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Two young girls have gone missing after drowning in the Mahakali River on Sunday afternoon while bathing. The incident took place at Airi, Bhimdatta Municipality–11 in Kanchanpur. According to the Kanchanpur District Police Office, the missing girls have been identified as around 7-year-old Jivita Pant and 8-year-old Panvi Pant of Bhimdatta Municipality–11. District Police Office spokesperson, Deputy Superintendent of Police Sagar Bohara, said they went missing while bathing in the river with their elder brother on Friday afternoon. Police said the girls disappeared while bathing at the border area between Bhimdatta Municipality Wards 11 and 12. Search efforts are underway,…

A pickup accident occurred in Tekunala, Dhankuta Municipality-8, injuring more than 17 people. The pickup with the registration number Ba. 2 Cha. 2309, coming from Tekunala towards the market, met with the accident on Sunday morning at around 10:30 AM. There were 21 passengers on board the pickup at the time of the accident. Among them, 17 were injured. The injured have been rescued and taken to Dhankuta District Hospital. According to the police, three of the injured are in serious condition. They have been referred to BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan for further treatment. Ask ChatGPT

A car and a train collided at Thapachowk, Janakpur, while the car was attempting to cross the railway track. The incident involved a car with registration number Bagmati Province 01–25 Cha 1290 and a train traveling from Bhangaha towards Janakpur. According to District Police Office Dhanusha Chief, SP Narahari Regmi, preliminary information suggests that the car, heading from Thapachowk towards Janaki Temple, tried to cross the track and got stuck on the railway line. At that moment, a train with registration number 178315, coming from the west, struck the vehicle. The driver, identified as 22-year-old Lalit Yadav, son of Shivsagar…

The jailer of Kailali Prison has been replaced, with Jalandhar Bhusal appointed in place of Basanta Khatri. Bhusal assumed his duties at 3 p.m. today. The change comes after a violent clash inside the prison on Friday night that left one inmate dead and 47 others injured. The deceased was identified as Bharat Chaudhary of Dhangadhi–4. On Saturday afternoon, tensions remained high as inmates briefly took control of parts of the prison, forcing police to struggle to restore order.

A pickup Scorpio vehicle (Ba 13 Cha 3935) traveling from Manthali, Ramechhap, towards Hetauda met with an accident at a location known as Bokse Paharo in Manthali Municipality–6, killing 40-year-old Radha Karki Chauhan on the spot. She was reported to be a health worker in Manthali Municipality. The driver of the vehicle and her husband, 45-year-old Uttam Chauhan, sustained injuries. According to Police Inspector Kaushal Nyaupane of the District Police Office, the injured was given initial treatment at Manthali Community Hospital and later referred to Kathmandu for further treatment. Police stated that the vehicle veered off the road and fell…

Three people were injured in a jeep accident in Syangja district.The incident occurred this morning at Ratnechaur in Putalibazar Municipality-7 when a jeep (Lu 1 Ja 4857) went out of control and fell about 50 meters off the road, according to police. The injured include the 35-year-old driver, a 28-year-old woman, and a 45-year-old man, all from the same municipality. They have been taken to Gandaki Medical College in Pokhara for treatment. Preliminary investigations suggest that brake failure might have caused the accident. Police said further investigation is underway.

A five-member investigation committee has been formed to look into the recent incident at Kailali Prison. On Saturday, a meeting of the District Security Committee, chaired by Chief District Officer (CDO) Gogan Bahadur Hamal, decided to establish the committee under the coordination of Assistant CDO Kiran Joshi. The committee members include Police Inspector Rajkumar Singh from the Kailali District Police Office, Armed Police DSP Janakraj Pant, Investigation Officer Dipendra Singh from the National Investigation Department, and Administrative Officer Shivraj Joshi from the Kailali District Administration Office, according to CDO Hamal. Speaking to Nepal News Bank, Kailali District Police Office spokesperson…

Two people were killed today in a collision between a scooter and a bus at Panipiya Forest along the Itahari–Dharan road section in Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City–20, Sunsari. According to police, a bus (Province 1–02–002 Kha 0455) traveling from Itahari towards Dharan collided head-on with a scooter (Ko 22 Pa 2125) coming from the opposite direction. The scooter rider, Sujan Bik, and pillion rider, Suraj Bik, both from Birtamod Municipality–5, Jhapa, sustained critical injuries. They were rushed to BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan, but both died during treatment at around 12:30 PM, informed Sunsari District Police Office spokesperson…

Traffic movement has resumed on the Kaligandaki Corridor, a national pride project, after being blocked since Friday evening. According to Police Inspector Keshav Thapa of the Baglung District Police Office, a landslide at Kalakhola in Baglung Municipality–12 had completely obstructed the road from around 7:00 PM on Friday. The corridor was reopened for vehicles at around 10:00 AM today. The blockage had cut off transportation between the district headquarters and southern Baglung. With the road now cleared, tourist vehicles heading to Mustang, as well as passenger and cargo transport from Baglung to Butwal, Bhairahawa, Sunauli, and other destinations, have resumed.…

Seventeen passengers were injured when a bus overturned in the Banke forest area of Ishworpur Municipality, Sarlahi, along the East-West Highway on Friday evening. According to Rajosh Ghimire, Chief of the District Traffic Police Office, Nawalpur, Sarlahi, and Traffic Police Inspector, the bus (registration number Na 1 Kha 9494) was en route from Janakpur, the provincial capital, to Malangawa, the district headquarters of Sarlahi, when the accident occurred. Sixteen of the injured are receiving treatment at Model Hospital in Lalbandi, while one is being treated in Nawalpur. Inspector Birendra Singh Johari of the Lalbandi Area Police Office said all the…