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Pokhara metropolis continues demolition of encroached structures

Pokhara, May 28 -- Pokhara Metropolitan City has started demolishing unauthorised structures in front of the Prithvi Chowk bus park as part of its campaign to reclaim encroached public land. The driv... Read More


Pokhara starts demolition drive against Phirke river encroachment

Pokhara, May 24 -- The Pokhara Metropolitan City on Sunday started demolishing structures built encroaching on the Phirke river in Pokhara. The metropolitan city had issued a 35-day notice asking peo... Read More


Kaski court drops organised crime, money laundering charges against RSP chief, others

Pokhara, May 22 -- The Kaski District Court on Friday scrapped organised crime and money laundering charges filed against Rastriya Swatantra Party chair Rabi Lamichhane, fugitive Gitendra Babu (GB) Ra... Read More


Sixty fractures fail to break Pokhara boy's resolve to study

Pokhara, May 16 -- More than 60 bones in Animesh Lamichhane's body have fractured over the years. His nose, ribs, shoulders, arms and legs have all broken at different times. With every fracture, how... Read More


Landless squatters protest nationwide, demand relocation before eviction

Nepal, May 4 -- Protests by landless squatters have spread across several districts after authorities issued notices to vacate encroached public land in the wake of settlement clearances in the Kathma... Read More


West Asia tensions hit Nepal's tourism hard as bookings tumble

Nepal, April 21 -- Escalating tensions in West Asia are taking a visible toll on Nepal's tourism industry, with international travellers cancelling bookings in large numbers across major destinations.... Read More


Phewa demolitions, now halted, expose buffer dispute, selective enforcement

Pokhara, April 14 -- Manju Thapa, a resident of Khapaudi in ward 18 of Pokhara Metropolitan City, was jolted awake in the early hours on April 4 by a telephone call. While she was asleep with her two ... Read More


Property row sparks grisly killing of Pokhara widow, nephew held

Pokhara, April 11 -- Sirjana Poudel KC, a 42-year-old widow, was killed in a brutal attack in Pokhara on April 8, in what police describe as a premeditated murder rooted in a family property dispute. ... Read More


Home Minister Gurung claims deception in Phewa Lake land lease. Landowner disputes claim

Pokhara, April 6 -- Conflicting claims have emerged between Home Minister Sudan Gurung and the landowner over land the minister leased near Phewa Lake in Pokhara, as the metropolitan city intensifies ... Read More


Home Minister Gurung faces scrutiny over unpaid land rent near Phewa Lake

Pokhara, April 6 -- Home Minister Sudan Gurung is at the centre of a dispute after it emerged that he leased 10 ropani (1 ropani = 508.73 square metres) of land near Phewa Lake in Pokhara for 15 years... Read More