Author: Himalaya Post

Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Ishwar Pokhrel today made an aerial inspection of Kalapani in the remote north-west part of the country. The Deputy Prime Minister who had this morning left the district headquarters Khalanga for Kalapani inspected the area by a Nepal Army helicopter as the landing was not possible due to the presence of heavy snow at the site. Kalapani is situated in Byas rural municipality of Darchula district bordering China to the north and India to the west. It may be noted Nepal has been expressing its objection after India lately placed Nepali territories of Kalapani, Lipulek and Limpiyadhura in its political map. The Deputy Prime Minister and his team made the aerial inspection of the encroached Nepali territory as the situation did not permit the landing, said Far West state deputy speaker Nirmala Joshi Badal. During the visit, he was made aware of Indian security posts set up at a distance of three kilometers along the border in Kalapani. He also observed the proposed site for establishing an Armed Police Force’s border security outpost (BOP). On the occasion, the Deputy Prime Minister was accompanied by a team of 10 people including House of Representatives (HoR) member Ganesh Singh Thagunna, SA members Man Bahadur Dhami and Gelbu Singh Thagunna and his private secretary Deependra Shrestha. India which has been long deputing its security force in the Kalapani...

President Bidya Devi Bhandari today administered oath of office and secrecy to newly-appointed Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Dr Shivamaya Tumbahangphe. Tumbahangphe took oath of office at a function organised in Office of the President, Sheetal Niwas....

An ambitious plan of installing underground electric wires in the Kathmandu Valley has formally begun. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today inaugurated the project amid an event here. In the first phase, the project will start in Maharajgunj and Ratnapark areas and expand to other areas gradually, according to the government’s plan. The project has been initiated by the Nepal Electricity Authority under the direction of the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation. Addressing the event, PM Oli said with this, a new chapter of development has started. Installation of underground telephone, electric and internet cables would add to the beauty of the cities, he said. “Stray wires will be removed under this project. Now the cities will glow,” he said, adding that the project would be expanded to major cities of the country. Efforts are underway to remove tuine ( ropeway) from across the country, he said in another context. Blacktopping roads six kilometers a day is taking place since the incumbent government was formed and around 3,000 kilometers roads have been blacktopped in a period of two years, according to him. The government was at work to expand electricity to all places of the country and export electricity in the next two years, he said. “The country has got only 500 megawatts in the past over 100 years and 500 megawatts have been added in recent...