Govt. appoints chief secy., chiefs of corporations The government has appointed Bhojraj Ghimire as the chief secretary of the government of Nepal. The post was vacant after the coalition government of seven political parties suspended then chief secretary Lok Man Singh Karki accusing him of supporting the royal regime. Mukunda Sharma Poudel had been working as acting chief secretary following the suspension of Karki. The tenure of the acting chief secretary Poudel is expiring on August 2. However, the government is yet to take any decision to fill the vacant posts of 11 secretaries. Monday’s meeting of the cabinet also appointed editor of Himal Khabarpatrika, senior journalist Rajendra Dahal, as chairman of the Nepal Press Council. Similarly, the meeting appointed Benju Sharma as chairman of state run Nepal Television and Sailesh Ghimire as a chairman of Film Development Board. Additionally, Babu Raja Joshi has been appointed as a chairman of Law Reform Commission. The meeting also decided to reinstate 1,000 resource persons under the ministry of Education and Sports, who were sacked during the royal regime. The meeting also passed a bill on successor of the King. As per the new rule, not only the eldest son of the King, the daughter or the younger son of the King can also be the successor to the King. Likewise, the meeting also scrapped the provision of providing allowance to all the members of the royal family. Earlier, all the members of the royal family were entitled to get allowances. nepalnews.com pb July 31 06