Mahesh Kumar Das

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Employees at Mahottari Ayurveda Office accuse Chief of misappropriation

Published On: January 22, 2017 04:23 PM NPT By: Mahesh Kumar Das

MAHOTTARI, Jan 22: Employees under District Ayurveda Office, Mahottari have resorted to a protest against the office Chief, Subodh Mishra.

Alarmed by trenches, residents block highway widening project

Published On: December 27, 2016 08:19 AM NPT By: Mahesh Kumar Das

MAHOTTARI, Dec 26: Upgrading of the Bhittamod - Jaleshwar - Janakpur road section to four-lane highway has come to a grinding halt after Jaleshwar residents protested the way it was being constructed. Residents have demanded that the contractor stop digging deep trenches on the edge of the road for excavating fills for the expanded lanes. They have claimed that the trenches on the edges of the highway pose long-term risk to vehicles, cattle and pedestrians.

Initiative to curb cross-border drugs trafficking

Published On: December 20, 2016 08:48 AM NPT By: Mahesh Kumar Das

MAHOTTARI, Dec 20: At a time when booming cross-border drugs trafficking has become a deep concern, a recent agreement reached between security chiefs of Mahottari district and Bihar state of India to jointly curb the trafficking is set to bring some respite to both the countries. The agreement was reached in a meeting held at Sitamadi of Bihar on Monday.

Mahottari police chief and Bihar counterpart agree to control cross-border drugs trafficking

Published On: December 19, 2016 10:30 PM NPT By: Mahesh Kumar Das

MAHOTTARI, Dec 19: At a time when booming cross-border drugs trafficking has become a deep concern, a recent agreement reached between security chiefs of Mahottari district and Bihar state of India to jointly curb the trafficking is set to bring some respite to both the countries.

Sunaina bags int’l award for Mithila Art

Published On: December 8, 2016 10:56 PM NPT By: Mahesh Kumar Das

MAHOTTARI, Dec 8: Sunaina Thakur has won the 2016 Common Ground Award for her contribution in promoting Mithila Art in the southern parts of the country. Sunaina of Jaleshwar municipality, Mahottari received the award recently at a special function in New York.

Eight prisoners injured in clash

Published On: November 27, 2016 12:38 PM NPT By: Mahesh Kumar Das

MAHOTTARI, Nov 27: Eight people were injured in the clash that erupted between the two groups supporting prisoners Santosh Pandit and Kari Shah at Jaleshwar Prison in the district on Sunday.

Jeep carrying NC leader Poudel meets with accident

Published On: November 21, 2016 12:55 PM NPT By: Mahesh Kumar Das

MAHOTTARI, Nov 21: A vehicle carrying Nepali Congress (NC) senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel met with an accident at Jaaukha of the district on Monday afternoon.

Business in Jaleshwar hit by unbalanced city transportation

Published On: November 17, 2016 01:20 AM NPT By: Mahesh Kumar Das

MAHOTARI, Nov 16: Local business of Jaleshwar municipality has been declining since the last four months due to the municipality's decision to operate city buses to connect nearby villages. Although the operation of buses should have helped the business boom, the bus operators plying only on one particular route instead of the initially proposed three routes has been hampering the local business.

Youth held for stealing recharge cards

Published On: November 9, 2016 12:23 PM NPT By: Mahesh Kumar Das

MAHOTTARI, Nov 9: Police have arrested a youth on the charge of stealing recharge cards.

Chhath main day observed

Published On: November 7, 2016 01:10 AM NPT By: Mahesh Kumar Das

MAHOTTARI, Nov 7: The main ritual of the four-day Chhath festival was observed across the tarai and also  in hill districts on Sunday, with the worship of the sun and making of offerings to the setting sun at river banks and other bodies of water.

Tractor-hit claims woman

Published On: October 29, 2016 12:57 PM NPT By: Mahesh Kumar Das

MAHOTTARI, Oct 29: A 40-year-old woman was killed after being hit by a tractor in the district.

Eid celebrated in Mahottari

Published On: September 14, 2016 07:58 AM NPT By: Mahesh Kumar Das

MAHOTTARI, Sept 13: Mahottri district is fully in grip of Bakr Eid celebration with Muslims and non-Muslims equally celebrating it.

Over a dozen injured as locals clash with SSB in Matihani

Published On: September 12, 2016 09:08 PM NPT By: Mahesh Kumar Das

MAHOTTARI, Sept 12: Over a dozen locals of Mahottari district sustained injuries when they clashed with security personnel of the Sima Suraksha Bal (SSB) in the bordering town of Matihani, India, regarding a trade dispute on Monday evening.

A year on, martyrs’ families in Madhes disappointed

Published On: September 10, 2016 07:33 AM NPT By: Mahesh Kumar Das

MAHOTTARI, Sept 9: Mantoriya Devi lost her husband Amit Kapar during Madhes agitation last year. The incident has left the mother of two quite disturbed.

Historically important archeological sites in Mahottari await conservation

Published On: August 23, 2016 02:00 AM NPT By: Mahesh Kumar Das

MAHOTTARI, Aug 23: Mahottari district does not lack historical and religious sites of great archeological importance. However, many of those sites are in the verge of extinction in lack of proper conservation.

Woman sets herself on fire after dispute with husband

Published On: August 6, 2016 12:50 AM NPT By: Mahesh Kumar Das

MAHOTTARI, Aug 6: A woman in Mahottari has succumbed to her burn injuries after reportedly setting herself on fire. According to reports, dispute with her husband Anil Yadav forced Chunchun, 22, to set herself ablaze. The local of Damhi village breathed her last on Wednesday while on the way to hospital, informed District Police Office, Mahottari.

Mahottari health post found distributing expired drugs

Published On: July 30, 2016 03:20 AM NPT By: Mahesh Kumar Das

MAHOTTARI, July 30: A health post at Shreepur VDC of Mahottari district has been found distributing date-expired medicines to tuberculosis (TB) patients.

Man caught with illegal IRs 1.1 million

Published On: June 30, 2016 07:05 PM NPT By: Mahesh Kumar Das

JALESHWOR: June 30: Armed Police Force (APF) has arrested a man on the charge of illegal transactions of Indian currency here in Jaleswor.

Temporary teachers protest amended act

Published On: June 21, 2016 01:20 AM NPT By: Mahesh Kumar Das

MAHOTTARI, June 21: Temporary school teachers across Mahottari on Monday staged sit-in in front of Jaleshwar-based District Education Office (DEO), demanding amendment to the recently revised Education Act.

Two more die of alcohol intake

Published On: June 21, 2016 01:15 AM NPT By: Mahesh Kumar Das

MAHOTTARI, June 21: Two more persons have died after consuming locally produced alcohol in excessive amount in Mahottari district on Saturday night. With this, the death toll from alcohol consumption has reached five in the last two days.