MADAN THAKUR

Madhesh Province Police will deploy 7,229 personnel across all eight districts during Dashain and Tihar to prevent crime, smuggling, accidents and other security challenges.  

The seizure of 120,000 Nepal government excise stickers being smuggled from India has raised questions about the security of the country’s tax administration and the potential for revenue leakage.

A team led by Superintendent of Armed Police Chet Raj Joshi, chief of the APF No. 11 Battalion Headquarters, Rautahat, raided Sah’s house following a special intelligence report from the APF No. 2 Chhinnamasta Brigade Headquarters.

A special team from the District Police Office, Siraha, detained Mohammad Kurwan Mansuri, who had been sought in connection with the killing and an organised crime investigation.

Police said 23-year-old Guriya Kumari of Godaita Municipality-5 was killed after being hit by a tractor in front of Nepal Bank Chowk in Malangawa Municipality-8. Police have taken the tractor and its driver into custody following the incident.

The detention comes amid security concerns over the movement of third-country nationals across the porous Nepal-India border, including reports of Rohingya refugees entering Nepal by posing as Indian nationals.

Nepal and India have launched a joint technical study to find a long-term solution to recurring floods and inundation along their border.

The blaze quickly engulfed the house, destroying everything inside.

Restoring lasting peace will require more than signing agreements. Each commitment must be implemented sincerely, investigations must be conducted impartially, those responsible must be held accountable, and victims must receive justice if public trust in the government is to be restored.

Ganesh Yadav, 20, of Tulsipur, Siraha, was killed on Thursday after being shot in Golbazar despite an indefinite curfew imposed to contain escalating tensions, according to local authorities.