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A pall of gloom has enveloped Chedagad Municipality of Jajarkot district following the death of 12 persons in a jeep accident. The tragedy occurred when the jeep (Karnali Province 2001 Cha 0429) heading towards Lewa from Jewa fell off a cliff at Dasera of Chedagad Municipality-4 on Monday. Issuing a condolence statement on Tuesday, Acting Chief Administrative Officer Ganga Bahadur Rokaya urged all the government and non-government offices to close the services today to mourn the deceased. Those killed in the accident have been identified as Man Bahadur Rawat (driver) of Bhagawatimai Rural Municipality-2 of Dailekh and conductor Birendra KC and Ammar Khada of Bhagawatimai Rural Municipality-3. Similarly, Dipak Adhikari, Nainasara Adhikari, Jaikubara Budha, Ram Bahadur Budha, Devisara Budha, Amar Adhikari, Nisha Adhikari of Chedagad Municipality-5 died in the incident. Jaivan Adhikari, injured in the incident, died while being treated at the Surkhet-based Province Hospital. The District Police Office, Jajarkot further said that Bir Bahadur Khatri of Chedagad-6 also died in the incident.

Police have confiscated 363 kg marijuana from Parsa. Acting on a tip-off, police seized the contraband from a truck (Na 4 Kha 6555) heading towards Bijayabasti of Parsa from Hetauda of Makwanpur. The marijuana packed in 22 cartoons were hidden by making a false bottom in the truck. It has been learnt that the driver fled the scene soon after he saw the police. The confiscated marijuana and truck have been handed over to the Area Police Office, Thori for investigation.    

CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal has reached the North Korean embassy at Jhamsikhel in Kathmandu to take part in the memorial assembly of Kim Jong-il, father of Kim Jong Un, supreme leader of North Korea. The North Korean embassy had invited Nepal as the chief guest of the memorial assembly. North Korean Ambassador to Nepal Jo Yong Man welcomed former prime minister Nepal at the Embassy. Earlier on November 9, Ambassador Jo had held a meeting with Nepal at the latter’s residence in Koteshwor. The North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was born in Russia on February 16, 1941 and died on December 17, 2011. He had ruled North Korea from October 8, 1997 to December 17, 2011. During the program, leader Nepal praised the role played by Kim Jong Il to develop the relations between Nepal and North Korea and also for development of North Korea. Ambassador Jo Yong Man among Embassy officials was present on the occasion. Officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, however, were not present in the program. Nepal and North Korea have diplomatic relations. North Korea has an embassy in Nepal but Nepal does not have embassy in North Korea.

The price of gold has dropped by Rs 200 per tola in the domestic market on Tuesday. According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers’ Association, the yellow bullion is being traded at Rs 100, 000 per tola today. It was traded at Rs 100, 200 per tola on Monday. Meanwhile, tejabi gold is being traded at Rs 99, 500 per tola today. Similarly, the silver is being traded at Rs 1, 390 per tola.

Students of Trichandra Multiple Campus staged a demonstration in the Capital on Tuesday against the decision of the government to issue an ordinance to grant amnesty to Resham Chaudhary. The students staged the demonstration outside the Campus this morning after the government decided to bring an ordinance to free Resham Chaudhary and Muhammad Alam among others who have been doing time for heinous crime. A large number of students took part in the protest program organized by the All Nepal National Free Students' Union Trichandra Campus Committee. The government has been facing widespread criticism from all quarters of life after it decided to issue an ordinance to amend the negative list in Section 116 of Criminal Procedure Code. The ordinance brought to grant amnesty to Chaudhary has already been sent to President Bidya Devi Bhandari for the authentication. NC General Secretary duo Gagan Thapa, Bishwa Prakash Sharma and leaders of various political parties have also condemned the government's move. Chaudhary has been serving a life term in the central jail for masterminding the carnage at Tikapur, Kailali, which took the lives of eight people including a toddler in August 2015. Meanwhile, the government has defended its move saying that past governments had also brought similar ordinances. Speaking at a press conference organized to make public the decision of the Cabinet meeting on Monday, government spokesperson and Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gyanendra Bahadur Karki said that the government brought the ordinance to bring political parties and groups involved in criminal activities into peaceful mainstream politics.

Several Indian soldiers were injured in a clash with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) at Yangtse, Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh on December 9, The Hindu reported. Confirming that the incident has occurred, a defence official with knowledge of the matter, without giving the specifics, said that the injuries on the “Chinese side were much higher than on the Indian side.” This is the first incident of its kind after the June 15, 2020 incident when 20 Indian soldiers were killed and several others were injured in violent clashes with the PLA troops in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley. Several senior officials while confirming that the incident took place declined to comment on the specifics of the incident. There was no response from the Army to questions sent till the time of going to print. According to another source, few soldiers sustained fractured limbs during the skirmish and are said to be recuperating at a hospital in Guwahati. Around 600 PLA soldiers were present when the clashes took place, the source said. This is not the first time the area in Arunachal Pradesh has seen a face-off between the Indian and Chinese troops. Since the boundary is undefined, Indian and Chinese troops often face-off while patrolling the area. In October 2021, a similar incident had taken place when some Chinese soldiers of a large patrol team were detained for few hours by the Indian Army they engaged in a minor face-off and clashed near Yangtse, according to The Hindu. In the last few years, the Army has significantly upgrading firepower and infrastructure along the LAC in the Tawang sector and a similar effort is underway in the Rest of Arunachal Pradesh (RALP). This includes road infrastructure, bridges, tunnels, habitat and other storage facilities, aviation facilities and upgradation of communications and surveillance especially in the Upper Dibang Valley region, as reported earlier. As reported by The Hindu earlier, there has been a change in the pattern of PLA patrols, with large size patrols coming now to assert their claim while also testing India across the Line of Actual Control (LAC) which defence officials had said was to prevent any surprise or getting overwhelmed by Indian troops in case there is a flare up as the Army and Into-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). Before the 2020 standoff in Eastern Ladakh, Chinese bases have largely been much farther from the LAC. Majority of the transgressions in the last few years are in the Western sector while there is an increasing trend of transgressions in the Eastern and Middle sectors, officials has stated earlier. The LAC is divided into Western (Ladakh), Middle (Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand), Sikkim, and Eastern (Arunachal Pradesh) sectors, The Hindu reported. In Eastern Ladakh, India and China are positioned in close proximity at multiple locations along the undefined LAC for more than two years. While several rounds of talks at diplomatic and military level have eased the standoff at few points turning the areas into no-patrolling zones, there are others where the build-up continues.  

At least 11 persons died when a jeep met with an accident in Jajarkot on Monday. The deceased have been identified as Bir Bahadur Khatri of Jajarkot, Jaya Bahadur Buda, Nainsara Adhikari, Ram Bahadur Buda, Devisara Buda, Amar Adhikari, Nisha Adhikari and Deepa Adhikari of Lewa, Chedagad-5, jeep driver Man Bahadur Raut of Rum Dailekh, Bhagwati Rural Municipality-2, Birendra KC and Amar Bahadur Khadka of Dailekh, Bhagwatimai Rural Municipality-3. Amar and Nisha, who were critically injured in the incident, breathed their last on the way to a hospital. Jaiwan Adhikari is said to be critical condition. He has been sent to Surkhet for further treatment. The incident occurred when the jeep (Karnali Province 02-001 Cha 0429) heading towards Lewa from Jews fell some 200 meters down the road at Bhirbati in Chedagad Municipality-4 of West Jajarkot. Chief District Officer of Jajarkot Janak Prasad Bhandari said that police are looking into the case.

The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) gained 16. 96 points to close at 1,902.27 points on Monday. Similarly, the sensitive index surged by 5. 57 points to close at 372. 93 points. Meanwhile, a total of 4,470,625 unit shares of 245 companies were traded for Rs 1. 36 billion. Meanwhile, Summit Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited and CYC Nepal Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited were the top gainers today, with its price surging by 10. 00 percent. Global IME Balanced Fund-1 was the top loser as its price fell by 9.93percent. At the end of the day, total market capitalization stood at Rs 2. 73 trillion.