Kathmandu, Sept 5: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias ''''Prachanda'''' will visit India on September 14.

Prachanda will arrive in New Delhi on September 14 and return back home on September 18, nepalnews quoted Nepal Ambassador Durgesh Man Singh in New Delhi, as saying.

This will be his first visit to India after becoming the first elected Prime Minister of the federal republic Nepal.

However, he has already broken a tradition by traveling north to China to attend the closing ceremony of Beijing Olympics on his first foreign visit as a PM.

Kathmandu  - The Nepalese government on Thursday declared a state of emergency in more than 24 villages in southern Nepal that have been hard hit by flooding on the Koshi River.

The decision to declare the areas in Sunsari district, about 400 kilometres south-east of Kathmandu, as "disaster-hit" came as thousands of people displaced by floods faced the risk of disease, a senior minister said.

The government move enables the supply of relief material and eases the rehabilitation of nearly 50,000 people displaced by the floods, Health and Population Minister Giriraj Mani Pokharel said.

Kathmandu, Sep 4 : Indian Union Minister for Railways Lalu Prasad Yadav visit to Nepal has been postponed on the request of the India’s foreign ministry and Indian envoy to Kathmandu.

The reasons cited the proposed visit of Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda to India in the near future.

Lalu had plans to visit the flooded areas in Sunsari to inspect the latest situation.

Kathmandu, Sep 3 : Indian Union Minister for Railways Lalu Prasad Yadav will visit Kathmandu to hold talks with Nepalese leaders on the issue of floods in Saptakoshi, which has displaced millions of people in Bihar.

Yadav is likely to seek Nepal’s cooperation in solving the flood problem, which has hit both the countries.

He will meet President Dr. Rambaran Yadav and Prime Minister Prachanda.

Yadav had stated that the Bihar Government was negligent in dealing with flood problem.

Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 3 : The Human Resources and Home Ministries in Malaysia are reportedly at odds over the hiring of Hindu temple workers, including priests.

The New Strait Times quoted Malaysian Hindu Sangam president A. Vaithi-lingam as saying that while the Human Resources Ministry is in favour of their hiring, the Home Ministry seemed to be blocking the process.

This, he claimed, has spread fear among worshippers in over 200 Hindu temples nationwide that they may not have the services of priests in the near future.