The situation remained peaceful throughout Friday; administration yet to lift curfew.

Local administration imposed indefinite curfew after a clash between Hindu and Muslim communities over the route of idol procession.

Busy spaces like Nayatol, Gaudhichowk, Chowk Bazaar, Bhikshu Chowk, Prasashan Karayala Chowk and Jamuwar Chowk do not have public toilets.

With excavations ongoing, new archaeological marvels are emerging from the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautam.

Live electricity wires and stray dogs are major threats for sarus cranes.

The road upgradation project is still ongoing, locals say.

The local administration inspected the collapsed border pillars last month but are yet to take any initiatives towards reconstruction.

The project was launched without conducting an environmental impact assessment.

Police have arrested two primary operators of the business, but five others remain at large.

More than 300 nests of various vulture species--at least 75 of White-rumped kind--were found in Province 5 in the last fiscal year.

There has been a rise in the use of smuggle weapons in border area.

Rupandehi and Lumbini facing drinking water shortages as wells run dry.

An irrigation office decided to drain the lake to repair a connecting irrigation canal—leaving the wildlife in the area to fight for their survival

Encroachers had built 14 houses and huts in the forestland which were being used to operate eateries.

The pillar in its original form was 10 feet high with a circumference of 8 feet 16 inch. Today, what pilgrims see is just a stunted bottom half of the pillar that has over time submerged in the pond it was built on.