Nepal Highlights

Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has left for New York, USA, leading a 24-member delegation to participate in the 64th General Assembly of the United Nations, Sunday evening.

The government has decided to provide compensation to victims of conflict including those who lost their family members, became disabled or lost property.

The government has decided to withdraw case of arms and ammunitions filed against president of Reporters’ Club Rishi Dhamala. A cabinet meeting held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Singha Durbar, Sunday took this decision.

Police have seized a large amount of red sandalwood from Kapilvastu, Sunday morning.

Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee (PHSC) has approved the names of Gyan Chandra Acharya and Pradhyumna Bikram Shah for the post of permanent envoy to the United Nations and ambassador to Brazil, Sunday.

A retired senior United Nations official Kul Chandra Gautam has said no UN declaration supports people’s revolt as claimed by chairman of the Unified CPN (Maoist) Pushpa Kamal Dahal. Former Assistant Secretary-General of the UN, and deputy Executive Director of UNICEF Gautam said, I don’t know any UN charter that supports a people’s revolt, talking to avenues TV Sunday morning.

(NH Reporter, September 20) Maoist affiliated All Nepal Peasants Union (2007) has said it will not return the land seized from leaders and cadres of various political parties and the general public during the conflict until another arrangement is made for the farmers dependent on such land, reports say.

(NH Reporter, September 20) Nepali Congress leaders have opposed the idea of postponing the Mahasamiti meeting called for November, this year as suggested by party president Girija Prasad Koirala.