Crime
Postpones verdict date for Agni Sapkota murder case due to justice's absence
KATHMANDU: The Supreme Court (SC) has postponed the verdict date for the murder case involving former Speaker and CPN-Maoist Center spokesperson Agni Sapkota. Initially scheduled for Wednesd...
Parliamentary Probe Committee initiates investigation into cooperative fund misappropriation
KATHMANDU: The Parliamentary Probe Committee, tasked with investigating the alleged misappropriation of cooperative funds, has taken concrete steps by deciding to request documents from nine...
Police Sergeant and 3 others arrested for alleged Rs.20 million theft in Bhaktapur
KATHMANDU: Four people have been arrested in Bhaktapur for allegedly stealing 20 million rupees, one of them being a police sergeant. According to the authorities, the suspects stole somethi...
Man arrested with loaded gun in Taplejung
KATHMANDU: In Taplejung, a man identified as Naresh Khoyahang Limbu, aged 42 and residing in Pathibhara Yang Warak Rural Municipality-4, Dumrise, has been apprehended by the police for posse...
Self-proclaimed ascetic Ram Bahadur Bamjan found guilty of child abuse in Sarlahi
KATHMANDU: The Sarlahi District Court has convicted self-proclaimed ascetic Ram Bahadur Bamjan of child abuse. Judge Jeevan Kumar Bhandari pronounced the verdict this way on Monday, adding t...
Government faces scrutiny over delay in extraditing GB Rai
KATHMANDU: The government's recent claim, made by Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane, that it has successfully tracked down Gitendra Babu Rai (GB Rai), a wanted person in a cooperative fraud case...
Baikuntha Aryal transferred to special position after corruption allegations
KATHMANDU: Baikuntha Aryal, who was suspended from his role as Chief Secretary, has been transferred by the government to a newly created special position of equivalent rank within the Natio...
Indian national arrested with pistol near Nepal-India border
KATHMANDU: Armed Police Force (APF) personnel apprehended an Indian national, identified as 21-year-old Rahul Ram from Bairgania, Sitamarhi, Bihar, India, along with a pistol near the Nepal-...
Corruption case to be filed against Chief Secretary Baikuntha Aryal by CIAA
KATHMANDU: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) intends to file legal charges against Chief Secretary Baikuntha Aryal over his suspected participation in a corru...
Indian national accused of cash smuggling flees gaur customs office custody
KATHMANDU: An incident unfolded involving Gajendra Raya, a 31-year-old Indian national from East Champaran, Bihar, who was apprehended by the Armed Police Force (APF) at their Base Camp Sarm...
5 arrested for smuggling e-cigarettes to India via Nepal
KATHMANDU: Five individuals from Hetauda Sub-metropolitan City-11 were taken into custody by the police squad on Thursday night for allegedly smuggling 58 e-cigarette cartons worth around Rs...
5 foreign nationals arrested with cocaine in Kathmandu
KATHMANDU: A team of the Narcotics Control Bureau of Nepal Police arrested five foreign nationals in possession of a large amount of cocaine. Sources at the Bureau said the Bolivian and Tanz...
