KALIKOT, Feb 26: The Suntharali Airport in Kalikot commenced its operations after 38 years. Deputy Prime Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka inaugurated the airport by lighting a lamp on Monday.

KALIKOT, Feb 25: Test flights have been successfully conducted at Suntharali Airport in Kalikot. Nagendra Bahadur Bista, chairman of Narharinath Rural Municipality, said that a Tara Air aircraft, which flew from Nepalgunj with a technical team, successfully completed the test flight to Suntharali Airport on Sunday.

KALIKOT, Jan 7: A pregnant woman in Kalikot has been rescued by a helicopter.

KALIKOT, Oct 25: Two motorcycles bearing the same number plate were spotted at Pratima Chowk in Kalikot.

KALIKOT, June 30: All five local levels in Kalikot district have recorded Kala-Azar patients this year. Black fever, commonly known as Kala-Azar, is seen mostly in the tropical region of the country but has now spread in the hilly districts as well.

MANMA, June 11: Three people were killed in a road accident that took place last night in Gabiram of Shubhakalika rural municipality-6, Kalikot.

KATHMANDU, June 4: A 17-year-old girl from Naraharinath Rural Municipality-5, Rupsa in  Kalikot district succumbed due to bullet injury on Sunday.

KALIKOT, May 13: Kal Bahadur Bhandari, head of the education branch of Palanta Rural Municipality of Kalikot, has been accused of taking a bribe of Rs 400,000 for approving a project worth Rs 5 million.

KALIKOT, March 15: Online revenue payment system has been launched in Kalikot. The online tax payment system has been launched from Wednesday to make the Digital Nepal framework of the Government of Nepal a success.

KALIKOT, Feb 23: At least one person was killed and one other was injured in a mini truck accident that occurred in Dhanda of Tilagufa Municipality-5 of Kalikot district.

JUMLA, Feb 5: According to the Inland Revenue Office, Jumla, the revenue collection of Jumla, Kalikot and Mugu is disappointing. Statistics show that only 34.65 percent revenue was collected in these three districts during the period of six and a half months.

KATHMANDU, Dec 23: Three people were injured when a pressure cooker exploded in Shubhkalika Rural Municipality-3,  Kalikot, and there is a problem in medicating the injured people due to lack of funds.

KATHMANDU, Dec 19: Broadband internet service will be provided to all community schools of Sanni Triveni Rural Municipality of Kalikot. Nepal Telecommunication Authority is said to connect internet service to all public schools of the rural municipality.

KALIKOT,  Dec 19: Leopards which are endangered and on the verge of extinction have been spotted in different places of Kalikot district. The leopards which were becoming rare due to poaching and lack of suitable habitats, are being spotted in small numbers in the forests of Kalikot.

KALIKOT, Dec 14: The bodies of two of the three people who went missing during the JCB accident of Phukot Hydropower Project in Karnali River located in Sanni Triveni Rural Municipality-1 of Kalikot have been found.

Kalikot, Dec 6: Police have arrested a woman with drugs (brown sugar). Police Inspector Subraj Bam, from Kalikot said that Samjhana Nepali, 28, was arrested from Tilagufa Municipality-1 in Kalikot.

KALIKOT, Dec 5: Traffic has resumed on the Karnali Corridor, which was blocked by dry landslides.

KALIKOT, Dec 4: The Karnali Corridor has been blocked due to a dry landslip in Lapha of Pachal Jharna Rural Municipality of Kalikot.

KALIKOT, Nov 20: A total of 20 prisoners in Kalikot prison have voted from the temporary polling station set up at Kalikot Jail.

KALIKOT, Nov 20: A suspected bomb was found near Panchakalika Secondary School polling station in Pachaljharana Rural Municipality-5 in Kalikot district.

KALIKOT, Nov 8: One person died while nine others were injured in a jeep accident in Kalikot on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, Oct 29: Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand has directed the authorities concerned not to leave any stone unturned to ensure rescue efforts and provide treatment to those injured in the blast at Ranabada of Tilagufa Municipality-10 in Kalikot district. Saving the lives of citizens is the main responsibility of the state, the MoHA stated.

KALIKOT, Oct 29: Two girls were killed and three others injured in an explosive device explosion in Kalikot.

MANMA, Oct 14: Seventeen people are still missing in landslides and floods in Kalikot while bodies of six missing persons have been retrieved.

MANMA, Oct 13: As many as 1,500 houses were damaged by landslides and floods triggered by incessant rainfall  in the past few days.

SURKHET, Oct 10: The identity of 13 of 15 people who were washed away by a landslide in the Karnali River while going to a funeral in Tilagufa Municipality-4 Rachuli of Kalikot has been revealed.

KALIKOT, Oct 9: Five members from the same family of the local Dhruvaraj Bista went missing after a landslide that occurred in Baligaun, Tilagufa Municipality-7 of Kalikot district swept away by landslide.

KALIKOT, August 19: Even after almost four decades of the beginning of the construction of the Seri-Pantadi road in Kalikot, which was started in the year 2042 BS, the work of opening the track of the road has not been completed. Even after 37 years of contract work on different dates, the opening of the track of Seri-Pantadi has not been completed, and the locals are disappointed.

MANMA, July 30: Sanni Triveni Rural Municipality in Kalikot district drew the attention of the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation for the repair and maintenance of Potmara micro hydropower project located in the rural municipality.

KALIKOT, July 21: District Police Office, Kalikot, has started confiscating hooch across the district. A campaign has been launched to reduce quarrels and fights among people after consuming alcohol at home.

KALIKOT, March 5: The disease, seen mostly at Terai region of Nepal, Visceral Leishmaniasis, also commonly known as Kala-Azar, has also started appearing in hilly districts of the country in recent years as transportation from Terai began to come to the hilly regions.

MANMA, Feb 18: Kalikot district has recorded 18,115 more voters in the latest update. The District Election Office stated that the total number of voters in the district has reached 83,076 for the upcoming local level election scheduled for May 13.

KALIKOT, Feb 3: A child died on the spot after being hit by a four-wheeler near a health post in Rarakatia Road in Shubh Kalika Rural Municipality Ward-4 of Kalikot district on Thursday afternoon.

KALIKOT, Jan 20: The District Administration Office (DAO), Kalikot, has been closed for a week after staffers including the Chief District Officer (CDO) contracted COVID-19.

KALIKOT, Nov 10: An acute shortage of drinking water has badly affected the livelihoods of the people living in Larfa village of Palanta Rural Municipality-2 of Kalikot.

MANMA, April 12: Multiple incidents of wildfire have been reported in forest areas across Kalikot district.

BIRENDRANAGAR, April 11: Six houses were burned into ashes on Saturday when a fire broke out at Pachal Jharana Rural Municipality in Kalikot district.

MANMA, April 11: It has been over ten months since the residents of Kalikot have been spending nights in the dark, due to disruption in power supply. The power supply was disrupted after the Santighat Small Hydro Power Project in Triveni Rural Municipality became dysfunctional.

KATHMANDU, Jan 31: As many as 206 households in wards 4, 5 and 7 of Naraharinath Rural Municipality in Kalikot district who were displaced by a massive flood on June 27 last year have been living under open sky braving the biting cold.

KALIKOT, Nov 29: Property worth Rs 7.6 million has been reduced to ashes when the fire engulfed a settlement at Ranchuli village of Tilgufa Rural Municipality-4 in Kalikot district on Saturday.

KALIKOT, Sept 13: A COVID-19 hospital has come into operation here in the district.

BAJURA, Jan 19: In one month's time Humla will finally be connected to the national road network. The installation of a bailey bridge over the Kawadi river in between Bajura and Humla will connect Humla by a motorable road.

DAILEKH, Dec 23: Police have rescued chairperson of Thatikandh Rural Municipality of Dailekh, Dhir Bahadur Shahi, who was kidnapped by the cadres of Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) on Saturday midnight. He was rescued after 18 hours.

JUMLA, Dec 22: Dozens of patients who reach Karnali Aayurveda Aaushadalaya,  Jumla, from several remote villages of the district as well as from Mugu, Kalikot and Dolpa everyday have no choice but to return disappointed due to the lack of medicines at the Aayurvedic health center. According to the patients, not even a single medicine is available at the center for the last one month.

GAMGADHI, Oct 12: Delay in upgradation of the road section connecting Nagma – border of Jumla and Kalikot – and Gamgadhi of Mugu, has affected the vehicular movement along the road. Of the total 93 kilometers of the road section, only nine kilometers have been graveled till date.

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KALIKOT, Jan 22: Snowfall and incessant rainfall have brought the normal life of the district to a grinding halt. The snowfall which started on Monday night has is still continuing.

SURKHET, Dec 29: The Karnali province government has decided to distribute relief amount of Rs 43.5 million to the victims of the fire at Palata rural municipality of Kalikot district.

KATHMANDU, Dec 29: The Karnali Province chapter of Bibeksheel Sajha Party (BSP) in coordination with its central office has collected about Rs 120,000 through a donation campaign for the victims of a fire which broke out in Khada village of Palata Rural Municipality in Kalikot district on Sunday night.

KALIKOT, Dec 27: Lalmani Upadhyay of Khada village in Kalikot district recently suffered a massive loss which he had not even imagined in the wildest of his dreams.