Dozen arrested for looting Humla monastery

Police has arrested a dozen people allegedly involved in the looting of an ancient Budddha statue from a monastery in Humla six months ago. 

The 33 centimeter tall 2.5 kg statue was looted by armed robbers from the monastery at Bargaon-5 after overpowering the priest and other attendants. 

Those arrested by Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) are Narendra Lama, Kamal Lama, Lok Bahadur Edi, Shankar Shahi, Pratap Rokaya, Dhan Bahadur Baral, Karma Tamang and Kamal Rana. They were directly involved in the loot, the police said. 

Meanwhile, Lokendra Shahi, Shankar Sharma, Nirman Buda and Kumar Lama were arrested allegedly for re-looting the statue and cash from those who had pillaged the antique from the monastery.


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Indigenous leaders stick to their demands

 Lawmakers and leaders of different political parties belonging to indigenous communities decided to go for struggle if their demands were not addressed in Tuesday´s talks with the government team.

Organizing a meeting today, the leaders and lawmakers have decided to remain firm on the demands of federal states with single ethnic identity, rights to self-determination, preferential rights, self-autonomous provinces and others as floated by the Indigenous Nationalities Joint Struggle Committee. 

Chairman of Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN) Raj Kumar Lekhi said decision has been made to go for further protest if positive results were not yielded during the talks. 

The NEFIN is likely to announce its protest programs today itself if the dialogue was not positive, Lekhi added.

During the meeting, indigenous leader Parshuram Tamang, Lekhi, Maoist lawmaker Suresh Ale Magar and others were present. 


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Biratnagar remain tense after clash

Biratngar remained tense onTuesday due to clashes between banda enforcers and locals on Monday evening.

The Biratnagar Bazaar is tensed after banda enforcers thrashed locals at Pushpalal Chowk in Biratnagar as unidentified persons pelted stones on a protest rally organized by banda enforcers on Monday evening organized by Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN) and Tharuhat Struggle Committee. 

A large number of the Nepal Police and Armed Police Force personnel have been deployed in Biratnagar to maintain social harmony, and law and order.

Following the clashes, locals have demanded security by encircling the District Administration Office, Morang, chanting slogan on the protest of banda and thrashed.

Meanwhile, a rally encircled city this morning demanding to make schools area a peace zone.

The rally organized by different schools and organizations related to children encircled different parts of the city and converged into a corner assembly by reaching Mahendra Chowk.

Meanwhile, Marwari community demonstrated at Biratnagar demanding protection of their rights. They demonstrated carrying placards and banners demanding to mention the Marwadi language in the new constitution, enlisting the Marwadi in indigenous nationalities and promulgating the new constitution within the slated timeframe. 


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Ambulance drivers stage protests in Jhapa

 Drivers of ambulances have staged protests in Damak of Jhapa district demanding their security. As high as 36 protesting drivers submitted a memorandum to the Area Police Office, Damak, on Tuesday morning demanding their security. 

The ambulance drivers staged the protest after an ambulance (Me 1 Cha 834) was vandalized on Monday evening by the banda enforces on its way to Jhapa-based Lifeline Hospital from B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan. 

Ambulance driver Laxmi Mishra who sustained injuries in the attack is undergoing treatment at B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences. Mishra has sustained deep head injuries and the ambulance had overturned after being uncontrolled when the driver lost his consciousness.

Similarly, another ambulance driver Dilip Shrestha was manhandled by the banda enforces at Dharampur of Jhapa this morning while taking the patients to the nearby hospital from Birtamod. 


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NC, UML youth leaders for statute by May 27

Youth leaders of the Nepali Congress (NC) and the CPN-UML have stressed for promulgating the new constitution by May 27 as the term extension of the Constituent Assembly (CA) was inappropriate politically and constitutionally as well. 

Submitting separate memorandums to President of NC Sushil Koirala and Chairman of CPN- UML Jhalanath Khanal, a total of 23 central members of the NC and CPN-UML suggested that the five-point agreement inked for state-restructuring and formation of national unity government should be immediately implemented. 

The youth leaders have also suggested for making multi-ethnic provinces based on common identities and with the provision of taking final decision on nomenclature and delineation of provinces by the legislature-parliament through federal commission.

They have also suggested empowering the local people and communities in the federal system, and responsibilities and rights regarding the administrative, political and development issues should be ensured constitutionally. 

Those submitting the memos are NC leaders N P Saud, Chandra Bhandari, Dhanraj Gurung, Surendraraj Pandey, Shankar Bhandari, Gagan Thapa, Badri Pandey, Jiban Pariyar and Ajay Diwedi. Similarly, those submitting the memo from the UML side are Prakash Jwala, Arun Nepal, Ghanshyam Bhusal, Bhanubhakta Joshi, Yogesh Bhattarai, Dr Bijay Kumar Paudel, Netra Prasad Panthi, Jagannath Khatiwada, Dilli Bahadur Mahat, Karna Thapa, Jibanram Shrestha, Baijanaht Chaudhary and Yognarayan Yadav. 


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16 yr old Nepali scales Mt. Everest

 A school student Nima Chamji Sherpa has successfully scaled the MT. Everest. Sherpa who is awaiting her SLC results climbed the tallest mountain of the world from Nepal side and claims to be a youngest female to scale the highest peak from the Nepal route. 

Sixteen year old Sherpa, a resident of Khudel VDC, Solukhumbu was with her father Tendi when she reached the top. 

She is a student at Lumbini Academy, Chuchchepati. Both father and daughter were team members of High Adventure Expedition Everest 2012. 

Talking to Republica from the Everest base camp, she claimed to be the youngest female to climb Everest from Nepal side. 

Sherpa started her climb on Friday night and reached the peak on Saturday around 11 am. Before scaling Everest, she had climbed 6,000 meters high Lobhuche Peak.

Sherpa´s teammate Shreya Shah had lost her life during her descent from the peak. 


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संसदिय दलको बैठक केहिबेरमा बस्ने

९ जेठ, काठमाण्डौं । देशको सम सामयीक विषयका बारेमा पार्टीको आधिकारीक धारणा तय गर्न नेपाली काँग्रेस संसदीय दलको बैठक मंगलबार बस्दै छ । केहीबेरमा पार्टीको संसदीय दलको कार्यालय सिंहदरबारमा बस्ने बैठकमा राज्य पुर्नसंरचनाका बारेमा धारणा तय गर्ने नेताहरुले बताएका छन् । काँग्रेसले जातिय राज्यको विरोधमा आवाज उठाउँदै आएको छ ।

त्यस्तै बैठकले विवादित विषयमा सहमति कायम गर्न चालिने मतदानको प्रक्रिया, संविधान निर्माण, सरकारमा रहनुको औचित्य लगाएतका विषयमा छलफल गरिने काँग्रेस संसदिय दलका नेता रामचन्दं्र पौडेलले जानकारी दिनुभयो ।

धेरै राज्य बनाउदा मुलुकलाई अनावश्यक भार हुने अडान राख्दा राख्दै पनि माओबादीको प्रस्ताव अनुसार ११ मा सहमति जनाएदा समेत माओबादी त्यसवाट पनि पछाडी हटेपछि काँग्रेस संकटमा परेको छ ।

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