Kalpana Bhattarai

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People involved in illegal river excavation get tickets for polls

Published On: November 7, 2017 03:00 AM NPT By: Kalpana Bhattarai

NAWALPARASI, Nov 7: Of late, political parties of Nepal are increasingly providing election tickets to people with criminal background. Along with gangster Deepak Manange, those who have secured tickets for the upcoming parliamentary and provincial elections also include people who are involved in illegal river excavation activities.

Landslide blocks vehicle movement on East-West Highway

Published On: August 13, 2017 03:57 AM NPT By: Kalpana Bhattarai

NAWALPARASI, Aug 12: A  section of the East-West Highway in Bardaghat Municipality-4 of Nawalparasi has caved in due to incessant rainfall, obstructing vehicular movement along the highway.

Passengers stranded due to block in East-West highway

Published On: August 12, 2017 04:00 PM NPT By: Kalpana Bhattarai

NAWALPARASI, August 12: Transportation service has been halted as the road section at Bardaghat Municipality-4 in Nawalparasi of East-West Highway has been damaged due to the continuous rain since Friday morning.

Two dead, one missing in Nawalparasi flood

Published On: August 6, 2017 02:30 AM NPT By: Kalpana Bhattarai

NAWALPARASI, August 5: Incessant rain in Nawalparasi district since Thursday has triggered massive flooding and the loss of two lives so far. Another person is missing, and about 3,000 houses have been inundated.

LDO who fined crusher plant ‘transferred by PM’

Published On: July 27, 2017 08:00 AM NPT By: Kalpana Bhattarai

NAWALPARASI, July 26: Local Development Officer Yuwaraj Kattel of Nawalparasi district, who took initiatives to stop illegal excavations, has been transferred upon direct instruction from Prime Minister (PM) Sher Bahadur Deuba, sources said.

5 MC cadres injured in bomb attack

Published On: June 25, 2017 04:20 PM NPT By: Kalpana Bhattarai

NAWALPARASI, June 25: Five people were injured when an unknown group threw a bomb at a bus, Lu 1 kha 6773, which was traveling for an election campaign in Sunwal Municipality-2, Somnath of Nawalparasi.

NC emerges victorious in mayoral and deputy mayoral races in Madhyabindu Municipality

Published On: May 18, 2017 12:50 PM NPT By: Kalpana Bhattarai

NAWALPARASI, May 18: Nepali Congress (NC) mayoral candidate Chandra Bahadur Rana has been elected mayor of Madhyabindu Municipality with 10,996 votes, compared to 10,065 votes for his closet rival CPN-UML mayoral candidate Bhim Lal Adhikari.

NC wins chief and deputy chief in Bungdikali Rural Municipality

Published On: May 16, 2017 03:07 PM NPT By: Kalpana Bhattarai

NAWALPARASI, May 16: Nepali Congress (NC) has won both the chief  and  deputy chief at Bungdikali Rural Municipality in the district.

UML wins in 2 wards, NC in 1 ward in Debchuli Municipality of Nawalparasi

Published On: May 15, 2017 02:22 PM NPT By: Kalpana Bhattarai

NAWALPARASI, May 15: CPN-UML and Nepali Congress have won the election in 2 wards and in 1 ward respectively in Debchuli Municipality of Nawalparasi.

UML takes lead in 4 municipalities of Nawalparasi

Published On: May 15, 2017 01:27 PM NPT By: Kalpana Bhattarai

NAWALPARASI, May 15: CPN-UML is taking the lead in 4 municipalities of Nawalparasi district.

Detailed study of the country's largest potential iron mine hits snag

Published On: January 23, 2017 12:00 AM NPT By: Kalpana Bhattarai

NAWALPARASI, Jan 23: A team from the Department of Mines and Geology (DMG) has reached the largest potential iron mine of Nepal, which lies nine kilometers north of the East West Highway at Dhobadi-3 of Nawalparasi district, to carry out a detailed study.

Year after year Mushahars continue shivering in winter

Published On: January 4, 2017 02:10 AM NPT By: Kalpana Bhattarai

NAWALPARASI, Jan 4: Kathahawa Mushahar of Guthiprasauni village hardly has any experience of staying warm during the winter season. Neither has he ever got warm clothes on his body, nor has possessed quilts and blankets at home. Since childhood winter for him means shivering with cold for hours and waiting for the sun to rise and shine. His plight is shared by all the 45 Mushahar families that live in a settlement some 40 kilometers away from the district headquarters Parasi.

Six from single family killed in jeep accident

Published On: November 28, 2016 01:20 AM NPT By: Kalpana Bhattarai

NAWALPARASI, Nov 28: Seven persons including six from a single family died in a jeep accident in Nawalparasi district Saturday night. Sixteen persons were injured.

Russell's viper scourge spreads in Nawalparashi

Published On: August 19, 2016 02:15 AM NPT By: Kalpana Bhattarai

NAWALPARASHI, Aug 19: A few days ago, Mahebunu Nesha, 36, of Kudia VDC-3 in Nawalparashi district, who had gone to the field to collect fodder, came home with her right leg swollen. Her family members rushed her to the snake bite treatment facility run by Bajradal Battalion of Nepal Army immediately.

TMDP mega meet ends, Thakur re-elected chairman

Published On: June 24, 2016 01:05 AM NPT By: Kalpana Bhattarai

NAWALPARASI, June 24: The first national general convention of the Tarai-Madhes Democratic Party (TMDP) concluded on Thursday re-electing Mahantha Thakur as the party chairperson and other nine leaders for the party's top posts. The convention had kicked off Monday.

First convention of TMDP kicks off

Published On: June 21, 2016 04:10 AM NPT By: Kalpana Bhattarai

NAWALPARASI, June 21: The first national general convention of Tarai Madhes Democratic Party (TMDP) has started in Parasi of Nawalparasi district from Monday.