Jumla, 18 October (2022) – Jumla district has started facing shortage of cooking gas and petroleum products due to obstruction of Karnai highway following incessant rainfall. Consumers have been facing difficulties in lack of sufficient amount of cooking gas and petroleum products in market. Assistant Chief District Officer, Pramila Rijal, said shortage of petroleum products has been seen in market following disruption of Karnali highway. A team headed by Deputy Mayor of Chandannath municipality, Ram Devi Khadka, and Assistant Chief District Officer, Rijal, had carried out monitoring of groceries and dealers of petroleum products after receiving the complaint of black…
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Myagdi, 18 October (2022) – A trekking route linking Andha Galchi, Rupse Waterfall and Baja Dhunga Cave has been constructed in Myagdi district. The trekking route built with railing starts from Kavre Gaun nearby Andha Galchi (one of the deepest gorges in the world) to Baja Dunga Cave via Rupse waterfall was constructed at the grant of Annapurna Rural Municipality. A viewpoint was also built at the cliff for the visitors to soak up the panoramic view of the locality, said ward member of Annapurna rural municipality-3, Lal Bahadur Pun. The newly built trekking route is expected to facilitate the…
The main three parties of the ruling coalition have appealed to the Nepali people to cast votes in favor of the ruling alliance in the November 20 elections. Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, Chairman of CPN Maoist Center Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ and Chairman of CPN (United Socialist) Madhav Kumar Nepal made this appeal on behalf of the alliance by issuing a joint statement on Tuesday. There is still a danger of regression, claimed the three leaders stating that the Nepali people have been supporting the objectives and goals taken by the coalition parties. “There is still a threat from the regressive forces…
Six rebel candidates of Nepali Congress (NC) have been penalized for filing their candidacies against those officially fielded by the ruling alliance. NC Kailali District Working Committee expelled six candidates along with their seconders and proposers by stripping them of their general memberships for five years. Those facing actions are Nabin Kumar Bohara who filed his candidacy from Kailali-3, Bharat Kumar Shahi (Kailali-2 (2), Govinda Raj Joshi (Kailali-3 (2), Laxman Shahi (Kailali-3 (2), and Bhagawati Pathak Ojha who filed her nomination from Kailali-4 (2). Similarly, Kamal Kumar BK, the seconder of Bharat Kumar Shahi, Kamal Bahadur Baduwal, the proposer of Govinda…
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, ministers and among other dignitaries paid last tributes to the mortal remain of centenarian Satya Mohan Joshi on the premises of Lalitpur metropolis by offering floral garlands. Besides, a large number of general public thronged the premises of the metropolis to pay last tributes to Joshi. Earlier his body was kept on the premise of Kist Hospital for last rites from 10:45 am to 11:30 am after he passed away while undergoing treatment at 7:09 am today. Joshi’s body will be kept in the courtyard of the Lalitpur Metropolitan City for last respects and will then…
KATHMANDU: The Election Commission is to publish the name list of candidates who have filed their candidacies under the first-past-the-post category for the elections to the House of Representatives and Province Assembly slated for November 20. The poll body said that it will publish the list from 5 pm to 7 pm today. EC Spokesperson Shalikram Sharma said that the name list will be made public by carrying out investigation of the complaints filed against the candidates who had filed their nominations on Sunday. The Commission said that a total of 2, 526 candidates including 2, 291 men and 235…
KATHMANDU: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has concluded candidacies for the November 20 elections to the House of Representatives and the Province Assembly. Out of the name list of approximately 700 candidates sent by the party district working committees across the country, the center selected 165 under the HoR, and 330 under the Province Assembly, according to the party chair Rajendra Lingden. Discussions between the top leadership of the RPP and the CPN (UML) for seat allocation were underway, and based on that, the respective district working committees can change candidacies, it has been said. The respective party district working committee in…
Surkhet, Oct 7: The local administration has issued a warning after the water level in the Bheri river has crossed the danger level. In general, a warning is issued when the water level reaches 4.5 meters. At present, the water level was measured at 5.23 meters against a danger level of 5 meters, said Chief District Officer Khagendra Prasad Rijal. Following this, the Meteorological Forecasting Division has appealed to the people living in the river banks of the Bheri river and along the confluence of the Bheri and Karnali rivers from Rimna to Jamu to remain alert. Settlements…
OSLO, OCTOBER 7 Jailed Belarusian human rights activist Ales Byalyatski, Russian human rights organisation Memorial and Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. “The Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes to honour three outstanding champions of human rights, democracy and peaceful co-existence in the neighbour countries Belarus, Russia and Ukraine,” said Committee Chair Berit Reiss-Andersen. She called on Belarus to release Byalyatski from prison. The Nobel Peace Prize, worth 10 million Swedish crowns, or about $900,000, will be presented in Oslo on Dec. 10, the anniversary of the death of Swedish industrialist Alfred…
Sudurpaschim, Oct. 7: Incessant rainfall has increased the risk of flood and inundation in Kailali and Kanchanpur, the two districts in Sudurpaschim province. The Depart of Hydrology and Meteorology has warned of floods in the Khutiya, Kandra, Mohana, Suheli and Chudhar, among other rivers and urged people living in settlements near these rivers and streams, and in low-lying areas to take precaution. The Department’s Attariya-based Mahakali Basin Field Office stated that heavy rainfall is taking place since last night. The meteorological station at Shantipur Belauri in Kanchanpur recorded 125 millimetres rainfall in the last 12 hours, 83.8 millimetres in the last…