11 june, Afghanistan- Six civilians were killed as a roadside bomb struck a car in Dand district of southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province on Tuesday, a police officer in the province Jamal Nasir Barikzai said.

“A bomb planted by militants on a road in Dand district struck a car today morning, killing six people including two men, two women and two children on the spot,” Barikzai told Xinhua. All the victims were members of a family. Taliban militants who are active in parts of Kandahar province and largely relying on suicide and roadside bombings have not commented. (RSS)

11 june, kolkata- Three people died in fresh political violence between members of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party and a local rival in restive West Bengal state, authorities said Tuesday.

Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress — which runs the state — have accused each other of instigating weeks of violence during and since India’s recent election.

A police official said the bodies of two BJP members were found hanging from a tree in Howrah district over the past 48 hours, while a Trinamool stalwartwas killed by a crude bomb blast late Monday, east of Kolkata.On Saturday four people died and at least 18 were injured in gun battles between BJP and Trinamool supporters in Sandeshkhali district.

The BJP, which has traditionally held sway in the Hindi-speaking belt in the north, has been trying hard to pick up support in West Bengal.In the elections that ended last month with a big national victory for Modi, the BJP increased its tally of seats in the state to 18 from just two at the last vote in 2014.On Tuesday locals in Sandeshkhali remained tense.

“There is a continuous sense of fear,” resident Rabin Mondal told AFP by telephone. “We are spending sleepless nights. Many have fled.”Last month, a BJP supporter was shot dead in the state capital Kolkata, and a car belonging to a Trinamool member was pelted with rocks. In February, a Trinamool lawmaker was shot dead.Political killings are rife across India. National Crime Bureau data showed more than 100 political murders in 2016, but experts say the figure was likely much higher. (RSS)

11 june, kathmandu- Minister for Home Affairs, Ram Bahadur Thapa, has said that the government was committed to protect people’s right to peaceful demonstration.

Briefing today’s meeting of House of Representatives about Maitghar Mandal incident occurred on Sunday over Guthi bill, Minister Thapa clarified that the government would take moral responsibility of the incident.
He said, “Police used minor force and water cannon upon agitators after they obstructed the public transport. The government has no thinking to suppress people’s right to peaceful demonstration.”

Saying the government was ready to carry out investigation into Maitighar Mandala, the Home Minister said that minor force was used to bring the demonstrators under control after some security personnel were injured when demonstrators started pelting stones and bricks at them at a time when they were trying to resume traffic by using water cannon on demonstrators.

He further said that the demonstrators, brought under the control, were released on the same day.
The Home Minister said, “Necessary investigation into the incident has already been started. Punishment will be taken if laws are violated even from the side of the state or demonstrators.”

Guthi bill should be withdrawn: Main opposition party Earlier to this, Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara gave permission to lawmaker of Nepali Congress, Rajendra Kumar KC, to speak after NC lawmakers stood from their respective seats as a gesture of protest over the issue of Guthi bill.

In the meeting, KC claimed that the Maitighar incident was a testament that Communists did not follow the constitution, law, religion, culture and tradition.

“The constitution has guaranteed the protection of religious places and Guthis, the people of several places including of Kathmandu Valley people have united against the Guthi Bill and any move capable of harming religion and traditions in the name of Guthi Bill is highly condemned thus unaccepted,” he said.

He questioned the government about its perception towards land protected by our ancestors for religion and for the use of future generation and demanded a probe committee to deal with the Maitighar incident. “Nepal has its unique identity as the nation with religious, cultural and linguistic diversities. Culture and traditions are our precious properties. Thus we all call upon the government to show its decency to pull off the bill.”

In response to his queries, the Home Minister took time to brief the session about the Maitighar incident.
Immediately after that Nepali Congress Chief Whip Balkrishna Khand accused the bill of coming out against religion and culture. He demanded the reply from the government that why people peacefully gathered at the Maitighar Mandala expressing their reservations were restored to the barbaric police intervention. People joining the peaceful agitation were not only arrested, but were beaten up as well, which is really condemnable and the government has been urged to respect citizen’s constitutional rights.

Pushpa Bhusal from the same party sought the government’s apology for its forced intervention in the gathering voicing for the protection of culture.

Dila Sangroula of Nepali Congress stressed that the government should reply that why force was used in the peaceful agitation. Devendra Raj Kandel representing the same party asked why an alternative route was not managed that day when the government was aware of the schedule of protest programme.
Another lawmaker from the main opposition, Dev Prasad Timilsina, expressed his concern over the use of police force in the peaceful assembly. Parbati DC Chaudhary from the same party accused that the bill came as an attack on religion and culture.

Socialist Party’s Rajendra Prasad Shrestha was of the view that the Guthi Bill was introduced by going against the constitution with an intention of abolishing Nepal’s culture and tradition. He also sought the government’s apology for its intervention in the peaceful agitation at Maitighar Mandala.(RSS)

11 june, Pokhara- A scooter rider was killed in an accident here today. Krishna Prasad Chaulagain, 20, originally from Kavrepalanchwok, lost his life to the accident happened at 11:15 pm in Pokhara.

His scooter Ga 8 Pa 1914 was hit by a motor van ( Ba 14 Cha 5812) near Indrachowk, the District Police Office, Kaski confirmed. Though he was rushed to the District Hospital, he was pronounced dead on arrival. (RSS)

11 june, Bhaktapur- The Metropolitan Police Range has fixed speed limit on the vehicles entering Bhaktapur from Sanga of Kavre along the Araniko highway with an objective to reduce road accident.
With this new traffic rule, no vehicle plying to Jadibuti Manahara bridge from Sanga can run more than 50 kilometres per hour.

Superintendent of Police at the Metropolitan Police Range, Bhaktapur, Sabin Pradhan said that they have fixed the speed limit on vehicles which come into effect from today itself. He said that action would be taken immediately against the drivers violating this rule.

Pradhan said, “This rule will be implemented from today itself. We will measure the speed today. The rule will be strictly implemented from June 16.” The speed limit has been fixed on Jadibuti-Manahara bridge to Kavre and Sanga, the bordering of Bhaktapur.

He said that this rule has been brought into practice by holding discussion with bodies concerned and added that the speed of the vehicle can be measured at any time along this road section. (RSS)

11 june, Dadeldhura- Sixteen women and children have lost their lives due to the practice of chhaupadi, the seclusion of women and girls from home during menstruation, in a year.

The National Human Rights Commission, Far West Office, Dhangadhi’s data shows that among the death toll, 13 were from Achham and remaining three were reported from Bajura.

Under this traditional harmful practice, menstruating women and girls are forced to stay in isolation in a poorly ventilated or a windowless and narrow shed ( it can be a cattle shed or a makeshift hut) , locally known as chhaugoth, and such unsafe stay sometimes ended in the tragic death of observers.

Suffocation, inhalation of smoke and snakebites have so far the major causes of Chhaupadi-related deaths, Office Chief Jhankar Bahadur Rawal said. Small children who have to follow their mothers in period to chhaugoths are also at risk of unwanted consequences.

Women rights activist and advocate Arati Joshi said violation of human rights, untouchability, caste and gender-based discrimination and chhaudapdhi are pervasive in the region. Till the 11th month of the current fiscal year, the Office received 12 cases related to violation of human rights in the region.

The rural citizen need adequate information about their rights, related laws and ways to seek a legal remedy in case of violation. As Rawal said, the perception of society towards people who chose to go for a judicial relief is different and it discourages victims to take a legal or administrative help for justice.

The understanding of right activists here is that cases of chhaupadi, caste-based discrimination and domestic violence against women and girls are yet to come out openly. It comes to public only when the things went extreme, they said. Only a few survivors reach court to seek a judicial remedy, advocate Yuba Raj Joshi said.
The realisation of Durga Panta of Amargadhi-1 is that many rural women continue to subject to discriminations on several pretexts.

Though the Chhaupadi has been criminalized in Nepal since April, 2017, following its ban in 2005, de facto discrimination continues to badly affect women, girls reaching puberty and even small children. (RSS)

11 june, Sankhu- Locals have been agitated after the road construction from Chabahil to Thali via Sankhu, started four years ago, has not been completed yet.

Locals complained that although black topping task different places of Bouddha, Jorpati and Narayantar has begun from May, blacktopping of the road from Thali to Sankhu has not been initiated yet. There are big potholes along the road from Salambutar to Narayani,Natapati, Danchhi and Thali.

A local Jayram Pudasaini said that the locals and vehicles have been facing problems every day in their movement due to delay in road construction.

The Thali folks demonstrated by obstructing vehicular movement at Kantipur Campus, Milanchowk and Thali this morning, demanding completion of the road construction. They also drew attention of contractors, local administration and people’s representatives. (RSS)

11 june, kathmandu- Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said peace, democracy and development complemented each other and Nepal has emphasized on democracy in its entirety.PM Oli who was invited as the guest speaker in the Oxford University Union said on the occasion that taking ahead social justice and prosperity together has been prioritized.

“The unity in diversity that is seen in Nepal is exemplary and it was a significant basis of Nepali civilization,” Dr Kundan Aryal, the Prime Minister’s press advisor, quoted the PM as saying in his statement to the Union.
PM Oli reached Oxford by helicopter soon after landing in London from Geneva.

World leaders, academics and thinkers have been addressing the Oxford Union under the world-renowned Oxford University. PM Oli and Norwegian PM meet Before this, PM Oli and his Norwegian counterpart Ms Erna Solberg held bilateral meeting in Geneva on Monday, on the sidelines of the International Labour Organisation (ILO)’s centenary conference.

On the occasion the two prime ministers agreed to further the mutual friendship and relations between Nepal and Norway, Foreign Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi said. (RSS)

11 june, kathmandu- Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has reached London, the capital of the United Kingdom, today in course of an official visit to the UK. He is visiting the UK at the invitation of UK Prime Minister Theresa May.
Minister of State for the Armed Forces of the UK, Mark Lancaster, welcomed Prime Minister Oli when he arrived at Heathrow Airport in London from Geneva of Switzerland on Monday night. Nepal’s ambassador to the UK Durga Bahadur Subedi and officials at the Nepali Embassy in London were also on hand to receive the PM.

The Prime Minister is scheduled to hold bilateral meeting with his British counterpart May today. The PM will also be meeting with members of the British Royal Family.The parliamentary group looking at Nepal affairs in the British parliament will organize a reception in PM Oli’s honour.

The office-holders of the Non Resident Nepali Association (NRNA), UK chapter, the representatives of the Gurkha Army Ex-Servicemen’s Organisation and the office-bearers of the Emigrant Nepali Forum will also be meeting with the Prime Minister at the Nepali embassy today. (RSS)

11 june, Bhajani- The community and institutional schools in Tikapur municipality of Kailali district are closing for four days due to the sweltering temperature. It is said the schools are closing for four days after it became difficult to run classes owing to the excessive heat.

Tikapur municipality took the decision to close the schools within the municipality from June 12 to 15 following consultations with school administration, school principals and the bodies concerned.

Mayor Tapendra Rawal said, “We have decided to close the schools for four days as it became difficult for the students to study in classes due to the excessive heat. This decision has been taken in consultation with the stakeholders.”There are 72 schools in the municipality. Life has been hit in Tikapur due to the scorching heat. (RSS)