Rukumputha Uttarganga residents threaten to disrupt electoral process Rukum, April 7 Residents of Rukumputha Uttarganga Rural Municipality today warned of disrupting the electoral process, if Taksera was not made the centre of the rural municipality. Locals agitating for the past six months warned of boycotting the... Travel 08 Apr, 2017
Locals take civil servants under control; inaugurate rural municipality Rukum, March 19 Locals of Taksera at Putha Uttarganga Rural Municipality, Rukum, took the civil servants under control and inaugurated the office of Uttarganga Rural Municipality in Taksera today. The villagers took government employees who were... Travel 20 Mar, 2017
Nepathya releases 'Sirfula' at digital music stores KATHMANDU: Nepathya, a popular folk-rock music band of Nepal, has released the third song of its 10th album, at various digital music stores. It means the song can now be downloaded on various apps including Spotify, Itunes, AppleMusic,... Travel Abroad 29 Jan, 2017
Smugglers paraded RUKUM: Police paraded two persons, who were arrested in possession of hashish from separate places of Rukum district, at the District Police Office on Sunday. Devidetta Budha, 25, of Sarmi VDC, Dolpa, was held with 700 grams of the contraband and... Travel 14 Mar, 2016
Snowfall hits hilly and mountainous regions Bajura/Lamjung, January 20 It has been snowing heavily in hilly and mountainous areas since yesterday evening in many districts across the country. Freezing cold triggered by snowfall has hit life hard. Hilly and mountainous regions of... Travel 21 Jan, 2016
Rukum folks demand employment opportunities in constitution RUKUM, July 20 Nepali Congress cadre Gopal Prasad Sharma, resident of Kholagaun in Rukum, lost his eyesight years ago when Maoist rebels attacked him and poured acid in his eyes. Sharma bemoaned the hardship he has been facing due to his lost... Travel 21 Jul, 2015
Security up in Himalayan viagra picking zone RUKUM: Security has been beefed up in yarsa-collecting areas in order to avert criminal activities in Rukum and Dolpa. Many yarsa-pickers had returned empty-handed last year following a surge in incidents of robberies in these areas. “A number... Travel 05 Jun, 2015
Rukum potatoes rot away RUKUM: Potato farmers in Rukum are a disappointed lot as their hopes of earning handsome sums of money have been shattered. With potato farming becoming the main source of livelihood, many villagers in Taksera, Kol, Hukam, Maikot and Nakharishi, all... 15 Jan, 2010
Rukum schools demean edu philosophy RUKUM: The numbers of secondary and higher secondary schools in Rukum has been increasing for the last few years for a reason other than the education uplift. The schools are run as the owners are guided with a motive that if they run secondary and... Travel 01 Oct, 2009
Basic health facilities elude villagers in far-flung Rukum RUKUM: Villagers of far-flung village development committees of Rukum district have been hit hard due to lack of health services as health workers stationed in the health centres of the rural VDCs are not present in their designated areas. Villagers... Travel 02 Jun, 2009
