CHAIRMAN REGMI, CHIEF ELECTION COMMMISSIONER HOLD TALKS FOR ASEMBLY ELECTION UPDATE Kathmandu, 13 June; Chairman of Interim Election Council Khil Raj Regmi held discussions with Chief Election Commissioner Neelkantha Thursday before a crucial meeting of the cabinet to endorse an election ordinance and announce dates for second constituent assembly elections sometime in November/ December. Uprety meets Regmi before flying for India to procure logistics for a vote which India is pushing while assuring logistic support as well. Meanwhile, the board of the commission Wednesday decided to conduct mock polls Sunday in 16 hill, mountain and terai districts. Nnnn JEWELRY SHOPS CLOSE DOWN INDEFINITELY IN CAPITAL Kathmandu, 13 June: Jewelry shops in the capital closed down indefinitely in the capital from Thursday. Shops downed shutters protesting legal government action agaust Shree Ganapati Jewelers, Tejmin Jewelers and RB Diamonds for malpractices in sales and purchases.. nnnn ASIM GHIMEHE OF BIRTAMODH SCHOOL IN JHAPA TOPS SLC EXAMS Kathmandu, 13 June: Asim Ghimere of Little Flowers English Boarding Secondary School in Birtamodh, Jhapa, topped this year’s SLC examinations securing 93.87 percent marks, the school claimed. Without official percentages announced by Office of the Controller of Examinations, speculation mounts with the result announcement every year. Prasanna Nepal of Little Angels School ,of Lalitpur and Sharu Shrestha of Gladstone Academy Bhaktapur earlier claimed they topped the boys’ and girls sections. nnnn