KATHMANDU, May 21: As many as 12 people were injured after a passenger bus met with  an accident in Doti district earlier today. According to Chief of Area Police Office, Dipayal, Rupa Singh, efforts are being made to transport five of the critically injured to another district for treatment.

KAILALI, May 12: A bus heading to Bajura from Attariya in Kailali has met with an accident on Thursday morning.

DOTI, Jan 28: An investigation has been initiated against the principal of Seti Technical Institute, Birendra Babu Yadav, for seeking money from a poultry supplier that the Institute bought. The issue became public after an audio clip of the conversation was leaked.

DOTI, Oct 19: Two people were killed when the house of Bir Bahadur Kunjeda of Sayel Rural Municipality-6, Mellekh, collapsed on Monday night after incessant rains, according to the Area Police Office, Mauwa Nagardaha, Doti.

DOTI, Sept 5: All schools that remained closed for a long time due to COVID-19 pandemic in Doti district are resuming physical classes from Sunday.

DOTI, August 10: Eight villages in Doti district are at risk of erosion by the Seti River. Although a wall with gabion wire is built along the river, the erosion has not stopped.

DOTI, July 31: Four people have been arrested on the charge of using imposters to attend examinations on their behalf. Their illegal act came to light after they came for the verbal test for the post of police constable taken by the Sudur Paschim Police Training Centre, Dipayal.

DOTI, July 14: The prohibitory orders imposed in Doti district from May to prevent and control COVID-19 have been extended till July 30.

KATHMANDU, May 25: Minister for Forest and Environment, Prem Bahadur Ale has clarified that the 75 oxygen cylinders that he provided to the District Hospital, Doti, were not a foreign grant.

DOTI, March 27: All nine local governments in Doti, a district in the Sudur Paschim (Far-West) Province are on alert following the rising coronavirus cases in neighbouring India. The people who went to India for jobs have started returning home with the increasing infections rate there. It is said presently India is battling a second wave of the coronavirus.

DOTI, Feb 5: The District Health Office (DHO), Doti vaccinated 50 inmates against COVID-19. They were administered the vaccine in district jail, according to Information Officer at the DHO, Surya Bista.

DOTI, Dec 21: Farmers are worried that they will not be able to easily market fruits including oranges grown on the Chure hills of Doti and Kailali due to the risk of the coronavirus infection.

DOTI, Dec 6: Four people died in a jeep accident in Bogatan Phudsil Rural Municipality of Doti district on Sunday. Four persons have been injured in the accident.

DOTI, June 7: A 19-year-old man who had been staying at a quarantine facility here in the district died on Sunday at around 3 am.

DOTI, March 2: Several development initiatives have remained stagnant in dozens of villages in Doti for no headways in the construction of the 750-MW West Seti Hydro Project. The project was said to have been constructed since long ago.

DOTI, Jan 14: Twenty-eight chhaugoths have been demolished at one ward alone of Badikedar rural municipality under the campaign to demolish chhaugoths. Chhaugoth is a separate, poorly ventilated, hut where menstruating women are made to stay for at least the first five to seven days.

DOTI, Dec 21: With the financial assistance of Japan's Foreign Ministry and World Vision International Nepal, 46 earthquake-resistant school buildings have been constructed in Doti.

DOTI, Dec 5: A girl has been burnt dead allegedly by her husband and in-laws at Shikhar municipality-4 in the district.

DOTI, Nov 7: Doti was among the moderately affected districts by the massive earthquake of April 2015. However it served as a wakeup call many including Arjun Khadka, principal of Mahakali Secondary School of Sayal Rural Municipality – 6.

KATHMANDU, Sept 18: Denouncing the arrest of journalists demanding the reinstatement of Radio Nepal journalists sacked on Monday, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has demanded investigation into the incident. Nine journalists arrested by police were protesting against the sacking of three journalists from the state-owned Radio Nepal in Doti.

DOTI, Aug 26: House owner has padlocked the ward office of Dipayal Silgadhi municipality-1, Tikha on Sunday for not paying the house rent.

DOTI, Aug 17: The Khaptad Area Tourism Development Committee has been lying idle for the past couple of years.

DOTI, Aug 10: A model agricultural village is to be built each in nine local levels of Doti, the district in Far-West State.

DOTI, July 28: An unidentified group has set the office of ward no. 7 of Shikhar municipality in the district on fire last night.

DOTI, July 1: Six people were injured when a jeep met with an accident at Adarsha rural municipality of Doti district on Monday.

DOTI, June 22: The leaking roof of the district prison has forced inmates to live under plastic sheets. The start of the monsoon has become a matter of concern for the 47 inmates in the prison that has a capacity for only half of them. The prison was meant to house only 25 inmates.

DOTI, May 14: Total 163 incidents of child marriages have occurred in Silgadhi municipality-8, Ladagada of Doti during the past three years, reveals a data.

DOTI, April 6: A total of 603 people have obtained the citizenship certificates at an integrated mobile camp operated at the Adarsha rural municipality in the district.

DOTI, Feb 27 :  Campaigners of Chhaupadi elimination here have called for declaring Doti as a Chhaupadi free district.

DOTI, Feb 1: On January 19, a woman and her two sons died of asphyxiation when the menstrual hut they were sheltering in caught fire while they were asleep. Amba Bohora, 35, along with her sons Suresh, 9, and Ramit, 7, died a tragic death, shocking many.

DOTI, Jan. 31: Despite nearly one year delay in starting the blacktop works of the Dipayal Airport, the task has grasped rapid speed lately. The construction company, Sapana JV Construction Company, said that the development of the runway is in the final stage.

DADELDHURA/DOTI, Nov 23: At least 16 persons died and over 20 were injured when an overloaded school bus met with an accident at Raduwakhola of Amargadhi Municipality-11, in Dadeldhura on Thursday evening.

DHANGADHI, Sept 13:  As high as 24 persons were injured in a bus accident at Rubaskanda in Doti district early morning today. The bus (Na 5 Kha 9114) coming to Mahendranagar from Darchula district fell some 100 meters off the road along the Bhimdutta Highway, the Regional Traffic Police Office, Kailali said.

DOTI, May 28: Three passengers died and nine others injured in a jeep accident at Gaguda of the district.

DOTI, April 21: Three passengers died and 16 others got injured in a jeep accident occurred today at Shikhar Municipality-3 in Doti on Saturday.

DOTI, April 21: A school was one of the many buildings affected by an unexpected weather and heavy wind. The wind swept roofs of more than a dozen homes and damaged crops in Doti.

DOTI, Feb 26: Health services across Doti have been badly affected since the last four days after the doctors working at the District Hospital left the district on Wednesday citing security concerns.

DOTI, Jan 20: Venting their ire against the government's decision to announce temporary capitals of the provinces, people in different parts of the country are staging protests demanding to make their cities the capital of their province. However, in recent days, the protests have rather taken a violent turn.

DOTI, Dec 10: CPN Maoist candidate for Doti Provincial Assembly (B)Trilochan Bhatta has been elected. Bhatta secured with 16, 091votes.

DOTI, Dec 7: Thirty per cent voters from Doti have cast their votes by 11 PM with excitement.

DOTI, Nov,4 :Three people who were killed in Doti bus accident have been identified. They are Anita Khadka, 19, of Adarsha rural municipality-1, jeep driver Khemraj Ojha, 55, of KI Singh rural municipality-1 and Roshan Tamrakar, 25, of Bogtan rural municipality-6, according to the District Police Office, Doti.

DOTI, Nov 4 : Three persons were killed and another 8 injured in a road accident at Deurali of KI Singh rural municipality-3 in the district today. Two men and a woman were killed in the accident and their identities have not been ascertained yet, according to the District Police Office, Doti.

DOTI, Oct 27: News about the upcoming elections is on air all the time. Television and radio stations have hardly been talking about anything else. However, the people in the villages and towns of Doti are least excited. In fact, they question the credibility of the news about elections saying no one has come to their community asking for vote.

DOTI, Oct 19: At least three people were killed while 10 others sustained injuries in a bus accident that occurred at Baddikedar Rural Municipality-2  in Doti district on Thursday.

DOTI, Oct 17: Two people were killed while 24 others sustained injuries in a vehicular collision at Gorani of Jorayal Rural Municipality along the Bhimdatta Highway on Tuesday.

DOTI, Aug 12: For the first time in the district, Small and Cottage Industry Development Committee had offered gemstone-processing skill development training in Dipayal last fiscal year. There was a vacancy for 100 people for the training that was given under the initiative of the Ministry of Industry. However, only 38 participated showed up for it.

DOTI, August 5: Nine people, including seven from two families, died when a jeep (registration number S 1 J 491) headed for Chautara from Dipayal met with an accident at Kataigaun of Botgan Rural Municipality in Doti district Friday night. Seven others were injured in the accident. Two of them are critical.

DOTI, Dec 28: As the activity of illegal excavation, theft and supply of invaluable gemstones found in Nepal continues unabated, Doti has launched a search campaign to ferret out such stones.

DOTI, Dec 24: A recent study has found that 59 percent of women in the district are living with one or other kind of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). In its annual report for 2016, Doti branch of the Nepal Family Planning Association (NFPA) stated that the number of women to live with STDs have been increasing every year. Such alarming health condition of women in the rural district is attributed to the pervasive trend of labor migration to India among men. Husbands of the women are major transmitter of such diseases, the study suggests.

DOTI, Nov 27: Two people were killed while 14 others sustained injuries when a jeep carrying members of a wedding party met with an accident at Jhansi, Latamandau VDC in the district last night. Among the injured, two are said to be in critical condition.