Journalists awarded at 54th anniversary of Press Council

KATHMANDU, Sep 23: Journalists have been given awards and honours on the occasion of the 54th annual celebration of the Press Council of Nepal. The awards were handed to them by President Ramchandra Paudel and Communication Minister Rekha Sharma at Shital Niwas on Saturday.

This year's Press Council Gopaldas Journalism Award has been given to Journalist Nirmala Sharma. The Council has given honours to 16 people. The honoured journalists are Bijay Chalise, Kul Chandra Wagle, Dharmendra Jha, Gagan Bista, Rajan Karki, Narendra Jung Peter, Raju Silwal, Ramesh Tufan, Man Mohan Swar, Rabindra Ghimire, Kedar Bhattarai, Moti Paudel, Krishna Adhikari, Ramesh Paudel, Uday GM and Rajkumar Karki.