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Two persons died in a motorcycle accident near the Jhanj bridge along the Gaur-Gangapipra road section in Durgabhagawati Rural Municipality-4, Rautahat on Sunday. 

The deceased have been identified as bike rider Jitendra Sah and pillion rider Punam Devi Sah (22) of Yamunamai Rural Municipality-4, Saruatha. 

According to Bishnu Pradip Basyal, Information Officer at the District Police Office, Rautahat, critically injured in the incident, they were rushed to the Gaur Provincial Hospital, but breathed their last during the course of treatment. 

The incident occurred when the motorbike with registration number BR30U 1371 heading towards Gaur from Gangapipara hit a sisau tree. 

There is partial influence of westerly winds in the country. 

According to the Weather Forecasting Division, currently the high hills and mountainous regions of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces have been covered by partial cloud while remaining areas have clear weather. Some places in the Tarai region will experience fog until midday today. 

The mountainous regions of Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki and Karnali Provinces will generally be cloudy, while the hilly and mountainous regions in the rest of the provinces will have partial clouds. The Tarai region will have clear weather this afternoon. 

There is a possibility of light rain/snowfall at a few places in the high hilly and mountainous areas of Koshi, Bagmati, and Gandaki Provinces, and at one or two places in the hilly areas of Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki, and Lumbini Province as well as in the high hilly and mountainous areas of the remaining provinces.

The Division indicated that some areas of the Tarai region will experience haze tonight. 

The high hilly and mountainous areas of Koshi, Bagmati, and Gandaki Provinces will be partly cloudy, while the weather will remain mainly clear in the remaining areas. 

There is a chance of light rain/snowfall at one or two places in the high hilly and mountainous areas of Koshi, Bagmati, and Gandaki Provinces.

The Maha Shivaratri festival is being celebrated across the country today. 

The day that falls on Falgun Krishna Chaturdashi, the fourteenth day of the first half of the lunar month of Falgun, is considered the most auspicious for Lord Shiva. 

From early morning, devotees have been taking ritual baths in rivers and ponds, visiting Shiva temples, and offering prayers. 

On the occasion of Maha Shivaratri, the Pashulati Area Development Trust (PADT) has announced that all four gates of Pashupatinath temple have been kept open since 2 am. 

Last year, more than one million devotees visited the Pashupati area on Maha Shivaratri. 

The PADT has announced that this year, three external lines have been arranged for offering worship at Pashupatinath for Maha Shivaratri. 

A person has been arrested with a pistol and four rounds of bullets from Chandragiri Municipality-2, Nagdhunga on Friday. 

Keyur Puri (30) of Kirtipur Municipality-2, was nabbed with the pistol when carrying out a search on his car (registration number Ba 19 Cha 690), police said. 

He was heading towards Kathmandu from Chitwan.