BIZ BRIEFS Phone service obstructedDIPAYAL: Telephone service in parts of Achham and Bajura districts has been obstructed after a gang of terrorists detonated bomb at the repeater tower of Nepal Telecom situated at Siudi VDC of Achham district last week. The... 16 Mar, 2005
Additional flights a respite for people Himalayan News ServiceNepalgunj, March 5: People travelling to remote districts of the mid-western and far-western regions from the Ranjha Airport, Nepalgunj, are heaving a sigh of relief after the RNAC added a plane to increase flights to those... Travel 05 Mar, 2005
SC verdict on petty kings on March 17 Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, February 17:The Supreme Court (SC) said today that it will pronounce its verdict regarding a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging a legal provision which still allows conferment of the title of petty Kings on... Horoscopes 17 Feb, 2005
Sanitation drive The rural drinking water and sanitation fund development board is to launch a drinking water and sanitation drive in some 60 districts in all the five development regions across the country. This initiative is being supported by the government, the... 02 Feb, 2005
Ministry to increase food for education quotas Renu KshetryKathmandu, January 17:The Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) is planning to increase the quota for food for education programmes as the demand of food by girl students is on the rise.Purna Bahadur Ranabhat, programme director of Food... Horoscopes 18 Jan, 2005
Radio programme popular Himalayan News Service Dipayal, March 1: For the people in the far western region where there are very limited telephone and other communication facilities, Radio Nepal has been serving as a reliable medium for communication. Every Sunday at 10.00 in... Travel 03 Jan, 2005
Phone services disrupted in far west Himalayan News ServiceDipayal, June 19:The people living in rural areas of the far-western development region have to come to Dipayal, the regional headquarters, and wait for two to three days to make a phone call. The situation arose after the Maoists... Travel 20 Jun, 2004
Faulty measurement hits customers Himalayan News Service Mahendranagar, May 23:Customers are being fooled by the lack of monitoring and evaluation, of scales used in weighing machines in rural areas of far-western development zone, by the office of Quality Control and Measurement,... 23 May, 2004
Lahures walk back home due to Maoist chakka jam Kailash Kumar JoshiDhangadhi, March 28:Thousands of Lahures, who work in India, returned to their country via Kailali and Kanchanpur transit points recently. But to their dismay, they did not find any vehicles plying on the roads. They were instead... Travel 29 Mar, 2004
Help in the offing for war-torn kids Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, March 17:The Central Child Welfare Committee (CCWC), a government body, will launch development and protection programmes for children affected in 30 districts by the armed conflict. The move will be supported by Save... Horoscopes 18 Mar, 2004
ONCE-OVER Maoists torch microbusRUPANDEHI: Maoists set fire to a microbus (Na 2 Kha 2559) at Driver tole around 5.15 pm on Friday. The bus, that was enroute to Butwal from Bhairahawa, was completely destroyed in the fire. — HNSTeacher awaits SamaritanCHITWAN:... Travel 13 Mar, 2004
248 lives lost to war in west in one year Himalayan News Service Dhangadhi, February 14During last year, 248 persons have been killed while 338 have been detained by both the government and Maoists in this far-western region of the country. From 17th Paush 2058 to 17th Paush 2060, reports say... Travel 15 Feb, 2004
