Here is a compilation of some of the top stories from the Post that you might have missed on Wednesday.

Airport city not necessary in Nijgadh: House panel

National Concern and Coordination Committee of the Parliament concluded that there is no need of airport city around the proposed second international airport in Nijgadh, Bara.

A committee formed under National Concern and Coordination Committee Chairman Dil Kumari Rawal prepared the report by carrying out a filed study.

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Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Chinese Company sign MoU for DPR on monorail

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) to conduct the Detail Project Report (DPR) for the construction of proposed monorail along the 27-km Ring Road.

KMC Mayor Bidya Sundar Shakya and CRCC’s Director Oversees Business Management Department Zhao Guangbing signed the MoU amid a function in Kathmandu. Lalitpur Metropolitan City (LMC) Mayor Chiri Babu Maharjan, KMC’s deputy Mayor Hari Prabha Khadgi, LMC’s Deputy Mayor Gita Satyal, among other government officials, and representatives from CRCC were present during the signing progarmme.

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Congress central meeting deferred after leaders demand inclusivity of office bearers

A Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting of the Nepali Congress ended inconclusively on Wednesday after leaders demanded that the posts of party office bearers should be made inclusive.

In the meeting, central members Man Bahadur Bishwokarma, Farmullah Mansur and Bir Bahadur Balayar among other leaders said that they would not agree on the decision of three leaders until the office bearers are made inclusive.

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House committee directs government, Election Commission to hold run-off election by mid-May

The State Affairs Committee of the Federal Parliament has directed the government and Election Commission to hold elections for all the vacant posts of local and province level within mid-May.

The committee on Wednesday summoned Minister for Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa and the office bearers of election body and directed them to hold the elections for all the vacant posts of federal and provincial and local level. The meeting also held discussions on the problems of the commission.

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77 pickpockets arrested from Kathmandu

The Metropolitan Police Range, Kathmandu, has arrested a large number of pickpockets from various parts of Kathmandu.

Police on Wednesday made public 77 persons arrested for their alleged involvement in pickpocketing and stealing belongings of passengers from public vehicles in the Capital. They were caught red-handed while stealing cash, mobile phones and ornaments from the passengers.

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