SANDESH SHRESTHA

According to local authorities, the grenades were discovered by Rima Sherpa while she was searching through the garbage for recyclable materials after a waste collection truck had unloaded its contents. Police were immediately informed and have since secured the area.

According to Pokhara Metropolitan City, all 160 structures identified within the river corridor were demolished. The metropolis claims that all structures falling within 588 boundary markers installed after surveying the approximately eight-kilometer-long stream, which had been heavily encroached up...

The demolition drive started Sunday morning from three locations — Andherikuna at the border of wards 2 and 18, Firke Bridge near Budhanilkantha Temple between wards 4 and 5, and the Firke stream bridge area at Zero Kilometer between wards 7 and 8.

Earlier, the Supreme Court had issued a mandamus order directing the three tiers of government to demarcate and beautify Phewa Lake. Based on the Bishwa Prakash Lamichhane report, authorities were tasked with delineating the lake basin, maintaining a 65-meter standard from the lake boundary, determi...

Chief Election Officer Himlal Belbase said that 151,144 votes had been cast out of a total 308,572 registered voters in the district.

At an all-party meeting organized by Pokhara Metropolitan City (PMC) on Wednesday, political parties collectively pledged not to politicize the garbage issue. Following the commitment, the metropolis announced that garbage collection will begin within 72 hours.

Challenging the report as baseless, DG Adhikari dared the government and the investigative subcommittee to prove that he had engaged in a single rupee of corruption at the Pokhara airport. 

Transport entrepreneurs have warned that if the provincial government does not repeal the newly introduced regulations, public transportation across the country will be brought to halt from Monday. As the entrepreneurs’ protest intensifies, even internal passengers are being prevented from tra...

Nearly two years after the Supreme Court (SC) issued a mandamus to enforce regulations for Phewa Lake, authorities have completed only part of the demarcation process. Although the court had directed them to implement the ruling within six months, officials delayed the process and have so far instal...

To commemorate that historic day-the first successful ascent of a peak over 8,000 meters-authorities are preparing to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee on both the northern and southern flanks of Annapurna. People refer to the northern side as North Annapurna and the southern side as South Annapurna.