<p><span style="line-height: 1.42857;">Acting Chief Election Commissioner Ila Sharma has claimed that the local level elections held recently were outstanding while evaluating from any of the international measuring tools.&nbsp;</span><br></p><p>At a greetings exchange programme by the Election Commission (EC) today, Sharma said that none can raise the questions on EC's roles for conducting the polls in a free, fair and fearless manner.&nbsp;</p><p>On the occasion, Sharma urged all the officials to work responsibility to make the upcoming elections to the House of Representatives and State Assemblies to be held in November 26 and December 7.</p>

<p><span style="line-height: 1.42857;">The central, regional and sub-regional offices of the National Human Rights Commission (NR|HRC) shall remain open during Dashain, Tihar and Chhath holidays as well.&nbsp;</span><br></p><p><br></p><p>The NHRC said that its offices would remain open from 11 am to 2 pm during festival holidays.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Issuing a press statement today, NHRC Spokesperson Mohana Ansari said that provisions have been arranged to open the NHRC offices on holidays by considering the priorities of human rights protection. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p><span style="line-height: 1.42857;">So far 190 thousand people have left for their homes for the Dashain celebrations.&nbsp;</span><br></p><p>According to the Metropolitan Traffic Police Division spokesperson Umesh Ranjit, this data includes the number of passengers leaving the Kathmandu Valley since September 5.</p><p>The number of people entering the Valley is said to be minimal.&nbsp;</p><p>As the Dashain celebrations have already begun, the traffic police have taken special measures to cope with adversities in traffic management. &nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Meantime, the traffic police took action against 30 people for black marketeering in the sale of tickets of public vehicles and overcharging passengers.&nbsp;</p>

<p><span style="line-height: 1.42857;">Of seven persons killed in a road accident involving a Bolero jeep at Nigale of Aambote of Roshi Rural &nbsp;Municipality-3 in Kavrepalanchowk late this morning, Six have been identified. They all are women. &nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br></p><p>Police identified the deceased as Khelimaya Bal, 35, Putalimaya Bal, 20, Mhendomaya Jimba, 22, Manisha Moktan, 27 and Kumari Jimba, 19 of Mahabharat Rural Municipality-2.</p><p>According to the District Police Office, Kavrepalanchowk's police inspector Rabiraj Thapaliya, the sixth victim is male and police are trying to establish his identity.&nbsp;</p><p>A little baby girl Kristina Moktan (20 month-old) has gone missing in the incident.&nbsp;</p><p>Injured Avishek Tamang was rescued by the police and was flown to Kathmandu via a helicopter for treatment.</p><p>Rescue efforts for others are underway. A total of 17 people were travelling in the reserved jeep.</p>

<p><span style="line-height: 1.42857;">A newly built building with 80 beds in the BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital in Chitwan came into operation from today on the occasion of 18th anniversary of the Hospital.&nbsp;</span><br></p><p><br></p><p>Speaking on the occasion, CPN-MC Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal stated that none has rights to play with the public's health, arguing that a minor error in health sector could claim the patients' lives.</p><p><br></p><p>Dahal pressed for taking action against those who put health institutions into jeopardy.&nbsp;</p>

<p><span style="line-height: 1.42857;">Supplies Minister Shiva Kumar Mandal has said the government is alert on the smooth supply of essential commodities during the Dashain, Tihar and Chhath festivals.</span><br></p><p><br></p><p>Speaking at a press meet in Birathnagar today, he made it clear that the government would be tough against those found involved in black marketing, creating artificial shortage and selling goods at exorbitant price.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>The minister underlined the need of a separate legislation providing powers to the ministry to take action against black marketeers and unscrupulous businessmen who cheat customers, citing the present legislation does not give that power to the ministry but to another body.</p>

<p><span style="line-height: 1.42857;">CPN-Maoist Centre chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal has stated that he may not consider entering political alliance to emerge a winner in the upcoming election from constituency no 3 in Chitwan district.&nbsp;</span><br></p><p><br></p><p>At a press conference organized by Press Centre in Chitwan today, the former Prime Minister, however, said that talks were ongoing with other political parties for forging political alliance in view of the twin elections at hand.</p><p><br></p><p>According to him, the party had made a decision at policy level to enter into electoral alliance only with those who would subscribe to the ideology of Federal Democratic and Republican ideology.</p>