A meeting of the district coronavirus infection control sub-committee held on Sunday decided to seal the border point for an indefinite period.

Students are returning in droves as schools and colleges in Dehradun are closed.

The river has already swallowed 13 houses and a school building in the settlement.

Forest officials suspect smugglers are exporting timber from Bramhadev to India using the Kalla Masetti route.

A recent report of the fresh bird species count, which was made public in December last year, has revealed 26 additional bird species in Shuklaphanta. With this, a total of 450 bird species are found in the protected area.

Elephantiasis is the second major infectious disease after leprosy to cause permanent and long-term disability in the country.

Thirteen people have died in 31 road accidents in the first six months of the current fiscal year, according to the data of the District Traffic Police Office in Kanchanpur.

Security personnel used force on women rights activists who were protesting in front of the Kanchanpur District Court seeking justice for Nirmala Pant.

Aside from the adoption of illegal fishing methods, haphazard excavation of riverbed materials is also harming the aquatic population of the river.

A recently released report states that a total of 450 bird species, including 23 endangered species, can be spotted in the national park.

The embankment is being built along four kilometres of the Jogbuda river on both sides.

The factory produces hand-made brooms and other products made of bamboo.

The Garima variety of seeds sold to farmers in Kailali and Kanchanpur produced only empty grains.

Municipal office has banned the use of excavators in extracting sand, pebbles and other construction materials from the river.

According to the data available at the district administration office, 53 people have disappeared in the district over the decade-long insurgency period.