The jeep plunges 25 metres off the road, causing casualties, police say.

Work to clear debris at Ramri and Tateli areas is underway, police say.

The 56-year-old man was hit by lightning while herding cattle.

Though a total of Rs50 million has been spent for the lake’s management over the past two decades, efforts towards that have become ineffective.

Reckless use of heavy equipment for roadbuilding, along with November earthquake blamed for weakening land’s topography and increasing landslides.

Health workers and local officials attribute rising cases to hot weather, consumption of polluted water, and poor living conditions.

The duo, aged 18 and 20, were found to be in possession of 60 milligrams of the contraband drug.

The accused assaulted his wife with a hammer and an axe before hanging himself, police say.

The 24-year-old was arrested after the victim’s relatives filed a complaint to the police.

Over 50 homes and sheds reduced to ashes, three injured. The fires started in mid-April and have been reported in 127 places so far in the district.

In Salyan’s Kaprechaur village of around 500 households, over 350 have applied for migration permission.

The 46-year-old man died while undergoing treatment at the Rapti Provincial Hospital.

The prohibition on felling shorea robusta trees has complicated the sale process, even for those toppled by wind, old age, or other disasters.

While the infant mortality rate has been on a decline for the past two years, it’s projected to rise this year.

The injured are receiving treatment at district hospital, police say.