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    KATHMANDU:  The Supreme Court today refused to issue an interim order in response to a writ demanding printing of separate ballot papers for the elections to the House of Representatives and State Assemblies. A division bench comprising judges Deepak Raj Joshi and Purushottam Bhandari refused to entertain the writ, citing the printing of ballot papers of the proportional representation for the first-phase election has already commenced and it held no meaning to issue the order at this backdrop. Twin elections have been scheduled for November 26 and December 7 in two phases and the printing of PR ballots commenced on October 3, the court cites in the verdict. Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Vice Chair and parliamentary party leader Sarbendranath Shukla on October 8 moved the apex court, challenging the EC decision to use the same ballot paper towards PR electoral system in both elections. Earlier, in the hearings on the writ held on October 10, the Supreme Court issued a show-

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Tuesday has reshuffled his cabinet. PM Deuba, who exerted pressure on CPN-Maoist Centre Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal to ask resignation from his ministers, adjusted them without any portfolios in the incumbent government. Deuba has taken Home Affairs, General Administration, Ministry of Livestock Development from Maoist Ministers. He has also appointed Rastriya Prajatantra Party Chairman and Deputy Prime Minister Kamal Thapa as Minister for Energy today itself. Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Democratic leader Deepak Bohara, who was appointed as Minister for Science and Technology has been assigned the duties of Minister for Health. PM Deuba appointed RPP leaders Jayant Chand as Minister for Supplies, Dilanath Giri as Minister for Urban Development, Bikram Bahadur Thapa as Minister for Women, Children and Social welfare. Earlier, these Ministries were headed by CPN-Maoist Centre leaders. Meanwhile, PM Deuba appointed Bhaskar Bhad

KATHMANDU: Thamel, the main tourist hub of Kathmandu will be made vehicle-free from October 22. The Metropolitan Traffic Police Division (MTPD) and Thamel Development Council informed that the general vehicles apart from most essential ones would be strictly prohibited to enter the Thamel area. Speaking at a press conference organised by the MTPD, Deputy General of Police (DIGP) Sarbendra Khanal informed that vehicles except most essential ones such as drinking water, ambulance, tourism and security, would not be allowed to move to the area. “We are putting in place a pass system for the most essential vehicles to move to and from Thamel area”, Khanal added. “The vehicles-permitted can only go to Thamel from Tridevi Marg; taxi, microbus, van and motorcycles will not be permitted to stop rampantly. Action will be taken against the vehicle breaching one way traffic rule, traffic signs will be kept in different places and vehicles will be arranged as per the need of the hotels

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba today said that democracy is challenged by the alliance forged among some leftist parties. The PM said this while addressing the ‘national strategic training’ organised by Nepal Students Union, the sister organisation of the Nepali Congress in the Capital today, in the run-up to the House of Representatives and State Assemblies elections. He stressed that it was necessary to make the Congress victorious in the elections to safeguard democracy. “The communists are trying to establish communism by using the democratic system and fooling the people. It is necessary for all the democrats to be alert about this,” he said. Stating that the country itself would be in peril if democracy is threatened, PM and Nepali Congress president, Deuba called on all the Nepali Congress people to be united to defend democracy. “Finishing off democracy means the end of the Nepali Congress,” he added. Party senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel said since the Congress

"Develop your listing power. It is because the bible has instructed us to listen more than to speak. Be a good hearer.  C onsider carefully how you listen!"  Luke  8:18   We learn from this verse,  the great importance of right hearing.   The words of our Lord Jesus Christ ought to impress that lesson deeply on our hearts. He says, " C onsider carefully how you listen! " The degree of benefit which men receive from all the  means of grace --depends entirely on the  way  in which they use them.  Private PRAYER lies at the very foundation of religion--yet the mere formal repetition of a set of words, when "the heart is far away"--does good to no man's soul.  Reading the BIBLE is essential to the attainment of sound Christian knowledge--yet the mere formal reading of so many chapters as a task and duty, with out a humble desire to be taught of God, is little better than a waste of time.  Just as it is with  praying  and  Bible rea

The Bible is God's word. It is filled with the divine instructions. so let none approach to the pages of the bible without considering its valuable commands and thoughts. In other words, never let us read any portion of God's Word without looking up for divine teaching! "Open my eyes--that I may behold wondrous things out of Your law." Psalm 119:18 God's Book is a book of wonders! It is a wonderful record . . .   of God's power in creation,   of His wisdom in providence,   and of His grace in redemption. It has the stamp of infinity upon it. We cannot penetrate its heights, fathom its depths, or traverse its lengths and breadths--but as we are taught of God. The Holy Spirit, who composed it and inspired holy men to write it, must unfold and reveal it to our minds--or we shall never . . .   see its glory,   be impressed with its majesty,   or rejoice in its divine truths. Never let us read any portion of God's Word without looking up for div