Among the 17 individuals arrested in the case of fake refugees, two have recorded statements in the District Court Kathmandu on Friday. After the District Public Prosecutor’s Office filed the case on Wednesday, the recording of statements of the accused started from Friday. District Police Range, Kathmandu produced 16 accused arrested in the court on Friday afternoon. Among those submitted to the court, the statements of Sagar Rai and Keshav Dulal recorded before the bench of District Judge Prem Prasad Neupane on Friday. While the statement of these two was going on, on Friday afternoon, the police arrested 32-year-old Lakshmi Maharjan of…
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The main opposition CPN (UML) Members of Parliament (MPs) gheraoed the well shouting slogans against the allegation of corruption levelled aginst their party during the parliament session on Friday. Speaker Devraj Ghimire adjourned the meeting after UML MPs picketed the well, shouting slogans. At the beginning of the meeting, UML lawmakers from seats and started shouting slogans demanding verification of allegations leveled by CPN (Maoist Center) Lekhnath Dah. Speaking at a House meeting on May 24, Dahal said claimed that the golden Jalahari installed under the Jyotirlinga in the inner sanctum of the Pashupatinath is not the, but the brass. UML chief whip…
The government has decided to request President Ram Chandra Paudel to authenticate the Citizenship Bill. A Cabinet meeting held on Friday decided to request the president to authenticate the bill, which then president Bidya Devi Bhandari had refused to authenticate, according to a minister. Bhandari had not authenticated the bill even after the previous Parliament had passed it and sent it to her twice. She had first sent the bill back to Parliament for reconsideration on a couple of issues. As per the Constitution, the president can send a bill back to Parliament once. Parliament had then passed the bill…
The President’s Office has sent back the proposal for presidential pardon to Nagarik Unmukti Party leader Resham Chaudhary, who is serving a life sentence in connection with the Tikapur incident, to the Home Ministry. The President’s Office has told the Home Ministry to act in a way that does not contravene the principles expounded by the Supreme Court, its verdicts, and laws, according to Press Advisor to President Ram Chandra Paudel, Kiran Pokharel. The Home Ministry had sent the proposal to the President’s Office on Wednesday. The President’s Office has also sent back the application by a victim of Tikapur…
Kathmandu, May 26 : The public transport fare has decreased in Bagmati Province, including in the Kathmandu Valley. The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Transport has reduced the fare, nine days after Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) slashed the price of diesel. The Ministry has decreased the fare of public transport vehicles operating on short routes within the Bagmati Province. The reduced transport fare has been published in the Nepal Gazettee. According to the public transport latest fare determined by the Ministry, the fare has been decreased by 5.9 per cent in the Kathmandu Valley, and by 4.18 per cent in public…
Kathmandu – The main opposition party CPN-UML has interrupted the meeting of the House of Representatives. The UML parliamentarians stood up and protested immediately after Speaker Devraj Ghimire informed them that the meeting had started after 12:00 p.m. During the discussion on policy and program, a member of parliament interrupted the meeting by saying that during the time of former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, there was corruption in the name of gold altar of Pashupatinath by offering a brass altar in the name of Pashupatinath. Padam Giri, chief whip of UML, has warned that if the Speaker tries to…
Kathmandu, May 26: Prominent women personalities have expressed their views about women’s empowerment status in Republic Nepal. Ashta Laxmi Shakya CPN-UML Vice-Chairperson and former Chief Minister of Bagmati Province Ashta Laxmi Shakya said this monumental shift marked the end of the previously entrenched hereditary ruling system, heralding a new era for the nation, she added. “The primary achievement of this new system is the empowerment of the people, who now proudly identify as sovereign citizens of the federal democratic republic nation,” said Shakya. Subsequently, the people’s power has prevailed, fostering their political, economic, social, and cultural rights, she said adding, “The…
KATHMANDU: The Kathmandu District Court has scheduled to take the statement of the accused in Fake Bhutanese Refugees scam from today. The court statements of those who were arrested since March 27th on charges of making fake Bhutanese refugees and sending them to America starts from Friday, an official at the court revealed. Former Deputy Prime Minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, former Home Minister Balkrishna Khand, suspended Secretary Tek Narayan Pandey, the then Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa’s security advisor Indrajit Rai, Nepali Congress leader Keshav Dulal, Sanu Bhandari, Sandesh Sharma, and others are arrested. Last Monday, the police completed their…
Acharge-sheet has been filed in the court against 30 accused for five crimes in the fake refugee case. The District Government Attorney’s Office filed the charge-sheet on the 60th day after the investigation started in the District Court Kathmandu on Wednesday. As many as 30 people have been made accused including 16 who were arrested. They have been charged with fraud, organized crime, forgery of official documents, treason and integrated crime. Along with the defendant’s statement, other evidence has also been presented in the indictment. The evidence found in the mobile phones of the defendants and the financial transactions are…
KATHMANDU: The District Public Prosecutor’s Office Kathmandu has registered a case in the district court in the case of Fake Bhutanese Refugees. According to Lakshman Upadhyay, the spokesperson of the District Public Prosecutor’s Office of Kathmandu, a total of 30 people, including 16 arrested and 14 abscondings, were registered as defendants in the District Court of Kathmandu late on Wednesday. He informed that those arrested have been accused of 5 types of charges including fraud, organized crime, crime against the state, official corruption, and integrated crime. Upadhyaya said that a case has been registered against them with demanding 288.4 million…