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Nepal polls in May-June next year: Deputy PM

New Delhi, Nov 7 (UNI) Elections to the Constituent Assembly in Nepal will be held in next May-June, Deputy Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli said today.

''The final dates are yet to be con firmed but the election schedule shall be in May-June 2007,'' Mr Oli, who is also Nepal's Foreign Minister and currently visiting India, told UNI on the sidelines of a function here.

DPM Oli had earlier delivered the Ninth Dinesh Singh Memorial Lecture on 'Recent Developments in Nepal: Foreign Policy Implications', organised by the Indian Council of World Affairs and the Indian Council for South Asian Cooperation.

Answering questions from the select audience, DPM Oli had earlier pointed to the need for further strengthening India-Nepal bilateral ties and synergising their complementarities for mutual benefit-- both economic as well as social.

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Top scientists give nod to India's manned space mission

Bangalore, Nov 7 (UNI) A group of top space scientists and technocrats of the country today unanimously resolved on India embarking on a manned mission to space. A day-long meeting, convened by the Indian Space Research Organisation, gave a go-ahead to the mission, likely to be realised in about eight to nine years at a likely cost of over Rs 10,000 crore. Emerging out of the meeting, ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair said the mission.....

Orissa BJP leader dies in road accident

Angul, Nov 7 (UNI) Angul block BJP unit president Dayanidhi Mohapatra was killed along with his driver while two other leaders were seriously injured in a road accident near Baunrpal, about 36 kms from here today. Police said Mr Mohapatra and the driver were killed on the spot when the vehicle they were travelling in had a head on collision with another vehicle. Angul United Credit Cooperative President and former Angul district BJP President Saroj.....

Kyndiah says not interested in state politics

Shillong, Nov 7 (UNI) Union Minister in-charge Tribal Affairs P R Kyndiah today said he did not have any interest in returning to state politics in Meghalaya. ''I am not interested in Chief Ministership,'' the Union Minister, who was stripped of Development of North Eastern Region portfolio last month, said. Mr Kyndiah's statement came in the backdrop of the Congress president's decision to depute AICC observers to sort out the 'leadership crisis' . ''I.....
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