Girl found dead

Nuwakot: A 13-year-old student died of excessive cold in Bhalche VDC of Nuwakot following snowfall on Thursday and Friday. Sumati Tamang, a student of Bhume lower secondary school (Kahule) was found dead on Sunday, a teacher at the school said. The falling snow covered them, the teacher added. Four other missing students have come into contact. — HNS

RPP-N men quit party

PHIDIM: Some 40 Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal (RPP-N) activists, including the party’s Panchthar district unit chairman Hari Lal Tumrok and vice-chairman Dil Bir Saru, quit the party and joined the Nepali Congress on Saturday. NC leader Purna Kumar Sharma provided them NC membership at a gathering at Nawamidanda VDC. — HNS

Dalit body on warpath

ITAHARI: Putting forth its 11-point demands, including declaration of a republic, the eastern region chapter of the Republican Joint Dalits’ Struggle Committee has announced a series of protest programmes, coordinator, DB Shah Shankar, said. — HNS

Four girls rescued

SYANGJA: Locals here rescued four Nepali girls from an Indian circus and handed them over to their guardians on Sunday. The girls were rescued from the circus that was staging its show in the Waling Festival in Syangja. Tara Sharma, Karuna Magar, Mandira Tamang and Rama Tamang were rescued from the circus. — HNS

JTMM cadre quits

SIRAHA: The Siraha district in-charge of the Janatantrik Tarai Mukti Morcha-Jwala Singh quit the party on Sunday. “Since there is a trend of ignoring party workers having an intellectual bent of mind, I resign from the party,” a statement issued by Bhamandal said. — HNS

RSS’ 46th anniversary

KATHMANDU: Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS) marked its 46th anniversary on Sunday. Speakers at a function organised here on Sunday to mark the 46th anniversary of the RSS stressed the need for the news agency to expand its services in a competitive and qualitative manner. — RSS

Panel starts probe

SIRAHA: The committee formed by the government to probe incidents during the Tarai unrest on Sunday visited different offices in Lahan and acquired information on the damages. The four-member team arrived in Lahan on Saturday. — HNS

Disabled persons’ stir

Kathmandu: The National Federation of Disabled-Nepal on Sunday held a protest outside the PM’s residence at Baluwatar while the eight parties were holding a meeting on amendments in the interim constitution, a statement said. — HNS