Chicken dearer by Rs 15 per kg

Poultry entrepreneurs have raised the price of dressed chicken by Rs 15 per kg effective from Monday, citing low supplies.

With the fresh adjustment, wholesale price of chicken in capital has reached Rs 250 per kg. Similarly, price of live chicken has increased by Rs 10 per kg to Rs 185 per kg.

A joint meeting of based poultry farmers, entrepreneurs and wholesalers based in the capital took the decision. Janga Bahadur BC, president of National Chicken Sellers´ Association, said they had to raise prices due to low supply.

“Though the demand of chicken normally goes down from mid-July to mid-August, as many people do not consume meat during the holy month of Shravan, we had to raise prices after supply dwindled,” added BC.

According to the association officials, demand for chicken generally drops by 10 to 15 percent during summer. “Still, we have been failing to meet the demand because of low supplies,” they said.

Daily consumption of chicken in the capital hovers around 200,000 kg to 250,000 kg.

Retailers in the capital source chicken from local farms as well as from Dhading, Kavre and Chitwan, among others. 

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PM Of Nepal Is About to quit after July 22

CPN-UML senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal has said that Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai would be forced to quit his post, following the constitutional crisis in the country and public pressure to that end.

Talking to media persons at Bharatpur this morning, the former prime minister claimed that Dr Bhattarai would not be able to prepare necessary laws for holding fresh elections to the Constituent Assembly ( CA) within July 22, the deadline set by the Elections Commission, and then would be compelled to resign from the post.

"The Nepali Congress should get an opportunity to lead the next government as per the agreement reached among the political parties on May 3", said Nepal.

He added that the CA was dissolved due to a violation of the past agreements by the Maoists.

Stating that federal structure based on single ethnic identity was not possible, he claimed that increasing intra-party dispute in the UML would be settled on the basis of talks and discussions.

Leader Nepal was here to address the Narayani zonal-level party cadres´ gathering at Bharatpur.

The gathering is expected to discuss on the issues of state restructuring, country´s latest political developments and possible way out to the existing political crisis in the country.

Over 300 representatives are taking part in the gathering.

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Banepa Bus Accident,One Killed Other Injured

A man was killed on the spot and another severely injured when a passenger bus hit them at Banepa on Saturday morning.

The deceased and the injured have been identified as Degraj Bhattarai of Jhapa and Navaraj Timalsina respectively.

Timalsina is undergoing treatment at Bansbari-based Neuro Hospital in the capital.

The duo worked as resource person at the District Education Office.

The bus (Na 2 Kha 5892) crushed the duo as they were on morning walk.

Meanwhile, accusing the reckless driving, irate locals have set the bus on fire.

Police have fired eight rounds of tear gas shells to contain the situation, as the locals started to vandalize a municipality mini-truck used to douse the fire.

Following the incident, vehicular movement at the Araniko Highway has been completely blocked.

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Businessmen shut Lahan for third day

Lahan bazaar of Siraha district remained shut for the third consecutive day on Saturday over the thrashing of three local businessmen by police.

The market, all educational institutions and factories were closed due to the indefinite strike organized at the call of the local businessmen. They have also threatened to obstruct vehicular movement along the Lahan section of the East-West Highway if their demands are not addressed within 24 hours.

The locals have demanded that five plainclothes policemen who on last Wednesday thrashed the three businessmen be suspended immediately.

“We issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the police on Saturday,” said Sunil Kumar Mahato, Siraha chapter president of the Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI). “If our demands are not addressed within 24 hours, we will take to the streets. Our agitation will more stringent.”

The local businessmen who were originally demanding only the suspension of the five plainclothes policemen have now put forward another demand: Siraha Police Chief SP Rajesh Kumar Lal Karna also be suspended for using force against peaceful protests on Friday for his failure to initiate talks with the locals.

On Wednesday, Sunil Kumar Sah, the proprietor of Hotel Bishal in Lahan, Bishal Kumar Sah, Siraha district chairman of Builders´ Association and Nirash Chaudhari, former Siraha chapter president of FNCCI were beaten up and arrested by police.

They were released on Thursday after the locals took to the streets protesting the arrests. After being freed, Sunil told Republica that he was thrashed and arrested, along with Nirash and Bishal, when he sought search-warrant from plain-clothes policemen including constables Santosh Kumar Jha, Binod Kumar Yadav and Asarfi Yadav.

However, SP Karna has rejected the allegation that plainclothes police thrashed the locals. “Police had gone to the hotel to search for a criminal. But, the locals instead attacked the police,” Karna said. “The policemen just defended themselves.” 

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Sundarighat locals enforce Lalitpur banda

Locals of Sundarighat have enforced a Lalitpur banda protesting the government bid to relocate the squatters evicted from their temporary settlement on the bank of the Bagmati River in Thapathali, on Friday. Transportation in the area, specially along the Ring Road section of the Lalitpur has come to a grinding halt due to the banda. Marketplaces and academic institutions have also remained closed due to the banda in Lalitpur. The agitating locals have been demanding that the government scrap its decision to resettle the squatters in their locality. Recently, the government has begun building temporary settlements for squatters in Sundarighat.

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Locals clamp banda in Lahan

Local residents and businessmen have enforced a banda in Lahan, the district headquarters of Siraha, protesting against alleged police atrocities, on Thursday.

They have organized a sit-in on the East-West Highway, bringing transportation to a halt. A clash has erupted at Shahid Chowk between protesters and police after police intervene in the demonstration.

Around 9:30 pm on Wednesday, a group of plain-clothes masked policemen had allegedly assaulted the owner and guests of the local Bishal Hotel in the name of raid.

Siraha police chief Rajesh Lal Karna has, however, denied any wrongdoing by police. .According to Sunil Kumar Sah, manager at the hotel, seven to eight plain-clothes policemen entered the hotel and misbehaved with the guests and hotel employees.

Also among the guests were the chairman of the Construction Entrepreneurs´ Association, Bishal Kumar Sah, and the former chairman of Chambers of Commerce, Nirash Chaudhary.

Police had also detained Nirash, Bishal and Sunil. They were, however, released later the same night following pressure from local businessmen.



Police assemble following a clash with locals at Shahid Chowk.



A pedestrian near burning tryes on the road.



A bus vandalized by banda enforcers.

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Nepali Actress Jesica Khadka (Jyoti Khadka) Commits Suicide

Nepali Actress who acts in more than half dozen of nepali movies had comitted suicide last night at Basantapur in her room.The Police had not found the exact reason of suicide,she hang her self by her scarf.

7 killed in family dispute

Seven members of a family were killed in a dispute between two brothers reportedly over property inheritance in remote village of Syadi in Bajhang district Saturday evening.

Assistant Sub Inspector at the Syadi Police Post Karna Bahadur Gharti said siblings Gagan BK and Brijit BK, who live together in the dalit settlement of Balkulla in Syadi-9 -- around a two-day trek from the district headquarters -- killed seven persons including their children with khukuris and other sharp weapons following a dispute. 

Brijit´s wife Jhankri, three sons -- Rajendra, 8, Karan, 5, and Keshav, 4 -- and daughter Laxmi, two, and Gagan´s son Pawan, 6, and a daughter Pabitra,4, were killed in the brawl. Police held Gagan and Brijit, who were trying to flee after the murder, from near the village. Gharti said the duo has owned up the killings.

Gharti said the duo has not revealed the reason for the bloodshed but said it may be due to dispute over property inheritance. Police, attributing the locals, said that the siblings had a dispute over inherited land for the past few years. "Preliminary investigations show that the murders resulted following a dispute over property inheritance," said Assistant Chief District Officer of Bajhang Mahendra Jung Shah.


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Bhaktapur bus accident leaves 52 injured

Fifty-two people have been injured when a bus bound to Changunarayan met with an accident at Dhungepati in Bhaktapur on Friday.

All the injured have been taken to various hospitals in Kathmandu, according to police. Police also said the mishap happened the speeding bus (Ba 2 Kha 6274) was trying to overtake another vehicle. 


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Royal massacre still remains a mystery

Right 11 years back from today, a heartrending massacre had occurred in Nepal, which killed the then King Birendra, Queen Aishworya, Prince duo Deependra and Nirajan and Princess Shruti. 

The widely-known macabre Royal massacre of the day had finished off entire family of King Birendra, which is still afresh in the mind of entire Nepali denizen. However, the mystery is still unsolved who had murdered the Royal family members for what reason. 

Though a Palace Massacre Probe Commission headed by then Speaker Taranath Ranabhat made public a report alleging then Prince Deependara of taking lives of the entire family members, general public never acknowledged the finding of the report. 

To all surprise, then Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala had termed the gruesome murder of Royal members a ´grand design´. But it never came to public as what was behind the incident. 

It is noted that King Birendra had embraced the aspiration of people by granting democratic system to the country following the People´s Movement-2046 BS (1990).


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Justice Bam shot dead

Supreme Court Justice Rana Bahadur Bam, who was fatally shot at by unidentified assailants late Thursday morning, died during the course of his treatment at the Thapathali-based Norvic International Hospital.

The doctors said he could not be saved as he had suffered massive internal bleeding. He had received four rounds of shots on his various body parts including neck, chest and belly. Motorcycle-borne two assailants opened fire on Bam, while he was returning in his car from the Bangalamukhi temple at around 11:15 am, near the UN Park in Shankhamul, Lalitpur. 
His body guard Mahesh Giri and one of his friends, Ramji, were also injured in the shooting. The shooters are on the run. The motive behind the attack is not known yet. An investigation into the incident is ongoing. 








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Lighting kills 3 in Khotang

Three persons died in different places in Khotang district after lightning struck them last night. 

The lightning occurred with rain struck Balkrishna Shrestha, 20, of Lamidanda-4, Ram Bahadur Rai, 50, of Kharpa-2 and another person of Nunthala VDC, police said. Identity of the one is yet to ascertained as yet. 

Meanwhile, an unidentified body was recovered at Dubekol in the district. 




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3 killed in Sindhupalchowk bus accident

 At least three persons died and a dozen others rescued after a Bus (Ba 2 Kha 3347) skidded off the road and plunged into the Sunkoshi River along the Kothi-Balephi road section of Araniko Highway in Sindhupalchowk on Thursday.

The three bodies, one of a minor and the other two of women, have been fished out of the river so far. 

A total of 25 passengers were believed to have been traveling on the bus at the time of the incident. 

The injured are undergoing treatment at a hospital in Khadichaur.

The bus was heading to Tatopani from Kathmandu.


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Various students' unions demand PM's resignation

Different 10 students´ organizations have demanded scrapping of election of the Constituent Assembly (CA) declared by the government for November 22 saying it was unconstitutional.

The organizations also demanded immediate resignation of Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai saying the prime minister declared the CA election willfully. 

The organizations including the Nepal Students´ Union (NSU), All Nepal National Free Students´ Union (ANNFSU), among others, demonstrated to protest in front of different colleges today.

Traffic was obstructed due to the demonstrations. The organizations said that they will continue the agitation unless the prime minister tendered his resignation. 




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Doti jeep accident kills 9

At least nine passengers were killed after a jeep met with an accident in the mid-western remote district of Doti Wednesday morning.

Of the deceased,  three were killed on the spot, deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Bharat Bahadur Bohara, chief of the district police office, Doti, said. The rest succumbed to their injuries while being rushed to the district headquarters, Silgadi, for medical treatment. 

Police said the number of fatalities could be more. The identities of the victims are yet to be established. 

The jeep (Na 1 Ja 2561) met with the accident at Sirama of Phirchain VDC-3 while heading from Sajghat to Silgadi at 9:30 am. Police said some 20 people were traveling on the jeep at the time accident. 

Further investigation is ongoing.

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50 injured in police-demonstrators clash in Siraha

Fifty persons have been injured when a clash broke out between police and demonstrators, who were trying to forcibly shut the highway, in Bastipur of Siraha on Wednesday. Six police personnel are among the injured.

The clash ensued after police intervened in the demonstration on the highway. Locals were staging the demonstration to press for release of eight persons including principal of a higher secondary school, who were all arrested at the court premises Tuesday evening. 

Suvash Mahato of Karjanha-4 and Sudip Paswan of Ward No 4 of the same VDC were among the injured in the scuffle. The injured are receiving treatment at the local Phul Kumari Memorial Hospital, Indresh Raut, a local, said.

Additional police force from Siraha, Bandipur and Mirchaiya have been called in and deployed at the clash site. Police have fired 15 shots in air to bring the situation under control. 


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Prez asked to exercise his powers for consensus govt

Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai on May 27 announced new elections for a Constituent Assembly (CA) in November. While making his statement, he claimed that he took such a decision after receiving a nod from the Election Commission (EC) that it could hold new elections within the stipulated deadline. The government has announced the election date a month before the retirement date for Acting Chief Election Commissioner Neelkantha Uprety and a month before the retirement of Commissioners duo Dolakh Bahadur Gurung and Dr Ayodhi Prasad Yadav. Gani Ansari of Republicacaught up with Yadav on Tuesday to talk about the challenges of holding new CA elections within the next six months. Excerpts: 

The government has announced it is to hold an election for a new constituent assembly in November. Is it possible to conduct an election within the next six months?

From the government side it is possible. That´s why the government has announced the new election. We have heard that political parties, which are major actors in the electoral process, have been saying there should be a correction in the process. 
And we, from our side, have been repeatedly telling different stakeholders that we can hold a new election; that there is no problem. But the most important things are legal tools and documents by means of which we can operate and manage the election. 

What are these legal tools and documents? 

One of the tools is the Interim Constitution, which needs to be amended. It has to readjust the cut-off date for the eligible voter age. Another important tool is the Act on Registration and Expenditures of Political Parties. We managed the political parties during the Constituent Assembly (CA) election in 2008 through the Election Commission Act and the Interim Constitution. But, we need a separate act this time. 

In the meantime, there should be consensus among the political parties regarding the new election. Otherwise, it will be like the local elections which were held during Gyanedra´s regime. 

So, if the legal documents are prepared and the political parties forge a consensus, can the EC carry out a new election? 

Of course! But, another thing I would like to tell you is that the election must be weather-friendly. 

So what about the Mangsir (November) date for the new election? Should the government reconsider the announced date?

It is neither eco-friendly nor voter friendly. Yeah! The government should reconsider the date as it is harvest season for farmers. 

Can the political parties persuade the international community over financial and technical support for a CA election yet again? How could the nation afford to hold such an election again? 

I cannot comment on that as it does not fall within my jurisdiction. But we have not heard any comment from the international community. So, it is worth pondering whether we would receive massive support from the international community as during the 2008 election. If we decide to go for electronic voting, we will need support from the international community. They had assisted the EC in preparing ballot papers in the 2008 election




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Present govt is caretaker: President

President Dr Ram Baran Yadav has said that the present government is a caretaker one. 

The president’s office is planning to make the announcement through a press statement to this effect shortly, sources said.

Details soon


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12 injured in Sindhupalchowk road mishap

 At least 12 passengers including two minors were injured in a road accident at Jholunge of Mangkha VDC in Sindhupalchowk district this morning.

All injured are undergoing treatment at Sadabahar Community Hospital, Khadichaur, according to the Area Police Office, Barhabise. 

The accident took place after a bus (Na 2 Kha 849) heading towards Barhabise from Kathmandu skidded off the road.

Durga GC, 30, of Pangretar-6, her seven-year-old son Kiran GC and 18-month old daughter Karina GC were among the injured.

One of Maneshwora VDC, four of Mangkha VDC, five of Pangretar VDC and two of Kadambad VDC in the district were injured in the accident. 


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