PREM CHUNARA

DARCHULA, Nov 23: Bikram Singh Dhami, the common candidate of the Left-Democratic Alliance, has won in the province assembly constituency number-1 of Darchula. Dhami won by defeating CPN-UML candidate Hardev Joshi with 15,127 votes.

DARCHULA, Oct 29: A child walking on the road in Nepali side of the border was killed after a stone exploded in India at Tambaku in Vyas Rural Municipality-2 of Darchula.

DARCHULA, June 8: A single woman has been killed by burning in Baril of Shailyashikhar Municipality-1 of Darchula. Anibha Khadayat, 45, of Baril was killed, said information officer for the District Police Office, Darchula, Inspector Lokendra Karki.

DARCHULA, July 6: Two yarsa collectors died after falling off two different cliffs in Api Himal Rural Municipality on Wednesday and Thursday.

DARCHULA, June 29: Collecting yarshagumba (a caterpillar fungus) is a major income source for the people of the high hills in western Nepal. In Darchula, the locals of five rural municipalities are fully dependent on yarsha collection for their living. Not only men and women but also school children...

DARCHULA, May 22: Residents of Darchula villages bordering Mahakali River continue to use tyre tubes to cross the river even though a suspension bridge over the river was completed six months ago. The suspension bridge that connects Nepal and India and is situated in Lekam Rural Municipality – 3 of...

DARCHULA, May 18: Locals living in Kalapani and Lipulek lament that Nepal's territory in the area is ever shrinking due to border encroachment.

DARCHULA, May 10: A couple was arrested on the charge of burning their 10-month-old daughter to death at Vyas rural municipality in Darchula.

DARCHULA, April 8: Upper Naugarh Gad Small Hydroelectric Project (8 MW) of Darchula is starting power generation by mid-May.

DARCHULA, July 9: Yarsagumba collectors who spent more than a month in the highlands have come home disappointed due to the decrease in production of the prized herb.