Three foreigners arrested with 4.3 kilograms of cocaine
Police have arrested three foreign nationals with 4.3 kilograms of cocaine.
A police team from Narcotics Control Bureau, Koteswor nabbed the foreign nationals, who arrived in Nepal via air route, from Kathmandu Metropolitan City-9, Sinamangal area.
The arrestees were made public today.
Bureau's Assistant Spokesperson, DSP Jeewan Niraula said that Rusani Kama (40) of Thailand, Javier Mathew Thaliyacheri (55) of India and Mursalen Hussein were arrested and made public today.
"The foreign nationals who were held in the course of the investigation were found involved in drug (cocaine) peddling," he added.
Spokesperson Niraula shared that police seized 550 grams of cocaine from Kama who arrived at Kathmandu via Thailand and 3. 75 kilograms from Indian national Javier, who came to Kathmandu from Laos via Singapore and from another Indian Mursalen who came to Nepal to bring cocaine.
He informed that police recovered 12 capsules of cocaine from the Thai national and a huge amount hidden in a suitcase from an Indian citizen.
According to the Bureau, investigation into the three drug traffickers is underway as per the Narcotic Drugs Control Act, 2033 BS.
Police says 9 killed in bus-truck collision in India's Karnataka
At least nine people were killed and many others injured early Thursday when a private sleeper bus caught fire after being hit by a large truck in the southwestern Indian state of Karnataka, police said, Xinhua reported.
The accident took place around 2:00 a.m. local time on the highway at Gorlathu village of Hiriyur area in Chitradurga district, about 203 km northwest of Bengaluru, the capital city of Karnataka.
According to police, the bus was hit by a truck coming from the other side after reportedly jumping the divider and crashing into it, according to Xinhua.
National cricket player Manish Thapa dies in motorbike accident
National cricket player Manish Thapa died in a motorcycle accident in Biratnagar on Thursday.
According to police, Thapa is a permanent resident of Biratnagar Metropolitan City-5.
Morang Police Chief Kabit Katuwal, Thapa was heading towards Ganesh Chowk from Airport Line via Biratnagar-4-based inner road when the incident occurred at around 1 am today.
He was riding the bike with registration number Pradesh 1-02-042 Pa 8002.
Critically injured in the incident, Thapa was rushed to the Koshi Hospital but doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.
National cricket player Thapa had been playing for over nine years, representing Koshi Province.
Police said that the body has been kept at the Koshi Hospital for postmortem, police said.
364 birthing centers in Gandaki Province
The number of birthing centers in Gandaki Province has reached 364. With this, the deliveries at home have gradually declined.
Chief of the Medical Service Division at the Ministry of Health in the Province, Dr Ramesh Kumar KC, informed that the number of child births at home has reduced to less than 200 in a year in the Province.
He informed there are 18 hospitals providing delivery service with surgery while the health facilities conducting critical delivery stand at 52.
All districts except Manang in the Province provide the delivery service.
Even a program is run by the Ministry for the capacity building of health workers and availability of medical equipment.
Annually, the Province records nearly 24,000 births. Out of a total 36,000 pregnancies, nearly 12,000 undergo abortions.
Dr KC further said out of total pregnancies, nearly 4,000 conduct child births in Kathmandu, Pokhara, Chitwan and Palpa.
The provincial government has aimed at achieving 'complete institutional delivery' by ending delivery at home.
The recent demographic and health survey has shown that 89 percent child births are managed at health institutions.
It is realized due to strengthening of birthing centers, rising public awareness, training to health and medical workers and availability of medical equipment.
