Last month, Supreme Court issued the full text of its 2023 verdict in a case filed by victims and relatives of the massacre and directed police to start investigation.

Most victims suffered injuries to the cheeks, hands and head. With the attacks continuing, panic has spread among locals.

Most people are staying indoors, schools remain shut, and sunshine is rare.

Accident strands thousands of passengers even as authorities worked overnight to clear it.

Despite the deployment of six cranes, attempts to lift the overturned tanker have so far failed.

Three of the six workers injured in the explosion are in critical condition.

Dalit settlements in Dumariya, Chetanagar, Santapur, Jugauliya, Katahariya, Ishanath, Gaur and Samanpur in Rautahat district badly affected.

Budget shortage leaves long-defunct deep borewells unrepaired. Besides, technical faults, transformer theft, lack of pipelines, and absence of active local user committees have kept many borewells idle.

Frequent encounters with elephants and other animals raise safety concerns for travellers.

The district court orders detention of police senior head constable and another accused in the killing.

He spent nearly six years in prison after being convicted for his alleged role in the 2008 Rajpur brick kiln killings. Janakpur High Court in May acquitted him.

Prisoners convicted of murder, arms smuggling, robbery, drug trafficking, abduction and rape remain at large after escaping during Gen Z protests.

Police warn an additional five years’ sentence if the fugitives do not surrender.

Nasib Baitha, a mixer operator, was accused of stealing a mobile phone and beaten by a group, though police later found no evidence of theft.

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