Sindhupalchowk in festive mood

Published On: March 30, 2017 08:50 AM NPT By: Dhurba Dangal

SINDHUPALCHOWK, March 30: Excitement has reached fever pitch in Sindhupalchowk as local-level elections draw nearer.

Jajarkot tense after murder of NC leader

Published On: March 30, 2017 08:41 AM NPT By: Janak KC

JAJARKOT, March 30: Locals enforced a banda (general strike) in Jajarkot on Wednesday, demanding legal action against the killers of Rabindra Shumsher Shah, a leader of Nepali Congress (NC) in the district.

Madhes protests cost Saptari 11 lives in 19 months

Published On: March 30, 2017 08:22 AM NPT By: Jitendra Kumar Jha

SAPTARI, March 30: Rajiv Rawat of Bhardaha was a happily married man. He was a commoner who never had affiliation with any political party. On Tuesday, 18 August 2015, Rawat was shot down by security forces during a scuffle with Madhes movement protesters. He died on the spot.

Jajarkot tense after murder of NC leader

Published On: March 30, 2017 12:40 AM NPT By: Janak KC

JAJARKOT, March 30: Locals enforced a banda (general strike) in Jajarkot on Wednesday, demanding legal action against the killers of Rabindra Shumsher Shah, a leader of Nepali Congress (NC) in the district.

Swine flu detected in Kathmandu Valley

Published On: March 30, 2017 12:20 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 30: Twenty cases of H1N1 influenza, generally known as swine flu, were detected in the Kathmandu Valley recently, according to health experts.

ANNFSU clean-sweeps RR student election

Published On: March 29, 2017 11:00 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 29: All Nepal National Free Students Union (ANNFSU), the student wing of the main opposition CPN-UML, has won the Free Students Union (FSU) election held at Ratna Rajya (RR) Campus in the capital on Tuesday, registering a clean-sweep victory.

Scores of pigeons die under mysterious circumstances

Published On: March 29, 2017 04:33 PM NPT By: Republica

JANAKPURDHAM, March 29: More than a dozen of pigeons in and around Janaki Temple in Janakpurdham in Dhanusha district were found dead recently.

24-hr ultimatum to arrest murderer of NC district leader

Published On: March 29, 2017 04:16 PM NPT By: Janak KC

JAJARKOT, March 29: Leaders and cadres of the Nepali Congress (NC) have warned the local administration saying that they would launch a strong agitation if the latter did not arrest the murderer of Rabindra Shamsher Shah, district leader of the NC.

Security beefed up in Bara, Parsa as local polls near

Published On: March 29, 2017 02:46 PM NPT By: Republica

BIRGUNJ (Parsa), March 29: As the local level elections near, Armed Police Force (APF) has stepped up security at bordering area with India in the districts - Parsa and Bara.

Int’l music conference begins in Capital

Published On: March 29, 2017 02:30 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 29: The International Conference on the Cultural Diversity in Music Education has started here in the capital on Wednesday.