Saptari. A team from the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has taken Mahendra Kumar Das, the Chief Engineer of the Nepal Electricity Authority's Kanchanpur Distribution Center in Saptari, into custody for accepting a bribe.He was arrested following complaints that he had been soliciting bribes from service seekers under the pretext of installing a transformer and providing power supply for the operation of a charging station.A special team deployed from the CIAA's Itahari office apprehended Engineer Das in Ward Number 1 of Hanumannagar Kankalini Municipality, Saptari, while he was in the process of accepting 140,000 rupees from...
Surkhet. The Karnali Province government has decided to grant six additional public holidays in the upcoming year 2083 BS. The decision was made during a Council of Ministers meeting held today at the Office of the Chief Minister and Council of Ministers in Birendranagar, Surkhet, according to Karnali Province government spokesperson and Minister for Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives, Binod Kumar Shah.“The provincial government has decided to grant public holidays on Chaitra 12 (Rice Day) and Ashoj 22 for the Chandannath Temple pole-carrying festival,” he stated, “However, this applies only to Jumla district. For the National Rice Day on Ashar...