Over 200 people have perished on their way to pick yarsa across the country in the last decade, according to locals.

A team of independent Dalit candidates wins four out of five seats in Ward 8 of Kanakasundari Rural Municipality in Jumla, including the post of chair.

Dhan Bahadur Kami has been elected Ward 8 chair along with three Dalit members.

Many people are in a hurry to go to the uplands this harvesting season since they haven’t been able to make the journey in the last two years because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The temple made the decision following complaints that a large number of child marriages take place in the shrine.

A micro hydropower project has changed the lives of the locals of Guthichaur Rural Municipality.

Three of the deceased are siblings while the fourth victim is their cousin. They were aged 1 to 14.