Authorities have prohibited people from picking the precious fungus in light of the second wave of the pandemic that has gripped the country.

While some survivors are worried about resettlement, others are grappling with a dwindling stock of foodstuff.

More than 40 people have died and several are missing in monsoon-related disasters over the past three days.

The monsoon-induced disasters have displaced at least 300 families in the rural municipality.

Five others still missing; rescue works hampered by adverse weather conditions, said police.

Police have so far arrested 29 individuals in connection with the incident.

Protesters demand to scrap of the alleged ‘falsified’ postmortem report.

Protesters accuse doctors of caving under political pressure and vandalise Jajarkot hospital.

A relative of the Malla family accused of orchestrating the killings, and another unidentified individual have been arrested based on call data, said police.

The deceased along with his 18 friends was attacked by Soti villagers while the group was accompanying Nabaraj BK to bring home his 17-year-old girlfriend as his bride.

Karnali state legislators call for an impartial investigation into the Dalit killings and punishment for the perpetrators.

Survivors of the incident and victims’ families say locals and people’s representatives in Rukum (West) are trying to save the perpetrators of the crime by misguiding the investigation.

Search is on for another missing person, police say.

The third victim was among the 18 who had accompanied Nabaraj BK to Soti in Rukum (West). The deceased Nabaraj was killed in his pursuit of a girl whose family deemed him ‘untouchable’

A Dalit man went to marry a girl from ‘upper-caste’ but her family and villagers chased them into the river.