PALPA, June 4: Gothari Ghari village of Mathagadhi Rural Municipality-5 in the district is emptying at a faster pace for want of drinking water, a basic need for life. The village of around 500 families has been reduced to merely 200 in search of places having drinking water.

Three arrested for beating an alleged witch

Published On: June 4, 2018 12:50 PM NPT By: Republica

ITAHARI, June 4: Three persons were arrested on Sunday on charges of beating a woman in accusation of practicing witchcraft while treating another woman.

Commercial canyoning launched in Dhading's Rani waterfall

Published On: June 4, 2018 12:07 PM NPT By: Republica

DHADING, June 4: The adventure sport of canyoning has been launched at the Rani waterfall located at Thankre – 6 in southern Dhading from Saturday.

KATHMANDU, June 4: About 700 teachers appointed by Tribhuvan University (TU) in the Kathmandu Valley have been taking fewer classes than assigned. Almost all of the under-worked teachers are permanent teachers of TU.

JHAPA, June 4: The local government here in Jhapa is preparing to construct buildings for 19 vaccination centres.

Two arrested for raping disabled girl and a teenager

Published On: June 4, 2018 10:18 AM NPT By: Republica

PARBAT, June 4: Police have arrested two youths in accusation of raping a disabled girl child and a woman.

UDAYAPUR, June 4: With the arrival of summer, water crisis in Katari of Udayapur has deepened. Though water was always scarce in Katari market and nearby areas, even drinking water has become a challenge now.

Larger buses to be allowed to ply Beni – Jomsom route

Published On: June 4, 2018 09:36 AM NPT By: Republica

BABIYACHAUR, June 4: The prohibitory order on operating 26 – seat capacity buses along the Beni – Jomson road has now become a thing of the past.

Three arrested under suspicion of trafficking girl to India

Published On: June 4, 2018 09:31 AM NPT By: Republica

KANCHANPUR, June 4: Police on Sunday evening arrested three persons including an Indian national involved in taking a young girl from Mahakali municipality of Kanchanpur to India.

Mahaseth working to lift ban on 20-yr-old vehicles

Published On: June 4, 2018 08:30 AM NPT By: Republica

Although the government had decided to ban 20-year-old vehicles around two years ago, the decision was implemented only in March. About 20,000 vehicles went off the road following the ban. However, only about 300 such vehicles have so far been de-registered and sent to junkyard.