Locals claim the accident was caused due to negligence while installing electricity pole.

Young girls rally against social ills, urging female relatives to shun harmful traditions like Chhaupadi, child marriage and caste-based discrimination.

The two-day camp was organised by Palata Rural Municipality in collaboration with Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh and Himalaya Eye Hospital.

Although Nepal abolished child marriage in 1963, the practice is still rampant, especially in rural parts of the country.

They were arrested during a protest organised demanding action against those involved in the disappearance of a local Gita Kumari Jaisi Shahi.

The woman claims a gang of three people abducted them at around 3am on Friday.

A 25-year-old woman and her four-year-old son have been missing since Thursday night.

A total of 19 motorable bridges have been constructed in the outlying district so far replacing the makeshift cable crossings, locally known as tuin.

Foreign Minister NP Saud has requested the chief minister of Uttarakhand to rescue Nepalis missing in the disaster.

More than 300 people have fallen ill due to the viral infection in Rudu village.

The disease should be contained before it turns into an epidemic, health officials say.

Bad roads, overloading, and driver’s carelessness are major causes of accidents, police say. A nighttime ban for vehicles is not being followed strictly.

Two people died in Kalikot on Thursday and another died in a jeep accident in Syangja on Wednesday.

The 232-km stretch was last blacktopped in 2012 and annual repairs have been consistently shoddy.

Nearly a hundred children from Karnali are rescued from children’s homes in various cities every year, says activist.