DIED: Dr Kashiraj Upadhyay , former minister and freedom fighter, at the age of 78.

Kabiraj Pun, Raj Parishad Standing Committee member, at the age of 70.

Bhakta Bahadur Thakuri , central committee member of Rastriya Prajatantra Party, at the age of 83.

LEFT: Girija Prasad Koirala , former prime minister and Nepali Congress president, for New Delhi , India , on June 4, for health check up.

ELECTED: Dhruba Hari Adhikari , as the president of Nepal Press Institute (NPI), and Rajendra Dahal, as its vice president, by its executive committee.

APPOINTED: Gunaraj Bhatta , as the general manager of Royal Drugs Ltd, by the government.

AWARDED : "Lightening of Nepalese Villagers” headed by Shushil Man Amatya, and "Pasturing Unit for Improved Cooking Stove" headed by Sushobhan Joshi, with International Engineering Award 2005, by Daimler Chrysler and UNESCO.

R. D. Tuttle , with 'NATTA Everest International Award' of this year, and Yagya Raj Satyal, with the 'NATTA Bhaskar National Award' of this year, by the Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents.

PROMOTED : Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dipak Singh Thangden, Ravi Shrestha, Shyam Singh Thapa, Hem Bahadur Gurung, Dipendra Bahadur Bista and Ramesh Kumar Shrestha, to the post of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Nepal Police.

TRANSFERRED : Deputy Inspector Generals (DIG)s of Police, Gyanendra Bikram Mahat, Krishna Basnet, Him Bahadur Gurung, Ashok Kumar Shrestha, Bijay Raj Bhatta, Keshav Prasad Baral and Narayan Sharma, to Regional Police Office Hetauda, Valley Police Office, Police Headquarters, Regional Police Office Biratnagar, Police Headquarters Armed Police Directorate, Police Headquarters Secretariat of IGP, and Police Headquarters Office of Crime Research and Control Bureau, respectively, by the Home ministry.