Health Minister Thapa manhandled

Published On: May 13, 2017 01:57 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 13: Nepali Congress leader and Minister for Health Gagan Thapa has been manhandled by the CPN-UML cadres.

Bus and truck set on fire by unidentified group

Published On: May 13, 2017 11:58 AM NPT By: Republica

DAMAULI, May 13: An unidentified group set ablaze a bus and a truck at Rising and Belbhanjyang of Tanahu on Friday night.

NA deals with presser cooker bomb hoax

Published On: May 13, 2017 11:02 AM NPT By: Republica

CHITWAN, May 13: A bomb hoax at Nepali Congress liaison office near Bharatpur's central bus terminal was dealt with by a Nepal Army bomb disposal squad this morning.

Two pressure cooker bombs defused in Dhangadi downtown

Published On: May 13, 2017 11:00 AM NPT By: Republica

DHANGADHI, May 13: Nepal Army's bomb disposal squad today defused two bombs planted at two separate locations in Dhangadi Sub Metropolitan City.

Six arrested with weapons, bombs defused

Published On: May 13, 2017 10:58 AM NPT By: Republica

MALEKHU, May 13: As many as six persons were arrested in possession of weapons during a joint checking carried out by Nepal Police and Armed Police Force (APF) here on the eve of the local level polls.

KATHMANDU, May 13: Vehicular movement will be prohibited on Sunday for the first phase of local level elections. The Election Commission (EC) has decided to prohibit the use of public and private vehicles on May 14 in 34 districts of provinces 3, 4 and 6.

Leaders concerned over ‘security lapses’

Published On: May 13, 2017 07:56 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 12: Growing cases of poll-related violence in the backdrop of the local elections has exposed lapses in the ‘integrated polls security plan’ of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

KATHMANDU, May 12: In blatant violation of the election code of conduct, the government on Friday doled out over Rs 150 million for victims of the Kailali incident. A cabinet meeting decided to provide the money to the victims of the Kailali violence, according to government spokesperson Surendra Bahadur Karki.

President on her way to Colombo

Published On: May 13, 2017 06:59 AM NPT By: Republica

BANGKOK, May 13: President Bidya Devi Bhandari is on her way to Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka, after she departed from Bangkok, Thailand this morning.

Local election more of a show-off

Published On: May 13, 2017 05:00 AM NPT By: Nagendra Upadhyaya

SURKHET, May 12: In a bid to attract more number of voters, candidates are spending millions for promotional events in the district. This has made the elections more like a show-off.