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Three arrested with 37 kgs of Marijuana

Posted by | Nov 4, 2018 |

Butwal, Nov 4 – Rupandehi Police have arrested three persons along with a huge cache of banned narcotics, Marijuana. Acting on a special tip-off, police arrested the three in possession of 37 kilograms of Marijuana from Belbas Shanti chowk in ward no. 13 of Butwal sub-metropolis, according to DSP at the provincial police office Pushpa Raj Malla. Those arrested are Janak Gharti,34, of Nasikhola rural municipality-9, Baglung, Nahari Tharu,50, of Banaganga municipality-2 and Tika Bahadur Rassakoti,40, of Panini rural municipality-5, Arghakhanchi. Rassakoti is also an elected people’s representative, as a ward member of the same rural municipality. The drug was meant to be exported to India and brought here from Baglung district and the market value of it is said to be worth Rs. 1.8...

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Snowfall in Humla

Posted by | Nov 4, 2018 |

Humla, Nov 4 – Snowfall began in various parts of Humla this morning. The first snowfall of the year began at around 7:00 in the morning today. Snowfall has been experienced quite early this year in the district. Normally, snowfall used to start from the month of Poush in the Lunar calendar but it started a month before in Kartik. The snow fall has also led to a dip in the temperature. Temperature in Simikot, the district headquarters has plummeted to minus 6 degree centigrade this morning. Meanwhile, the early than usual snowfall has made the farmers concerned, as the harvest was yet to be collected and stored. Snowfall at this point of time will also affect fruits farming, says local resident of Simikot Kamal...

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Free Surgery for cataract patients

Posted by | Nov 4, 2018 |

Waling, Nov 4 – Surgery has been successfully performed on 43 patients suffering from cataract at a three-day free eye camp that concluded here Saturday. The camp was organized by the Eye Treatment Centre, Waling and Primary Health Centre, Waling with the technical support of the Himalayan Eye Hospital, Gharipatan, Pokhara. A total of 450 persons had undergone eye examination at the camp, according to Chief of the Centre Tej Bahadur Gurung. Ophthalmologist Dr Harimaya Gurung led a seven member team of ophthalmologists that carried out the surgery and provided free medicines and eye glasses. People from Waling, Bhirkot, Galyang, Chapakot municipality of Syangja and some parts of southern Parbat benefitted from the...

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Revenue collection by Birgunj customs office exceeds target

Posted by | Nov 4, 2018 |

Parsa, Nov 4 – The revenue collection by the Birgunj Customs Office in the past three months of the current fiscal year exceeded the target. The office gathered over Rs 43.19 billion in revenue in this period against the target of Rs 37.75 billion. As told by office chief Gopal Khatri, the collection is 13 percent more than the target and 42 percent more than the revenue raised in the corresponding period last fiscal year. The increment in revenue collection is due to a growth in trade activities taking place via the country’s major customs...

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Three hurt in fire in Bhaktapur

Posted by | Nov 4, 2018 |

Bhaktapur –  As many as three people were hurt when a house at Dhunche Pakha at Madhyapur Municipality-7 in Bhaktapur caught a fire today morning. The house belonging to Sukdev Badal caught on fire where Badal’s 50-year-old spouse Hari Maya Badal, his brother 45-year-old Padamnath and 31-year-old daughter Rupa Badal. The injured are receiving treatment at the Kathmandu-based Kathmandu Medical College, according to the Metropolitan Police Circle, Thimi’s Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Milan KC. DSP KC shared that the fire erupted from the gas stove that was...

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