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Almost 77 percent of paddy transplantation was completed until the first week of August in the eight districts of Mades Province, the Agricultural Development Directorate confirmed. 

Directorate's Director Jitendra Yadav said that Bara district recorded the highest progress in paddy transplantation with 95 percent while Mahottarai has the least progress (61.5 percent). 

Among the districts, Parsa reported progress with 92 percent of its paddy fields transplanted, followed by Rautahat at 85 percent, Sarlahi at 75 percent, and Dhanusha, Saptari and Siraha each at 70 percent. 

The paddy transplantation activities gained momentum since the rainfall began. Of the total 372,645 hectares of land allocated for paddy cultivation, paddy transplantation has been completed in 285,335 hectares of land so far. 

Yadav shared that paddy transplantation is expected to reach around 80 percent of the total target this year, resulting in reduced paddy production. 

According to Director Yadav, paddy production could decrease by some 27 percent this year due to delayed transplantation. 

The recent rainfall that was almost regular over the past weeks has brought much-needed relief to farmers across the province. 

Many fields had developed fissures due to prolonged dryness and the rains have not only irrigated land, but also brought relief and joy to farmers.

Prior to the rains, farmers were relying heavily on deep tube wells for irrigation, a costly and challenging alternative, particularly in areas with unreliable electricity supply.

Police on Sunday arrested two persons for stealing remains of a human body while being cremated at Pashupati Aryaghat.

They were accused of 'stealing pieces of bone from the dead body' as it was being burnt as part of the last rites at Pashupati Aryaghat on Friday. 

Those arrested are Ganesh Dhakal and his aide, according to Superintendent of Police Kuldip Chand at the District Police Range, Kathmandu.    

"They were held after the police received a complaint from the relatives of the deceased, Ram Shahi, from Banepa Municipality-9 of Kavre. 

The relatives accused that Dhakal and his aide extracted a piece of bone from the dead body and handed it over to a tantric while the dead body was burning in pyre," Chand explained. The incident occurred on Friday.

The arrested ones are kept at the Metropolitan Police Circle, Gaushala.

A Royal Bengal tiger has been found dead near Malibasti of Thori Rural Municipality-4 in Parsa district.

Information Officer at the District Police Office, Kishor Lamsal, shared that the tiger was found dead about 500 meters south from the Postal Highway in Malibasti at 7:30 am today. 

A team under the command of Assistant Sub Inspector Dharmendra Sah from Police Post Bijaybasti has been deputed after locals informed about the incident. 

A team from the Parsa National Park has also reached the incident site for the necessary investigation. 

Ranger Jayram Neupane of the Parsa National Park said that the dead tiger has been brought to the Parsa National Park for postmortem.

Three persons were injured when a train hit a car near Thapa Chowk in Brahmapuri, Janakpurdham Sub-Metropolitan City-9.

The Nepal Railways train coming from Pipradhi Station in Mahottari to Janakpurdham hit the car (Bagmati Province 01-025Cha 1290) at 8: 30 am today, District Police Office Spokesperson Barun Bahadur Singh.

According to local eyewitnesses, a loud noise was heard when the train hit the car, which was reportedly carrying three people. 

Luckily, the occupants of the car escaped with minor injuries, while the car suffered significant damage.

The train service was disrupted for some time after the accident. 

Further investigation is underway on the matter, shared Police Spokesperson Singh.