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Police have arrested three foreign nationals with 4.3 kilograms of cocaine. 

A police team from Narcotics Control Bureau, Koteswor nabbed the foreign nationals, who arrived in Nepal via air route, from Kathmandu Metropolitan City-9, Sinamangal area. 

The arrestees were made public today. 

Bureau's Assistant Spokesperson, DSP Jeewan Niraula said that Rusani Kama (40) of Thailand, Javier Mathew Thaliyacheri (55) of India and Mursalen Hussein were arrested and made public today. 

"The foreign nationals who were held in the course of the investigation were found involved in drug (cocaine) peddling," he added.

Spokesperson Niraula shared that police seized 550 grams of cocaine from Kama who arrived at Kathmandu via Thailand and 3. 75 kilograms from Indian national Javier, who came to Kathmandu from Laos via Singapore and from another Indian Mursalen who came to Nepal to bring cocaine. 

He informed that police recovered 12 capsules of cocaine from the Thai national and a huge amount hidden in a suitcase from an Indian citizen. 

According to the Bureau, investigation into the three drug traffickers is underway as per the Narcotic Drugs Control Act, 2033 BS.

India’s heaviest launch vehicle LVM-3, in its third commercial mission, placed US communication satellite Bluebird Block-2 in a precise orbit early Wednesday morning. Weighing around 6,100 kg, it was the heaviest satellite launched by an Indian rocket, The Indian Express reported. 

“This (the LVM3-M6 mission) was the ninth consecutive successful launch for LVM-3, demonstrating a 100% reliability… The satellite was placed with less than 2-km deviation from the planned orbit, which is one of the best performances among launch vehicles in the global arena… This gives us great confidence for the Gaganyaan mission,” said ISROchairperson V Narayanan after the successful launch.

A modified version of the same launch vehicle — a human-rated version with more safety — will carry Indian astronauts to space, according to The Indian Express. 

Private airline companies have suspended flights on the Pokhara–Jomsom route for a couple of months due to a sharp decline in the number of tourists visiting Mustang during the winter season.

Summit Airlines and Tara Air decided to halt services citing adverse weather conditions, the risk of snowfall, and a drop in tourist arrivals during the off-season, according to Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) Jomsom Office Chief Deepak Pokharel. 

Both airlines normally operate regular flights on the route.

However, chartered and emergency helicopter services are continuing.

Tara Airlines’ Mustang station in-charge, Suchan Lalchan, said that Pokhara–Jomsom flights have been suspended from December 4 to March 4. 

Summit Airlines stated that its services have remained closed for the past two months.

Strong winter winds in Mustang significantly affect flight operations. 

In addition, improved travel convenience along the Beni–Jomsom–Korala roadway has led to a further decline in air passengers.

US actor Pat Finn, who appeared in popular TV shows including Friends, Seinfeld and The Middle, has died aged 60, BBC reported. 

The comedy and improvisation performer died at home in Los Angeles on Monday having undergone treatment for cancer since 2022, US media reported. 

"Pat never met a stranger - only friends he didn't know yet," his family said in a statement posted on social media, according to BBC. 

The price of gold has dropped by Rs 600 per tola in the domestic market on Thursday. 

According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers’ Association, the yellow metal is being traded at Rs 267, 500 per tola today.  It was traded at Rs 268, 100 per tola on Wednesday. 

Similarly, the price of silver has dropped by Rs 20 and is being traded at Rs 4, 400 per tola.

At least nine people were killed and many others injured early Thursday when a private sleeper bus caught fire after being hit by a large truck in the southwestern Indian state of Karnataka, police said, Xinhua reported. 

The accident took place around 2:00 a.m. local time on the highway at Gorlathu village of Hiriyur area in Chitradurga district, about 203 km northwest of Bengaluru, the capital city of Karnataka.

According to police, the bus was hit by a truck coming from the other side after reportedly jumping the divider and crashing into it, according to Xinhua. 

A school teacher was shot dead Wednesday at the Aligarh Muslim University campus in Uttar Pradesh, NDTV reported. 

Danish Rao, who taught computer science at the ABK High School on campus for 11 years, was out for a walk with two colleagues when two men on a scooter stopped them at 8.50 pm and threatened them with pistols. Rao was shot at least three times, twice in the head.

Senior Superintendent of Police Neeraj Jadon confirmed both men shot at Rao, according to NDTV. 

Following their triumph in the Italian Super Cup, Napoli will return to the task of defending their Serie A title full of confidence when they travel to take on Cremonese this weekend, Reuters reported. 

Napoli beat AC Milan 2-0 in the semi-final and Bologna by the same scoreline in Monday's final to clinch the Super Cup for the first time since 2014 as Antonio Conte continues to find success in Naples.

Conte won the league title in his first season, and club president Aurelio De Laurentiis sees no reason why the good times should come to an end, according to Reuters.