Border sealing

NEPALGUNJ: The border posts at Banke, Bardiya and Kanchanpur are to be to sealed from Saturday in view of Monday’s assembly election scheduled in India’s Uttar Pradesh state. The local administration has issued a notice to Nepalis against visiting India through these posts. — HNS

Four PLA men hurt

DAMAK: Four soldiers of the Maoist People’s Liberation Army (PLA) were injured when lightning struck the Chulachuli-based first division camp of the PLA on Thursday. — HNS

Scribes boycott meet

BIRATNAGAR: Citing insecurity, journalists boycotted a programme hosting Minister of Peace and Reconstruction Ram Chandra Poudel on Friday. Though the FNJ filed cases against the MJF cadres, who thrashed five journalists at the Bansbari chowk on February 4, they did not arrest the guilty, the journalists said. — HNS

Refugees jailed

BIRATNAGAR: The Morang district court on Friday sentenced a dozen Bhutanese refugees of the Shanishchare camp to six years’ in jail for involvement in robberies. — HNS

‘War’ on JTMM-Goit

RAJBIRAJ: The Saptari chapter of the Chure Bhawar Ekta Samaj has declared a war on the JTMM-Goit. Saptari eastern army commander of the Samaj, Bijuli Singh Tharu, made public the declaration on Friday. — HNS

Indian aid for school

KATHMANDU: India has granted Rs 1.92 million for the construction of a building of Shree Bhadrakali Higher Secondary school in Kaski. An MoU was signed between the Indian Embassy, the Pokhara Sub-Metropolitan City and the school.— HNS