The students were expelled after they were found cheating in the exam with the help of smartphones.

Local officials are unsure whether the population dwindled due to poaching and smuggling or for not having a suitable habitat.

Residents of two local units in Khotang have been conducting awareness and conservation campaigns to save the endangered species.

According to the chief district officer, services including issuing citizenship, Dalit verification, and the distribution of various types of identity cards have stopped in the absence of an office chief.

The local government has not accorded priority to sheep farming to protect the centuries-old profession, they say.

The cards issued to farmers in Diktel Rupakot Majhuwagadhi Municipality, Khotang have a credit limit of Rs200,000.

Kepilasgadhi Rural Municipality plans to educate married women who were compelled to quit their studies.

Halesi Tuwachung Municipality hopes more students, especially from poor financial backgrounds, will now continue study after passing the SEE.

Rising temperatures and pollution have led to an increase in the number of snake encounters in villages in the hilly areas.

Rai has been accused of sexually assaulting female children at his Diktel-based Shubhadra Madan Foundation.

A memorandum has been submitted to the Province Chief Minister Hikmat Karki through Chief District Office by the Kirat Rai Yayokkha committee demanding rejection of the newly adopted name.

People in the northern parts of Udayapur and southern parts of Khotang have been facing serious difficulties in travelling and trading during the rainy season.

The new trail passes through hill districts such as Khotang, Solukhumbu, Bhojpur and Sankhuwasabha.

The dilapidated road section has led to drainage problems in the main bazaar area and with monsoon almost here, the area is in danger of inundation.

Pregnant women suffer the most from a lack of good hospitals and roads in Khotang.