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Bipin Joshi of Kanchanpur, who was killed while being held hostage by Hamas, a Palestinian rebel group, has been cremated on the Mahakali River with state honors.

Joshi’s father Mahananda Joshi lit the funeral pyre.

Earlier, a contingent of the Armed Police Force had offered a salute.

Joshi’s funeral procession was taken out before the cremation.

Israeli representatives, including Israeli Ambassador to Nepal Shmulik Arie Bass, relatives, and locals took part in the procession.

Joshi’s body was brought to Kathmandu on Monday after Israel handed it over to Nepal.

The Bhadrapur Inland Revenue Office in Jhapa district collected Rs 752.7 million in revenue in the first quarter of the current fiscal year 2082/083 BS.

The collection of the first quarter of the running fiscal is 16.9 percent of the total annual target of Rs 4.45 billion, Chief Tax Officer Gopal Bahadur Thapa said.

According to Thapa, the Office had set a target to collect Rs 871 million in revenue in the first three months of the current fiscal year.

The Office received Rs 272.6 million from income tax, almost Rs 311million from value added tax (VAT) and Rs 187 million from excise duty.

Chief Tax Officer Thapa shared that the Office is also focusing on beneficiary-centric tax education while continuing market monitoring and surveillance.

Two persons died when a scooter they were riding on met with an accident in Chitwan on Tuesday.

Police said that the incident occurred when the rider lost control of the scooter (Ba Pra 06-003 Pa 0692) near the Bharatpur Airport at around 2:30 am today.

 Chief of the Chitwan District Police Office and Superintendent of Police (SP) Govinda Puri shared that 25-year-old Sandeep Ghimire and pillion rider 28-year-old Kushal Aryal of the Bharatpur Metropolitan City-21 died in the mishap.

The two were rushed to the Bharatpur Hospital following the critical head injuries in the accident where they breathed their last during the course of treatment, police said.

With the arrival of Tihar, the second greatest festival of Hindus, the Kathmandu Valley has been beautifully illuminated with decorative lights. Every house, neighborhood, and the entire valley is now adorned with dazzling lights. The valley, glittering with colorful illumination, looks mesmerizing from the surrounding hills.

Tihar is also regarded as the festival of lights. It is believed that Goddess Laxmi, the goddess of wealth, resides in bright and clean homes, so people light oil lamps and decorate their houses with sparkling lights to welcome her.

Photos: Nepal Photo Library 

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President Ram Chandra Paudel has wished that may the festival of Tihar inspire all Nepalis to promote the aspiration of mutual goodwill, tolerance, brotherhood, good governance and prosperity.

In a message today on the occasion of the Tihar festival, the President wished for happiness, peace, progress and prosperity to all Nepali sisters and brothers at home and abroad.

"Nepal is a country with diverse unique cultures. Our different festivals have worked to unite our diversities. Of such festivals, Tihar is a great festival of Hindus. This festival has united different ethnic and lingual communities and cultures in a thread," President Paudel stated in his message.

The President has stated that Tihar is also a festival of light and carries cultural, historical, practical, psychological and scientific importance.  

President Paudel wished that this festival could inspire all of us to move on the path to truth, justice and social good governance, thanks to different cultural practices being demonstrated in the Tihar festival.

He noted that practices such as Bhai Tika, Mha Puja and worship rituals convey the messages of love, social unity, compassion, and the triumph of light over darkness.

Nepal Police celebrated Kukur Tihar, the festival of dogs, with dogs on Monday.

Though Kukur Tihar falls on the second day of the Tihar festival, it is being celebrated on the third day this year due to some changes in the calendar, Member of Nepal Calendar Determination Committee Prof Dr Devmani Bhattarai said. 

Dog, which is an animal well known for being the trustworthy sentry as well as faithful companion of humans since ancient times, is worshipped once a year on this day as Yamadoot, or a messenger of Yamaraj, the God of death.

Dog, which is said to have accompanied Dharmaraj Yudhisthir on his journey to heaven in the mythological grand epic Mahabharat, has a close relationship with mankind.

The event featured demonstrations by police handlers. The winning dog was awarded with a medal and prize.

The final rites of Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the first expedition to successfully scale the summit of Mount Everest, were performed at Chintamani Ghat in Teku.

Sherpa passed away at the age of 92 on Friday.

Minister for Rural Development, Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation and Physical Infrastructure and Transport Kulman Ghising draped the national flag on Sherpa’s body and a team of Armed Police Force offered a last salute.

Sherpa was 19 years old when he accompanied the historic team led by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay to the top of Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain, in 1953.  

Laxmi Puja, one of the main days of Tihar—the festival of lights—is being celebrated today.

This evening, devotees will worship Goddess Laxmi, the deity of wealth.

Flowers, an essential part of the festival, are in high demand.

Markets like New Road, Ason, and Kalimati are crowded with people buying and selling vibrant flowers.