Embassy reaches agreement with employer as family’s financial burden eases after weeks of uncertainty.

The Sadas say they do not know the name of the company where their son was working as a security guard.

Father of 14-year-old alleges neighbours threatened abduction over land dispute.

Every monsoon, they are forced to seek higher ground and live under tarpaulins for months to escape floods.

Ballot boxes have been sealed and will be sent to the office of chief returning officer after 5 pm, the jail administration said.

Umesh Khanga, who supported his family with income from physical labour, died while rooftop concreting in Rupnagar, Saptari on Friday.

17 impoverished families living along the canal’s embankment in Saptari say bulldozers are days away and they have nowhere to go.

Police say they are working to resolve dispute. Dowry-related violence continues in the Tarai despite legal bans and awareness campaigns against the gift-giving custom.

Two children and an elderly died of the disease in Sadatol of Saptari two weeks ago. Residents complain of lack of money for treatment.

Poor roads and trader absence hit revenue.

Local authorities delay taking charge of the Tilathi Koiladi facility.

Police have detained the accused for investigation.

Fifty-year-old man was discovered submerged in Chandra canal.

Saptari resident Lalu Prasad Yadav was killed in police firing on Tuesday night.

Locals demand impartial probe into killing of a youth in police firing.