KATHMANDU, July 23 -- Six new ministers took the oath of office and secrecy in Gandaki Province on Friday.

Province Chief Sita Kumari Paudel administered the oath of office and secrecy to three new ministers from the Nepali Congress (NC) and three others from the CPN (Maoist Center) amidst a special function on Friday.

Bindu Kumar Thapa (Internal Affairs and Law), Meshlal Shrestha (Education, Culture, Science and Social Development) and Mani Bhadra Sharma (Commerce and Supplies) took the oath of office and secrecy as ministers from the NC on Friday. Kumar Khadka, who was earlier appointed as the Minister for Social Development from NC, took the oath of office and secrecy as the Minister for Physical Infrastructures, Urban Development an...