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13 local levels face grants cut down for non-compliance

Posted by | Jan 22, 2020 |

At least 13 local levels of Dhanusha district saw cut-down of grants for failing to comply with their obligations. The action has been taken against the local level for not depositing revenue, carrying out audit and conducting assembly meetings. Chief of Single Treasury Account of State-2 Janakpur Binod Gelal said action has been slapped against the local levels which did not adhere to the fiscal management act and disallow employees posted after adjustment for daily attendance. He informed that the local levels facing action are Janakpurdham sub-metropolis, Mithila municipality, Dhanushadham municipality, Mukhyapatti Musaraniya, Nagarain, Kamala, Bateswor, Aurahi, Janak Nandani, Ganeshman Charnath, Chhireswornath, Mithila Bihari and Hamsapur municipalities. Five local levels, namely Sabaila municipality, Shahidnagar municipality, Bideha municipality, Dhanauji municipality and Laxminiya rural municipality, however, have escaped the action. The state government has decided to provide grants to the local levels for complying with the stated obligations on part of local government, he added. There is a provision that the local level has to deposit 40 percent of its revenue to the state government treasury and keep 60 percent in its own. The local levels failing to send revenue to state treasury have to face cut-down of grants. Most of the local governments however have not submitted revenue to the province government. Chief Gelal said as directive was already circulated to all local levels, most of them are showing apathy...

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Narayangarh-Mugling road resumes operation

Posted by | Jan 22, 2020 |

Traffic operation has resumed on the Narayangarh-Muglin road section after removal of debris brought out by dry landslide. According to the information provided by District Police Office, Chitwan, the dry landslide occurred at Ichhakamana rural municipality-6, Tuin rivulet on Tuesday evening. The road disrupted due to dry landslide at 9.30 pm on Tuesday has come to operation from 2.45 am this morning following the eviction of debris, informed Narayangarh-Muglin road project’s Information Officer Shiva Khanal. Two JVs and a loader were used to clear the decks from road section, he shared. The dry landslide occurred nearby the bridge number 3 over Tuin...

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Suffocation kills 8 Indian tourists in Daman resort

Posted by | Jan 21, 2020 |

Eight Indian tourists died of suffocation at Panorama Resort at Thaha Municipality-4 in Makawanpur district. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of District Police Office, Makawanpur, Yagya Prasad Bhattarai suspected that the Indian tourists might have died due to suffocation caused from the room heater last night. The Area Police Office, Palung said the tourists had come to the resort on Monday evening from Pokhara. Details of the incident are...

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Rain, snowfall forecasted

Posted by | Jan 21, 2020 | ,

The Meteorological Forecasting Division has forecasted rain and snowfall due to impacts of the westerly low pressure system. According to the Division, there is a possibility of light rainfall in the western parts as well as light to moderate snowfall in high-hilly areas of the western belt of the country. Meteorologist Manju Basi said that there is a possibility of rain and snowfall today as westerly low pressure system has developed from the western part of Nepal since Monday. Basi said, “Western part of the country would remain partial to fully cloudy and light to moderate snowfall is predicted at high-hilly areas of west and central part of the country today due to impacts of the system.” The sky at western part has now remained generally cloudy while skies at other parts are partly cloudy. Most of Tarai areas witnessed thick fog in the morning and the weather will become clear in the afternoon gradually, according to the Division. Western part as well as high-hilly areas of mid and eastern part of the country would remain generally cloudy to fully cloudy tonight. However, weather at eastern and central part of the country would remain clear tonight. The weather across the nation would be clear and Tarai areas will witness foggy weather on Wednesday. Western part of the country would remain partly to generally cloudy as well as weather at...

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Sapkota has registered his candidacy for speaker post

Posted by | Jan 21, 2020 | ,

Leader Agni Prasad Sapkota from the ruling Nepal Communist Party has registered his candidacy to the post of Speaker. Sapkota registered his candidacy this afternoon at Lhotse Hall of Federal parliament Building, New Baneshwor. Deputy-leader of the NCP Parliamentary Party, Subas Nembang, proposed the candidacy of Sapkota while NCP’s Chief Whip, Dev Gurung and lawmaker Onsari Gharti as well as lawmaker of Rastriya Janata Party, Laxman Lal Karna, seconded it. The Parliament Secretariat has set 11: 00 am to 2:00 pm as the deadline to register candidacy for the post of Speaker. The election is taking place on January 26. A Secretariat meeting of the NCP held on Sunday had decided to field NCP’s standing committee member Sapkota as the candidate of the Speaker post. The post of Speaker has remained vacant for the past four months after then Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara resigned from the post over allegations of sexual misconduct against a staffer at the Parliament...

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