Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala, who was almost taken to India for medical treatment Wednesday morning, is now reported to be in a stable condition. And, in a meeting with UN Under General Secretary B Lynn Pascoe, he said his only wish before his last breath is to see the promulgation of the new constitution. Republica writes:

According to NC leader Krishna Prasad Sitaula, who was present during the meeting, Koirala told Pascoe that he has been working consistently to establish sustainable peace and political stability in the country. He also said that his only wish before breathing his last is the promulgation of the new constitution.

Koirala also said that he had taken initiative to form the High Level Political Mechanism (HLPM) to help resolve differences among political parties and drive the peace process forward.

Nagarik has exclusive pictures from the meeting.

Minister of State for Home Affairs Rijwan Ansari stepped down today after Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal sought his resignation for remarks criticising Home Minister Bhim Rawal. The Himalayan Times reports:

"I wanted to resign on moral grounds as I could not do anything in the capacity of State Minister. The Home Minister restricted me from carrying out any duties,” Ansari said, adding, "I don't know why the PM asked for my resignation at a time when CPN-UML's leaders demanded the resignation of Home Minister in the party’s central committee meeting recently.”

Police arrested more than a dozen Tibetan activists protesting in Kathmandu to mark Tibetan Uprising Day, which commemorates the day on which Chinese sent their troops to Tibet in 1959. Nepalnews writes:

Chanting "free Tibet" including other pro-Tibet slogans while waving the Tibetan national flag, around 300 exiles staged demonstration alongside Buddhist monks at the premises of Boudhanath stupa.

There was a heavy police presence at Bouddha, one of the most revered Buddhist prayer sites in the country, in a bid to foil the anti-China protests of spiralling out of control. National and international journalists, press photographers and camera crew were also present to report the event.