Nepal Highlights

Dec - 26 A team of Army Integration Special Committee (AISC) Secretariat has gone to Shaktikhor, Chitwan to seek opinion of former combatants of the UCPN (Maoist) affiliated People's Liberation Army (PLA) on army integration and rehabilitation.

President Dr Ram Baran Yadav has called the regular session of the legislature-parliament from January 9. The President summoned the parliament Monday as per the recommendation made by Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal. Earlier today, PM Nepal met the President at Shital Niwas and handed over the recommendation. The Prime Minister made the recommendation for the session following separate meetings of major three parties. Both the meetings had ended inconclusively

A woman of Bhairikalikathum VDC-9 in Dailekh district has borne a baby having two heads, RSS reports. Bishnukala Nepali, 37, gave birth to a female child having two heads on the way to the local Balekanda sub-health post on Sunday noon following the labor pain, said local Bakhat Khatri. The report didn't mention the condition of the mother and her new born baby. Details are awaited --

The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has directed transport entrepreneurs not to increase fares unilaterally, Wednesday.

State Minister for Physical Planning and Works Sanjaya Kumar Sah has been sacked by Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal at the recommendation of Sah's mother party Madhesi Janadhikar Forum Loktantrik (MJF-L). Sah had exercised to split the party by forming a separate group within the party.

Kathmandu- Dec, 26  A UML Constituent Assembly (CA) member was killed in a road accident in Bhaktapur last night. Dambar Bahadur Khadka, CA member elected from Sankhuwasabha electoral constituency no. 2 representing UML, was killed when a passenger bus numbered Ba 1 Kha 6465 hit the motorcycle numbered Ba 38 Pa 9109 he was riding in Kaushaltar, Saturday night.

Kathmandu,26 Dec- The government has commenced the distribution of Machine Readable Passports (MRP)s on Sunday.Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Sujata Koirala embarked on the distribution officially by providing diplomatic MRPs to Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, Constituent Assembly (CA) Chairman Subash Chandra Nembang, and Chief Justice Ram Prasad Shrestha amid a programme organised at the prime minister’s residence in the Capital today.