A fire gutted six stalls at the Chitwan Festival 2003 Complex Thursday along the banks of the Narayani River near Bharatpur, organizers said. Organizing committee member Ramesh Kumar Piya said the fire was extinguished with the help of army, police, fire fighters and locals before it spread preventing serious losses.
Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand launched the Fair last Saturday. nepalnews.com br Jan.17 (brief)
Kishore B. Singh appointed NSC member secretary
The cabinet Thursday appointed former national badminton champion Kishore Bahadur Singh member secretary of the National Sports Council (NSC), a government source said.
Singh succeeds Binod Shanker Palikhe who was given a farewell Thursday. Singh, 44, graduated from the National Institute of Sports, Patiala, India; he is also member of the Nepal Olympic Committee.