The bodies will be handed over to relatives after the post-mortem.

At least 68 people have been confirmed dead in the crash so far.

Children in the area who witnessed the incident said that the aircraft was spiralling as it plummeted from the sky and that they could hear passengers screaming from inside the aircraft.

In 2017, UML alone won 13 lower house seats from Gandaki, but this time its tally has reduced to just five.

The party has locked in one federal and two provincial seats from the district.

Thakali defeated Prem Prasad Tulachan of CPN-UML with a margin of 914 votes.

Physical Infrastructure Minister Kumar Khadka’s removal from the portfolio comes a week after Energy Minister Hari Sharan Acharya was sacked for supporting UML candidate.

With most villages empty as the local population has migrated to warmer climes, authorities should have rethought poll timing, villagers say.

Minister for Energy and Irrigation Hari Sharan Acharya has been accused of electioneering in support of a UML candidate.

Concerns, however, remain about the sustainability of the service as the hospital frequently reels under shortage of human resource.

The 32-year-old actor, who has been accused of raping a minor, had appealed against the lower court’s decision at the high court on Tuesday.

Mountain districts see moderate to heavy snowfall and lower regions experience rainfall while the Tarai belt witnesses windstorms.

500 cases of Seasonal Hyperacute Panuveitis caused by Gazaline moths have been reported in Gandaki Province in past year.

Multiple landslides have obstructed road connectivity in the district.

Landslides in several places of Kushma Municipality and Modi Rural Municipality have claimed the lives of six adults and four children with one elderly missing.