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Police have arrested an Indian national in possession of a pistol and bullets from Harinagar Rural Municipality-4 of Sunsari.

SP Sanjay Singh Thapa of the District Police Office, Sunsari said that Om Prakash Pal of Arariya Babuwan Panchayat Ghorna Thana of India was nabbed with a pistol and three rounds of bullets.

He said that Pal was detained while he had come to his relative’s house in Harinagar Rural Municipality-4 of Sunsari.

A police team deployed from the District Police Office, Sunsari arrested Pal acting a tip-off, SP Thapa said.

Further investigation into the incident is underway, police said.

Police have arrested 14 persons for not allowing the garbage carrying vehicles to enter the dumping site in Sisdole, Nuwakot.

Police said that they apprehended the locals of Sisdole for creating obstructions in dumping the garbage.

Locals had been staging demonstrations since this morning saying that they would not allow the garbage of Kathmandu to dump in Sisdole landfill site until their demands are met.

DSP Gautam Mishra of the Metropolitan Police Circle, Balaju said that they have rounded up 14 persons who were trying to create obstructions in dumping the garbage.

Earlier on Tuesday, Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balen Shah had urged the locals to facilitate dumping the garbage.

An eighteen-year-old girl died when police opened fire at protesters in Orali Bazaar of Madhuban Municipality, Bardiya on Monday.

The deceased has been identified as Nabina Chaudhary of Madhuban Municipality-2.

The incident occurred when a clash broke out between the security personnel and the locals who were staging a demonstration demanding security from the wild animals after Asmita Tharu (41) was critically injured in a tiger attack while she was working at her home.

They had demanded that the tigers should be relocated and electric fences should be installed to prevent wild animals from entering the human settlements.

Inspector Hridayesh Sapkota of the District Police Office, Bardiya said that 12 Nepal Police and seven Armed Police personnel were injured in the clash.

Security personnel fired 20 rounds of tear gas canisters to take the situation under control.

Following the incident, the government formed a five-member committee to investigate the incident.

Meanwhile, speaking at the Parliament meeting on Tuesday, Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand said that the government had not given order to the security personnel to open fire at the protesters in Bardiya.

He said that action will be taken against those involved in the incident.

The Democratic Socialist Party submitted a memorandum of demands to Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Tuesday.

Party Chairman Mahantha Thakur along with other leaders handed over an 11-point memorandum to Prime Minister Deuba this morning.

The leaders said that they submitted the memorandum to the Prime Minister to remind the commitment he made to address the demands of the party.

The party said in its memorandum that the children of the naturalized citizens should be given citizenship certificates immediately as per the constitution.

It also demanded withdrawal of false cases slapped against the party cadres during the Tharuhat and Madhesh movement and release of the arrested cadres including Resham Chaudhary in Mahottari and Kailali.

Similarly, the party has also demanded to amend the constitution, provide representation in local bodies, province assemblies and federal parliament on the basis of population, to implement the idea of distributing budget on the basis of population density and to make public the report of high-level probe commission led for former Supreme Court justice Girish Chandra Lal.

Likewise, the party has also demanded the government to arrange fertilizers to the farmers and control inflation and black marketing and provide land ownership certificates to those who have not received yet.

Locals have stopped the Kathmandu Metropolitan City from dumping garbage at Bancharedanda once again.

Earlier on Monday, the government and the representatives of the garbage dumping area had reached an agreement to resume collection of garbage from today.

Representatives of the Ministry of Urban Development, Kathmandu Metropolis, Kakani Nuwakot Rural Municipality and Dhunebesi Municipality of Dhading on Monday had reached an agreement to resume collection of garbage from Tuesday.

The locals, however, said that they would not allow the garbage carrying vehicles to enter the dumping site until their demands are met.

Project Director of the Ministry of Urban Development Rabindra Bohara, Chief Administrative Officer of the Kathmandu Metropolitan City Loknath Paudel, Chief Administrative Officer of Dhunebesi Municipality Haridutta Kandel and Chief Administrative Officer of Kakani Rural Municipality Geeta Kumari Sharma had signed the agreement in the meeting.

Titleholder France failed to rebound from its opening defeat in the Nations League after it was held by Croatia to 1-1 on Monday, Associated Press reported.

Midfielder Adrien Rabiot broke the deadlock after the break and substitute Andrej Kramarić equalized from the spot late for Croatia not to lose to France for the first time in 11 years. 

The draw did neither any favors: France was stunned by Denmark 2-1 in Paris on Friday, the first loss after 20 unbeaten matches, and Croatia started its campaign by losing at home to Austria 3-0.

France will next travel to Austria on Friday while Croatia will visit Denmark, which took sole lead of their League A group.

Denmark made it two from two after beating Austria 2-1 in Vienna. Defender Jens Stryger scored six minutes from the end for Denmark. Xaver Schlager equalized for the hosts after Pierre-Emile Højbjerg’s opener.

The match was delayed by 90 minutes due to a power failure.

Denmark tops the group with six points, followed by Austria with three. France and Croatia have a point each, according to Associated Press.

The four group winners in League A will qualify for the final four in June next year. The group winners in the lower leagues will gain promotion.

France coach Didier Deschamps called the draw “satisfying” after changing 10 of the side which started the loss against Denmark.

France missed star striker Kylian Mbappé, who picked up a knee injury against Denmark, and also absent were Karim Benzema and Antoine Griezmann, replaced by Wissam Ben Yedder and Christopher Nkunku up front.

“This is our chance to prepare for the World Cup and try all the possibilities we have,” Deschamps said. “We are using this competition the best we can.”

At the World Cup in Qatar, France is grouped with Denmark, Tunisia and a yet-to-be-determined team, Associated Press reported.

The sold-out crowd of some 30,000 cheered Croatia captain Luka Modrić in his 150th appearance.

“It was a phenomenal feeling, I am happy and proud of my 150th match for Croatia,” Modrić said.

The first defensive half resulted in only one chance on each side and Nkunku had a goal disallowed for offside.

Rabiot exchanged passes with Ben Yedder, who set him up to find the back of the net with a left-foot shot seven minutes into the second half to put the visitors ahead.

Kramarić calmly sent the goalkeeper the wrong way with a low right-foot penalty seven minutes from time, Associated Press reported.

Brazil defeated Japan 1-0 in a friendly Monday thanks to a penalty by Neymar in the 77th minute after he was tripped in the box on a rainy night at Tokyo’s new National Stadium, Associated Press reported.

It was Neymar’s 74th goal for the national team, leaving him three short of matching the record held by Pele. He also scored two penalties last week in a 5-1 victory over South Korea as Brazil tested itself on an Asian tour against two teams who qualified for the World Cup.

Japan is now winless against Brazil in 13 matches (11 losses and 2 draws). Brazil also stretched its unbeaten run to 13 games. Its last loss came just under a year ago to Argentina in the Copa America final.

Defender Marquinhos knows Brazil was fortunate to get away with the narrow victory.

“We expected this to be a tougher match, but we also played better against South Korea,” Marquinhos said. “We made some mistakes that gave them confidence. This is a good test against a team that is ready for the World Cup.”

Brazil, an early favorite along with defending champion France, is grouped with Cameroon, Switzerland and Serbia at the World Cup. Japan was drawn in the toughest group and must face Germany and Spain in Qatar. Costa Rica or New Zealand will fill the other place, according to Associated Press.

“Sometime in the World Cup all you need is to win 1-0, and that’s what we did today,” the Brazilian defender added.

Brazil coach Tite said his team is “much better prepared” than it was four years ago going to the World Cup in Russia. Tite took over that team after Dunga was fired in 2016, two years ahead of the World Cup.

“The previous cycle (2016-18) brought me the experience,” he said. “I don’t underestimate that. I didn’t think I would be this long with the national team.”

Tite said he had hoped to play England or France before the World Cup, which proved impossible. He said he’s now looking for a team ranked in the top 30 for a match, perhaps in September.

Brazil had most of the possession and had several chances to score more goals, with Neymar missing a couple of opportunities from open play.

Brazil made four changes from the team that defeated South Korea. Dropped to the bench were goalkeeper Weverton, defender Thiago Silva, left back Alex Sandro and striker Richarlison. In their places, Alisson started in goal, Eder Militao and Guilherme in defense, and Vinicius Junior at striker, Associated Press reported.

Lucas Paqueta hit the post just a minute into the match, Fred hit the crossbar 10 minutes later, and Raphinha forced Japanese goalkeeper Shuichi Gonda to make the first save of the match from a close-range shot about 20 minutes into the game.

Neymar had his best chance midway through the first half but Gonda dived to his left to stop the effort. Gonda denied him again just before halftime, while Raphinha also missed a free kick late in the half.

Japan posed some threats early with Junya Ito trying to cross balls in from the right wing, forcing several corners, and also pressed early in the second half without managing to test goalkeeper Alisson, who had a quiet night.

In another friendly between Asian and South American teams, South Korea beat Chile 2-0. Hwang Hee-chan and Son Heung-min scored a goal each at home in Daejeon, according to Associated Press.

Brazil routed South Korea 5-1 last week.

More cases of the rare monkeypox virus, normally found in Africa, have been confirmed in the UK, bringing the total to 302, BBC reported.

Twenty-six other countries have also had cases, including many in Europe.

Health officials say anyone can get monkeypox, particularly if they've had close contact with someone with symptoms.

They advise contacting NHS 111 or a sexual health clinic if you have a rash with blisters on any part of the body.

The UK Health Security Agency says there are currently 287 confirmed cases of monkeypox in England, 10 in Scotland, three in Wales and two in Northern Ireland.

In total, 780 cases of monkeypox have been found in recent weeks in countries where the virus is not usually present, outside of west and central Africa, according to BBC.

Spain, Portugal, France, Canada, Australia and Mexico are just some of the countries to have been affected.

The risk to the general population is low and the symptoms usually clear up within a few weeks, but the virus can be more severe in those who are particularly vulnerable.

Monkeypox is not sexually transmitted but it looks like the infection has been introduced in networks of gay and bisexual men in the UK, and that's where most cases are currently being seen.

According to figures released last week, many of them are young men living in London. 

Monkeypox is not spread easily between people but it can be passed on through close contact with skin, clothes, bedding and towels. So far, no one factor linking the cases in the UK has been identified, BBC reported.

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