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Crackdown on festive drink-driving launched

Kathmandu / Sept. 20 : With the festive season around the corner, police have launched a crackdown on drunk drivers. Police Commissioner AIG Jaya Bahadur Chand said cops, both in uniform and civvies equipped with breathalysers, were deployed in all transits to Kathmandu Valley, including Nagdhunga, Pharping, Jagati and Mudkhu, to catch any one driving […]


Over 5,000 police personnel to be deployed in Valley for Dashain

Kathmandu / Sept. 20: Metropolitan Police Office, Ranipokhari, Kathmandu, has decided to deploy 5,437 personnel in Kathmandu Valley for Dashain, Tihar and Chhath festivals. The office has decided to deploy the security personnel to curb theft, robbery and human trafficking, among other criminal activities. During a press conference organised in the Capital on Wednesday, AIG […]


Nepalgunj reels under air traffic jam

Banke / Sept. 19: The Nepalgunj airport has been facing an unprecedented air traffic jam with a surge in the number of inbound and outbound flights. The airport is currently serving 10 flights to Kathmandu and 20 flights to Karnali region in a day which has resulted in air traffic congestion. The flights landing at […]


Dr KC to stage 12th hunger strike from October 6

Kathmandu / Sept. 19: Dr Govinda KC has warned of staging another round of hunger strike starting October 6. This will be the 12th hunger strike of the agitating doctor who has long been demanding end of anomalies in the country’s health education and medical sector. This time Dr KC has put forth four demands: […]


Traffic police plans stringent checks during festivals

Kathmandu / Sept 18: The Metropolitan Traffic Police Division is to make the checks against drunk driving stringent during the festivals as Dashain, Tihar and Chhath among others. The MTPD is intensifying the checking as well as making it stern citing that many people tend to drive after taking liquor during the festivals which increases […]


67 metric tonnes of garbage collected from major rivers of Kathmandu valley

Kathmandu / Sept. 16: A total of 67 metric tonnes of garbage was collected major rivers of Kathmandu valley on Saturday. Seven metrics tonnes of solid waste was managed from the Baneshwor Campus areas while cleaning the Bagmati River as the part of the Bagmati River Clean-Up campaign that entered the 227th week on Saturday. […]


NRNA Japan to support construct structure in TIA

Tokyo / Sept. 15: The Non-Resident Nepalis Association (NRNA) Japan is to support in the construction of physical infrastructures at the Tribhuvan International Airport. The first meeting of the new working committee of the NRNA Japan has decided to help construct a public toilet at the international airport as immediate assistance. NRNA Japan president Tansibadi […]


Buddha Air begins flights to Bharatpur and Bhairahawa from Pokhara

Pokhara / Sept. 15: Buddha Air has started its direct flights to Bharatpur and Bhairahawa from Pokhara from today. The private airline company’s first flight to Bharatpur took off at 10 this morning from Pokhara while another aircraft flew to Bhairahawa at 11:22 am, according to Buddha Air’s Station Manager, Gautam Baral. The aircraft would […]


Country to attain prosperity through IT development: Basnet

Kathmandu / Sept. 14: Minister for Information and Communications Mohan Bahadur Basnet today argued that the country could make economic stride only through the development of Information and Technology. Inaugurating the ‘CAN Comm Tech-2017’ organised by the Computer Association of Nepal at Bhrikutimandap today, Basnet said that the government was going to introduce action-plans within […]


EC to issue voter ID card from Sept 15-17 in Province 2

Kathmandu / Sept. 13: The Election Commission would be issuing the voter identity cards for the third phase local level elections from September 15-17 in Province 2 Elections are taking place from 7 am to 5 pm for various posts of 136 local levels in eight districts of Province 2 on September 18. “The commission […]




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