Kathmandu: Newly appointed Chief Minister of Bagmati Province, Shalikram Jamkattel, called on Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar this morning.

During the meeting, Prime Minister Dahal congratulated Jamkattel on his appointment as the Chief Minister, according the PM’s Secretariat.

The newly appointed Chief Minister Jamkattel is the leader of CPN (Maoist Centre). He was appointed as the Chief Minister on Monday with the support of ruling parties including the CPN (UML).

Weather to remain partly cloudy
There will be light snowfall in some places with partial to normal rainfall in Sudurpaschim, Karnali and Gandaki provinces today. This is due to the influence of the westerly low pressure system, according to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology.

As a result of the system, there will be partial to normal change in the weather in Sudurpaschim, Karnali and Gandaki provinces while the weather will be generally clear in the rest of the country. There is also possibility of light snowfall in few places in the high hilly and mountainous region Sudurpaschim and Karnali provinces in the next 24 hours.

Furthermore, there is a possibility of heavy fog in some areas of the Tarai which will affect the daily life, health, road and air traffic and hence calls for precaution by all the concerned, says the Department. At present, there is partial change in the weather in the hilly areas and fog in the plains of Madhes and Lumbini provinces.

According to the latest information provided by the department, the minimum temperature of Kathmandu Valley today is 4.0 degrees Celsius and the maximum temperature is 19.4 degrees Celsius. Furthermore, today the lowest minimum temperature has been recorded in Jumla at minus 3.8 degrees Celsius and the highest temperature of Biratnagar at 24.2 degrees Celsius.