Narahari Sapkota

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Socket bomb found

Published On: May 8, 2017 02:22 PM NPT By: Narahari Sapkota

GORKHA, May 8: A socket bomb has been found at Swanr in Sulikot Rural Municipality-3 on Monday.

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Police arrest one on charge of attacking Naya Shakti cadres

Published On: May 7, 2017 01:36 PM NPT By: Narahari Sapkota

GORKHA, May 7: The police on Saturday night have arrested one person allegedly involved in attacking Naya Shakti cadres and vandalizing jeep and motor bike being used by them in Gorkha district.

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Quake victims keenly await elections

Published On: May 5, 2017 01:10 AM NPT By: Narahari Sapkota

GORKHA, May 5: Two years have passed since the 7.8 magnitude earthquake of April 25, 2015. Yet, the wounds it inflicted are still fresh on the minds of the quake survivors of Gorkha district, the epicenter of the quake that killed nearly 9,000 people and injured about 22,000 others, not to mention the tens of thousands it made homeless.

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Nominations for phase I polls concluded in Gorkha

Published On: May 3, 2017 12:10 AM NPT By: Narahari Sapkota

GORKHA, May 3: Candidates from different political parties in Gorkha district filed their nominations on Tuesday for the first phase of local elections slated for May 14.

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Gorkha youths find poultry farming better than foreign jobs

Published On: April 27, 2017 08:35 AM NPT By: Narahari Sapkota

GORKHA, April 27: Poultry farmers in Gorkha district have proven that Nepalis can earn over twice the income working in our own country than those who go abroad for employment opportunities, especially in the Gulf and the Middle East countries.

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Two years on, reconstruction yet to gain pace in Gorkha

Published On: April 26, 2017 01:20 AM NPT By: Narahari Sapkota

GORKHA, April 26: On this very day two years ago, Nepal experienced major jolts that shook the very core of the nation. The devastating 7.8 magnitude quake left thousands dead, injured and homeless.

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Poll preparation in full swing in Gorkha

Published On: April 11, 2017 08:34 AM NPT By: Narahari Sapkota

GORKHA, April 10:  just 33 days to go before the local level elections, government officials in Gorkha are facing a tough time making necessary arrangements for the elections.

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I/NGOs asked to halt work until elections

Published On: April 8, 2017 09:47 AM NPT By: Narahari Sapkota

GORKHA, April 7: The District Administration Office (DAO), Gorkha, has urged I/NGOs working in the district for post-earthquake reconstruction to pause their work until the local elections were held.  In a meeting organized by DAO, Jitendra Basnet, chief district officer (CDO), Gorkha   informed the chiefs of various organizations not to do anything which obstructs the local level elections.

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Parties concentrate efforts in villages, scramble to find right candidates

Published On: March 28, 2017 08:10 AM NPT By: Narahari Sapkota

GORKHA, March 28: As local-level elections inch closer, political parties have boosted their presence in villages in Gorkha. All the big parties have also intensified their hunt for right candidates.

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Lack of classrooms affecting children’s education

Published On: March 22, 2017 08:04 AM NPT By: Narahari Sapkota

GORKHA, March 22: Rajani Miya, a primary level student was reading Nepali lesson loudly when another student, Binaya Baniya, started reading a story from his English textbook equally loudly. They would pause in the middle and look at each other and carry on. Other students were busy doing their class work in the same classroom. This classroom scenario was from the Nimel Primary School in Saurapani, during an afternoon last week.

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Snowfall hits Gorkha quake victims

Published On: March 11, 2017 08:38 AM NPT By: Narahari Sapkota

GORKHA, March 11: Quake victims in Gorkha have been badly hit due to an incessant snowfall compounded by blizzards continuing for the last two days. Quake-hit VDCs in Gorkha including Barpak, Larpak, Gumda, Bihi, Lho, Prok, Chhekampar, Samagaun have received snowfall.

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NRA deadline leaves landless quake victims worried

Published On: March 9, 2017 07:47 AM NPT By: Narahari Sapkota

GORKHA, March 9: An earthquake victim in Barpak, Suka Bahadur BK, has received Rs 50,000 from the government as the first installment of house grant. Though the deadline set by the government to construct the foundation of house is closing in, he has not been able to even start the construction.

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Explosion at college in Gorkha, padlocking at another

Published On: February 28, 2017 12:10 AM NPT By: Narahari Sapkota

GORKHA, Feb 28: With the Free Students Union elections at least a week away, the All Nepal National Independent Student Union-Revolutionary (ANNISU-R) affiliated to Netra Bikram Chand-led CPN Maoist has padlocked the gates of a college in Gorkha while an unidentified group has carried out explosion at another college in the district.

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Tension as IED goes off at Gorkha campus

Published On: February 27, 2017 03:13 PM NPT By: Narahari Sapkota

GORKHA, Feb 27: With the Free Students Union election just around the corner, tension has flared in both of the colleges in the district.

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No school after marriage

Published On: February 27, 2017 10:11 AM NPT By: Narahari Sapkota

GORKHA, Feb 27: Sunita Nepali, 14, eloped with her boyfriend six months ago. Since then, the sixth grader of Chandi Lower Secondary School, Darbung, has stopped coming to school. The school administration is not aware where she is living now and whether she would resume school someday. A few teachers, however, reported that they heard of her marriage six months ago after which she hasn’t been seen in the school.

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Danish prince concerned about quake victims' health (photo feature)

Published On: February 26, 2017 05:59 PM NPT By: Narahari Sapkota

GORKHA, Feb 26: Visiting Danish Prince Joachim Holger Waldemar Christian has shown his concern toward the pathetic health condition of the quake victims in Gorkha.

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Distribution of compensation begins in Gorkha

Published On: February 25, 2017 04:30 AM NPT By: Narahari Sapkota

GORKHA, Feb 25: The District Administration Office (DAO), Gorkha, has started distribution of compensation to the owners of land to be acquired by the Budhigandaki Hydroelectricity Project.

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Rebuilding police posts starts in Gorkha

Published On: February 21, 2017 01:00 AM NPT By: Narahari Sapkota

GORKHA, Feb 21: Work has finally begun to repair and rebuild the police posts that were damaged during the decade-long Maoist insurgency and the recent Gorkha earthquakes.

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Reconstruction of police posts starts in Gorkha

Published On: February 20, 2017 12:00 AM NPT By: Narahari Sapkota

GORKHA, Feb 20: Work has finally started to repair and rebuild the police posts that were damaged during the decade-long Maoist insurgency and the recent Gorkha earthquakes.

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Laprak quake victims dismayed by NRNA's terms

Published On: January 31, 2017 01:20 AM NPT By: Narahari Sapkota

GORKHA, Jan 31: After nearly two years of the great earthquake, homeless victims of Gorkha are likely to receive new residences with the support of the Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA). But the association's condition has put the victims in a fix. The association has asked the victim families to manage raw materials for constructing their house on their own. For the victims the condition is very hard to meet.

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