Local residents say smoke has emerged from different spots on the hill for decades, but has grown thicker in recent months.

The Kimrong Khola was temporarily blocked on Tuesday, prompting precautionary evacuations downstream, but the blockage began clearing overnight and the river has since returned to its normal flow.

The Krishnabhir landslide has disrupted 150 tourist buses on the Pokhara-Kathmandu route, pushing daily air passenger numbers towards 3,500 and prompting tourism operators to explore an alternative route across the Trishuli.

A pre-dawn flood in remote Chumnubri Rural Municipality destroyed four houses and swept away a bridge, with no casualties reported.

More than 1,000 relatives of missing people arrived on Saturday as authorities display photographs of 102 bodies recovered far downstream, with some identified by school ties, tattoos and jewellery.

The legislation opens the door to medicinal and industrial cannabis cultivation under a rigorous licensing regime while keeping recreational use and unauthorised cultivation illegal.

The law aims to regulate medicinal and industrial cannabis cultivation while boosting farm incomes and investment.

The craze for stand-up paddleboards has brought thrill to Pokhara’s iconic lake, but weak oversight and poor compliance are putting lives at risk.

A week-long study along three high-altitude routes records more than 50 mushroom species and seeks to document their habitats, local uses and conservation needs.

Around a dozen ageing bridges built by the Nepali Army remain unreplaced for over a decade, forcing vehicles to cross in unsafe conditions amid delayed infrastructure upgrades.

Repeated deadline extensions fail to deliver progress on Balewa–Maldhunga section as officials cite delays and contractor promises completion within a month.

Local authorities remove illegal buildings to widen road, targeting unions, clubs and community offices after expiry of final notice period.

In recent years, this centuries-old adventurous practice in villages such as Bhujung, Ghanpokhara, Taghring, Mipra, Taapgaun, Chyamche, Ghermu, Dudhpokhari and Ghalegaun has attracted global media attention.

Authorities say structures linked to Gurung fall within a protected zone, while he claims he was misled about the land’s location and plans to seek legal remedy.

On Saturday morning those living by the lake woke up to the clatter of excavators deployed to remove structures built on lake land.

Traffic resumes as authorities repair damaged section in Lamjung’s Marsyangdi Rural Municipality.

Defeats Govinda Bhattarai by 21,809 votes.

The former minister triumphs with 22,850 votes.

Dispute over 171 ballots without polling officer’s signature stalls counting process.

Khadkaraj Paudel, Uttam Prasad Paudel, and Bina Gurung pull ahead as early vote count continues.