Over 90 houses gutted

BHAIRAHAWA: More than 60 houses were gutted and property worth lakhs of rupees were gutted in separate fire incidents in three different places in Rupandehi on Saturday. Meanwhile, property worth Rs 550,000 was destroyed in a fire that gutted 33 houses in Sadahawa of Kapilvastu district on Saturday. — RSS

Rs 3 lakh looted

TANAHUN: Maoists looted Rs 293, 085 from the Royal Cooperatives Limited located at Dulegauda VDC-7 of Tanahun district on Sunday, said the Bela Chautara Area Police Office. In Baglung, on Friday Maoists exploded bombs in the house of Raj Parishad Standing Committee member Kulraj Sharma after herding out his wife and family members out. — HNS

‘New ad policy soon’

BHAIRAHAWA: The Director General of Information Department, Narayan Gopal Malego, said that the government would not discontinue advertisements to the newspapers. The government will introduce a new advertisement policy, he said. — HNS