SANDESH SHRESTHA

The car fell into the lake from a road at the Gairichaura turn in Pokhara Metropolitan City-18. According to police, the accident occurred at around 4:50 a.m. Friday when the driver lost control of the vehicle while traveling from Sedi toward Lakeside. The car plunged about 20 meters down the road i...

The Gandaki Provincial Assembly on Thursday passed the "Bill to Regulate and Manage Cannabis Cultivation for Medical and Industrial Purposes, 2026," paving the way for licensed cannabis farming in the province.

According to municipal officials, the structures demolished were built on land with legal ownership documents, although the land falls within the designated bus park area. The land was originally acquired in 2032 BS for the construction of the bus park, but over time, parts of it were reportedly all...

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.