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FORMED: The government
talks team to hold the peace dialogue with the Maoists with Deputy Prime Minister Badri
Prasad Mandal as its coordinator. Ramesh Nath Pandey, Minister
for Information and Communication, Narayan Singh Pun, Minister for Works
and Physical Planning, Upendra Devkota, Minister for Health, Kamal
Chaulagain, Minister for Labor and Transport Management and Anuradha
Koirala, Assistant Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare, are the
members of the team. AWARDED: Yadunath Khanal, senior
litterateur and diplomat, with this yearís Basundhara Shree Puraskar, and Gyanuwakar
Poudel, with this yearís Man Shree Puraskar. Banira Giri, prominent
litterateur, with the Goma Memorial Award, by the Goma Memorial Academy. FELICITATED: Ramesh Bikal, senior
litterateur, by the Abhinav Literature Society, for his five-decade-long contribution to
the field of Nepalese literature. Dr. Dirgha Singh Bam,
eminent tuberculosis specialist and director of National TB Center and SAARC TB Center, by
citizens of Tanahu district. ARRIVED: General N.C. Vij, chief of the army staff, Indian Army, for a four day visit to Nepal, at the invitation of General Pyara Jung Thapa, chief of the army staff, Royal Nepalese Army (RNA). |
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