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PRESIDENT, GACHEDHAR MEET

Kathmandu, 28 July: Continuing discussions with poarty leaders, President

Dr.Ram Baran Yadav Saturday held discussion with Bijaya Kumar Gachedhar,

chairman of Madhesi Janadhikar Forum-Democratic.

Gachedhar is also chief of the Madeshibadi front in the HLPM of four parties.

President in his meetings has been asking party leaders to get

opposition parties boycotting to join the election fray in November.

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SUSHIL KOIRALA FOLLOWS MADHAV NEPAL TO INDIA

Kathmandu, 28 July: UML senior leader ad former Prime Minister

Madhav Kumar Nepal returns home Sunday from New Delhi.

Sonia Gandhi told Nepal to go for an alliance with democratic parties

while Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called for the November

elections.

NC President Sushil Koirala goes to the Indian capital for talks with

Indian leaders and officials after Nepal 4 August.

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MACHINDRA FC ROUT BANGLADESH TEAM IN THIMPU

Kathmandu, 28 July: Machindra FC routed Arambagh Krira Sangh of Bangladesh 4-1 in the King’s Cup in Thimpu Bhutan Saturday.

Three Nepali clubs are participating in the BHutaan football tournament.

NO GOING BACK ON MARCH ACCORD SAYS NC

Kathmandu, 28 July:: Top Nepali Congress leaders today said elections would be held on November 19 even if CPN-Maoist did not join the poll process, The
Himalayan Times reports..

“If the 11-point agreement of March 13 and the 25-point presidential decree are diluted, Nepali Congress will disassociate itself from the pact. We cannot accept whatever UCPN-M chief Dahal says in his unreliable manner,” said NC president Sushil Koirala inaugurating a three-day training for district level leaders at the party headquarters in Sanepa.

Accusing the UCPN-Maoist of trying to backtrack from the March 13 agreement and increase the number of CA members to 601 from 491, Koirala said the NC would never accept changes in the fundamentals of the March 13 agreement. He criticised Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal of deciding one thing but doing something quite contrary.

Koirala instructed NC district leaders to create a storm of pressure against those who wanted to disrupt the November 19 polls. “We will make people boycott those who are against the polls and expose them,” Koirala said. Stating that the March 13 arrangement was reached with full consideration, Koirala said it could not be changed to serve anyone’s interest.

The NC boss said that the four major political forces did not make any syndicate and that the Baidhya-led Maoists had refused to join the process although the four forces made continuous attempts to bring them on to the process. All foreign forces including India, China, US, UK and European Union wanted early elections in Nepal, Koirala said refuting the allegation that foreign forces were conspiring against elections.

UCPN-M ready to dissolve HLPC

UCPN-M Spokesman Agni Sapkota today told the press his party was ready to dissolve the High Level Political Committee (HLPC) if the agitating parties including CPN-M joined the polls. He said the only way to end the transition phase was through election as that would safeguard the achievements of the people’s movement. He said the agitating parties were not against election but were dissatisfied with the process. On alliance between CPN-M and royalists Sapkota said revival of monarchy was impossible.

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ROAD ACCIDENTS CLAIM NEPALI  LIVES IN QATAR

Kathmandu, 28 July:  Nepali migrants working in Qatar have lost their lives in road accidents. About 24 Nepalis have died in 2013, including the tragic death of the five Nepali construction workers on Thursday, The Arab Times reported, according to The Himalayan Times..

According to Nepali Embassy in Doha, nine Nepali expatriates died in a road accident last month. About three Nepalis died on June 11 when a mini-bus carrying them back to their accommodation after a day’s work met with an accident. Earlier, fourteen Nepalis were killed when an accommodation barge operated by a Dubai firm sank off the Doha coast on June 29, 2009. The accident had also claimed the lives of 11 Indian nationals.

Similarly, in September 2006, a group of seven Nepali bachelors, all working for a computer maintenance firm were burned to death in Najma when their flat was destroyed in a fire.

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