Injured RPP man dies

KATHMANDU: Rastriya Prajatantra Party Kaski district president Chhetra Bahadur KC, who was injured after being shot at near his house in Pokhara, died on Friday while undergoing treatment at Bir Hospital, according to party spokeswoman Rosan Karki. — HNS

Seven hurt in collision

LAHAN: Seven women were injured, one of them critically, in a collision between a truck and a tempo near Lahan Bazaar Saptari on Friday, the police said. The injured women were travelling in a tempo. — HNS

Dr Shrestha awarded

KATHMANDU: Dr Tirtha Bahadur Shrestha received the Abraham Conservation Lifetime Achievement Award for his dedication towards conservation in Nepal at a ceremony organised

by the World Wildlife Federation (WWF). — HNS

Case against minister

KATHMANDU: A contempt of court case has been filed at the Supreme Court against Home Minister, Dan Bahadur Shahi, accusing him of defying the Supreme Court’s order to free Karna Bahdur Thapa Magar. Thapa Magar was re-arrested from the Kathmandu District Court even after the order of the Supreme Court. — HNS