The Supreme Court (SC) has formed a Constitutional Bench to hear writ petitions filed against the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR).
A courtesy meeting has been held between the Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, as well as Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport, and Urban Development, Kulman Ghising, and Minister for Power and Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs of the Government of India, Manohar Lal Khattar .
Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza have killed at least 60 people, including many children, local hospital officials said Wednesday, in what is likely the most serious challenge to the tenuous ceasefire dea l in Gaza since it came into force earlier this month.
A view of snow-capped Nilgiri Mountain and the nearby areas seen from Shyang Gaun of Gharapjhong Rural Municipality-3 on Wednesday morning after the overnight heavy snowfall on Tuesday.
Fifteen tourists, including foreign and domestic, have been stranded due to the continuous snowfall in the Hidden Valley under the round-Dhaulagiri trekking route from Myagdi to Mustang via the foot of the Dhaulagiri Mountain.
Although security personnel have been making continuous efforts since this morning to rescue those stranded due to the snow, the lack of vehicles has made the rescue operations challenging.
According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers’ Associations, gold is being traded at Rs 236,300 per tola today, down from Rs 237,000 per tola on Tuesday.
The government of Germany has pledged to provide assistance materials worth Rs 6.39 million to provide relief and early recovery support to flood-hit communities in Ilam district.
Spokesperson of SC Arjun Prasad Koirala said that preliminary hearings on different writ petitions will begin from today. The petitions were lodged at the SC demanding the restoration of the HoR and a scrap of the Prime Minister's appointment. The petitions were filed at the SC following the new political course developed in the country after the Gen-Z protests of September 8 and 9.
The District Police Office, Mustang, stated that 37,146 domestic tourists and 3,732 foreigners arrived in Mustang district via the Beni-Jomsom road section during 18 to 27 October. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of Mustang, Tshiring Kippa Lama, said that a total of 11,808 vehicles entered into the district during the period via the Beni-Jomsom route.
According to the Department, the weather is likely to be affected in Bagmati, Madhesh and Koshi provinces from coming Thursday to Saturday due to a cyclone called 'Montha' developed in the Bay of Bengal. The cyclone is in the stage of entering into Andhra Pradesh of India and would arrive in Nepal gradually becoming passive. It will be then shifted to the central part of Nepal as the low-pressure system causing rain, it is stated.
A person died and 21 others were injured after a passenger-carrying bus plunged at Damak Municipality-2 in Jhapa district last night. Of the injured people, the health condition of a passenger is critical, while 20 others went home after treatment in health facilities, according to police.
The risk of dengue fever is rising in Baitadi district, with 18 cases reported in the past three months, according to Jaya Singh Badal, a lab technician at the District Health Office.
The vehicular movement along the Charang-Lho Manthang road section is affected due to the heavy snowfall, the police said.
The meeting is scheduled to take place at the Prime Minister's official residence at 4:00 this afternoon, Minister for Communications and Information Technology Jagadish Kharel confirmed.