PARAS CONDITION ‘VERY CRITICAL BUT STABLE’ SAYS HOSPITAL Kathmandu, 23 Feb.; The first statement issued Friday by a hospital in Bangkok said the condition of former Crown Prince Shah after suffering a heart attack Tuesday night is ‘ very critical but stable”. ‘ … we are doing their best,’. a statement said. “He had a major attack. He was resuscitated and treated,” the statement signed by cardiologist duo Dr Sayan Cheepudomwit and Dr Parinya Kunawut and Intensivist Dr Kunchit Piyavechviratana said. “He was transferred to the ICU on February 20. His condition remains very critical but stable.” Nnnn INDIAN MAOISTS KILL SIX POLICEMEN Kathmandu, 23 Feb.: Maoist rebels killed six policemen on Friday in a landmine attack in the eastern Indian state of Bihar in their second deadly attack on security forces in recent weeks, police said, according to AFP from Patna. “The Maoists targeted a convoy heading out on patrol duty, killing six policemen in Gaya district,” district police chief NH Khan told AFP. A village elder and a police informer who were travelling in the same vehicle as the policemen were also killed in the explosion, Khan said. The attack is the latest in a simmering conflict that pits the insurgents against local and national authorities in the forests and rural areas of mainly central and eastern India. nnnn