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As many as 10,714 people have been rendered homeless due to the recent floods and landslides in Karnali Province. The Karnali Province Police Office Surkhet said that 5,282 people have become homeless due to the natural disaster in Mugu, followed by 1,763 in Kalikot district, 1725 in Jumla, 639 in Salyan, 566 in Surkhet, 474 in Humla, 207 in Dailekh, 25 in Dolpa, 18 in Jajarkot and 15 in Rukum West. One thousand seven hundred and twenty households have been displaced due to the floods and landslides. The Office said 723 households in Mugu, 368 in Jumla, 235 households in Kalikot, 139 in Surkhet, 127 in Salyan, 73 households in Humla, 44 in Dailekh, four households each in Dolpa and Rukum West and three households in Jajarkot have been displaced. Likewise, 36 persons have been killed in Karnali Province due to the floods and landslides triggered by incessant rains. Ten people lost their lives in Jumla, eight in Mugu, six in Kalikot, four in Humla, three each in Jajarkot and Salyan and one each in Dailekh and Dolpa. Twenty persons, including 17 in Kalikot and one each in Dailekh, Jumla and Dolpa, are missing due to the landslides and floods. Among the missing is also a Nepal Police constable. Similarly, 28 people in the province have sustained injuries due to the flood and landslide related incidents. The highest number of injured is in Kalikot. Ten persons have been injured in Kalikot. Similarly, six people have been injured in Humla, five each in Mugu and Jumla and one person each in Jajarkot and Rukum West. The Province Police Office stated that 1,140 houses have been completely damaged while 1,612 have suffered partial damage due to the flood and landslide. One thousand four hundred and seventy-seven households are at high risk from flood and landslide. The floods and landslides triggered by incessant rains for five days killed 246 cattle, including 251 in Mugu, 217 in Humla and 64 in Salyan district. Two thousand seven hundred and four police personnel were mobilized throughout the province for rescue and relief during the time of the natural disaster, the Office said.  

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has expressed grief over the death of the Bangmaya Shatabdi Purush, Satya Mohan Joshi. He died at the age of 103 while undergoing treatment at KIST Medical College, Gwarko, Lalitpur this morning. PM Deuba took to his twitter account to express his profound sorrow over the centenarian scholar's demise. "I am deeply grieved by Joshi's death. I pray for eternal peace of the departed soul and express my condolences to the grief-stricken family members," the PM wrote in his twitter post. Prime Minister Deuba has also stated that the State shall ever remember Joshi's contribution in the field of Nepali culture. Also Read: Veteran culture expert and historian Satya Mohan Joshi passes away  

The Traffic Police have taken action against 1,407 drivers on Saturday for flouting the traffic rules.  Among those facing action, 446 faced music for keeping unclear number plates and four for drunk driving. Similarly, 155 drivers faced action for over speed, five for unnecessarily blowing horn, two motorcyclists for unusually high noise and 788 drivers for miscellaneous traffic offenses. The Traffic Police took action in the course of a special traffic checking campaign conducted in Kathmandu Valley on Saturday, said Superintendent of Police Awadesh Bista Chhetri, joint spokesperson at the Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office.  

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has started removing structures constructed illegally on the banks of Bagmati River in Thapathali-11. The High-Powered Committee for Integrated Development Committee of Bagmati Civilization had tried to remove the illegally-constructed structures on public land for the past many years, citing illegally constructed structures that have made Bagmati River polluted. The Committee had started the campaign to remove such structures by issuing a notice in the month of January.  At that time, the activity to remove the illegal structure was stopped under the pressure of different groups. But it has now started with the support of KMC, said Information Officer of the Committee, Kamal Aryal. Structures including the priest building of Rudreshwor Mahadev, Om Shanti building as well as other structures have been removed.

Seventeen people have still been missing in landslides and floods in Kalikot while bodies of six have been retrieved. According to the District Police Office, Kalikot, two bodies were retrieved from the landslide debris on Thursday. The deceased have been identified as Dhrubaraj Bista of Tilagupha Municipality-7 and his daughter Jyani Bist. The landslide on Sunday buried five members of Bista family and among them bodies of four have been recovered, according to District Police Office, Kalikot's information officer police inspector Shubharaj Bam. Similarly, whereabouts of 13 people of Ranchuli village of Tilagupha Municipality-4, who had gone missing in the landslide, are still unknown. They were buried by the landslide at a time when they were heading to attend a funeral procession.

A fire broke out at the United Beverage Pvt Ltd in Chitwan on Friday. The Area Police Office, Ratnanagar said the fire broke out at the industry’s main building containing raw materials among others at around 4 am today. DSP Rabin Babu Regmi said that the reason behind the inferno is yet to be ascertained. Efforts are underway to take the fire under control, he said. Locals along with Nepal Police personnel and three fire engines have been mobilized to douse the fire.

Newly appointed US Ambassador to Nepal Dean Thompson arrived in Nepal on Thursday. Ambassador Thompson arrived in Nepal, a week after Ambassador Randy Berry returned home completing his four-year term. According to the US Embassy in Kathmandu, newly appointed Ambassador Thompson along with his family would spend some days in get-together with Nepal-based US mission families and then present his letter of credentials to the government of Nepal.

The Election Commission (EC) has expressed its concern over an opinion poll for the elections to the House of Representatives and the Province Assembly through various social sites. Some people are found to have carried out an opinion poll about political parties and candidates through social sites, and such acts are punishable as per the laws, according to a statement issued by undersecretary and EC's assistant spokesperson Kamal Bhattarai. Citing the move as the violation of election code of conduct, the EC in the statement said a poll survey about the election candidates and political parties taking part in the elections is punishable by the laws.  It may be noted that the voting for the twin elections is taking place on coming November 20 in a single phase. It makes it clear that the Clause 4 of the election code of conduct-2079 BS, put a ban on organizing an opinion poll about election candidates or political parties taking part in poll, and publishing or declaring the results from the date of the registration of nomination until the completion of the voting. The code of conduct does not entertain any opinion, the production of electronic stuffs and their release on social sites or the sharing of materials produced by others if such stuffs are capable of having implications on elections, the EC reminded.