Untimely rainfall disappoints farmers

Tikapur (Kailali), Oct 17: The untimely rainfall has disappointed farmers in Kailali district. The rainfall occurred since Monday afternoon upset farmers as they were about to harvest rice. They were worried how they could harvest rice safely amidst such erratic weather event. A farmer from Tikapur, Nirmal BK, said the rice cut down and spread to dry in the field is wet with the ill-timed rainfall

PM Dahal confers citizenship certificates on NRNs

Kathmandu, Oct 17: The government has begun conferring Nepali citizenship certificates on non-resident Nepalis (NRNs). It is NRN citizenship. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' provided the NRN citizenship certificates to Executive Chairman of Association of NRNs, Badri KC, and Chairman Kul Acharya amidst a function organized at his residence, Baluwatar, on Tuesday. District Ad

12 killed after speeding mini-bus crashes into container in India’s Maharashtra

(Xinhua) -- At least 12 people were killed and 23 others injured early Sunday after a mini-bus rammed into a container truck in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, police said. The accident took place on the Samruddhi Expres sway in Vaijapur area of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, about 268 km east of Mumbai, the capital city of Maharashtra. Reports said there were 35 passenge

State agencies directed to ensure accessible public transports in festive season

Kathmandu, Oct 15: The Chair of State Affairs and Good Governance Committee of the Federal Parliament, Ramhari Khatiwada, has directed the concerned state agencies to ensure accessible public transports on the occasion of this festive season. Chair Khatiwada on Sunday asked Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Prakash Jwala, Inspector General of Nepal Police, Director General of

Drinking water facility elates Gulmi folks

Gulmi, Oct 15: Local people of Dhurkot Rural Municipality in Gulmi district have been elated after receiving the water at their houses through the lifting technology. Now, with the facility, their compulsion to reach far away to fetch a pot of water has ended. The rural municipality has made available drinking water to the people of the ward-5 through the lifting technology under the 'one hou

Nepali nearby Gaza strip relocated to secured place

Kathmandu, Oct 11: All 55 Nepali students working in an agriculture farm along the Israel-Gaza border have been relocated to the secured places. According to the Nepali Embassy in Tel Aviv, 72 Nepali people who were awaiting rescue from nearby northern border of Israel have also been shifted to safer areas. The Embassy also shared four Nepali people who sustained injuries in Saturday attack are

Two infants die of hornet sting

Jajarkot, Oct 10: Two infants died after being bit by hornets at Dhaune village in Kushe Rural Municipality-1, Jajarkot. The deceased are nine-month-old Nirjala and three years old Sushmita, the daughters Bir Bahadur Singh. Bijuli Singh, the grandmother of the two, is hurt after the hornet sting, chief of Talegaun Health Post Sher Bahadur Basnet said. According to Basnet, Nirjala died on the wa

29 killed in army strike on camp for displaced in Myanmar: rebels

Twenty-nine people were killed and dozens wounded in a military strike on a camp for displaced people in northern Myanmar, a spokesman for an ethnic rebel group that controls the area told AFP on Tuesday. Myanmar's junta has been accused of carrying out multiple bloody attacks on civilian targets as it struggles to quell resistance to its 2021 coup. The latest attack happened around 11:30 pm

30 officers killed in Hamas attack, Israel Police confirms

(ANI): As Israeli fighter jets continued to batter Hamas targets on the Gaza border area after deadly terror attacks by the terrorist outfit, Israel Police on Sunday confirmed that 30 of its officers, including from the Border Police, have been killed, Israeli news agency Tazpit Press Service (TPS) reported. The Israel Police released the names of the slain personnel on Sunday. Meanwhile, the

Dozen wounded in overnight attacks on Kherson, south Ukraine

(AFP) - Russian shelling on residential areas of Kherson in south Ukraine overnight wounded almost a dozen people including nine-month-old baby, local authorities said Sunday. Ukraine took back the regional capital of Kherson in November 2022, but the southern city remains within reach of Russian fire. "Kherson experienced another terrible night" as Russian forces "repeatedly shelled the