Rising number of single women threatens Raute population
Alcohol abuse and rigid social taboos leave young women widowed, further shrinking the endangered nomadic community.
Alcohol abuse and rigid social taboos leave young women widowed, further shrinking the endangered nomadic community.
Inisa BK died after what police say was forcible sexual assault. Her father learned only after her death that the school had spoken to one accused’s family—and said nothing to him.
Protests erupt nationwide demanding justice for the Birendranagar teenager, who was found dead Saturday.
Police say they will reach the final conclusion after the probe reports are received.
Family says it will not receive body until justice is delivered.
Four arrested as family demands impartial investigation
The teenager was found unconscious at a community forest in Birendranagar-4.
UML’s Rabindraraj Sharma follows as vote counting continues.
356 highly sensitive sites under north western division; air surveillance begins ahead of March 5 vote.
The nomadic group in Karnali shows no interest in voting as candidates skip their settlement; the community continues its traditional lifestyle, relying on woodcraft and forest produce for livelihood.
Farmers suffered huge losses as the improved Haryana buffaloes failed to thrive in the hills. Most farmers have already sold off the animals at throwaway prices.
One of several such initiatives, the Gauthali water project, now supplies water to 112 households through 100 taps.
Over 808 women from 44 districts have been airlifted since 2019, under the President’s Women Uplift Programme.
They had gone to the forest to collect firewood.
Most divorce cases filed by women cite domestic violence as the main reason.