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Ward supports Dalit community for Panchebaaja preservation

Posted by | Aug 14, 2018 |

Waling – Ward no. 9 of Bhirkot municipalityin Syangja district has handed Panchebaaja – a set of five traditional Nepali musical instruments played during special ceremony – to a local Dalit community as assistance. With a view to preserving the special band which is on the verge of disappearance, a set of Panchebaaja worth Rs 150,000 was granted to the Dalit community, said Ward 9 Chairperson Bhim Bahadur Gurung. “We provided a set of five musical instruments listening to the demand of Dalit community”, he added. The ward provided this support to the dalit community, which has adopted ‘band playing’ as a profession, in a bid to protect the culture and source of their livelihood. The Panchebaaja includes the jhyali (cybals), tyamko (small kettledrum), dholak (drims), damaha (large kettledrums), narsiha (a long S-shaped trumpet), shehnai (a folk oboe) and karnal (a wide mouthed straight trumpet). The Dalit community of Bhirkot-9 has been playing Panchebaaja in feasts, festivals and special...

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Road accidents on the rise

Posted by | Aug 14, 2018 |

Rajbiraj – The Saptari district has seen recurring road accidents. As many as 320 road crashes occurred in different parts of the district during the fiscal 2074/75. Some 79 had reportedly lost their lives to road mishaps whereas 189 sustained severe injuries and 344 minor injuries during the period. In the last fiscal, 37 trucks, 53 buses, 50 cars and jeeps, 23 tractors, five tempos and 244 motorbikes had met with accidents, according to District Traffic Police Office Chief Inspector Sunil Kumar Shrestha. Among the major causes behind the recurring road accidents include excessive flow of vehicles, congested East-West Highway, lack of alternative road, high speed of vehicles, alcoholic driving, Shrestha added. It may be noted that 53,624 drivers had faced music for violating traffic rules in the last fiscal year alone. Revenue amounting to Rs 31.45 million was raised from the action for violation of traffic rules. Some 51 had died in road accidents in the fiscal 2072/73 BS while the death toll from road mishaps was 22 in the year 2071/72...

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Inmates in trouble

Posted by | Aug 14, 2018 |

Terhathum – Jailbirds are reeling under troubled life as the district prison is overcrowded with three-fold than its original capacity. The district jail has the capacity to accommodate 25 inmates but is now managing 88. As a result, the inmates are facing inadequacy of drinking water and spaces for toilet besides trouble in preparing meal. Prison In-Charge Umesh Ghimire shared that 83 men and five women have been languished in the jail. :Overcrowding of prisoners has challenged them to manage the jail”, he added. Though the concerned authorities were frequently informed of the status, no measure has been taken so far to resolve the problems facing the prison, he said. Jailbirds are having very uncomfortable living in the decrepit and congested...

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NEA’s net income projected to cross one billion

Posted by | Aug 14, 2018 |

Kathmandu – Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has said its net income is going to be more than that projected in fiscal year 2016/17. NEA had targeted to earn net income of Rs 1.01 billion last fiscal year. The country’s power utility has claimed that its projected annual net income would increase after the final auditing was done. The operational income of NEA was Rs 7.86 billion in last fiscal year. The net income is derived by deducting the remaining financial expenditures. It is stated the NEA has been able to increase its net income due to the success it has gained in controlling power theft, the decrease in the average purchase rate in power import from India and independent power producers, curtailment of administrative expenditure and repair and maintenance, termination of the load-shedding as well as the effective implementation of the financial restructuring. The NEA has made extra income of approximately Rs 4 billion from control in power leakage. The net loss was projected to reach Rs 978.9 million in fiscal year 2015/16. But its net income was found Rs 1.51 billion after the final auditing. NEA’s accumulated loss still stands at 28.12 billion. “In the NEA’s last year’s budget we had projected the net loss to be around Rs 2.50 billion. We have been successful in taking NEA to profit thanks to the steps initiated for administrative and...

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Overall change necessary in RSS: Chair Shyamal

Posted by | Aug 14, 2018 |

Bhimduttanagar – Chairperson of the Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), Harihar Adhikari (Shyamal), has stressed the need of overall change to develop RSS as a trustworthy media as well as to give new life to it. Inspecting the RSS Province 7 office at Bhimduttanagar of Kanchanpur today, Chairperson Shyamal said that support of all was necessary for RSS reform. After the inspection, the RSS Chair held discussion with media persons of Kanchanpur and urged them to support in RSS’ transformation. He further said that RSS subscribers should show their honesty. Chairperson Shyamal said, “I have taken initiatives to control unauthorised use of RSS news. RSS is in poor shape due to instability in the country in past. Now it should be made more dynamic.” Similarly, Province chief of Kantipur Daily Chitranga Thapa wished Chairperson Shyamal for his successful term. He said, “RSS is the school of journalism. Give a new dimension to RSS.” Thapa also expressed concern over political influence in media. RSS Province Deputy-Coordinator Prakash Silwal, among others had participated in the discussion.       ...

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