once-over JTMM-J cadre heldRAUTAHAT: Rautahat district military commander of the Janatantrik Tarai Mukti Morcha (Jwala) Barood Singh was arrested by a team of the Armed Police Force (APF) on Friday night. Acting on a tip-off, police raided a house in Amarpatti... Travel 04 Nov, 2007
ONCE-OVER Lightning kills two TAPLEJUNG: Two persons were killed when lightning struck at Sabadin VDC of Taplejung on Monday. Maan Bahadur Limbu, 75, of Sabadin VDC-6 and wife of one Indra Limbu from the same place were killed, the DSP at District Police Office,... Travel 04 Nov, 2007
IN BRIEF 15 abductedRAUTAHAT: A group of armed cadres of Janatantrik Tarai Mukti Morcha (JTMM-Jwala) on Monday abducted 15 labourers and seized five tractors from Chandi Khola of Rautahat district. The labourers had gone there to collect sand. Ten workers and... Travel 30 Oct, 2007
Preventable deaths Over two dozen people have lost their lives to diarrhoea in Saptari district in the last few weeks, with 50,000 considered at imminent risk of contracting it. A comparable number has succumbed to diarrhoea in Rautahat district where 42 VDCs have been... 29 Oct, 2007
7 booked for assault on cops Rautahat, October 23:Rautahat district police office today filed a case against seven persons under the Public Offence Act for misbehaving with the police. They were arrested after they misbehaved with police personnel deployed for security at a... Travel 24 Oct, 2007
Dysentery kills two, hits many Rautahat/Rajbiraj, October 17:Two persons died of dysentery in Rautahat district today. The disease has gripped large areas of the district for two months. Jiyalal Yadav, 25, of Maryadpur VDC 1 and Nikhat Khatun, 2, of Tejapakad 2 died of the disease,... Travel 18 Oct, 2007
MJF wants poll date fixed soon Rautahat, October 16:The Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) today began its protracted session in Rautahat district’s headquarters Gaur. MJF president Upendra Yadav demanded the government to announce a date for the constituent assembly polls to save... Travel 16 Oct, 2007
Two shot at Rautahat, October 16:Two persons were hurt when an unknown gang opened fire at them at BP chowk in Gaur municipality of Rautahat today. The two persons were chatting at the chowk when four persons on motorcycles reached the spot and indiscriminately... Travel 16 Oct, 2007
JTMM-J free three persons Rautahat, October 11:Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha-Jwala Singh (JTMM-J) group today released three persons it had abducted three days ago from Dharampur village development committee ward number seven of Rautahat after they paid ransom.Kul Prasad... Travel 12 Oct, 2007
Dysentery kills four Rajbiraj/Rautahat, October 4:Two persons died of dysentery in Saptari district today, while two persons have succumbed to dysentery in Rautahat district. The dysentery toll in Rautahat has gone up to six due to the disease raging in the district for a... Travel 05 Oct, 2007
ONCE-OVER Two missing in riverITAHARI: Hira Devi Kewirat, 25, and Aarti Chandrabanshi, 8, of Sri Lanka Island in Prakashpur of Sunsari district drowned while taking a dip in the Saptakoshi River on Wednesday afternoon. The police said a search is on for the... Travel 04 Oct, 2007
Mother, two kids meet watery grave RAUTAHAT:A woman drowned along with her two children in Sangrampur VDC-5 of Rautahat district on Sunday night after a family conflict. The Garuda area police office said Fakhre Alam’s wife Shamsa Khatun, 27, tied her 7-year-old daughter Gulshan and... Travel 02 Oct, 2007
