Nepal's Unified CPN (Maoist) has undergone a vertical split. Mohan Baidya Kiran is the head of the new party named CPN, (Maoist). Kiran was the first vice chairman in the mother party UCPN (Maoist).
Metropolitan Police Range, Kathmandu has recommended to the government to work out the necessary regulations and stipulate a Red Light Area in Kathmandu to curb sex related crimes. Speaking at a press conference called to inform journalists of the the campaign Kathmandu police is launching to control sex related crime and illegal sexual activities in Kathmandu, Kathmandu police chief SP Ramesh Kharel said, illegal sexual activities and sex related crime would reduce a lot if a commercial sex was defined by some regulations and designated at some specific places. Kharel also said, Kathmandu police had intensified operation against illegal sexual activities. It has keep some areas like Thamel, Sorhakhutte, Naya Buspark and Gongabu as hot areas and started keeping vigil in suspicious places. Commercial sex is being operated in Kathmandu in the veil of massage parlours, dance and cabin restaurents, hotels and guest house and by taking an independent flat.
Police raided various Guest Houses in Banepa and arrested 26 persons while having sex or in sex-oriented positions, reports say. Five couples were arrested from Chandika, Chandeshwari, Valley and Welcome Guest House of Banepa while having sex. Likewise, seven girls were arrested from Shiva Guest House, Dhaneshwar and three boys and six girls were arrested from Phoolbari Restaurent. The arrested are in the age group of 18 to 26. Police have said, they raided them after locals complained of sexual activities in public. However, it is illegal to arrest anyone having sex in mutual consent. Police in the recent weeks have been interfering in people's private life in the name of curbing indecent activities, too. Prostitution is illegal in Nepal. However, there were reports police even arrested mutual romantic partners from some hotels in Kathmandu recently. Likewise, in a worse case, few weeks ago, even married couples were arrested from some hotels in Pokhara.
Suman Joshi, Kathmandu Feb 23 The foreign ministry has urged everyone planning to visit a foreign country in near future to take a passport before March 31. The foreign ministry urged the public to take the passports as the hand-written passports being issued now cannot be issued after April 1 and will not be valid even if issued as per the provision of UN agency International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). The public is advised to make the passports, as it is still unclear how long the foreign ministry will take before getting the Machine-Readable Passports. Hand-written passports issued before March 31 will be valid till 2015, after which they should be replace by MRPs. The validity of passports by Nepal government is 10 years. The foreign ministry has said, it will waive the passport fees on pro rata basis at the time of replacing it with MRPs. Nepal government currently has a stock of some half million passport books. However, they will be rendered use...
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