Mandal heads committee for NSP convention

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KATHMANDU, March 20: A general convention main preparatory committee has been formed under the chairmanship of acting national chairman of Nepal Savbhavana Party Badri Prasad Mandal for the party's fourth general convention which starts March 25.

A 25l member preparatory committee has also been formed under the convenorship of party joint general secretary Mrigendra Kumar Singh in Saptari where the general convention is to be held.
Similarly, five different committees have been formed at the center, according to party spokesman Muktinath Mandal.

Party leaders and government representatives from India, China, North Korea and Bangladesh and the 2l embassies in Kathmandu have been invited to the general convention.

Talking to RSS, spokesman Mandal said elections will be held according to the party constitution for the chairman and l5 members of the national executive committee.

The meeting of the party's parliamentary committee held at the party central office today appointed committee chairman Sohan Lal Tated as election officer.

Disclosing that work on the party amendment and preparation of the main document were under way, spokesman Mandal said work is also under way in Saptari on a war footing to make the general convention a success.

Meanwhile, Nepal Sadbhavana Party general convention representative and former minister Dr Dambar Narayan Yadav has demanded that there should be fair and impartial election of representatives at the party's fourth general convention to be held in Rajbiraj, Saptari from March 25.

In a communique, Dr Yadav said that the party chairman's powers to nominate general convention representaives should be ended and elections held on the basis of an amended constitution.

Indian Embassy refutes media reports on dam

By A Staff Reporter

KATHMANDU, March 20: The Embassy of India has refuted media reports about the construction of a new dam near the India-Nepal border in Kapilvastu.

No new dam was constructed rather it was the reconstruction of the gated escape regulator, a press statement issued by the Embassy said.

"It is regrettable that such misleading reports have appeared regarding the over 100-year-old Mahalisagar dam," a press statement issued by the Embassy said.

The embassy said that India had informed Nepal of its intention to reconstruct the damaged gates escape and in September 2000 a joint survey of Mahalisagar was done by the contact officers from Nepal and India. It was decided to construct the gated escape regulator keeping the crest level same as that of the old damaged gated escape regulator.

India had constructed the Mahalisagar dam in 1901 as per an agreement with Nepal, it said.
The embassy said that the designs of the gated regulator to be constructed in place of the damaged gated regulator were prepared in September 2002, and in October 2002 were forwarded to the Nepalese contact officer, who conveyed approval of the design in December 2002.

The embassy said that the contruction wsa started in January this year, and it reached a level of approximately 89.30 metre as on March 17.

'TV-live' comes to Nepal

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KATHMANDU, March 20: TV-Live, a New Delhi, India based television channel started its programme in Kathmandu, according to a press release of the TV-live here today.

The launch of the Nepali-Hindi entertainment channel is not just the corner anymore, it is here, targeting the Nepali speaking population in Kathmandu and north eastern India initially and it will be beamed to the entire Nepali speaking population all over the world, it said. The distribution for the channel is being in place very short.

The strategy of the channel is to crate supply first and demand would follow. There are many big spenders in the market, like hll, Dabur from India, who would be interested in the channel, apart from many local brands from Nepal wanting to reach our to potential consumers, it stated.

On the content front, the channel has brought together top-of-the-rung talent, the idea being to supplement content generated in-house with that source from independent production houses in Nepal, north-eastern states of India and Mumbai.

Nepali is positioned as an infotainment channel. Music will of course form an important part of programming. While there are several generation next shows planned, there is something for viewers in all age groups. The programme content is world-class for the variety and unique presentation style it offers, it added.