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"I will resign immediately if the CIAA or the Supreme Court implicates me in the [Lauda Air] case."

Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, talking to reporters.

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"Given the problems facing the country, a mid-term poll would be the best alternative."

Khadga Prasad Oli, senior leader of main opposition CPN-UML, urging party cadres to prepare for fresh elections, in an address to a gathering in mid-western Nepal.

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"Our party is against any such move."

Madhav Kumar Nepal, leader of the main opposition and general Secretary of the CPN-UML, refuting Oli’s contention that the party was ready for a mid-term poll, speaking at a program in Sindhupalchowk, in Kantipur.

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"Quite like the Hrithik Roshan episode, there are baseless allegations flying around about the Lauda Air deal, too."

Omkar Prasad Shrestha, Minister for Tourism, Culture and Civil Aviation, in Himalaya Times.

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"The prime minister will not resign based on (opposition’s) noise."

Baldev Sharma Majgaiya, Minister for Water Resources, in Gorkhapatra.

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"We are ready to allow the prime minister to speak in parliament."

Bharat Mohan Adhikary, leader of CPN-UML, in Bimarsha.

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"I take satisfaction in having been part of the team that safely landed the 1990 People’s Movement."

Pashupati SJB Rana, former minister and leader of RPP, asked about his major achievements in politics, in Bimarsha.

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"We didn’t believe that even the government intervention would solve the problem now. That’s why we have knocked the court’s door."

Narendra Bajracharya, president of Hotel Association of Nepal (HAN), justifying the hoteliers’ move to file a court case against workers threatening to close down hotels unless their demand of a ten percent service charge is met, in Gorkhapatra.

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"For name, fame and money."

Samita Rai, up and coming actress, on why she decided to join the film industry, in Ghatana Ra Bichar.

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