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Arun Subedi has been appointed as the foreign affairs advisor of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.

A Cabinet meeting held on Thursday decided to appoint Subedi as the foreign affairs advisor of the Prime Minister.

He is a political analyst.

The government is preparing to hire around 100, 000 temporary police personnel for the federal and provincial elections slated for November 20.

Nepal Police spokesperson Tek Prasad Rai said that the process to hire the temporary police personnel will be taken ahead soon.

“We will move ahead by making a centralized security plan,” he said, adding, “There is a possibility to hire around 100, 000 temporary police personnel for the elections. We will move ahead by evaluating the security threat.”

Earlier, the government had hired 119, 000 temporary police personnel for the local level elections.

The Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) Executive Chairman Yuvaraj Adhikari has been sacked on Thursday.

A Cabinet meeting held on Thursday decided to remove Adhikari from the top post of the NAC, a minister said.

He was accused of renting a twin otter plane against the law and not being able to keep the officials and staffers of the NAC in discipline.

A probe committee was formed to look into the issue.

The committee had proposed the Council of Ministers to sack Adhikari.

Based on the committee’s proposal, the government sacked him today.

The government has decided to hold the federal and provincial elections on November 20.

A Cabinet meeting held on Thursday decided to hold the federal and provincial elections in a single phase, government spokesperson Gyandendra Bahadur Karki said.

The Election Commission, however, had recommended the government to hold the election on November 18.

A meeting of the ruling coalition leaders held on Wednesday had agreed to hold the elections on November 20.

The term of the members of the House of Representative and Province Assembly is expiring on November 22.