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KATHMANDU, Monday (Reuters) Troops in Nepal shot dead 11 Maoist rebels during gunbattles across the troubled Himalayan nation over the past 24 hours, while guerrillas killed a soldier in the west of the country, officials said on Sunday.

A defence ministry official said rebels shot and killed the soldier on Saturday at Rolpa in west Nepal, a rebel stronghold.

Meanwhile more than 60,000 people gathered in Nepal Sunday to demonstrate against the king's sacking of the prime minister.

The public meeting, organised by the Nepal Communist Party-United Marxist and Lenist (NCP-UML) was held at an open air theatre in Kathmandu. More than 250 riot peace stood guard but the protest was peaceful.

"The king should also abide by the 1990 constitution and act democratically," by consulting with the kingdom's political parties to seek a way out of the current crisis, said NCP-UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal.

"He should not ignore the aspirations of the people otherwise the consequences could be very serious." 

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