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•	No decision on selling London embassy, MoFA, Chalise tells SC
•	Fate of disappeared ignored: Kin
•	Special Court asks district courts to summon 'absconding' gangsters
•	Three bird flu outbreaks in last seven days

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A man atop Machchhindranath chariot throws down the coconut, while people look on, in Lagankhel. (Dipesh Shrestha)

East Tarai tense after after ex-lawmaker Haque's murder

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KALYANPUR (SAPTARI), May 21: Tension ran high across the eastern Tarai on Tuesday after former lawmaker Sadrul Miyan Haque was hacked to death.

Hours after the former Nepali Congress (NC) leader´s dead body was found, his supporters took to the streets, protesting police´s inaction. Haque´s supporters blocked the Kalyanpur-Bishanpar section of the east-west highway throughout the day by felling roadside trees and erecting tents on the road for staging sit-ins. [More]

	SOCIETY Fender bender: Experimenting with live-in relationships
	BY CILLA KHATRY
	Live-in relationship does provide a remedy for a carefree life free from the hassles of responsibility and commitment which is the very prerequisite of the institution of marriage. Amit Thapa, 28, and Ritu Shrestha*, 27, had been together for two years when their families decided to get them married off. But the two of them had other plans. They wanted to live together for some months before they tied the knot. “Our families were aghast. They couldn’t understand why we couldn’t get married right away,” says Ritu, a Masters-level student who had to convince her parents to let her spend some time with Amit before she decided to take the plunge.

POLITICAL AFFAIRS

No decision on selling London embassy, MoFA, Chalise tells SC
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KATHMANDU, May 21: Responding to a Supreme Court order to furnish clarifications over why the government was taking steps to sell the Nepal Embassy premises in London, Nepal´s ambassador to the UK, Suresh Chalise, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) have stated that the government has not taken any decision to sell off the property.

In a separate written clarification sent to the apex court last week, they have urged the SC to scrap the petition stating that the government had formed a high-level study committee to recommend appropriate measures for the management of the embassy premises. [More]

Fate of disappeared ignored: Kin
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Special Court asks district courts to summon 'absconding' gangsters
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BUSINESS & ECONOMY

Riddhi Siddhi Jewellers, Geetanjali told to stop sales
KRITI BHUJU

KATHMANDU, May 21: Shree Riddhi Siddhi Jewellers at Bishal Bazar and Geetanjali Jewellers at Durbar Marg are found to be cheating customers through the use of weighing machines without certification from the Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology (NBSM).

The irrigularities were found when a joint team from the Department of Commerce and Supply Management (DoCSM) and NBSM inspected three jewelry outlets in the New Road area and one at Durbar Marg, Tueday. [More]

GMR seeks generation license for Upper Karnali
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SOCIAL AFFAIRS

Three bird flu outbreaks in last seven days
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KATHMANDU, May 21: The rapid response team comprising vet officials and technicians on Monday evening culled 475 chickens and 335 ducks following confirmation of bird flu virus in a poultry farm owned by Santosh Chaudhary of Dhapasi-6, Kathmandu.

The team deployed by the Directorate of Animal Health (DoAH) had also destroyed 200 kg chicken feed stored in farm. The vet technicians had also destroyed droppings and disinfected the farm by late night. [More]

Kathmandu men going metrosexual
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31 in Chepang village of 75 souls sans citizenship
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LIFESTYLE

Korean Language Speech Contest to be held for the first time in Nepal
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KATHMANDU, May 2: The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Kathmandu is organizing a Korean Language Speech Contest here in Kathmandu in a joint cooperation with Sejong Korean Language Institute, Korean Association in Nepal, Korean School, Office of the Employment Permit System (EPS) in Nepal and Nepal-Korea Cooperation Council.

The final event, the first of its kind in Nepal, will be held on June 7 at the Tourism Board in Exhibition Road. This speech contest, the Embassy encourages, could be a platform for Nepalese to expose their hidden talents of Korean language skills. [More]

Nisha climbs Everest
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Lip smacking dishes at the Lounge
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SPORTS

Gurkha Cup to kick off Thursday
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KATHMANDU, May 21: The All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) has rescheduled the Gurkha Cup fixtures and postponed the final of the tournament by three days. At a press conference organized in the capital on Tuesday, ANFA informed that the final will take place on June 15 instead of the earlier scheduled date of June 12. The tournament will kick off on Thursday.

ANFA also informed that it has completed all preparations for the tournament. Thirteen A division clubs, including newly-promoted Boys´ Union, along with B division runner-up Tusal, A Division District League champion Munal Club of Jhapa and B Division District League champion Deshbhakta Youth Club of Nawalparasi are participating in the tournament. [More]

Janakpur, Nepalgunj reach semis
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Indian bowlers bail rejected as police arrests actor
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INTERNATIONAL

Dozens dead as tornado hits US city
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WASHINGTON, May 20: A powerful tornado swept through an Oklahoma City suburb on Monday, tearing down blocks of homes and at least two schools and leaving at least 51 people dead, local officials told US media.

The state medical examiner´s office released the latest death toll but the number was climbing rapidly, as emergency crews combed through smashed homes and the collapsed remains of an elementary school in Moore, Oklahoma. [More]

Pakistan court grants Musharraf bail in Bhutto murder
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India, China vow to end long-running border dispute
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