Birgunj, March 25 More than 1,400 households of Tangiya settlement at Jitpursimara Sub-Metropolitan City in Bara district do not have land ownership certificate and are living as landless squatters. Though such number of families from different communities including Brahman, Chhetri, Tamang and Bishwokarma has been living there since the last 44 years, they have not […]
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Army mobilization to be made by decision of security council: DPM Pokhrel
Biratnagar, March 25 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Ishwar Pokhrel, has said the army will be mobilized through a decision of a meeting of the National Security Council alone. Talking briefly to journalists at Biratnagar airport today, he said the army would be mobilized after the President approves a proposal for the same […]
‘Whatever general convention decides is official view of party’
Bhadrapur, March 25 Nepali Congress (NC) former general secretary Prakashman Singh has said the perspective in regard with federalism, republic and secularism endorsed by the party’s general convention is the official view or line of the party. Speaking this morning at a press meet organised by the Nepal Press Union (NPU) at Birtamod of Jhapa, […]
Possibility of light rain with cloudy
Kathmandu, March 25 Light and moderate rainfall is likely to occur in most parts of the country including in the Kathmandu valley with cloudy weather due to the influence of the Westerly wind. The Meteorological Forecasting Division stated that there is possibility of intermittent to light rain accompanied by thunder in some places in the […]
NC parliamentary party meeting this afternoon
Kathmandu, March 25 A meeting of Nepali Congress parliamentary party is taking place today to hold discussion on contemporary national political issues. The meeting is taking place at the NC parliamentary party office this afternoon, according to the party. The role played by the party in the Parliament would be reviewed in the meeting, it […]
Construction of nine suspension bridges in limbo
Humla, March 25 Owing to sheer ignorance of contractors, nine suspension bridges being constructed in the district has been in limbo. The construction of the suspension bridges has remained uncertain due to contractor’s ignorance in the supply of materials.In a severe breach of the contract, the construction of the bridges linking different villages in the […]
Cement factory output worth Rs 30 million a day
Gaighat, March 25 The state-owned Udayapur Cement Factory has made a leap forward in cement production in the last one-and-a-half years. The factory is producing 18,000 sacks of cements a day with the smooth supply of power since a week. According to Nawal Kishore Saha, factory’s acting general manager, the production output of the factory […]
Inferno leaves four houses gutted
Inruwa, March 25 A fire left four houses gutted at Bhokraha Narsingh rural municipality-2, Akaha Bazaar in Sunsri on Sunday. Properties worth Rs 1.2 million turned into ashes in the incident. The inferno destroyed houses of locals, including Ram Prasad Sharma, Deep Narayan Sharma, Budh Narayan Sharma and Satya Narayan Sharma, shared Gyanendra Prasad Phuyal, […]
Transcendental meditation simultaneously across globe
Kathmandu, March 24 : The transcendental meditation is being practiced worldwide simultaneously from 6:00pm today. Maharshi Mahesh Yogi has made efforts to restore the traditional Vedic guru-disciple meditation, reasoning its waning practice in the modern days. The collective meditation is aimed at creating awareness on Vedic meditation. The meditation centres from 192 countries […]
Mafia culture harms party: Shekhar Koirala
Chitwan, March 24 Nepali Congress leader Dr Shekhar Koirala has said the culture of groupism is natural within the party, but a mafia culture is sheer misfortune. Speaking at a party cadres’ gathering in Chitwan today, he reiterated, “It will be dangerous for the party if mafia rules the roost.” According to him, the culture […]