KATHMANDU, July 1: The Supreme Court (SC) has stayed the government’s decision to amend the standard on excavation of stones, pebbles, and sand and their sales.

Jajarkot-Dolpa road obstructed

Published On: July 1, 2022 11:24 AM NPT By: Republica

JAJARKOT, July 1: Jajarkot-Dolpa road has been disrupted since this morning. Transport service has been halted after road disruption due to a landslide at Nalgad Municiplaity-8, Maluwa in Jajarkot.

Three held with dead body of an adolescent girl in Parsa

Published On: July 1, 2022 11:11 AM NPT By: Republica

BIRGUNJ, July 1: Police have arrested three persons with the dead body of an adolescent girl in Parsa. A squad of police personnel caught the three while cremating the adolescent on the Dhongi rivulet bank at Bahudarmai Municipality-7.

41 injured in bus accident in Dhading

Published On: July 1, 2022 10:36 AM NPT By: Shankar Shrestha

DHADING, July 1: At least 41 people including the bus driver were injured in a bus accident near Chiraudi Bridge in Galchhi Rural Municipality-4 of Dhading along the Prithvi Highway.

SINDHULI, JUNE 30: Even amid incessant rains, earthquake victims of Sindhuli have to rush to the office of the District Project Implementation Unit to receive the housing reconstruction grants. After the government set the deadline of June 29 to submit the documents for the grant for housing construction, the quake victims have left the plantation and lined up at the office with umbrellas to collect the grant. Although the initial deadline was fixed till June 29, considering the problems of the service recipients, the office accepted documents till June 30.

JANAKPUR, June 30- The Madhesh Province government has decided to provide a monthly allowance of Rs 21,000 each to the families of martyrs, who died during the Madheshi struggles spearheaded by the Madhes-based parties and the decade-old Maoist insurgency.

Floods, landslides displace over 6,000 in Province 1

Published On: June 30, 2022 03:30 PM NPT By: Binod Subedi

BIRATNAGAR, June 30: The incessant rain for the past two days has wreaked havoc in Province 1. Floods and river erosion have created panic in the plain region of Province-1 whereas landslides have caused damage in the hill areas.

RUPANDEHI, June 30: Fifteen people have taken ill after consuming poisonous mushrooms in Butwal Sub Metropolitan City in Rupandehi district.

72 districts at risk of floods and landslides

Published On: June 30, 2022 01:35 PM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, JUNE 30: The government has deployed Nepal Army helicopters in three provinces for relief and rescue, saying that 72 districts are at the risk of floods and landslides. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, 72 districts are at the risk of floods and landslides for which army helicopters are on standby to mobilize security forces and other stakeholders concerned and assist in relief and rescue operations.

Weather today: Rain with thunder

Published On: June 30, 2022 12:45 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, June 30: Light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning is likely to take place at many places of the country and chances of heavy rainfall at one or two places of Province 1, Bagmati Province, Gandaki Province, Lumbini Province and Sudurpashchim Province are likely today, according to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology.