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Yari Customs Office, Hilsa, has been closed for three months after the import of goods was stopped from Taklakot, China, in Hilsa due to extreme cold.

Office staff have shifted to Simkot-based contact office after closing the office from the second week of Poush after the import of goods was stopped from Taklakot from the beginning of Poush month, said Office Chief Ram Raj Jaisi. 

"Though the snowfall has not occurred this year, transport service has also remained closed after the snowfall occurred in November 2025. So goods from Taklakot have not been imported," he added.

However, the border towards China has been kept open, mentioned Chief Jaisi. The Office would be reopened after employees return back to the Office in the second week of Chaitra. The Office has collected Rs 1.865 million in revenue so far since the beginning of the current fiscal year.

Municipal Energy Plans (MEPs) of Varagung Muktichhetra and Gharapjhong Rural Municipalities in Mustang were formally handed over to the local governments on January 7.

The handover ceremonies were held at the Municipality offices where Dr Ranjan Prakash Shrestha, Senior Project Manager at the European Union Delegation to Nepal and Dr Frank Fecher, Program Manager at GIZ Nepal formally presented the MEPs to Rinzen Namgel Gurung, Chairperson of Varagung Muktichhetra Rural Municipality, and Mohan Singh Lalchan, Chairperson of Gharapjhong Rural Municipality.

Developed with technical support from the REEEP-GREEN project implemented by GIZ Nepal, the five-year MEPs aim to promote clean energy use, improve household wiring, encourage electric cooking, support energy-efficient tourism, and enhance productive energy use, particularly for women and marginalized groups.

Varagung Muktichhetra has estimated an implementation budget of Rs 147.3 million, while Gharapjhong has allocated Rs 218.9 million.

The plans will be integrated into the municipalities’ annual and long-term development strategies to strengthen local development and climate resilience.

E-cigarettes (vapes) worth Rs 22.4 million have been seized at the Korala border on Monday evening. 

The Nepal Police, Armed Police Force, and Mustang Customs Office seized 16,000 units of vape from a container bearing the registration number plate Na 6 Kha 7591. 

According to Santosh Basyal, the information officer of the District Police Office, the container driver, Pema Lama from Sunsari Rural Municipality-5, Sindhupalchok, has been taken into custody while the vehicle has been impounded. 

Vapes worth Rs 68.1 million had been seized from Korala border transit last year also.

Police found a loaded gun and related materials in Lewa, Biruwa Rural Municipality-6. The police team said that they have recovered the gun and related materials from the house of 72-year-old Ram Bahadur Sunar.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Prasanna Raj Chaudhary informed that during a house search, ammunition and other materials were found while the loaded gun was being repaired.

One loaded gun with a single barrel, two loaded guns with no barrels attached, and one loaded gun without barrels and no barrels attached. Similarly, four iron rods, six loaded gun barrels, 142 grams of gunpowder, 107 lead pellets, six caps, and one kilogram of soda used to make gunpowder were found, according to Prana Chaudhary.

In addition, three iron horses used to make loaded guns, two tweezers, four iron nails, and one iron clamp were found. The District Police Office, Syangja, has stated that the goldsmith has been arrested along with the materials and necessary legal action has been taken in the case related to arms and ammunition.