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The Supreme Court has concluded that the Tikapur incident took place under the leadership of Resham Chaudhary.

It has been mentioned in the full text of the Tikapur incident released by the Supreme Court that Chaudhary was the mastermind of the incident based on various facts. 

The apex court had issued the verdict in the Tikapur incident on May 16, 2021.

The Court has said that a group led by Chaudhary killed at least eight people, mostly security personnel including a Senior Superintendent of Police, by attacking them with stones, axes, spears and home-made weapons in an inhumane manner during the Tharuhat movement. Later, they burnt the bodies by pouring kerosene and petrol.

Saying that the mob attacked 36 police personnel with an intention to kill and also took the life of a child, the SC said that the defendant Resham Lal Chaudhary's alleged crime was confirmed beyond reasonable doubt.

On May 28, 2023, President Ramchandra Paudel, on the government’s recommendation, pardoned Chaudhary’s remaining jail term on the occasion of Republic Day, 10 days after the apex court issued the verdict to hand him down a life sentence.

The CPN (Maoist Center) has sought suggestions from experts in the related field with the aim of instilling confidence to do something within the country.

Organizing an interaction with the theme of ‘Country’s economic development model and development program’ here, the Finance and Planning Department of the party has called for suggestions from experts in sectors including agriculture, tourism, energy, water resources, information technology, physical infrastructure, water resources, engineering and commerce for the government to improve the current economic situation of the country.

On the occasion, the party department chief and former Finance Minister Barsha Man Pun stressed the need for stopping the outflow of qualified manpower to foreign countries by creating job opportunities especially through industrialization at home. It is getting late to go for a policy to utilize the manpower within the home country.

Similarly, claiming that many plans of the previous five-year plans failed, Vice Chairperson of the National Planning Commission Min Bahadur Shrestha called for bringing quality in the new plan. High ambitious plans should not be included in the coming 16th Plan learning from past failure, he viewed.

A report involving the suggestions collected will be handed to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, said the department member and economist DP Dhakal.

CPN (Maoist Center) General Secretary Dev Gurung returned home from China on Thursday.

Gurung, who had left for the northern neighbor to arrange Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s China visit, returned home by the Tibet Airlines flight today.

According to a source, Prime Minister Dahal sent him to China to discuss possible agendas of his China visit.

Gurung returned home after holding discussions with the leaders of the Chinese Community Party and diplomatic agencies.

Earlier, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had said that Prime Minister Dahal will visit China after wrapping up his India visit. But at the last hour, the Prime Minister has decided to visit China after the US visit.

Prime Minister Dahal will leave for the US on September 16.

He will leave for New York to take part in the United Nations General Assembly on that day.

Prime Minister Dahal will leave for China on September 21 after addressing the United Nations General Assembly.

It has been learnt that Prime Minister Dahal will meet the President, Prime Minister and the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party during his China visit.

The Prime Minister has been saying that there will be a power trade agreement during the visit.

He said that an agreement has already been made to connect the cross border transmission line in Rasuwa-China border.

Maoist Vice-Chairman Agni Sapkota had left for China before Dev Gurung.

Tibet Military Commander of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Major General Yue Ande called on Chief of Army Staff Prabhuram Sharma at the army headquarters in Kathmandu on Wednesday.

During the meeting, they discussed the matters of bilateral interest and mutual relations, the Public Relations and Information Department of the Army said.

The joint military drill being conducted between Nepal and Chinese People’s Liberation Army has also been also been affected due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

They also discuss resuming the same military exercise, a source said.

Leading an eight-member delegation, Major General Yue arrived in Kathmandu on Wednesday.

Brigadier General Sunil Shrestha and Major General Sagar Bahadur Thapa had welcomed them at the airport.

The Nepal Army said that the Chinese military officials will visit Army Command and Staff College and Military Museum among other tourist areas.

“The Nepal Army believes that this kind of visit will help in strengthening the relationship between the two countries and also help in promoting Nepal's tourism,” Nepal Army said in a statement issued today.