TANAHUN, March 15: Hailstones coupled with rain have damaged wheat crop, vegetables and fruit farms here Saturday. The Budhiganga, Badimalika municipality and other local-level units in the lower part of the district experienced hailstorm for more than an hour, leading to significant damage to crops, said the Agriculture Knowledge Centre, Bajura.

DOTI, Aug 6: Six months ago residents of Simchaur Chapartola, Bogataan Rural Municipality - 1 came to know the government is going to construct a power substation in their vicinity. They took it as an arrival of a new era- ‘the age of light’. However, the excitement was soon dashed by another announcement that the government was going to acquire their land for the purpose. Some 50 ropanis of land was going to be acquired for the Budhiganga Hydropower Project. They were sad with the rumors but when they were told that they will be compensated for the land, they were glad. But the joy did not last long.

BIRATNAGAR, July 4: Nepal Loktantrik Forum (NLF) has won both chief and deputy chief  in Budhiganga Rural Municipality in the Morang district.