Bajura, Aug 30. The entire village of Badimalika municipality-8 in the district is at risk of being washed away by local Bauli and Khargadh rivers. The rivers have eroded a large portion of river banks advancing towards the village, thus putting 50 families of the village at risk, said ward member Nar Bahadur Ayadi. Concerned […]
Author: ननस्टप संवाददाता
Devotees throng Gokarneshwor Temple on Kushe Aunsi
Kathmandu, Aug 29. Gokaneshwor Mahadev Temple in Kathmandu has witnessed a large influx of devotees on the occasion of Bhadra Krishna Aunsi, also known as Kushe Aunsi or Gokarna Aunsi or Father’s Day. Kushe Aunsi is celebrated by remembering and paying respect to father for his care and love to family members. Those having lost […]
Ward member Buda dies
Jumla, Aug 30. Ward member of Patarasi rural municipality-4, Udaya Ram Buda has passed away. He was 65. Buda was suffering from aliments for long, said a local social worker, Usha Buda. Buda was elected as ward member from open category from the then CPN (Maoist Centre). Last rites of Buda were performed on Thursday […]
Two killed in road mishap in Achham
Achham, Aug 30. Two persons were killed and five others were injured in road accident in Achham district on Friday evening. The deceased have been identified as Kausi Saud, 30, and Kitthi Saud, 31, of Mallek-7, said Deputy Superintendent of Police, Janak Bahadur Shahi. The accident took place when a jeep (Se 1 Ja 986) […]
Afghan forces storm Taliban hideout, set free 6 hostages
GHAZNI, Afghanistan, Aug. 30. Units of Afghan Special Force stormed a Taliban hideout in Gero district of the eastern Ghazni province on Thursday and set free six civilians who had been taken hostages by the militants, said an army statement released here Friday. The operation, according to the statement, was conducted Thursday night in a […]
Two killed in road mishap in Achham
Achham, Aug 30. Two persons were killed and five others were injured in road accident in Achham district on Friday evening. The deceased have been identified as Kausi Saud, 30, and Kitthi Saud, 31, of Mallek-7, said Deputy Superintendent of Police, Janak Bahadur Shahi. The accident took place when a jeep (Se 1 Ja 986) […]
U.S. jobless claims rise last week
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.The number of initial jobless claims in the United States increased last week, according to a report released by the U.S. Labor Department on Thursday. In the week ending Aug. 24, the number of people filing for U.S. unemployment benefits increased by 4,000 to 215,000. Meanwhile, the previous week’s level was revised up […]
13 killed, 70 wounded in Yemen fighting: UN
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 29. Preliminary reports said 13 people were killed and at least 70 others wounded in clashes in Yemen’s Aden and Abyan governorates in the past two days, a UN spokesman said on Thursday. Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said that streets in Aden are empty and flights to and […]
Yemeni gov’t condemns UAE for launching airstrikes on its troops
ADEN, Yemen, Aug. 30. – Yemen’s Defence Ministry on Thursday blasted the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for launching airstrikes that have killed and injured about 300 Yemeni government soldiers. “The Defence Ministry condemned the UAE aerial bombardment launched against the legitimate government in Aden’s outskirts and Zinjibar city of neighboring southern Abyan province,” the ministry […]
China closes 14 illegal social organizations’ websites, social media accounts
BEIJING, Aug. 30. Chinese authorities have closed the websites and social media accounts of 14 illegal social organizations with the assistance of internet companies such as Sina and Tencent, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said Friday. The organizations included groups that, judging by their names, were presumably dedicated to agriculture, the digital industry, sports, animal […]