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Soaring temperature takes a massive toll in Accham
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People of the remote hilly district of Accham in far-western region are not only facing possible food shortages due to drought caused by extended dry spell, they are also increasingly falling ill due to the intense heat wave.
Reports quoted district health officials as saying that more than 20 percent of the population -around 50,000 people - in the impoverished district has been taken ill due to the heat wave compounded by soaring temperature.
The district has not received any rain for last three weeks and the temperature has shot up to an all time high of 41 degrees, surpassing the average temperature of below 35 degrees.
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Three rehab centers for trafficked women
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The government has established rehabilitation centers for those who have been trafficked, national news agency RSS reported Wednesday.
The reports said the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MoWCSW) has set up three such centers in Kathmandu, Sindhupalchowk and Kailali.
Trafficked women and children, who were rescued, will be kept in the rehabilitation centers, said Ritu Raj Bhandari, acting secretary o the Women’s Commission.
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Lightning claims eight lives in Sarlahi, Rautahat
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At least eight persons including three minors have been killed in different places of Sarlahi and Rautahat districts when lightning hit them on Tuesday. Fifteen others have also been injured in the two incidents.
Reports coming in from Sarlahi district said that five people died in the district due to powerful lightning bolt.
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Maoists move against government
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Nepal's Maoists have launched their third “people’s movement” pledging to continue their street demonstrations against the government.
Speaking at a workers’ demonstration in the village of Palung, south-west of Kathmandu, former Prime Minister Prachanda said that his Maoist party will launch a third Jana Andolan or People's movement. The first one was launched in 1990 at the start of the civil war; the second in 2006 which led to the fall of the monarchy and the birth of the country’s first democratic government.
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Thunderbolt kills five in Nepal
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Five people, including two children, were killed and two others critically injured after they were struck by lightning in Nepal’s Sarlahi district near Indian border on Tuesday.
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Maoist cadres show black flag to state minister, pelt stones at him
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Saying that a "loser minister" cannot be made the chief guest of a programme, cadres of Unified CPN (Maoist) pelted stones at the Minister of State for Energy Chandra Singh Bhattarai in Tikapur of Dhangadi district on Tuesday.
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Kidnappers stalk school students in Nepal
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High schools in Nepal remained closed on Tuesday while students brought traffic to a standstill in the vicinity of a school in capital Kathmandu to protest against the brutal murder of a teenager and the growing targeting of school children by kidnappers.
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PM Nepal reiterates timely constitution
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Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has said the government and the members of the constituent assembly (CA) are committed on completing the constitution writing process within the scheduled time frame.
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal presenting souvenir to the former speaker of House of Representatives of Philippines and the co-chairman of International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) in an interaction programme on “Constitution Making: A comprehensive Perspective” in Kathmandu, Tuesday, Jun 23 09. nepalnews.com/rh
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal presenting souvenir to the former speaker ...
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India, Nepal to continue to work in peace process
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Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon on Sunday said India will continue to work with Nepal to take the peace process and constitution drafting process to a logical end as those missions are of common interest for both countries.
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Darjeeling man held in Nepal for teen's brutal murder
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Kathmandu, June 23 : A
42-year-old former school teacher, who migrated to Nepal from the hill
town of Darjeeling in India's West Bengal state, was arrested for the
brutal murder of a high school student that Tuesday continued to send
shock waves and trigger protests throughout the Himalayan republic.
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