Biken K Dawadi

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Kidnapping cases up by 29%

Published On: December 5, 2018 09:40 AM NPT By: Biken K Dawadi

KATHMANDU, Dec 5: While Nepal Police claims that kidnapping cases have declined over the last few years due to increased police vigilance, data maintained by Nepal Police itself show that kidnapping cases increased by 29 percent in last fiscal year compared to the year earlier.

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Reconstruction process sluggish in Kathmandu Valley

Published On: November 29, 2018 04:30 AM NPT By: Biken K Dawadi

KATHMANDU, Nov 29: While the reconstruction across the nation has been picking up pace, the reconstruction of private houses inside the Kathmandu Valley has not shown satisfactory progress even three and half years after the devastating earthquakes of 2015.

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3 arrested for allegedly raping a 22-year-old in Thamel

Published On: November 29, 2018 02:30 AM NPT By: Biken K Dawadi

KATHMANDU, Nov 29: Police have arrested three people for allegedly raping a 22-year-old woman in Thamel on Tuesday night.

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Odd-even vehicle rule from Nov 29 to Dec 3

Published On: November 28, 2018 04:00 AM NPT By: Biken K Dawadi

KATHMANDU, Nov 28: Keeping in view the movement of Very Very Important Persons (VVIPs) during the Asia Pacific Summit 2018 which begins in Kathmandu this weekend, the Metropolitan Traffic Police Office (MTPO) has decided to bring the odd-even rule for vehicular movement in force in the Valley from November 30 to December 3.

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KMC to be without a landfill for months

Published On: November 26, 2018 09:36 AM NPT By: Biken K Dawadi

KATHMANDU, Nov 26: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has not yet readied an alternative site for dumping its waste for a few months when it will be left without a landfill site.

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662 gamblers arrested, 11.2m seized during festive season nationwide: Police

Published On: November 25, 2018 09:11 AM NPT By: Biken K Dawadi

KATHMANDU, Nov 25: Police have arrested 662 gamblers  from 70 spots across Nepal during the 2018 festive season and confiscated well over Rs 11.2 million from them.

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Education consultancy owner arrested on human trafficking charge

Published On: November 24, 2018 04:05 AM NPT By: Biken K Dawadi

KATHMANDU, Nov 24: Police on Friday arrested the owner of an education consultancy on the charge of human trafficking. Police said she used to lure students willing to pursue their higher studies in Canada but she either sold them or left them stranded in India. The company has been operating for a year but its is not registered at the Ministry of Education.

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48 gamblers held, Rs 1.77m seized in three days in Valley

Published On: November 21, 2018 03:00 AM NPT By: Biken K Dawadi

KATHMANDU, Nov 21: Upon raiding the house belonging to Jiban Bahadur Thapa Magar, 42, of Tokha Municipality-8, on Tuesday, police found 15 people including Magar gambling in the house.

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Falling in love

Published On: November 19, 2018 12:18 PM NPT By: Biken K Dawadi

Have I fallen in love with you? Even if I have, what can I do?

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Envoy Jha murder remains mystery three months on

Published On: November 19, 2018 10:02 AM NPT By: Biken K Dawadi

KATHMANDU, Nov 19: Almost three months have elapsed since former Nepali ambassador to France, Keshav Jha, was found murdered at his residence in Babar Mahal but police are nowhere close to nabbing the culprits. Jha’s murder remains as one of the unsolved high profile murder cases that took place in the Valley in the last few years.

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Theft cases double during Tihar, suicides down by 40 percent

Published On: November 14, 2018 06:30 AM NPT By: Biken K Dawadi

KATHMANDU, Nov 14: Data maintained by Nepal Police shows that theft cases across the country doubled during Tihar this year, compared to those during the festival last year.

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Cyber crimes on the rise in Valley

Published On: November 12, 2018 04:00 AM NPT By: Biken K Dawadi

KATHMANDU, Nov 12: With the increase in the use of social media and the Internet by the Nepali public, cyber crimes too have increased in the last few years. Records maintained by the Metropolitan Police Crime Division (MPCD) show a significant surge in cyber crimes in the last fiscal year.

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Police step up confiscating firecrackers, road safety measures for 'peaceful' Tihar

Published On: November 7, 2018 05:00 AM NPT By: Biken K Dawadi

KATHMANDU, Nov 7: In order to make the Tihar festival peaceful and safe, police have launched a campaign to control the smuggling and sales of firecrackers and intensified security checks on roads so as to minimize road accidents.

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Number of people arrested for smuggling, possessing firecrackers doubles

Published On: November 5, 2018 03:30 AM NPT By: Biken K Dawadi

KATHMANDU, Nov 5: Like every year, the cases of confiscation of firecrackers by police have increased with the arrival of Tihar this year. Data maintained by the Police Headquarters, Naxal, shows that the number of firecracker confiscation cases, arrests for smuggling and possessing firecrackers and the number of firecrackers seized during the festive season have doubled over the year.

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Sugar producer arrested for not paying Rs 473m to farmers

Published On: November 1, 2018 05:30 AM NPT By: Biken K Dawadi

KATHMANDU, Nov 1: Police in Kathmandu arrested sugar producer Rakesh Agarwal on Wednesday on the charge of not paying dues totaling Rs 473 million to sugarcane farmers.

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3 years after quake, iconic heritage sites still in shambles

Published On: October 31, 2018 10:43 AM NPT By: Biken K Dawadi

KATHMANDU, Oct 31: More than three years since the monster quake of 2015 shook the entire nation to its core, three iconic heritage sites in Kathmandu are still awaiting reconstruction.

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61 percent Nepali fugitives arrested abroad were nabbed in Gulf

Published On: October 30, 2018 07:28 AM NPT By: Biken K Dawadi

KATHMANDU, Oct 30: Given the open border regime between Nepal and India that requires no visa to travel, fugitives from Nepal should find India as their preferred hiding place. However, the data maintained by Nepal Police over the past several years has shown otherwise.

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A mismanaged tea party, dissatisfied invitees

Published On: October 28, 2018 06:00 AM NPT By: Biken K Dawadi

KATHMANDU, Oct 28: Maya Devi Bhusal, 65, a resident of Gulmi, had already waited in queue for more than an hour to enter the venue of the tea reception hosted by the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) on Saturday. Yet, the serpentine line in front of her didn't seem to move forward.

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‘Ex-CJ Parajuli kneeling for tika from prez recalls monarchy’

Published On: October 23, 2018 08:24 AM NPT By: Biken K Dawadi

KATHMANDU, Oct 23: A photo showing former chief justice Gopal Prasad Parajuli going down on both knees to receive tika from President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Friday went viral on social media within minutes. Members of the general people, noted personalities and even central level leaders of the ruling Nepal Communist Party criticized the president and her secretariat for arranging the event in such a way that it reminded one of the practice of kings and queens before the monarchy was abolished in 2008.

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PM Oli courts controversy again

Published On: October 14, 2018 04:00 AM NPT By: Biken K Dawadi

KATHMANDU, Oct 14: Only last month, Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli was widely criticized for using the prime minister's official residence at Baluwatar for organizing a gathering of Oli clan.

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