KATHMANDU, Jan 13: Tokha, a town in Kathmandu famed for producing Chaku, a special cultural cuisine, is going to see Chaku Day and Grand Cultural Day and Felicitation programme taking place simultaneously.

KATHMANDU, Jan 11: As the Maghe Sankranti festival approaches, the traders in Tokha, the northern region of Kathmandu, are busy making Chaku (a sweet made from hardened molasses). The molasses is cooked down until it is a solid form, and then pulled on a hook in a manner similar to making taffy and then cut into small rolls.

KATHMANDU, July 27: Physical structures that encroached upon public land in the Tokha municipality of Kathmandu have been demolished by the local authority.

KATHMANDU, April 22: A fire that broke out in Tokha area in Kathmandu has caused damage worth Rs 10 million.

TOKHA, May 28: Election to the members of municipal executive has been concluded in Tokha municipality.

KATHMANDU, Jan 4: The aroma of ‘chaku’ has filled the air in various alleys and intersections of Tokha. Anyone visiting Tokha is sure to be mesmerized by the sweet scent in the air.

KATHMANDU, August 2: The COVID-19 vaccination campaign has resumed in Tokha municipality in Kathmandu. The campaign was halted after Basanta Gaire, Family Planning Supervisor Inspector of Grande International Hospital in Dhapasi Municipality, was assaulted on July 31 by those seeking COVID-19 vaccines.

KATHMANDU, May 3: Tokha Municipality has suspended all its services except for the most essential ones after its employees and elected representatives tested positive for the COVID-19.

KATHMANDU, May 1: Tokha Municipality in Kathmandu is to establish a COVID-19 isolation facility. According to Mayor Prakash Adhikari, the local government is preparing to establish the isolation center which will be equipped with the oxygen therapy system at the Radha Swami Bhawan (building) located in ward 7.

KATHMANDU, Nov 1: Police have arrested three individuals on the charge of allegedly stabbing a youth to death at Devi Temple in Tokha Municipality on Friday.

The week in pictures for the week March 12-March 18.

BHAKTAPUR, Aug 6: Tokha resident, Ratnakumari Shrestha is satisfied because her community recently concluded a project that ensured drinking water accessibility.

KATHMANDU, May 6: A youth was killed in a motorbike – jeep collision at Tokha municipality – 5 last night.

On the first day of the Nepali calendar (Baisakh 1), many people line up to take a dip in a holy pond in Tokha in Kathmandu and the locals, for the next four days, celebrate ‘Sapan Tirtha Mela’ when the entire village joins in on the celebration with a ‘rath yatra’ (chariot ride), prayers, and fests. The water in the pond is believed to have healing properties and people bathe there to rid themselves of their ailments and pray to Goddess Sapana Tirtha.

KATHMANDU, Sept 27: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is to assist Rs 10 million for the conservation of culture and heritages of Tokha and thus developing this town into a model city.

KATHMANDU, Nov 7: A man died after a motorcycle he was riding, Ba 75 Pa 6915, rammed into an electrical pole at Tokha Municipality- 10 on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, July 2: Fire gutted a cyber café at Tokha Metropolitan-3, Bhootkhel.