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ByPublished: 12:00 am May 06, 2008
School padlocked
BAGLUNG: Nepal Students’ Union and ANNISU-Revolutionary have padlocked Race Nunthapa Secondary School indefinitely in Baglung’s Race VDC alleging that it charged students excessively. The school has remained shut for a week. The students’ unions said the school was padlocked to exert pressure to reduce the fees. —HNS
Blast in Bara
BARA: An unidentified gang detonated a socket bomb in the house of medical superintendent of Bara District Hospital, Dr. Rahaman Ansari, in Kalaiya-14 on Sunday night. District police office said the explosion smashed windowpanes of the house. District army commander of Tarai Mukti Morcha, Agni, owned up the blast over phone on Monday. — HNS
Man robbed of lakhs
BARA: A gang of three armed persons robbed an official of Manharwa-based Mamkaur Sugar and Chemicals of Rs 6 lakhs in Kalaiya, the headquarters of Bara district, on Monday. The official, Upendra Prasad Yadav, had withdrawn the amount from the Kalaiya branch of NCC Bank. — HNS