- Thursday, 19 December 2024
Kathmandu, April 14: The Embassy of India in Kathmandu today gifted 35 ambulances and 66 school buses to various organizations, spread across different districts of Nepal, working in the field of health and education respectively.
The keys of the vehicles were handed over by Naveen Srivastava, Ambassador of India to Nepal, in the presence of Finance Minister Barsha Man Pun, local representatives from various districts as well as representatives of different beneficiary organisations, political representatives, officials of Nepal government of Nepal, and social workers, the Embassy said in the press note.
Out of the total 101 vehicles gifted today, 2 ambulances were handed over on location in the earthquake-affected Jajarkot and West Rukum districts by the representative of the Embassy of India in the presence of district officials and residents.
The government of India has been gifting ambulances and school buses on the occasion of Independence Day and the Republic Day of India for 3 decades to various beneficiary organizations in different parts of Nepal, giving high priority to Nepal’s health and education sectors, it is said.
On the occasion, the ambassador said this has been one of the long-standing initiatives of the Government of India under the Nepal-India Development Partnership to bolster the efforts of the Government of Nepal to strengthen its infrastructure in the health and education sectors. He further highlighted that this is a part of the robust development partnership between India and Nepal and has a geographical spread throughout Nepal, touching people’s lives and bringing out tangible progress in the development journey of Nepal.
Finance Minister Pun appreciated the Government of India’s various ongoing developmental projects in Nepal and expressed that these will continue to strengthen people-to-people connectivity and bilateral relations between the two countries. He said this flagship programme is very beneficial for the people of Nepal.
Since 1994, the Government of India has gifted 1009 ambulances and 300 school buses across Nepal, including those gifted today. “It is part of the Government of India’s continued support for the efforts of Nepal to strengthen its health and education facilities and to facilitate easy physical access to these services,” the Embassy said.
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Problems are not solved thru fury and aggression: UML Chair Oli
Kathmandu, April 14: CPN (UML) Chair KP Sharma Oli has said it is necessary to seek solution to problems in a restrained manner and as per the laws without becoming enraged.
Responding to the media’s questions after today’s meeting of the House of Representatives, he said that the operation of the House was disrupted due to the Nepali Congress and the work of advancing the bill was affected.
“The Congress is saying nonsense things out of anger and pain. This should not be done. The parliamentary governance system should be defended as a system. It should be advanced protecting its norms and values,” he said.
Stating that there is a unique precedence and limitation of conducting and moving ahead the House business, the UML parliamentary party leader Oli pointed out the need of correcting the lacuna and shortcomings on the basis of the past experiences.
“The erstwhile government had not given any attention to pass the bills, the present government has been in office just recently. Congress does not come to logic. Rather they (Congress) have the wont towards obstinacy. They should correct this manner,” the UML leader said, indicating to the obstruction of the business of the House of Representatives by the main opposition party.
Noting that the government has been playing a coordination role to open the obstruction of the House and conduct its business, he said there is no getting entangled in the obstruction of the House alone as there are important agendas as preparing the budget and bills, presenting them in the House for discussions and getting them endorsed.
The former Prime Minister said: “The winter session of the parliament had to be prorogued at this time anyway. The budget session has to be commenced in a gap of 15 days. There is the constitutional requirement that the budget has to be introduced in the House on Jeth 15. The policies and programmes have to be passed before that.”
According to him, the prorogation of the House session should be taken as normal and it is an obvious process.
Nepali Congress chief whip Ramesh Lekhak said that his party objected to the session prorogation, neglecting the demands put forth by the party. He said the Congress had demanded for the formation of a parliamentary investigation committee to carry out fair and independent probe into the siphoning of the amount of cooperatives and alleged that the government was negligent towards good governance.
He reminded that the Congress parliamentary party has decided to stick to its demand of forming the parliamentary probe committee.
CPN (Maoist Centre) youth leader Madhav Sapkota commented that the current ‘bills session’ could not be operated in an effective manner as desired. “Political topics rather than bills got more priority in the current session. It seems this load will be carried over to the next session,” he remarked.
Stating that the Nepali Congress fulfilled its role of criticizing the government as the opposition party, leader Sapkota said the current session had to be ended as mandated in the constitution within April 19 anyway.
He welcomed the prorogation of the session, stating that there was no rationale of extending it for some days due to the continued obstruction by the Nepali Congress. He suggested political dialogue among the parties representing in the parliament for making the upcoming budget session productive and effective.
Leader of Nepal Workers and Peasants Party and lawmaker Prem Suwal said although various parties are in the government, every government has become a failure in reducing corruption and promoting good governance.
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No possibility of monarchy’s comeback: President Deuba
Kathmandu, April 14: Nepali Congress President and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has pointed out the need to strengthen the federal democratic republic in practice.
On the occasion of the ninth memorial day of former Prime Minister and member of the Constituent Assembly, Surya Bahadur Thapa, in a programme organized by the Surya Bahadur Thapa Foundation here today, he said that the current system should be made more acceptable adding that there was no chances of restoration of monarchy.
Former Prime Minister Deuba also clarified that it is impossible to restore the monarchy in the current situation. He said, “Now Nepal has adopted federal democratic republican governance system. However, some people have said that the king should be returned, but now it is impossible to restore the king. Therefore, the current system should be strengthened more in practice. “There is room to improve the deficiencies in the constitution” Deuba said. He recalled the role of Surya Bahadur Thapa in bringing the current political system in the country.
Addressing the programme, Rastriya Prajatantra Party leader, Dr. Prakash Chandra Lohoni, said that late Thapa was a skilled politician and a multifaceted personality. He also opined that all political forces should unite to give the country the right direction in the present situation. Central member of Nepali Congress Arjun Narsingh KC said that late Thapa has made a significant contribution in the political and administrative field in the country.
Central member of Nepali Congress, Sunil Bahadur Thapa said that late Thapa himself has made an important contribution in bringing the current political system and stressed that he should move forward by imbibing the example he adopted. Janata Samajwadi Party leader Pradeep Yadav recalled that Thapa, a politician with a simple life and high thoughts, repeatedly raised his voice for the rights of Madhesh and Madheshi people.
Former ambassador Surya Prasad Shrestha, senior advocate Krishna Prasad Bhandari, Prof. Lokraj Baral, registrar of Kathmandu University Prof. Dr. AchyutWagle and others discussed that late Thapa was a skilled politician.
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Nepali Embassy requests not to leave the home except in case of emergency in Israel
Kathmandu, April 14: After the Iranian attack on Israel, the Nepali embassy in Tel Aviv in Israel has asked the Nepalese residents there not to leave their homes except in urgent cases. Nepalis are also requested to follow the local security protocols for the necessary security, and to be aware of the updated information issued for their areas.
Likewise, the embassy has requested the people to pay special attention to their safety, do not leave their homes except in urgent cases, and stay in the vicinity of places with safe shelter facilities.
Second Secretary Kumar BahadurShresth (0528289300) and Assistant Sanjay Kumar Sah, (0545582077) have been assigned as the contact person in the embassy on case of any urgency.
Regarding the start of the Iranian attack on Israel, the Israeli Home Front Command has recently issued new instructions for the general public. After the attack, instructions have been issued to stop educational activities and not hold large-scale gatherings until 11:00 PM on Monday.
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Two people killed due to lightning in Parbat
Parbat, April 14: Two people died in two separate places of Parbat’s Modi Rural Municipality due to lightning strikes on Saturday evening. A
A 58-year-old PremKumariShahi of Bhukatangle and 57-year-oldShalikramTimilsina, a teacher of Jeevanjyoti Primary School in Ramjadeurali, died due to lightning, police inspector Avinashdeep KC of the district police office informed.
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Nepali Embassy requests not to leave the home except in case of emergency in Israel
Kathmandu, April 14: The Embassy of Nepal in Tel Aviv, Israel has asked the Nepalese residents there not to leave their homes except in urgent cases. The Embassy issued this advisory following the Iranian attack on Israel.
Nepalis residing in Israel are also requested to follow the local security protocols for the necessary security, and to be aware of the updated information issued for their areas.
Likewise, the Embassy has requested the people to pay special attention to their safety, not to leave their homes except in urgent cases, and to stay in the vicinity of places with safe shelter facilities.
Second Secretary Kumar Bahadur Shrestha (0528289300) and Assistant Sanjay Kumar Sah, (0545582077) have been assigned as the contact person in the Embassy on case of any urgency.
Regarding the launching of the Iranian attack on Israel, the Israeli Home Front Command has recently issued new instructions for the general public. After the attack, instructions have been issued to stop educational activities and not to hold large-scale gatherings until 11:00 PM on Monday.
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