KATHMANDU, June 22: Balendra Shah aka Balen, the mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC), has reiterated his refusal to comply with a court order. Balen has made the ‘bold statement’ in response to the order of the Patan High Court on Wednesday that allowed the screening of Hindi cinemas in Kathmandu.

Former Punjab Congress president, comedian and cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu has been sentenced to one year in jail by a high court in India in a 34-year-old road incident.