Tapendra Karki

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Eight Indian nationals arrested on suspicion of their involvement in gold smuggling

Published On: March 11, 2024 07:45 AM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, March 11: Government authorities have arrested eight Indian nationals suspected of being involved in gold smuggling.

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Nepal Police faces shortage of riot control gear, forced to use expired tear gas shells

Published On: March 10, 2024 10:33 AM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, March 10: Nepal Police, tasked with upholding peace and security in the nation, is grappling with an acute shortage of crowd control equipment including tear gas shells. The force has not procured such supplies in a decade, resulting in the present scarcity.

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NC offers PM’s position to Madhav Kumar Nepal

Published On: March 6, 2024 01:35 PM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, March 6: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal's decision to dissolve the alliance with the Nepali Congress (NC) and forge a new alliance with the CPN-UML has led to initiatives for dialogue by Nepali Congress (NC) President and former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba offering the position of PM to CPN (Unified Socialist)  Chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal.

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PM Dahal to reshuffle Cabinet; a small Council of Ministers including UML and RSP to be announced today

Published On: March 4, 2024 11:30 AM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, March 4: The CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal who is also the prime minister is going to reshuffle the Cabinet and form a small-sized new government. Among the leaders said to be joining the government today are Upendra Yadav from Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP), Padam Giri from CPN-UML and Barshaman Pun from Maoist Center and Rabi Lamichhane from Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RSP). They are slated to assume ministerial roles.

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PM Dahal directs Chief Secretary Aryal to take leave

Published On: March 4, 2024 08:00 AM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, March 4: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has instructed Chief Secretary Baikuntha Prasad Aryal to go on leave, citing Aryal’s alleged involvement in financial misappropriation related to the Telecommunication Traffic Monitoring and Fraud Control System (TERAMOCS).

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DoRI takes statement of garment merchant Agrawal by providing hospital facility amid hundi case investigation

Published On: February 29, 2024 09:30 AM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, Feb 29: It has been found that the Department of Revenue Investigation (DoRI) kept Naresh Agarwal, a garment merchant who was arrested for his involvement in Hundi transaction, in Alka Hospital for 24 days.

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‘Corruption of over Rs 10 billion in DoTM in 10 years'

Published On: February 28, 2024 10:30 AM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, Feb 28: The Department of Transport Management (DoTM) suspects that there has been corruption amounting to around Rs 10 billion in the illegal issuance of driving licenses.

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‘Lawmakers themselves escorted microfinance victims into parliament due to political maneuvering’

Published On: February 27, 2024 04:30 PM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, Feb 27: It has been revealed that Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Narayankaji Shrestha played a role in allowing a group of microfinance victims to enter the parliament building in New Baneshwar.

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Police arrest then Century Bank CEO Manoj Neupane

Published On: February 27, 2024 11:25 AM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, Feb 27: The police have arrested the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Prabhu Bank.

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Defense Minister Khadka and Home Minister Shrestha engage in verbal duel in Cabinet meeting

Published On: February 19, 2024 02:48 PM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, Feb 19: Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka and Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Narayankaji Shrestha had a verbal argument on 'Investigation Report of Balkumari Incident'.

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NC lawmaker Khadka illegally occupies land belonging to Nepal Scout

Published On: February 15, 2024 09:09 PM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, Feb 15: While people and organizations who have embezzled public land are being prosecuted across the country, Nepali Congress (NC) Member of Parliament (MP) and contractor Dipak Khadka, who illegally occupied Nepal Scout's land, has been spared.

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DoTM writes to CIB for fourth time to investigate illegal distribution of driving licenses

Published On: February 15, 2024 06:10 PM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, Feb 15: The Department of Transport Management (DoTM) has already written letters to Nepal Police four times, requesting the latter to investigate the illegal distribution of driving license. However, an investigation by the police into the matter is yet to begin.

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Death toll from People’s War waged by the Maoists stands at 18,076: New data

Published On: February 14, 2024 08:00 AM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, Feb 14: The government is currently headed by Pushpa Kamal Dahal, chairman of the CPN (Maoist Center). As the executive head of the state for the third time, he had been saying that no one will stop us from observing the 'People's War Day'. Addressing the party's central committee meeting on Monday, the eve of the People’s War Day, he instructed the leaders and workers to celebrate the day across the country.

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DoRI investigation reveals garment merchant Agarwal as official agent of illegal transactions in gold smuggling cases

Published On: February 10, 2024 09:30 AM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, Feb 10: The investigation of the Department of Revenue Investigation (DoRI) have revealed that Naresh Agarwal, a garment merchant who was arrested on charges of hundi transaction, is the official agent in facilitating payments related to the smuggling of 9 kg of gold from Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) and about 61 kg of gold intercepted outside the TIA premises.

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Did former Minister Karki receive CIAA’s letter?

Published On: February 8, 2024 02:20 PM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, Feb 8: Former minister and member of the House of Representatives, Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, involved in the case of the Telecommunication Traffic Monitoring and Fraud Control System (TERAMOCS) purchased by the Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA), has received the letter sent by the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), according to high sources.

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'VIPs' get admitted to the hospital to evade detention

Published On: February 3, 2024 09:30 AM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, Feb 3: Industrialist Arun Chaudhary and Ajit Man Singh Thapa, the then CEO of the Bansbari Leather and Shoes Factory, who were arrested on Thursday in a land scam case, have been admitted to the hospital. They were admitted to the hospital late on Thursday.

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Industrialist Arun Chaudhary arrested

Published On: February 1, 2024 01:51 PM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, Feb 1: Industrialist Arun Chaudhary has been arrested. Chaudhary was arrested in connection with the Bansbari Leather and Shoe Factory land embezzlement case.

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Government proposes scrapping public welfare advertisements

Published On: February 1, 2024 10:00 AM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, Feb 1: The government has drafted a new law to abolish public welfare advertisements for the media. In the draft of the Media Council Bill prepared to replace the Press Council Act, 2048 BS, the provision of public welfare advertisement given by the government has been removed.

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Do top politicians really want reinvestigation into the royal palace massacre?

Published On: January 31, 2024 05:30 PM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, Jan 31: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and the chairman of the main opposition party CPN-UML, KP Sharma Oli, have expressed their concern on the matter of re-investigating the royal palace massacre that resulted in the death of the entire family of King Birendra.

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PM consults with home minister about recalling TIA Immigration Office head and airport security chief

Published On: January 28, 2024 08:35 AM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, Jan 28: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and the Home Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha discussed the internal dispute between the two bodies under the Ministry of Home Affairs at Tribhuvan International Airport.

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