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Dispute Mars Handover of Civil Service Hospital THT Online Kathmandu, June 20 A dispute between the Health Ministry and the Ministry of General Administration Ministry has delayed the handover of the Civil Service Hospital in Min Bhawan for seven months. As per the prior letter of exchange signed between the two ministries on May 14, 2001, the hospital should have been handed over to the Civil Servants' Hospital Development Committee on November 2007. However, the two ministries are now competing with each other for the hospital's affiliation with their respective ministry. Minister for General Administration Ram Chandra Yadav said the hospital should be affiliated with his ministry as it is meant for providing healthcare services to civil servants. "I do not see any reason for which the hospital should be affiliated with the Health Ministry." He added that he had not held any meeting with the Health Ministry on the issue, but said he would assist with the recruitment

Call to Make Leaders Aware of Sanitation Issues THT Online Kathmandu, June 20 Leaders of different political parties on Thursday conceded that Nepali leaders lacked proper knowledge of issues related to water and sanitation. Constituent Assembly member from the Nepali Congress Nabinra Raj Joshi admitted that politicians in the country had little knowledge of water and sanitation issues. "I have to admit that water and sanitation situation is pathetic in the country. I would like to receive some inputs on the issue to raise voice in the CA," he said at a discussion programme organised by Water Aid Nepal. He urged experts to provide enough inputs to politicians so that they would work for making a better policy on water use. "Kathmandu badly needs a policy governing water. I want your support to guide us to have it," he said, adding that the politicians would support a water master plan prepared by experts. UML leader Ananda Pokhrel said water has a big impact on the

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Maoists, NC Continue Blame Game THT Online Kathmandu, June 18 The CPN-Maoist and the Nepali Congress leaders have been blaming each other for the political deadlock and the dealy in formation of a new government, while other parties are insisting on consensus. Maoist leader Post Bahadur Bogati on Tuesday said the NC was putting forward unnecessary conditions to bar the Maoists from leading the new government. "This is against the people's mandate expressed through the Constituent Assembly (CA) election," he said. "We have shown utmost flexibility but the NC is reluctant to give an outlet to the problems facing the country," he said. "As the NC is creating obstacles to prevent the Maoists from leading the new government by coming up with unnecessary demands, a consensus seems impossible in near future," Bogati said while speaking at an interaction. NC leader Dr Minendra Rijal said the NC wanted the issue of army integration solved before the former rebe

Human Error Caused UNMIN Chopper Crash THT Online Kathmandu, June 18 The government-formed commission to investigate into the UNMIN chopper crash in Ramechhap district concluded on Tuesday that the human error was the reason behind the incident, which took lives of 10 persons on March 3. The MI-8MTV-1 helicopter Ra-27019, operated by Vertical-T for the United Nations Mission in Nepal, crashed in Bethan-9 in Ramechhap, killing all seven passengers and three-member crew. "The investigation has concluded that the chopper crashed due to the violation of regulation, lack of experience and familiarisation with local terrain and weather as well as poor handling of flight control system by the flight crew in an emergency situation," said Dron Raj Regmi, the chief of the commission. The report raised doubts over the ability of Russian pilot. However, it failed to elaborate why and how both engines were shut down. "There was no record of the crew's conversation in the flight d

ANNFSU Shuts Schools in Sankhuwasabha THT Online Sankhuwasabha, June 18 CPN-UML affiliated All Nepal National Free Students Union (ANNFSU) closed all educational institutions in Sankhuwasabha's Constituency No 2 on Tuesday to protest the attack on five ANNFSU cadres by Maoists on Sunday. The union said Maoist cadres led by Maoists' district committee member and area in-charge Dawa Sherpa had beaten up five ANNFSU cadres of Madi Multiple Campus in Madirambeni on Sunday. The students were critically injured in the attack. Of the injured, Nabin Dahal was taken to Chainpur for further treatment on Tuesday, the ANNFSU said. Meanwhile, Maoist district secretary Rajendra Karki alias Nabin denied Maoists' hand in the incident. In a statement, he said the incident was nothing than a ploy to defame his party

FNJ Team in Dailekh to Recover Scribe's Body Puskar Thapa Dailekh, June 18 A team of the Federation of Nepali Journalists on Tuesday reached Dwari VDC of Dailekh district, suspected to be the burial site of the body of journalist Dekendra Raj Thapa. The Maoists had killed Thapa, a Radio Nepal reporter, on August 11, 2004 after abducting him from Toli VDC on June 26, 2004. Since then, they had been refusing to hand over Thapa's body to his family. According to the FNJ Dailekh chapter, it planned to dig up the site after the Maoists refused to provide information about the burial site. "The FNJ has planned to excavate the suspected site after the Maoists turned down repeated requests of Thapa's family to hand over the body," FNJ district president Bishnu Sharma said. It is suspected that Thapa's body was buried in a field around 150 metres from the Nepal Rastriya Lower Secondary School in Dwari-1. A team comprising two journalists and security personnel of civil

Israel Mulls Ad Hoc Plan to Recruit Nepali Workers THT Online Kathmandu, June 18 The government of Israel is mulling to devise an ad hoc mechanism to recruit Nepali migrant workers. In May 2007 Israel had imposed a temporary ban on Nepali workers citing lack of adequate linguistic and cultural knowledge and poor job proficiency. "The government of Israel may devise an ad hoc solution to resume recruiting Nepali migrant workers in Israel," Israeli Ambassador Dan Stav told this daily on Tuesday. For temporary adjustment, the Ministry of Home might nominate manpower agents in Israel to recruit workforce through Nepali agencies, Stav said. While issuing the ban last year, the Israeli government had set two conditions before it could resume recruiting Nepali workforce. First, Nepal had to establish a functioning mission in Israel. Secondly, Nepal's recruiting process had to undergo a comprehensive change, including a contract with International Organisation of Migration (IOM),

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Prakash Man Blames Maoists for Deadlock THT Online Kathmandu, June 17 Nepali Congress leader Prakash Man Singh on Monday said the Constituent Assembly would be able to write a new constitution only if the political parties worked hand in hand. Addressing a felicitation programme organised by Nepa Rastriya Party here on Monday, he said it was due to Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala's firm commitment to the peace process that the CA election was successful. "We have always fought for democracy, rule of law and liberty but some elements are spreading rumour that we do not want to quit power. We have already called the Maoists to form a new government but the Maoists, instead of meeting the constitutional criteria, are blaming the PM for the deadlock," he said. Lauding Koirala's role for taking the peace process to this stage, he said: "The question of who should be the first President of the country is a secondary one but the most pressing issue is that the Maoi