One held with more than Rs 200 million from Tokha
Police have arrested a person in possession of more than Rs 200 million on Monday night.
A team from Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office, Teku, nabbed the person with the amount from Jhor area of Tokha Municipality-1, said Office Chief, Senior Superintendent of Police, Ramesh Basnet.
Police, however, have not revealed the identity of the person.
SSP Basnet added that currency notes of different countries including Nepal AND US were seized from a truck (Na 1 Kha 1652).
FSU election: Voting begins in most of the campuses
The election of the free student union (FSU) has kicked off in the Tribhuvan University campuses across the country.
The TU-affiliated and constituent campuses are holding the FSU election to elect new leadership of various student organizations.
Voting began from 8 am in 250 campuses affiliated to TU and 46 constituent ones, according to Pashupati Adhikari, member secretary of FSU central monitoring and coordination committee. The voting began in most of the campuses and will continue till 4 pm.
The election committee formed in the campuses is scheduled to begin the vote count after the completion of the voting.
The FSUs affiliated to various political parties are taking part in the election, fielding their candidacies.
Although the TU holds the FSU election every two years, it has not conducted it regularly since 2065BS.
The FSU election started in 2018 BS. It used to be held annually till 2030 BS.
5,14,071 students to attend SEE exam
The National Examinations Board, Office of the Controller of Examinations has completed all preparation for the Secondary Education Examination. Controller of Examinations at the Office of the Controller of Examinations, Grade 10 Nandalal Paudel, shared that all preparations have been completed for the SEE examination kicking off simultaneously across the country from March 20.
All necessary materials, including question papers, symbol numbers and answer sheets have reached every district for the examination, according to the Board. Examination Controller Paudel said, “A total of 464,785 students had appeared in the SEE examination last year. Number of students in this year’s examination has increased by 49,286 to 5,14,071. The office has set up 2,079 examination centers across the country for this year’s SEE examination.”
There will be one assistant superintendent in an examination center with up to 150 students while one invigilator equivalent to 20 students will be deployed in the examination. This time three out-of-school centers, including child improvement centers and prison, have been fixed for the SEE.
Paudel further said arrangements have been made to give the examination to the students from two jails in Kathmandu and Dailekh and a child care home in Bhaktapur. This year the SEE is scheduled to begin on March 20 and conclude on April 1. The exam will be held from 8 am to 11 am, the office of the examination controller informed.
Israel launches 'extensive strikes' on Gaza with more than 100 reportedly killed
The Israeli military says it is carrying out "extensive strikes" in the Gaza Strip, with the Hamas-run health ministry reporting that at least 130 Palestinians have been killed, BBC reported.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it was targeting what it called "terror targets" belonging to Hamas.
Mahmoud Abu Wafah, the deputy interior minister in Gaza and the highest-ranking Hamas security official in the territory, has reportedly been killed in a strike.
This is the largest wave of airstrikes in Gaza since the ceasefire began on 19 January. Talks to extend the Gaza ceasefire have failed to reach an agreement.
Many people were having their pre-dawn meal, due to it being the holy month of Ramadan, when explosions started in Gaza, witnesses say.
More than 20 Israeli war planes flew over, they said. The planes then began to hit targets in Gaza City, Rafah and Khan Younis.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz ordered the strikes on Tuesday morning, according to a statement from the PM's office.
"This follows Hamas's repeated refusal to release our hostages, as well as its rejection of all of the proposals it has received from US Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff and from the mediators," it said.
"Israel will, from now on, act against Hamas with increasing military strength," it added.
The plan for the strikes "was presented by the IDF over the weekend and approved by the political leadership", it said, according to BBC.
Hamas has responded furiously, accusing Israel of treachery for overturning the ceasefire agreement. It also says Israel is exposing the remaining Israeli hostages held in Gaza to "an unknown fate".
But Hamas has not yet declared that it is resuming the war, instead calling on mediators and the United Nations to intervene.
US President Donald Trump's administration was consulted by Israel prior to carrying out the strikes, a White House spokesperson told Fox News.
Negotiators have been trying to find a way forward after the first phase of the temporary truce ended on 1 March.
The US proposed extending the first phase until mid-April, including a further exchange of hostages held by Hamas and Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
But a Palestinian official familiar with the talks told the BBC that Israel and Hamas disagreed over key aspects of the deal set out by Witkoff at the indirect talks.
The latest war between Israel and Hamas started on 7 October 2023, when Hamas killed more than 1,200 people in southern Israel, mostly civilians, with 251 taken hostage.
The assault triggered an Israeli military offensive that has since killed more than 48,520 people, most of them civilians, according to figures from the Hamas-run health ministry which are used by the UN and others, BBC reported.
Most of Gaza's 2.1 million population has been displaced multiple times.
An estimated 70% of buildings have been damaged or destroyed, healthcare, water, and sanitation systems have collapsed and there are shortages of food, fuel, medicine and shelter.
