President Ramchandra Paudel paid homage to the goddess at the Chhinnamasta Temple here this morning. The Chhinnamasta Temple is a famous religious and tourism site at Chhinnamasta Rural Municipality-3 in Saptari district.
Eight people, including seven Nepal citizens, were killed after their vehicle plunged into a gorge in the Betalghat area of Nainital district on Monday night, the police said.
The main opposition party, Nepali Congress, has again demanded the formation of a parliamentary committee to investigate into cooperative fraud scam.
The District Administration Office (DAO) Banke, is going to confiscate licensed weapons that have not been renewed for more than five years.
The Nepali Congress has decided to field Bishnu Devi Pudasaini as a candidate for the election of Vice-Chairperson of the National Assembly. The election is taking place on Wednesday.
The Mahakumbha Mela, a grand religious fair, is beginning at Chatara of Barahachhetra municipality-1 in Sunsari today.
A 39-bed Chautara Hospital has been reconstructed in Sindhupalchowk with the Chinese assistance. It has ended district people's compulsion to visit neighbouring districts and federal capital for treatment.
The Dillichaur hydropower project failed to generate power owing to cut off in water supply. The canal supplying water to the hydropower was damaged by a landslide.
It was shared that property worth over Rs 3.5 million was lost in the fire that engulfed Bharat Furniture run by Dukhmochan Thakur. District Police Office, Mahottari informed that the fire occurred at 10:00pm Monday.
During a consultative seminar organized by Drinking Water and Drainage Department under the federal government on quality water supply in Madhes on Monday, CM Yadav informed that as the ground water table was sinking in the southern belt of Madhes for some years, it resulted into drinking water crisis. So, the federal government must launch programmes with both sorts of plan, he underlined.
A nine-member probe commit has been constituted under the leadership of APF's Additional Inspector General Bamshiraj Dahal.
UML province parliamentary party leader Hikmat Bahadur Karki and Maoist Centre's parliamentary party leader Indra Bahadur Angbo handed over the letters with signatures of 52 province assembly members to province chief Khapung.
The Janak Education Materials Centre Ltd (JEMC) has announced that 80 per cent of schools nationwide have received textbooks for the upcoming academic session.
On the occasion, Nepali Army personnel performed different games involving the horse including the musical ride, cross country jump, ride pass, show-jump and drill ride.
In Orsk, 6,641 residential houses and the same number of homestead plots were flooded. More than 2,000 people were evacuated, including 689 children. Sixteen temporary accommodation centers have been opened, and are currently housing 1,375 people, including 249 children.