decided to change Samir Dahal from Chairman Dahal's secretariat. Today's meeting of the UCPN-Maoist Central Office appointed Khadka by implementing the decision of the party's extended meeting, said UCPN-Maoist Chief Secretary Pandey. The meeting also held discussion on the contemporary political issues and decided to take initiative to form a national consensus government under Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai's leadership, Pandey added. nnnn