Indian Minister of Finance and Corporate affairs Mr. Arun Jaitley has requested PM Modi not to include to-be-formed cabinet. He wrote a letter to PM Modi stating his health is not good and he is not able to take the responsibility. Mr. Jaitley’s letter as tweeted :

१५ जेठ, पोखरा l दोस्रो अन्नपूर्ण सेञ्चुरी पर्यटन महोत्सवको मुख्य आकर्षण अन्नपूर्ण म्याराथनमा सहभागी हुने धावक अन्नपूर्ण आधार शिविर (एबिसी) प्रस्थान गरेका छन् ।

म्याराथनको प्राविधिक टोलीसहितका धावकलाई आयोजक संस्था अन्नपूर्ण सेञ्चुरी पर्यटन महोत्सव–२०७६ मूल व्यवस्थापन समितिका संयोजक ललित गुरुङले आज पोखराबाट बिदाइ गरेको हो ।

खेल पर्यटनको विकास र विस्तार गर्न अन्नपूर्ण पदयात्रा मार्गमा हुन लागेको म्याराथनमा ७० धावक सहभागी हुने संयोजक गुरुङले जानकारी दिए । उनका अनुसार धावकहरु एबिसी पुगेपछि स्वास्थ्य परीक्षण गरेर मात्र म्याराथनमा सहभागी हुन पाउनेछन् । अन्नपूर्ण आरोहण दिवस (जुन ३)को सन्दर्भमा आयोजित म्याराथन जेठ २० गते बिहान ६ः३० बजे एबिसीबाट आरम्भ हुनेछ ।

एबिसीबाट शुरु हुने ४२.१९५ किलोमिटर दूरीको म्याराथन माछापुच्छे« आधार शिविर, बगर, देउराली, हिमालय, दोभान, सिनुवा, भनुवा, छोम्रोङ, घुर्जुङ, चुइले, टाँडापानी, भैँसीखर्क हुँदै घान्द्रुकमा समापन हुने म्याराथन प्राविधिक निर्देशक भूतपूर्व खेलाडी मञ्च नेपालका सल्लाहकार खड्कबहादुर रानाभाटले जानकारी दिए ।

सन् १९५० जुन ३ तारिखका दिन फ्रान्सेली नागरिक मौरिस हर्जोगको टोलीले अन्नपूर्ण प्रथम हिमालको सफल आरोहण गरी आठ हजार मिटर अग्लो हिमाल आरोहणको इतिहासमा विश्वकीर्तिमान राखेको दिनलाई अन्नपूर्ण आरोहण दिवसका रुपमा मनाइने गरिन्छ ।

म्याराथनको रुटमा आवश्यक पर्ने स्वयंसेवक, स्वाथ्यकर्मी जर्जसहित आवश्यक उपकरण एवं अन्य सामग्रीको व्यवस्थापन पूरा भएको सहायक प्राविधिक निर्देशक कृष्णबहादुर बस्नेतले जानकारी दिए ।

म्याराथनमा प्रथम हुने धावकले एक लाख पाँच हजार र दोस्रो हुनेले ७५ हजार नगद पुरस्कार र प्रमाणपत्र प्राप्त गर्नेछन् । तेस्रो हुनेलाई ५५ हजार नगद पुरस्कारको व्यवस्था छ भने उत्कृष्ट १० धावकलाई सान्त्वना पुरस्कार दिइनेछ । जेठ १७ देखि २० गतेसम्म कास्कीको पर्यटकीयस्थल घान्द्रुकमा हुने महोसत्वको सम्पूर्ण तयारी पूरा भएको छ । महोत्सवको शुभारम्भ नेपाली काङ्ग्रेसका संसदीय दलका उपनेता, नेपाल सरकारका पूर्वउपप्रधानमन्त्री एवं नेपाली काङ्ग्रेसका उपसभापति विजयकुमार गच्छदारबाट हुनेछ ।

अन्नपूर्ण पदयात्रा मार्गको पूर्वाधार विकास गरी त्यस क्षेत्रको पर्यटन प्रवद्र्धन गर्न अन्नपूर्ण सेञ्चुरी पर्यटन समितिले गत वर्षदेखि अन्नपूर्ण म्याराथनसहितको महोत्सव आरम्भ गरेको प्रचारप्रसार उपसमितिका संयोजक टङ्कराज अधिकारीले जानकारी दिए । (रासस)

29 may, Doti- Nepali Congress senior leader Ramchandra Poudel has said the government should address the issues of Netra Bikram Chand ‘ Biplab’-led Group through talks. In his address to a mass meeting organised here Tuesday by the Nepali Congress, Doti, leader Poudel expressed his concern over rising violence in the country lately and said there was no alternative to seeking a solution to the problem through talks.

He took time to urge the government to be serious towards finding a way towards development and prosperity of the nation. The government should feel its responsibility to realise how the Group was born and for what purpose to handle the situation properly.

He accused the government of exercising the politics of control over the Biplab-led Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) and trying to push the country toward another conflict, calling upon the Group to give up the politics of violence and opt for a peaceful course. (RSS)

29 may, muglin- The Mugling section under the Prithivi Highway will be closed for 14 days starting tomorrow (May 30). The road will be shut to allow a smooth construction of the arch bridge above the Trishuli river linking Chitwan and Tanahun districts, read a notice issued by the bridge planning mid-area sector number two.
Construction of the bridge has reached the final stage, and the construction of roadside walls and blacktopping the road is underway, said the contractor.

The road shutdown schedule is from 11 am to 3 pm and from 9 pm to 2 am. Despite repeated extension of the deadline to complete the project, the construction is yet to be completed citing various reasons.
The last extended deadline is expiring on May 31. Construction of the 160 meters long and 11 meters wide bridge started in 2071 BS with an estimated budget of Rs 120 million funded by the World Bank. (RSS)

 

29 may, kathmandu- Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba today offered a message of best wishes to all Nepalis living home and abroad on Republic Day. He in the message of greetings paid tribute to all martyrs who sacrificed their lives to establish and reestablish democracy.

“The federal democratic republic was established on the initiatives of the late NC President Girija Prasad Koirala, with sacrifice and contribution of Nepali people following the successful 2062-63 people’s movements,” read the message of good wishes.

On the occasion, the NC wished all Nepalis get inspirations to create an equitable society following democratic custom, culture and norms and values while protecting the new constitution, institutionalising the federal democratic republic and driving the country on the path to economic prosperity. (RSS)

29 may, Salyan-The police arrested a woman on charge of murdering her seven-month daughter from the district on Tuesday.

Sapana Bhandari, 28, of Chhetreshwori-6 in the district has been accused of beating her daughter Janaki Bhandari to death. The body of Janaki was kept at the district hospital for a postmortem. Investigations into the case were going on, said the police. (RSS)

29 may, Solukhumbu- A five-month pregnant woman of a remote village of Mahakulung rural municipality in Solukhumbu district has been airlifted to Kathmandu for treatment after suffering from anemia. The district hospital referred Devi Kala Rai, 22, after she showed reaction to blood transfusion, said Dr Mingmar Tshering Sherpa, chief of the hospital. She was transfused three pound of blood to treat her disease, he added.

Rai was rescued as per the air rescue procedure, 2075 wherein the government rescues and provides free treatment for pregnant and postnatal women through flights, who are form remote area and are risking their lives due to pregnancy and birth-related conditions. The rescue took place on the initiatives of Chief District Officer Narendra Kumar Rana and at the request of the rural municipality and the hospital. Rai was rescued through a helicopter of Nepal Army. She is receiving treatment at Patan Hospital in Lalitpur. (RSS)

29 may, pokhara- A man was killed after being attacked by his villager with a stone at Machhapuchhre rural municipality-7 in Kaski district on Tuesday. Sante BK, 65, attacked Mankaji BK, 52, in the head with a stone over a family dispute, said the police. The police have arrested Sante and launched investigations. (RSS)

29 may, Sindupalchok- Tatopani transit on Nepal-China border will resume operation formally today after four years of shut due to the earthquake of 2015. Much of the infrastructure of the border crossing was destroyed by the quake.

Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supples and Chinese officials are scheduled to jointly inaugurate the newly reconstructed main trade transit point between Nepal and China, said Chief District Officer Goma Devi Chemjong.
For this purpose, Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi reached Tatopani on Tuesday, and she held a meeting with people’s representatives of the village in this regard, said Chemjong. Temporary passes were provided for 10 Nepalies and four containers to enter China to bring in goods in the presence of the custom chief of both Nepal and China.

The containers carrying Chinese goods are scheduled to enter the border crossing into Nepal today. The transit will be resumed by allowing the containers, said Chemjong. Reconstruction of the transit point has been over.
Construction of a 112 meters concrete bridge at the border of the Araniko Highway and Tatopani area and the dry port spanning across 500 ropanis of land has been also over. The reconstruction was carried out with financial and technical assistance of the Government of China. (RSS)

28 may, kawasaki – A knife-wielding attacker killed a 12-year-old schoolgirl and a man before stabbing himself to death in a rampage outside Tokyo Tuesday that also injured more than a dozen, including several children.The mass stabbing in the town of Kawasaki, south of the Japanese capital, was a rare attack in a country with one of the lowest rates of violent crime in the developed world, and there was no immediate detail on the suspect’s motive.

Kiyoshi Matsuda, deputy director of the Nippon Medical School Musashi Kosugi Hospital, told reporters that the 12-year-old schoolgirl and a 39-year-old man had succumbed to their injuries.

Local media reported that the suspected attacker, a man in his 50s, had also died of his wounds after turning the knife on himself. Emergency services said at least 16 others had been injured in the attack.It is a very harrowing case. I feel strong anger,” Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in televised remarks.
“I offer my heartfelt condolences to the victims and hope the injured recover quickly.”

to local media, eyewitnesses saw a middle-aged man clasping a knife near the bus stop where the children were waiting, shouting “I will kill you”.
A local man living nearby, who identified himself as Matsumoto, 25, said he went outside after hearing screams.”It’s hard to describe what it was like, how it sounded. It wasn’t girls having fun, it was a sound that was absolutely not normal,” he told AFP.

“I saw a man lying on the street. I also saw a girl hunched over on the ground. There were also five or six girls, maybe they were the ones who screamed… There was blood all over them.”- ‘Prayers and sympathy’ -The attack occurred during the busy early morning commute as workers headed to their offices and children to school. Fire department officials said they received the first emergency calls shortly before 8:00 am local time (2300 GMT Monday).
The scene of the attack was still swarming with emergency personnel hours later, with three police vans parked around the spot to block it from view.

Emergency workers set up an orange medical tent to treat the wounded, and ambulances and fire engines were parked nearby.A white school bus with blue stripes was parked at the site, with the name “Caritas Gakuen (school)” written on the side, said an AFP correspondent at the scene.The bloodshed came as Donald Trump wrapped up a state visit to Japan, and the US president offered his “prayers and sympathy” to the victims as he met troops outside Tokyo.

Standing aboard a Japanese military ship, he said that “all Americans stand with the people of Japan and grieve for the victims and for their families”.
A local resident, who declined to give his name, said children attending the Caritas school lined up for the bus at the site every day.”If you live in this neighbourhood, everybody knows that these kids are there,” the 66-year-old told AFP.
“I’ve been in this area for a long time, I cannot believe that somebody targeted this bus and targeted these small children.”- ‘Serious injuries’ -An official at the St Marianna University School of Medicine said a “woman in her forties and three girls… suffered serious injuries.””They will go through surgery for the injuries, mainly to their heads and necks. After that, they will be transferred to the ICU,” said Takehito Otsubo, the hospital’s assistant director.Police earlier told AFP one suspect had been detained and an eyewitness told local media that the man had stabbed himself.

“I saw a man holding a knife… I couldn’t see clearly, but he apparently stabbed himself in the neck,” one eyewitness told NHK.The broadcaster said two knives were spotted at the scene, but there was no immediate confirmation.

Violent crime is extremely rare in Japan, and children often travel to and from schools alone.The country has famously strict gun control regulations and gun crime is unusual, but there have been a few high-profile stabbing attacks.
In 2018, a man was arrested in central Japan after stabbing one person to death and injuring two others aboard a bullet train, an attack that prompted new security measures on the famed rail service.

And in 2016, a man stabbed 19 people to death at a disability centre south of Tokyo in what he described as a mission to rid the world of people with mental illness. (RSS)