Kushe Aunshi today

Published On: September 9, 2018 06:58 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Sept. 9: Hindus in the country are collecting kush, a holy grass used while performing various holy rituals as Shraddha [holy rituals remembering the departed ancestors] and religious rituals, across the country.

DHADING/ NUWAKOT, Sept 9: Six people died while one was injured after an Altitude Air helicopter crashed into the dense forest of Mailungpakha in Meghan Rural Municipality-1, Basurgchet of Nuwakot district on Saturday morning.

Chitwan farmers facing fertilizer scarcity

Published On: September 9, 2018 05:30 AM NPT By: Sabita Shrestha

CHITWAN, Sept 9: Sita Sunar, a peasant from Sharadanagar village, had to queue up for four hours to buy 10 kg of fertilizer. She lamented that she had been struggling to get some fertilizer for two months.

Two arrested with 10 kg gold

Published On: September 9, 2018 04:30 AM NPT By: Republica

GORKHA, Sept 9: Two people have been arrested from Sirdibas of Chumnubri Rural Municipality-3, in northern Gorkha on Saturday for illegally possessing 10kg gold.

Around 300 suffer food poisoning during Teej party

Published On: September 9, 2018 03:30 AM NPT By: Madhusudhan Guragain

BANEPA, Sept 9: Around 300 people have fallen ill after attending a pre-Teej party organized by a cooperative in Kavre on Friday. They are suspected to have become ill due to food poisoning after consuming contaminated food and are currently receiving treatment at various hospitals of Kavre and Kathmandu.

Two dead, six missing as boat capsizes in Begnas Lake

Published On: September 9, 2018 03:04 AM NPT By: Dhana Basnet

POKHARA, Sept 9: At least two people died and six others have been missing after a boat ferrying ten passengers capsized at Libdi Tunda side of Begnas Lake in Kaski district on Saturday. Two people have been rescued while the fate of others is not known as of late Saturday.

Poverty will be wiped out from Nepal in five years: PM Oli

Published On: September 9, 2018 03:00 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Sept 9: Prime Minister KP Oli has claimed that poverty will be completely eliminated from Nepal within the next five years.

2 Nepali pilgrims die in India

Published On: September 8, 2018 08:34 PM NPT By: Madan Thakur

RAUTAHAT, Sept 8: Two Nepali people, who had gone on a pilgrimage to Babadham of India, died in separate separates on Friday.

2 held in possession of 10 kg gold

Published On: September 8, 2018 07:52 PM NPT By: Republica

GORKHA, Sept 8: Police have arrested two men in possession of 10 kilograms of gold from Chumanubri rural municipality-3, Sirdibas on Saturday.

Lone survivor Aani brought to Kathmandu

Published On: September 8, 2018 07:14 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Sept 8: Lho Ani Dolma Diki, the lone survivor of Altitude Air's chopper crash, has been brought to Kathmandu for treatment.