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By KTM Metro Reporter in Kathmandu
On November 23, 2009, Nepali Congress President gave an audience to Maoist Chairman Prachanda and talked about ending the current political deadlock setting up a high-level mechanism. However, this is not the first time they have agreed to do so but they have not set up, yet.
Local people have been scared of the Indian fighter planes flying over the Salayan and Rolpa districts, they want to inform about it to the Home Ministry according to the State news agency ‘RSS’. Indians have been encroaching on the Nepalese territory since Madhav Nepal became the Prime Minister; now, they have encroached on the Nepalese sky, too.
On November 24, 2009, devotees have sacrificed thousands of buffaloes to Gadhimai in Bariyapur village of the Bara District in southern Nepal. On November 25, 2009, devotees will make the offerings of the sacrifices of goats, pigs, ducks, chicken and pigeons. Buddha boy and some animal rights activists have urged the people not making animal sacrifices, as the Gadhimai is the mother goddess of all living beings so the mother goddess will not accept the blood of her own children.
In the southern part of Kathmandu, the festival of deities in seven villages have been going on and will reach the climax of the festival on Friday, November 27, 2009.
On November 23, 2009, various associations of state employees have said that the state employees will launch an indefinite shutdown of the Parsa district if the government fails in taking actions against the Minister of State for Agriculture and Cooperative Karima Begam for slapping the Chief District Officer of the Parsa district.
Acting US Ambassador to Nepal Randy Berry has met with Chairman Prachanda at the Prachanda’s residence on Tuesday morning, November 23, 2009, the ambassador and Prachanda have talked about the peace process, writing a new constitution, widening rift among the political parties, integration of Maoist combatants with the Nepal Army, and about America’s willingness to improve relations with the Maoists according to the nepalnews.com
Students’ Associations affiliated to various political parties have announced a launching of a protest against the Tribhuvan University (TU) increasing the tuition fees. However, they will continue to negotiate with the TU administration. TU is the largest state-run university in Nepal. The standard of teaching has been considerably low in comparison to the privately run university.
