Kathmandu. The Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing for the corruption case against former Commissioner of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), Rajnarayan Pathak. The case against Pathak has been scheduled for hearing in a joint bench of Supreme Court Justices Nahakul Subedi and Balkrishna Dhakal.Pathak resigned due to the fear of impeachment after it was revealed that he took a bribe of NPR 7.8 million to settle irregularities within the Nepal Engineering College. After the work was not done despite taking the bribe, the group that invested the money publicly released audio and video recordings...
Kathmandu. Police have arrested a woman who escaped from the custody of the Kathmandu police during the 'Janji' performance. Sabina Adhikari, 30, originally from Ward No.-7, Mahalaxmi Municipality, Dhankuta, was arrested from Nagdhunga in Kathmandu on Wednesday.SSP Krishna Koirala of the Narcotics Control Bureau told Ratopati that 88 grams of brown heroin were recovered from the accused, who was traveling on a bus with license plate Ba.Pradesh-001-006 Kha 7420 coming from Rajbiraj.Previously, the bureau had arrested her with 100 grams of brown heroin and kept her in the custody of the District Police Range, Kathmandu. The accused escaped from custody...
Tehran. Amid rising war tensions in the Middle East, attacks on ships in the Gulf region have intensified. According to the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), the UK's maritime security monitoring agency, at least 13 ships were targeted in attacks between February 28 and March 11 in the Arabian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz, and the Gulf of Oman.Meanwhile, two more ships were attacked near the Umm Qasr port on Wednesday night. This port is near the city of Basra. According to the Iraqi Port Authority, one person died and 38 people were injured in the incident.Separately, UKMTO reported another...