“I have heard of unnecessary activities taking place (in the capital) with the huge flow of foreign fund.”
King Gyanendra , addressing the chairmen and vice-chairmen of the District Development Committees of Bagmati Zone.
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“I have no status to call for the abrogation of the constitution.”
Dr. Tulsi Giri , vice chairman of the Council of Ministers, refuting media reports that quoted him as saying that the present constitution stood in the way of implementing the February 1 royal proclamation, in Samaya weekly.
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“I f that (response) does not come, we will have to think that this viewpoint is supported by the King himself – and that would be most ominous for the democracy as well as monarchy.”
Surya Bahadur Thapa, president of the Rastriya Janashakti Party and former prime minister, demanding that the King clarify his stand after Giri’s remarks.
“G iri, who does not speak anything apart from the King’s wishes must have danced to the King’s tune.”
Madhav Kumar Nepal, general secretary of the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML), speaking at the function of the party’s sister organization in Pokhara .
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“T he utility of reconciliation as propounded by B.P. Koirala still exists.”
Dr. Shashank Koirala , newly elected member of the working committee of Nepali Congress, in Jana Astha.
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“I n the last ten years, the number (of heart patients) increased by five-fold and that is due to changes in dietary habit and lifestyle. If the situation is not controlled now, it could take the form of epidemic in the coming days.”
Dr. Prakash Raj Regmi , reputed cardiologist, expressing fears of epidemic of heart diseases among Nepalese population.
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“H ow can they claim to be civil society when they rally under the flags of political parties?”
Shailendra Kumar Upadhyaya , former foreign minister, in Jana Bhawana.
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APPOINTED: Tara Bahadur Thapa , as the Royal Nepalese Ambassador to Thailand , by the King in accordance with the Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal 1990.
Bijaya Kumar Chalise , as the chief editor of Gorkhapatra daily, by the government.
BEREAVED: Bishnu Prasad Chaulagain , marketing assistant of SPOTLIGHT Magazine, of his mother who died on September 24.
ESTABLISHED : Diplomatic relations between Nepal and Georgia
ELECTED : Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) D. B.Lama as the president, Shyam Kumar Tamang, as the senior vice president, Ganja Singh Gurung as the secretary general, Bishwalal Shrestha as the joint-secretary general, and Gunja Man Rai as the secretary of the working committee of Nepal Ex-Policemen Organization, by the sixth general convention of the organization.
Laxman Upreti , as the president, Tika Ram Rai, as the vice president, Bhupendra Basnet as the secretary general, Sangeeta Lama, as the secretary, Madhu Acharya, as the Treasurer, and Dhatree Prasad Subedi, Subodh Gautam, Purna Hari Amatya, Rabin Saymi, Shashi Chalise, and Chandra Shekhar Karki, as the members of Nepal Environment Journalists Forum, by the twentieth general assembly of the forum.
AWARDED: Poet Bhanu Bhakta Pokharel , with the ‘Mahakabi Debkota Puraskar’ of the previous year, by Nepali Bangmaya Pratisthan.
“I have heard of unnecessary activities taking place (in the capital) with the huge flow of foreign fund.”
King Gyanendra , addressing the chairmen and vice-chairmen of the District Development Committees of Bagmati Zone.
* * *
“I have no status to call for the abrogation of the constitution.”
Dr. Tulsi Giri , vice chairman of the Council of Ministers, refuting media reports that quoted him as saying that the present constitution stood in the way of implementing the February 1 royal proclamation, in Samaya weekly.
* * *
“I f that (response) does not come, we will have to think that this viewpoint is supported by the King himself – and that would be most ominous for the democracy as well as monarchy.”
Surya Bahadur Thapa, president of the Rastriya Janashakti Party and former prime minister, demanding that the King clarify his stand after Giri’s remarks.
“G iri, who does not speak anything apart from the King’s wishes must have danced to the King’s tune.”
Madhav Kumar Nepal, general secretary of the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML), speaking at the function of the party’s sister organization in Pokhara .
* * *
“T he utility of reconciliation as propounded by B.P. Koirala still exists.”
Dr. Shashank Koirala , newly elected member of the working committee of Nepali Congress, in Jana Astha.
* * *
“I n the last ten years, the number (of heart patients) increased by five-fold and that is due to changes in dietary habit and lifestyle. If the situation is not controlled now, it could take the form of epidemic in the coming days.”
Dr. Prakash Raj Regmi , reputed cardiologist, expressing fears of epidemic of heart diseases among Nepalese population.
* * *
“H ow can they claim to be civil society when they rally under the flags of political parties?”
Shailendra Kumar Upadhyaya , former foreign minister, in Jana Bhawana.
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