A rainstorm lashed the northern region of Mahottari district on early Monday morning, damaging crops and disrupting electricity supply in many areas.

Conservationists say deforestation, wildlife habitat encroachment and drying water sources land are some of the reasons behind the increasing intrusion of wild animals into human settlements.

Health authority in Mahottari has issued dengue alert in and around Bardibas Municipality.

Normal life in central Tarai district has been affected due to a spell of cold wave in the region. The plummet in temperatures, cold wave and thick fog have forced the people to stay indoors.

Three people were injured when cadres of left alliance and Sanghiya Samajwadi Forum Nepal (SSFN) clashed in Gaushala of Mahottari district on Tuesday night.

Tarechauri village of Gaushala Municipality-11 in Mahottari wears a deserted look these days. Most of its inhabitants are busy campaigning for the upcoming local elections in neighbouring areas.

Four police personnel and as many villagers were injured in a Sunday night clash in Aurahi, Mahottari, over a gang rape incident.

Indian Sashastra Seema Bal men rounded up 35 people, including 13 children, from the Nepal-India border in Mahottari on Wednesday evening.

Criminal activities are on the rise in the district after police posts in rural areas were relocated to area police offices, locals said.

Lalgadh-based Leprosy Services Centre (Lalgadh Hospital) has distributed relief materials worth Rs 10 million to earthquake victims in Sindhuli and Sindhupalchok districts

The coordinator of the independent Madhes campaign, CK Raut, has been arrested on Sunday by the District Administration Office (DAO), Mahottari.

Thirty-eight-year-old Umesh Yadav of Pokharbhinda-2 in the district, who was abducted and released after three days last year, feels some sort of relief as he gathers strength to walk around