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Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning of Karnali Province government Bedraj Singh has directed the office chiefs of Jumla district for budget implementation.

Minister Singh, who reached Jumla on Saturday in the course of monitoring of different projects including bridge, building and health infrastructures, urged them to achieve targets determined by Karnali Province government in implementation of the budget of current fiscal year 2080/81.

He said that the provincial government was committed to address the problems put forth by the office chiefs.

Sharing the information about the activities to be carried out by provincial offices located in Jumla district, Minister Singh added, "Budget of Karnali Province government has already been passed. The province government would get budget authority immediately. Office chiefs should come to office regularly and should be committed to complete works of assigned projects as well as to sign contracts for any project within November."

He also suggested the office chiefs and staffers not to compromise in service delivery to the people and maintain good governance.

Similarly, Chief District Officer of Jumla, Jay Kumar Ghimire, said he would intensify his role towards facilitating the works of office chiefs, their regularity as well as maintain peace and security and good governance in the district.

Minister Singh inspected Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, Karnali Technical School, building of Federation of Nepali Journalists, under construction bridge at Patarasi Rural Municipality-5 in Jumla.

The National Youth Federation Nepal, youth wing of the main opposition CPN-UML, took out a torch rally in the Capital on Friday demanding stern action against those involved in the gold smuggling.

During the torch rally organized in New Baneshwor, the youth leaders demanded resignation of Home Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha.

Saying that the gold is being smuggled from the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), they chanted slogans against Home Minister Shrestha demanding his resignation on moral grounds.

The Supreme Court has also quashed the habeas corpus writ petition in the Lalita Niwas land grab case.

A joint bench of Justices Prakash Kumar Dhungana and Nahkul Subedi scrapped the petition filed by the four prisoners.

Secretary Krishna Bahadur Raut, former election commissioner Sudhir Kumar Sah, Bhatbhateni Supermarket Chairman Min Bahadur Gurung and former employee of Land Revenue Office Dharma Prasad Gautam filed a petition at the Supreme Court after the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) started an investigation by arresting them.

Secretary Krishna Bahadur Raut, Secretary at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, was released this afternoon.

The Supreme Court has issued an order to release Raut. Secretary Raut will not be allowed to leave Nepal until the case is settled

The apex court directed the police to release Raut on a general date and continue the investigation in the Lalita Niwas land grab case.

The Supreme Court's earlier order to carry out an investigation against the 17 people involved in the same case by keeping them out of jail has also been scrapped.

Later, the CIB filed a vacate application at the Supreme Court against them.

Now, they will also remain in jail until the case is over.

The initial hearing over the case was started on June 30.

One June 28, those who were arrested in connection with the Lalita Niwas land grab case filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court arguing that they were nabbed without any reason.

In the same case, Kaladhar Deuja, Surendra Kapali and Hupendra Mani KC were released later owing to the stay order.

The 17 people arrested in the same incident are being investigated for forging documents and organized crime.

The Supreme Court has issued an order to release Krishna Bahadur Raut, Secretary at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

A single bench of Justice Nahakul Subedi on Friday also barred Secretary Raut from going abroad without the court’s order.

The court also reminded the earlier decision of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority taken on February 5, 2020 to not initiate a corruption case against Raut.  

Raut was recently arrested on the charge of forging the government signature and documents in the course of registering the public land into the names of individuals.

Then, Raut filed a habeas corpus writ in the court.