Senior Citizen Deprived of Social Security Allowance Due to Lack of Citizenship

An 80-year-old senior citizen, Masini Majhi, from Mahalakshmi Municipality-5, has been deprived of social security allowance due to lacking a Nepali citizenship certificate. Despite 35 years having passed since the death of her husband, she remains unable to claim the allowance due to her lack of citizenship. For the past…

October 25, 2024  
Citizenship Certificates Distributed to Persons with Disabilities at Ward Level

The District Administration Office distributed citizenship certificates to six individuals with disabilities, who were unable to travel, by reaching their respective wards. A team from the District Administration Office distributed Nepali citizenship certificates to six individuals with disabilities from wards 9 and 10 of Sangurigadhi Rural Municipality reaching their respective…

October 22, 2024  
Accused Arrested for Statutory Rape

Police arrested 43-years-old Kuberman Rai of Sangurigadi Rural Municipality-6, Bhedetar on 8 August for raping a 16-year-old girl. The aggrieved party filed a complaint at the District Police Office on 7 August alleging that the accused had raped the victim repeatedly and recently raped her on 6 August. DSP Rajababu…

August 9, 2024  
Absence of Juvenile Bench in District Court Causes Significant Challenges with Juvenile Cases

Due to the absence of a juvenile bench in the district court, handling cases related to children has become challenging. District Judge Narayan Prasad Parajuli stated that, since there is only one bench in the district court, the general bench is currently being used to handle juvenile cases. Registrar Ujwal…

August 6, 2024  
Accused Arrested for Crime of Rape

Police arrested 30-year-old Pratap Tamang of Mahalakshmi Municipality-3 Dadhagaun on July 4 for the charge of raping a 31-year-old woman. The aggrieved party filed a complaint against the accused at the District Police Office on July 3, alleging that the accused had raped the victim on July 1. DSP Rajbabu…

July 6, 2024  
Accused Arrested for Statutory Rape

Police arrested 51-year-old Prabin Agrawal of Biratnagar Metropolitan City-11, Morang on 17 June for raping a 15-year-old minor. The aggrieved party filed a complaint against the accused at the District Police Office on June 17, alleging that the accused had raped the victim on June 16. DSP Rajababu Maharjan of…

June 18, 2024  
Accused Sentenced to Ten Year Imprisonment for Crime of Rape

The District Court sentenced 31-year-old Anakbahadur Rai of Sagurigadhi, Rural Municipality-7, Mahabharat to ten year imprisonment for the crime of raping a seven year old minor. Registrar Ujwal Neupane of the District Court informed that the bench of Narayan Prasad Parajuli on 3 June found the accused guilty and passed…

June 4, 2024  
Seventy-two Percent of Citizens Lack Access to Health Insurance

The Article 35 of Constitution of Nepal 2015 states that every citizen shall have the right to seek basic health care services from the state and no citizen shall be deprived of emergency health care. The government implemented a health insurance program from the financial year 2015-2016 for providing convenient…

January 10, 2024  
Accused Of Attempted Beating Arrested

Police arrested 42-year-old Mahesh Rai of Mahalakshmi Municipality-5 Legu on December 14 for the charge of attempting to mistreat Chairperson KP Sharma Oli of  Nepal Communist Party (NCP) UML. DSP Rajbabu Marhajan of the District Police Office reported that the accused attempted to physically assault Chairperson Oli in the waiting…

December 14, 2023  
Suicide After Killing Wife And Son

According to police 35-year-old Tikaram Gurung committed suicide on November 22 after killing his 36-year-old wife Bhima Gurung and 10-year-old son Ayush Gurung of Dhankuta Municipality-1. District Police Office SP Krishna Prasad Koirala said that Tikaram had assaulted his wife and son to death during a domestic dispute and committed…

December 6, 2023