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Mock elections (photo feature)
Published On: May 31, 2017 12:11 PM NPT By: Daman Rai
KHOTANG, May 31: Government on Wednesday postponed second phase of local level elections and decided to hold the elections on June 28 but locals in Diktel, Khotang enthusiastically participated in a mock election conducted same time. It was a part of voters' education in the district.
Fire destroys private school in Khotang
Published On: May 30, 2017 06:19 PM NPT By: Daman Rai
KHOTANG, May 30: Fire has destroyed a school building at Rupakot Majhuwagadhi Municipality-12 in the district on Monday night.
Locals of provinces 1, 2, 5 and 7 desperate to cast votes
Published On: May 15, 2017 01:30 AM NPT By: Daman Rai
KHOTANG, May 15: The successful completion of the first phase of local polls in provinces 3, 4 and 6 on Sunday, has made the voters of other provinces desperate to exercise their voting rights.
Election office in Khotang draws parties's attention to code violation
Published On: May 10, 2017 12:53 PM NPT By: Daman Rai
KHOTANG, May 10: District Election Office(DEO), Khotang has called on the political parties to abide by the election code of conduct strictly.
10 persons injured in jeep accident in Khotang
Published On: May 6, 2017 09:08 AM NPT By: Daman Rai
KHOTANG, May 6: As many as 10 persons were injured in a jeep accident that took place in Khotang district on Friday.
Woman killed after being crushed by boulder
Published On: May 2, 2017 06:36 PM NPT By: Daman Rai
KHOTANG, May 2: A woman has been killed after being hit by a stone rolled down by a scavator in the district on Tuesday.
Tractor-hit claims minor in Khotang
Published On: April 30, 2017 09:25 AM NPT By: Daman Rai
KHOTANG, April 30: A 10-year-old boy died in Khotang when a tractor rolled over him on Saturday. The deceased is Sisan Rai, the son of Jagat Prasad Rai of Halesi Tuwachung Municipality.
Blaze guts five houses in Khotang
Published On: April 28, 2017 12:53 PM NPT By: Daman Rai
KHOTANG, April 28: Five houses were gutted in a devastating fire that broke out in Halesi Tuwachung Rural Municipality of Khotang district on Thursday.
Polls deferral worries candidates of election expense
Published On: April 28, 2017 12:50 AM NPT By: Daman Rai
KHOTANG, April 28: The announcement of local elections in two phases has not just cast doubts about the election but is likely to increase the expenses of the government as well as candidates of various political parties.
A school where learning is fun
Published On: April 27, 2017 07:45 AM NPT By: Daman Rai
KHOTANG, April 27: Tek Bahadur Khati was passionately polishing a wooden table last week at a foundation which oversees his education. The boy from Likhu-2 was brought to the Jan Jagriti School, which is one of the schools run by Shubham Foundation, five years ago.
Extraordinary school
Published On: April 27, 2017 05:00 AM NPT By: Daman Rai
KHOTANG, 25 April: Tekbahadur Khati was polishing an wooden table last week. The boy of Likhu - 2 was doing it so passionately at Shubham Foundation. The sixth grader at Jan Jagriti School, a residential school run by the foundation was brought here five years ago. “This school is different. We have to work here,” said Khati.
12 teachers quit job to contest local polls in Khotang
Published On: April 26, 2017 01:48 PM NPT By: Daman Rai
KHOTANG, April 26: Teachers affiliated with different political parties have started tendering their resignations in a bid to open legal way for contesting the local polls slated for May 14.
Political parties in Khotang district affirm commitment to peaceful election
Published On: April 23, 2017 10:55 AM NPT By: Daman Rai
KHOTANG, April 23: The parties in the district have expressed joint commitment to hold the upcoming local polls in a friendly environment.
Voter sentiment: We will vote for competent candidate, not just any politician
Published On: April 22, 2017 08:48 AM NPT By: Daman Rai
KHOTANG, April 22: Shivaraj Rai of Lamidada village is loud and clear which candidate would he vote in the upcoming local elections. Though he has ideological preferences, he is not going to make them the basis in choosing the candidate.
Senior citizens hope to take one last shot at polls
Published On: April 18, 2017 12:00 AM NPT By: Daman Rai
KHOTANG, April 18: It has been more than 19 years since octogenarian Goma Dahal of Rupakot cast vote the last time. She was sixty- three years old during the local elections of 1997. At that time she didn't need a stick to walk. But at 82, she can't walk without the help of a stick now. Although she has turned weak and frail waiting for the elections, her spirit is still the same.
Local elections boost New Year celebrations
Published On: April 15, 2017 08:57 AM NPT By: Daman Rai
KHOTANG, April 15: Tourist spots in Khotang were flooded with groups of families and friends on Friday to celebrate Nepali New Year 2074. Rupakot, Majhwagadhi, Tyamke, Maiyu, Halesi and Bhumjudanda, among other popular spots in the district, remained crowded throughout the day.
2 killed in bus-motorcycle collision
Published On: April 12, 2017 05:13 PM NPT By: Daman Rai
KHOTANG, April 12: Two people were killed in a bus- motorcycle collision in the distric at Piple in Roshi Rural Municipality on Wednesday.
Forest fire rages through village gutting three houses in Solukhumbu and Khotang
Published On: April 9, 2017 12:59 PM NPT By: Daman Rai
KHOTANG, April 9: Three houses in Khotang and Solukhumbu districts have been gutted after the fire that broke out at the surrounding forest raged through the houses in the settlement area.
Farmers in Khotang practice multiple cropping
Published On: April 9, 2017 11:59 AM NPT By: Daman Rai
KHOTANG, April 9: Commercial Farmers of Makpa, Aiselukharka rural municipality-7, have learned to produce more varieties of agricultural products from the same pience of land.
Locals in Khotang overjoyed at receiving ambulances (photo feature)
Published On: April 8, 2017 01:35 PM NPT By: Daman Rai
KHOTANG, April 8: Locals in Khotang are overjoyed at receiving seven ambulances in the district.
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