Kathmandu, Aug 16 : Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) has demanded release of journalist Khem Thapaliya. Police had arrested FNJ member, writer and litterateur Thapaliya from the office of Jaljala monthly, Bagbazar, on August 10. Issuing a press release on Friday, FNJ general secretary Ramesh Bista said that its serious attention was drawn towards the […]
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Lamichhane, Kandel and Karki remanded in custody for five days
Chitwan, Aug 16 : The Chitwan District Court has remanded Rabi Lamichhane, a programme presenter at News 24 Television in custody for five days. Also sent in detention for further investigation along with Lamichhane are journalist Yubaraj Kandel and nurse Ashmita Karki. The single bench of judge Binod Kumar Gautam issued an order to remand […]
State 5 CM Pokhrel inspects bomb explosion area in Rupandehi
Butwal, Aug 16, Chief Minister of State 5 Shankar Pokhrel conducted a field inspection of the house of Bhumishwor Dhakal, chief whip of ruling Nepal Community Party of the state at Sainamaina municipality-8 in Rupandehi district where an improvised explosive device was detonated in the wee hours today. During the observation, CM Pokhrel asked the […]
Government strengthening online services in land revenue and survey offices
Kathmandu, Aug 16, The government has made arrangements for online services at land revenue and survey offices in all 77 districts throughout the country. The arrangement aims to ensure fast and prompt services to the people in an accessible way, by discouraging the influence of middle persons in the service delivery, according to the Ministry […]
Crocodile rescued from fish pond
Lamki, Aug 16, a fish pond in Tikapur-7, Beluwa of Kailali. The crocodile had sneaked into the pond from the Pathariya River. Police and local conservationists rescued the crocodile from the fish pond of Tek Bahadur Malla, a local, and released into the confluence of Pathariya and Kadha rivers. Fish-keeper Malal had informed the police […]
School management committee chair and headmaster held over bribe case
Parasi, Aug 16, The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has arrested school management committee chair and headmaster with bribe of Rs 65,000 from Nawalparasi-west The arrestees are Kedar Giri, chairperson of school management committee of Siddhartha Secondary School based in Palhinandan rural municipality-3 and Lekhnath Upadhyay, headmaster of the same school. According […]
One dies in accident, 15 injured
Hetauda, Aug 16, A person died and other 15 were injured in a bus accident in Hetauda this morning. The bus accident took place at Hetauda sub-metropolis-19, Newarpani along the East-West Highway. Mukesh Sharma, 58, of Ramnagar Borhawa, Sarlahi died when the bus (Na 5 Kha 2233) en route to Rautahat from Kathmandu hit the […]
House of State Assembly’s chief whip attacked
Butwal, Aug 16, An unidentified group assaulted the private house of Bhumiswor Dahakal, chief whip of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) for State-5 State Assembly, last night. The unknown group had pelted three kerosene-filled bottles at the house of Chief Whip that caused damage to the back side of the government-owned vehicle (Lu 1 Pa […]
Karnali State Minister Khatry relieved of post
Surkhet, Aug 16, Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development of the Karnali State government, Khadka Bahadur Khatry has been relieved of his ministerial post. The Karnali State government on Thursday removed him from the post. Chief Minister Mahendra Bahadur Shahi relieved Physical Infrastructure Development Minister Khatry of the ministerial berth as per the Article 169 (2)(a) […]
Case filed against Asian Paints
Hetauda, Aug 15 , A case has been filed against the Asian Paints Industry on the charge of violating the standards of metrology and relevant laws in the country. The case was filed today at the District Court, Hetauda against the industry based at the Hetauda Industrial Zone. The case was filed by the Nepal […]