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Mithilesh Yadav

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Police, bandits exchange fire in Bara; two arrested

Published On: September 4, 2022 11:47 AM NPT By: Mithilesh Yadav

JANAKPURDHAM, Sept 4: A gunfight broke out between police and a group of bandits who came to rob a factory in Bara. In the middle of the night, the police clashed with a group of robbers who had come to loot Aerotech Pvt Ltd, a gas cylinder manufacturing company located at Bhaluhi, Jeetpursimara Sub-metropolitan City-23.

90 kg of marijuana recovered from ambulance

Published On: August 16, 2022 01:30 PM NPT By: Mithilesh Yadav

LAHAN, August 16: The driver of an ambulance carrying marijuana was arrested in front of the District Traffic Office in Lahan Municipality-1 along the East-West Highway.

Madhesh CM and ministers stage sit-in at office of province chief

Published On: August 15, 2022 02:00 PM NPT By: Mithilesh Yadav

JANAKPURDHAM, August 15: Madhesh Chief Minister (CM) Lal Babu Raut and the ministers in his Cabinet staged a sit-in in front of the office of the Province Chief on Sunday, demanding immediate adjustment of the police at the provincial government.

Madhesh govt protesting against federal govt over delay in police adjustment

Published On: August 14, 2022 05:45 PM NPT By: Mithilesh Yadav

JANAKPURDHAM, August 14: The Madhesh provincial government has organized a sit-in protest against the federal government as their demand for police adjustment has not been met. Under the leadership of the Chief Minister of Madhesh Province, Lalbabu Raut, the ministers of the provincial government and the members of the provincial assembly staged a sit-in in front of the residence of the provincial chief.

CK Raut to contest election from Saptari-2

Published On: August 5, 2022 01:00 PM NPT By: Mithilesh Yadav

KATHMANDU, August 5: Janmat Party chief CK Raut will contest from Saptari-2 in the upcoming elections slated for November 20.

‘Risk of land erosion by swelling Saptakoshi rising, efforts being made to rescue affected people’

Published On: August 3, 2022 12:57 PM NPT By: Mithilesh Yadav

KATHMANDU, August 3: Mithilesh Yadav, Republica’s reporter in Lahan of Siraha district, had a brief conversation with Jayakumar Rai, chairman of Belka Municipality-8, which is facing land erosion by the Saptakoshi River, about the embankment erosion, inundation and rescue.

Irregularities in grants, too

Published On: July 24, 2022 12:17 PM NPT By: Mithilesh Yadav

JANAKPURDHAM, July 24: Madesh Province government has laid special emphasis on maintaining good governance in its policies and programs. For that purpose, the Provincial Research and Training Center and Jan Lokpal Commission have been formed. But the provincial government which is supposed to maintain good governance in the province is itself mired deep in irregularities.

JSP Dispute: Yadav and Bhattarai hold separate CC meetings

Published On: July 12, 2022 05:30 PM NPT By: Mithilesh Yadav

JANAKPURDHAM, July 12: The controversy in the Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP), which was saved due to the reshuffle of ministers when a split looked imminent, has reached its climax instead of subsiding. Upendra Yadav's faction of the party is holding an extended meeting of the Central Committee in Birgunj while Baburam Bhattarai's faction has conveyed the message that the dispute within the party has reached its climax in Kathmandu.

Madhesh govt demands extension of payment time

Published On: July 12, 2022 01:00 PM NPT By: Mithilesh Yadav

JANAKPURDHAM, July 12: Madhesh Province’s Finance Minister Sailendra Prasad Shah has reached Kathmandu to meet the Prime Minister with a demand to extend the payment period till the last day of this week. Shah is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and request him to arrange the payment by July 16.

Lahan’s Laxmipur tense as more votes than total votes cast found in ballot box

Published On: May 17, 2022 02:15 PM NPT By: Mithilesh Yadav

LAHAN, May 17: Tensions have risen in Laxmipur Pattari Rural Municipality-4 of Siraha after more votes were found in the ballot boxes than the total number of votes cast. As many as 823 more votes were found in the ballot box, which was more than the total votes cast in Ward 4 of the rural municipality.

JSP candidate wins ward chairmanship in Siraha

Published On: May 15, 2022 10:11 AM NPT By: Mithilesh Yadav

SIRAHA, May 15: Mahesh Kumar Yadav (Pintu) of Janata Samajbadi Party has won the ward chairmanship of Siraha Municipality ward no. 1 by a margin of 100 votes.

NC makes a victorious start in UML’s stronghold

Published On: May 15, 2022 10:03 AM NPT By: Mithilesh Yadav

SIRAHA, May 15: In Dhangadhimai Municipality 1 and 14 of Siraha, which is considered as the stronghold of CPN-UML, a panel of Suryanath Yadav and Amit Thakuri of Nepali Congress has won.

Full of Prospects, Rich in Resources

Published On: May 5, 2022 07:30 PM NPT By: Mithilesh Yadav

With a population of about 5 million, Province 1 is quite rich in resources. There is ample basis for the province to achieve development and prosperity through agriculture, clean energy, tourism and industrialization.

Janakpur-Pokhara regular flights begin

Published On: March 24, 2022 12:59 PM NPT By: Mithilesh Yadav

JANAKPURDHAM, March 24: The Janakpurdham-Pokhara flight, which was carried out three days a week, will be regular from Thursday. The Janakpur-Pokhara daily flight is being operated due to increasing passenger pressure. Earlier, flights were operated three days a week on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Coalition will last till election: PM Deuba

Published On: March 11, 2022 12:33 PM NPT By: Mithilesh Yadav

JANAKPURDHAM, March 11: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that his party will go to the polls by forging an alliance with the ruling coalition parties. He said that in the current situation, any party that goes to the polls won’t get a majority because of which discussions are underway to maintain the current alliance till the polls.

Vehicle carrying Province Assembly member Ashok Yadav attacked

Published On: January 26, 2022 01:33 PM NPT By: Mithilesh Yadav

KATHMANDU, Jan 26: Cadres of the Janamat Party led by CK Raut have attacked a vehicle of a Madhes Provincial Assembly member. Provincial Assembly member Ashok Yadav's vehicle was vandalized by the cadres of Janamat Party.

Vehicle carrying mayor, deputy mayor attacked; mayor injured

Published On: January 26, 2022 01:30 PM NPT By: Mithilesh Yadav

JANAKPURDHAM, Jan 26: Cadres of the Janamat Party led by CK Raut have attacked a vehicle carrying the mayor of Harion Municipality of Sarlahi. The windshield of the vehicle was smashed in the attack and Mayor Ganesh Prasai was injured in the incident. He sustained an injury in his head while Deputy Mayor Renuka Poudel escaped unhurt.

Name, capital of Province 2 to be decided through voting

Published On: January 17, 2022 12:08 PM NPT By: Mithilesh Yadav

JANAKPURDHAM, Jan 17: Province 2 is in the process of being converted from a number to letters. In a meeting held on Sunday, the members of the provincial assembly seemed to be unanimous on the issue of a permanent capital of the province, but they were divided on its name.

Youth stabbed to death in a fight between two groups

Published On: December 19, 2021 12:13 PM NPT By: Mithilesh Yadav

SIRAHA, Dec 19: A youth was killed in a fight between two groups that broke out at Golbazar Municipality-6 of Siraha late Saturday. Ram Kumar Sadaya, 25, died in the course of treatment after he was stabbed by a knife. Similarly, Nikesh Sadaya, 18, was injured in the fight.