Budget of Gandaki: Prioritized Health Sector and COVID-19
The Gandaki Province Government will provide relief of NRs 50,000 to the families of those who died due to COVID-19. Chief Minister Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokhrel made the announcement while presenting the budget for the fiscal year 2021/22 on June 15, 2021. Similarly, Chief Minister Pokharel has declared to provide…
Network Demands to Build Oxygen Plants in All Government Hospitals
Civil Society Network for Peace has demanded the government to construct oxygen plants in all government hospitals. In a press release published on May 16, 2021, they have demanded the construction of adequate oxygen plants and supply to the hospitals considering the recent deaths of many patients due to a…
Prithvi Subba Gurung Reappointed as CM of Gandaki Province
Prithvi Subba Gurung has been reappointed as Chief Minister (CM) of Gandaki Province on May 12, 2021. The Governor of Gandaki Province, Sita Paudel appointed Prithvi Subba Gurung, the parliamentary party leader of the CPN-UML, as the province's chief minister. Opposition parties Nepali Congress, CPN-Maoist, Janata Samajwadi Party and Rashtriya Janamorcha…
Sexual Abuse Accused Arrested
Police have arrested Ishwor Shrestha, 23, of Nilkantha Municipality-9, Dhading and currently living in Ganeshtole, Pokhara Metropolitan City-4, Kaski District on the charge of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl on April 10, 2021. According to DSP Subash Hamal of the District Police Office, Kaski, the victim had lodged a complaint…
Infanticide Accused Arrested
Police have arrested 22-year-old Geeta Kunwar Sunar, a resident of Dhorpatan Municipality-3, Baglung and now living in Annapurna Municipality-2, Naudanda, on the charge of killing a newborn baby. The infant was killed on April 1, 2021. According to DSP Subash Hamal of the District Police Office, the accused was arrested…
Rape Accused Arrested
Police have arrested Purna Bahadur Thapa, 57, of Chapachaur in Pokhara Metropolitan City-26 on January 9 on charges of raping a seven-year-old girl. According to SP Jeevan Shrestha of the District Police Office, Kaski, the victim had lodged a complaint against the accused at the District Police Office, Kaski on…
Trafficking Accused Arrested
Police have arrested Keshav Bhujel, 34, of Jalparod in Pokhara Metropolitan City-9 on November 26 on the charge of involving a 24-year-old girl in prostitution. DSP Subash of District Police Office, Kaski said that the victim has lodged a complaint against the accused at the District Police Office, Kaski on…
Trafficking Accused Arrested
Police have arrested Jeevan Nepali, 21, of Khelung in Madi, Ashish Bhujel, 26, of Tamaghat in Kavre, and Anju Gurung, 30, of Bagaletol in Pokhara on charges of physically and mentally abusing 17- and 19-year-old girls for foreign employment. DSP Subash Hamal of the District Police Office, Kaski told the…
Sexual Abuse Accused Arrested
Police have arrested Tika Bahadur Damai, 52, of Pragati Tole in Pokhara on September 14 on the charge of sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl. According to the information provided by DSP Subash Hamal of District Police Office to INSEC Representative, Kaski informed that the victim had lodged a complaint against…
Rape Accused Arrested
Police have arrested Hari Bahadur Gurung (55) of Pokhara Metropolitan-10, Annapurna on August 31 on the charge of raping a 23-year-old woman. The victim was threatened and raped on August 28 and the complaint was filed on August 29 at the District Police Office. After the complaint was filed the…
