SOCIETY
Villagers elated after getting facilities in their own local units
Villagers elated after getting facilities in their own local...
PARBAT, Oct 13: There was time when locals living in villages had to reach the district headquarters even for all kinds of recommendations from the government authorities. However, the scenario has changed in recent days after the local level elections. Villagers are elated that they no longer have...
Oct 14, 2017
SOCIETY
Haphazard road construction triggering landslides
Haphazard road construction triggering landslides
PANCHTHAR, Oct 13: Two months ago landslides wreaked havoc in Falelung Rural Municipality. Four people were swept away by the landslides, of which bodies of two are still missing. Over 100 families were reported to have become homeless. People lost their cattle and crops to the disaster. Locals stat...
Oct 14, 2017
POLITICS
Report of panel probing 2013 CA poll silent about rigging
Report of panel probing 2013 CA poll silent about rigging
KATHMANDU, Oct 13: A parliamentary probe committee investing alleged rigging and other irregularities in the 2013 Constituent Assembly (CA) election submitted its report at the penultimate sitting of the current parliament on Friday.
Oct 14, 2017
SOCIETY
Locals elated after getting facilities in their own local units
Locals elated after getting facilities in their own local un...
PARBAT, Oct 13: There was time when locals living in villages had to reach the district headquarters even for all kinds of recommendations from the government authorities. However, the scenario has changed in recent days after the local level elections. Villagers are elated that they no longer have...
Oct 14, 2017
SOCIETY
Dr KC supporters organizing demonstration today
Dr KC supporters organizing demonstration today
KATHMANDU, Oct 13: Solidarity for Dr KC Alliance has planned a mass demonstration in Kathmandu on Saturday, to support the hunger strike staged by Dr Govinda KC demanding reforms in the medical education sector.
Oct 14, 2017
SOCIETY
Gauchan declared martyr
Gauchan declared martyr
KATHMANDU, Oct 13: The government has declared the chairman of the Federation of Contractors' Association of Nepal (FCAN) Sharad Kumar Gauchan a martyr. He was shot dead by unknown gunmen in the capital on Monday afternoon.
Oct 14, 2017
SOCIETY
HIV/AIDS becoming a major threat in Bajhang
HIV/AIDS becoming a major threat in Bajhang
BAJHANG, Oct 13: Two brothers of the same family in Bajhang who had left for India in search of employment have returned back with HIV. The virus has not just been transmitted to their wives but also to one of their children. Being horrified by the result of the blood tests, which showed all of the...
Oct 14, 2017
SOCIETY
Wildlife meat openly bought and sold in Bajhang
Wildlife meat openly bought and sold in Bajhang
BAJHANG, Oct 13: Besides the increase in crime rate, illegal buying and selling of wild animals and birds including the national bird of the country 'danphe' has become rampant in Chainpur, the district headquarters of Bajhang.
Oct 14, 2017
SOCIETY
Student unions demand resignation of Education Minister Shrestha
Student unions demand resignation of Education Minister Shre...
KATHMANDU, Oct 13: Nine student unions affiliated to various political parties demanded resignation of Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister Gopal Man Shrestha and staged protests at the Ministry of Education on Friday.
Oct 14, 2017
POLITICS
Top leaders of major parties 'committed to polls on schedule'
Top leaders of major parties 'committed to polls on schedule...
KATHMANDU, Oct 13: Top leaders of all major political parties including Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba have expressed their commitment to holding parliamentary and provincial assembly elections on the scheduled dates.
Oct 14, 2017