KATHMANDU: A government team is leaving for Solukhumbu district to measure the height of Mt. Everest on Wednesday, said Gorkhapatra daily.
The height of the world’s highest peak is measured after 64 years. “A four-member survey team led by Khimlal Gautam, chief officer of Survey Department under the Ministry of Land Reform and Management, is heading for Mt. Everest to measure its height, said Sushil Dangol, coordinator of Mt. Everest height measurement program.
Of the four team members, Khimlal Gautam and Rabin Karki will reach the top of Everest.
Gautam had scaled Mt Everest in 2011, representing a civil servants. Those who reach atop Everest will carry GNSS machine. It will help them to collect the height details.
KATHMANDU: Police arrested two persons on the charge of threatening to kill lawmaker of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Rajendra Lingden. The arrested are Dipak Rokaya of Humla and Tilak Das Parajuli of Jhapa, a report in Kantipur daily said.
Parajuli, who was absconding after fleecing six youths of Rs 1,600,000 promising them jobs in foreign countries, had allegedly demanded Rs 5 million from Lingden, threatening to take his life if he failed to provide him the money.
Lingden, RPP lawmaker from Jhapa-3, had received a threat to take his life if he did not provide Rs 5 million through two different SIM cards of Ncell and NTC.
Lingden had asked four questions in response to the threat on his twitter:
● के कसैले पचास लाखको लोभमा म माथि गोली चलाउन सक्ला ?
● के मलाई गोली हनाउन पचास लाख खर्च गर्ने कोही होलान त ?
● के कसैले गोली ठोक्लाकी भनेर राजेन्द्र लिङदेन बाटो छोडेर हिंडछ भनेर कसैले सोचेको होला ?
● के निर्धारित मिति भन्दा एकैक्षण पर बाँच्ने ताकत कसैसंग होला ?— Rajendra Lingden (@RajendraLingden) April 8, 2019
JAJARKOT: A child was killed and six others were injured when a jeep veered off and fell some 40 meters down the road at Naalgad Municipality-10, Darimpata on Tuesday.
The deceased is identified as four-year-old Bibek Nepali of Aathbiskoth Municipality-11.
According to police, the jeep, Ga 1 Ja 5812, was heading to Tallubagar from Khalanga when the mishap happened.
Among the injured, two are said to be in critical condition.
BHAKTAPUR: The Metropolitan Police Circle, Thimi, has rescued a youth safely from his abductors on Tuesday.
Police also arrested four persons involved in kidnapping Santosh Tumbapu, 25, of Damak municipality, recently living at Changunarayan municipality-9.
The arrested are Bikas Lama, 33, of Changunarayan municipality-7; Ramesh Lama, 29, of Bouddha of Kathmandu Metropolitan City-6, Dhanlal Shrestha, 32, of Kathmandu Metropolis-1; and Bikas Thapa, 33, of Budhabare-3, Jhapa district, said Deputy Superintendent of Police at Police Circle, Jagati, Shishu Sharma.
The team of police rescued Santosh safely from Bramhayani of Bhaktapur municipality after getting the information that Santosh was lifted using the car, Ba 9 Cha 1801.
KATHMANDU: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Monday arrested a middleman red-handed with bribe.
The anti-graft body said that acting on a complaint that the middleman has been demanding bribe from examinees appearing in the trial examination of auto rickshaw, a CIAA team arrested Sarraf Sheikh with Rs 17,000 in kickback.
He had demanded the amount as a bribe for government employees deployed at the trail center, CIAA said in a statement.
BANKE: Four leaders and cadres of Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplav’-led group have so far surrendered themselves at District Administration Office in Banke district after government’s ban on the group.
They are Chunna Khan, 66, of Khajura Rural Municipality-8 of Banke district, Dilli Bahadur DC and Ramji Kunwar of Salyan district and Gagan Khadka of Rukum Chaurjahari.
According to the District Administration Office, they have been released after making them sign on a document that they would not involve in violent activities in future.
Chief District Officer Madan Bhujel said that they might have surrendered thinking they might face problems due to government’s ban on the group.
He said, “Although the surrendered leaders and cadres have been released, their activities are under surveillance.”
GAIGHAT: Nepali Congress leader Dr. Shekhar Koirala has said the party is in crisis owing to the severe internal rift.
He lambasted the party leadership for doing factional politics thus affecting the entire party fold.
Speaking at a program in Gaighat today, Koirala argued that the party has been reeling under serious factionalism since the party deviated from the path shown by party founding leaders B P Koirala, Ganesh Man Singh and Krishna Prasad Bhattarai.
He warned that the party would face even more serious circumstances if the leadership paid no attention to address the problems facing the party.
KATHMANDU: The Westerly wind triggered rains in most of the parts of the country, including the Kathmandu Valley since early this morning.
According to Meteorologist Manju Basi, the impact of the composition of westerly wind and local wind triggered rain again.
Basi informed that the impact of westerly low pressure in the eastern region, wind moving from the Bay of Bengal and local wind triggered weatherly variations and continuous raining with winds.
Moderate rainfall is likely to continue across the country today, she added.
ACHHAM: A person died while 16 others sustained injuries in a lightning strike that occurred in the district.
The deceased has been identified as 14-year-old Janak Rawal of Panchadev Binayak Municipality-7, Achham, confirmed DSP Janak Bahadur Shahi of District Police Office, Accham.
The lightning struck him while he was staying at in his house on Monday night. According to Shahi, the preparations are underway to take his body to the district hospital for postmortem.
Similarly, 33-year-old Darmendra Rawal, Govinda Rawal, 27, Dharma Rawal, 45, Ramesh Rawal, 12, Retuka Rawal, 22, Biplav Rawal, 1, Ujja Rawal, 57, Srijana Rawal, 19, Dhirja Rawal, 23, Radhu Rokka Magar, 20, among others were injured in the incident, said Far-West Provincial Police Office, Dipayal.
The injured are receiving treatment at the district hospital.
OKHALDHUNGA: Bhim Bahadur Gurung of Gorkha and Humi Budhimagar of Pyuthan won the titles of ‘Pike-Demba Half Marathon’, which was held in Okhaldhunga in an altitude of around 4,200 meters.
In the half marathon from Pike of Solukhumbu to Khijifalate of Okhaldhunga, Gurung and Budhamagar clinched the titles under male and female categories.
To win the title, Gurung had crossed the stated distance of 21-km in 1.49 hours while Budhamagar made it in 2.40 hours.
Okhaldhunga Tourism Development Committee organized the event to promote tourism in the region through marathon, shared Wangda Sherpa, first vice-president of the Committee.
He further said the 21-km-long half marathon took place from 4,200 meters high Pike to 2,500 meters high Khijiphalate. A total of 95 female and male athletes from Okhaldhunga, Solukhumbu, Khotang, Bhaktapur and Pyuthan participated in the marathon.