Five hunters arrested with Kalij pheasant and gun  

Police have made public five hunters apprehended on the charge of smuggling exotic bird and carrying a set of country-made gun at Beni Municipality-4 in Myagdi district.    

     Snowfall affects normal life in Dolpa   

 Snowfall coupled with rain in Dolpa district since today morning has severely affected normal life. 

Girl child killed in fire 

mA girl child died in a fire that broke out from candle light in Kamal rural municipality of Jhapa last night.    

Chief Minister Gurung – Nepal Sambat Greetings 

Gandaki State chief minister Prithvi Subba Gurung expressed his confidence that the festivals would further consolidate mutual harmony, fraternity and tolerance and also help establish peace and stability as well as economic prosperity with social justice.    

President Deuba urges all to celebrate festivals with precaution   

Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba has urged one and all to celebrate festivals by fully adhering to the health safety protocols amidst the global coronavirus pandemic.    

President Bhandari’s best wishes on Tihar and Nepal Sambat 1141   

President Bidya Devi Bhandari has expressed her belief that the Tihar festival would help further strengthen national unity among all Nepalis by deepening mutual harmony, tolerance and brotherhood.     In a message of best wishes on the occasion of Tihar Festival-2077 today, President Bhandari wished for happiness, peace, prosperity and long life of Nepalis living at home and abroad.    

Bhaitika today, 11:37 am is the auspicious time   

he most important day of Tihar, the festival of lights, is being marked today by receiving Tika from sisters to their brothers. Sisters throughout the country offer ‘Tika’ to their brothers wishing them happiness, long life and prosperity on the occasion of Bhaitika.    

 Nationwide 1,477 new COVID-19 cases reported in past 24 hours   

A total of 1,477 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the country in the past 24 hours taking the COVID-19 caseload to 209,776 till date. The Ministry said that a total of 6,476 RT-PCR tests were conducted in the past 24 hours across the country.      According to the Ministry of Health and Population, altogether 173,430 COVID-19 patients have got full recovery till date while the number of active cases of the coronavirus infection is 35,125 in the country.   

NC President Deuba condoles demise of Neupane  

Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba has expressed his deep sorrow over demise of party’ senior leader and Maha Samiti member Laxman Bahadur Neupane.    

     Bal Gopaleshwor Temple in Rani Pokhari to remain open for public from 5am to 5pm on Bhaitika 

The Bal Gopaleshwor Temple at the centre of historic Rani Pokhari in Kathmandu would remain open for the public from 5 am to 5 pm on the day of Bhaitika during the Tihar this year.