A Russian rocket strike on a Ukrainian train station has killed 22 people, Ukraine says, on the day marking six months since Moscow's invasion began, BBC reported.
It says five of the victims of the attack in the eastern town of Chaplyne burnt to death in a vehicle. An 11-year-old boy also was killed.
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the strike in the middle of a UN Security Council meeting. He said about 50 people were injured.
Russia has so far made no comment.
It has repeatedly denied targeting civilian infrastructure.
Impeachment Recommendation Committee decides to summon suspended CJ Rana for questioning on August 31
The Impeachment Recommendation Committee of the House of Representatives has decided to summon suspended Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana for questioning on August 31. Senior member of the committee Ram Bahadur Bista said that the committee has decided to summon the suspended chief justice to float his opinion on the issue of impeachment. Lawmakers of the ruling coalition parties on February 13, 2022 had registered the impeachment motion against Rana. As many as 195 lawmakers of the three parties had registered the impeachment motion against Rana. Then then whip Pushpa Bhusal of the Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Center) Chief Whip Dev Prasad Gurung and CPN (Unified Socialist) Chief Whip Jeevaram Shrestha had proposed the motion. The Parliament on March 6 had formed the Impeachment Recommendation Committee to probe the charges leveled in the impeachment motion against the suspended chief justice. Ekwal Miya, Kalayani Kumari Khadka, Krishna Bhakta Pokharel, Pramod Sah, Min Bahadur Bishwokarma, Yasodha Gurung Subedi, Ram Bahadur Bista, Rekha Sharma, Lal Babu Pandit, Bishnu Prasad Paudel and Shiva Maya Tumbahangphe are the members of the committee. Ram Bahadur Bista is the senior member of the committee.
House panel directs government to make Kurtha-Jayanagar train service effective
The Development and Technology Committee of the House of Representatives has directed the government to make Kurtha-Jayanagar train service effective. Saying that many problems have arisen as the concerned authorities have failed to give proper attention for the operation of the 35 km train service, the House Committee on Wednesday directed the government to make the service effective. Committee Chairperson Kalyani Khadka said that the panel has directed the government to hire required manpower, establish a workshop and a fuel center to improve the train service. Similarly, the committee has directed the government to start the works of establishing necessary electric infrastructures on the railways, giving priority for the operation of electric trains.
EC calls applications for election observation
The Election Commission (EC) has solicited applications from the national organizations interested to observe upcoming elections to the members of the House of Representatives and National Assembly. The EC has already called for applications from international organizations for election observation. In a notice issued on Wednesday, the commission has asked to submit applications with necessary documents within 15 days through the information system. According to the notice, the organizations that were involved in election observation in previous elections would not be allowed to participate in the process if their election observation report was not submitted.
