Shankar Shrestha

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Five mayoral candidates cast votes at same polling center

Published On: May 14, 2017 12:40 PM NPT By: Shankar Shrestha

DHADING, May 14: Five mayoral candidates who fielded their candidacies from Nilakantha Municipality have cast their votes at the same polling center.

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14 Chepang candidates standing for local polls in Dhading

Published On: May 10, 2017 02:00 PM NPT By: Shankar Shrestha

DHADING, May 10: Fourteen candidates belonging to Chepang community are going to contest the local level elections slated for May 14 in Dhading district.

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Unidentified group sets fire to UML candidate's vehicle

Published On: May 6, 2017 01:26 PM NPT By: Shankar Shrestha

DHADING, May 6: An unidentified group set fire to the vehicle, Ba 9 Cha 8929,  that UML ward level candidate in Dhading district was using for election purpose in the wee  hours of Saturday .

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Sex composition of mayoral candidates lopsided in Dhading

Published On: May 3, 2017 01:58 PM NPT By: Shankar Shrestha

DHADING, May 3: The sex composition of the candidates belong to different political parties who on Tuesday filed their nominations in Dhading district to contest the local polls slated for May 14 as mayoral candidate is lopsided.

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Hardly any female aspirant for major posts in Dhading

Published On: April 29, 2017 09:19 AM NPT By: Shankar Shrestha

DHADING, April 29: There are hardly any female aspirants for the major posts of two municipalities and 11 rural municipalities of Dhading for the upcoming local elections.

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A man who built homes for 55 quake victims

Published On: April 27, 2017 06:00 AM NPT By: Shankar Shrestha

DHADING, April 26: While many of the quake reconstruction efforts grabbed media attention from the very beginning, Dinesh Tamang of Dhading has come in the limelight after quietly rebuilding 55 houses for quake victims in his district.

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One man builds houses for 55 quake families

Published On: April 20, 2017 08:41 AM NPT By: Shankar Shrestha

DHADING, April 20: At a time when the Dhurmus - Suntali duo is in the spotlight for their untiring efforts to build houses for the needy, another man from Lapa village of Dhading district has also been doing great wonders. Dinesh Tamang, 36, who took initiation for constructing a model village, consisting of two settlements, for earthquake victims 16 months ago has completed the task and handed over the 55 houses to the targeted families.

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Construction of model settlement on sole effort (Photos)

Published On: April 19, 2017 06:41 PM NPT By: Shankar Shrestha

KATHMANDU, April 19: At a time when everyone is applauding Dhurmush-Suntali for their exemplary efforts for the construction of the model settlement, a youth from Dhading has also created a successful story by constructing 55 houses model settlement in the district.

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Provide drinking water to quench our thirst: Chepang women

Published On: March 23, 2017 06:29 PM NPT By: Shankar Shrestha

DADHING, March 23:  Chepang people have been badly hit by an acute shortage of water in the district.

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Reconstruction still delayed in Dhading

Published On: March 14, 2017 01:40 AM NPT By: Shankar Shrestha

DHADING, March 14: Nearly two years after the massive earthquake, reconstruction works in Dhading has not yet taken momentum.

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6-year old girl roped to wooden bed for two years

Published On: March 13, 2017 12:40 AM NPT By: Shankar Shrestha

DHADING, March 13: Her face swollen with sinusitis, she sometimes screams, shouts, scolds visitors, stands by a wooden pole or tries to run away when someone comes nearby. She sometimes smiles and weeps other times.

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16 people ill after attending a feast

Published On: March 3, 2017 10:45 PM NPT By: Shankar Shrestha

DHADING, March 3: Sixteen people fell ill after attending a feast organized in the locality of Jyamrung-7 in Dhading district on Wednesday.

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Kotbada killings still haunt families

Published On: February 23, 2017 08:10 AM NPT By: Shankar Shrestha

HEKRANG, Feb 23: Ever since the Kotbada airport became officially operational from February 11, the family members of the 35 airport construction workers killed during the Maoist insurgency have been forced to recall the dark day.

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Kids growing up in jail as parents serve terms

Published On: February 18, 2017 02:30 AM NPT By: Shankar Shrestha

DHADING, Feb 18: Justice demands it that the punishment for a crime is borne by the one who commits it but there are some innocent children in Dhading who are being punished for no fault of theirs.

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Families of Kotbada victims still await justice

Published On: February 14, 2017 06:00 AM NPT By: Shankar Shrestha

DHADING, Feb 14: On Saturday, Tara Air successfully conducted a test flight at the airfield at Kotbada in Kalikot district, but the families of 35 laborers who were shot dead there by the Nepal Army during the Maoist insurgency are still waiting for justice.

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Mentally disturbed Nepali goes missing in Saudi Arabia

Published On: February 10, 2017 12:00 AM NPT By: Shankar Shrestha

DHADING, Feb 10: A young man, who had gone to Saudi Arabia in search of employment, has been missing since mid-December.

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Dejumdanda camp quake victims yearn for permanent relocation

Published On: February 6, 2017 08:36 AM NPT By: Shankar Shrestha

DHADING, Feb 6: Earthquake victims in northern part of the district, who had temporarily shifted to a camp in Dejumdanda jungle, are waiting for permanent relocation to a safer place. Their villages were destroyed by earthquakes in 2015 and the land had cracked to such extent that they marked prone to landslides and inhabitable.

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Govt fails to provide promised timber to quake victims

Published On: February 4, 2017 12:20 AM NPT By: Shankar Shrestha

DHADING, Feb 4: Quake victims of Dhading district are bitter after the government failed to live up to its promise of providing timber for house reconstruction even after 20 months of the Gorkha earthquake.

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Landless quake victims: Why are we deprived of state aid?

Published On: February 2, 2017 07:55 AM NPT By: Shankar Shrestha

DHADING, Feb 2: Gothelal BK of Nalang village of Dhading district feels helpless as he watches his villagers building houses at war footing. Seeing them, this homeless man does not know how to make one for his family. The government did not provide him the earthquake assistance grant distributed to quake victims because he did not have land registered in his name.

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Red Cross tarps for Dhading quake victims after 20 months

Published On: January 17, 2017 12:30 AM NPT By: Shankar Shrestha

DHADING, Jan 17: While earthquake victims are desperately waiting for grant money to rebuild their homes, Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS), the largest humanitarian organization in the country, is starting to distribute relief materials in Dhading district 20 months after the catastrophic earthquake of 2015.

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