PTACHANDA ARRIVES IN BEIJING TUESDAY Kathmandu, 16 April: Maoist Chairman Prachanda arrives in Beijing Tuesday for discussions with new Chinese leadership in the Chinese capital. .He arrives from Sichuan in central China. New Chinese party and government leaders will hold first talks with South Asian leaders in Beijing. Prachanda returns home Saturday and will proceed to India for discussions with Indian leadership. Nnnn UML POLlTBURO MEET Kathmandu, 16 April: UML politburo meets Tuesday to discuss election strategy and prepare an agenda for a central committee meeting, said Secretary Yubaraj Geywali. The party has decided to participate in elections now slated for mid-December. Official dates for the haven’t been announced yet The politburo will discuss national isues and party affairs as well. nnnna TUESDAY MORNING CAPITAL TEMPERATURE 14 DEGREES CELSIUS. Kathmandu, 16 April: Tuesday morning’s temperature in the capital at seven was 15degrees Celsius. Mercury is expected to rise ia the afternoon to 32 degrees Celsius. nnnn ACCIDENTS KILL THREE PERSONS Kathmandu, 15 April: Twenty-five bus passengers wee injured when a bus from the capital to Udaipur met with an accident injuring 25 persons in Sarlahi forest. overnight. Ttractor driver Mahesh Raya of Netragunj-6, was killed on the spot in Laxmipur, Sarlahi, as well and two others were injured in another accident. A man was killed and another was injured in a motorcycle accident at Dhading Monday. A man was killed in a Baglung jeep accident Sunday. nnnn CALL FOR HINDU STATE Kathmandu, 15 April: Activists of RPP-Nepal blew conch shells at temples Sunday demanding a Hindu state. Surprisingly RPP Chairman Pashupati Shumshere JB Rana last week called for a referendum on a Hindu state for the first time after declaring the state a secular republic. “The declaration of a secular state was surprising,” he told supporters in his district while addressing a religious function.. The whole declaration was a hushed an hushed up affair between Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and some foreign states without public debate, many believe, nnnn PAKISTAN MOTHER, SON NABBED WITH COUNTERFEIT INDIAN CURRENCY NOTES Kathmandu, 15 April: Two Pakistanis—a mother and son-- were arrested Monday at TIA with Rs 4.7 million with counterfeit Indian currency notes, police said.. Julekha Banu, and her Essa Danish, 19, arrived onboard a PIA flight from Karachi. Hey are being charged. Nnnn