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A woman died when a truck hit a scooter at Gatthaghar in Bhaktapur on Thursday.

DSP Rajan Karki of the District Police Range, Bhaktapur said that the truck hit the parked scooter during the traffic police checking.

The truck (Na 6 Kha 2173) hit the scooter (Ba 49 Pa 8944) this afternoon.

Police said that the scooter rider died on the spot.

The identity of the deceased has not been ascertained yet.

Police said that they are looking into the case.

The 132-kV double circuit transmission line, considered as the significant for quality power supply to Dhanusha, Mahottari and surrounding areas, has come into operation.

According to the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), construction of the transmission line from Dhalkebar of Dhanusha to Loharpatti of Mahottari, and the Loharpatti 132-kV substation has completed and it has come into operation from today.

The project was constructed at a cost of around Rs 1.13 billion by the government and NEA in order to improve power supply in Dhanusha and Mahottari, to manage the rising demand of power as well as to make power supply reliable and efficient.

The length of the double circuit transmission line is 23 kilometers. A total of 91 towers have been constructed for the transmission line. There are 132/33 kV, two power transformers of 30-MVA capacity, and a transformer of 22.5 MVA in the sub-station. Overall, the capacity of the substation is 82.5 MVA.

Around 150,000 customers under Janakpur, Jaleshwor, Gaushala and Yadukuwa distribution center would be benefitted once the sub-station starts supplying power.

Director of NEA Madhes Province Office, Munindra Thakur, said with the commencement of power supply from the substation, problems like electricity leakage, low voltage and electricity tripping would be resolved.

The power was being supplied in the area from Dhalkebar via Mujaliya of Janakpur. The construction of the project started around three years ago.

Pradip Dhakal of Nepal has won the primary election for mayor of Herndon City, Virginia.

Dhakal, a member of Herndon City Council, had filed his candidacy for the post of mayor of Herndon City from the Democratic Party.

Following the win, the Fairfax County Democratic Committee has also endorsed Dhakal for mayor of Herndon.

Out of 641 voters in the primary election, 94 percent voted for mayor.

Dhakal secured 345 votes to win the primary election for the post of mayor.

“I filed a nomination for the post of mayor after achieving success in all the previous terms with a long experience as a local representative,” he said, adding, “That is why, I am confident that I will win the final election for the mayor.”

The final election for the post of mayor of Herndon City will be held in November.

As a local representative, he has won the election three times as Herndon City Council Member

Herndon City's former mayor and almost all the members of the Council had openly supported the candidacy of Dhakal for the post of mayor.

Nepali communities had also organized election centric campaigns to get him elected.  

“It is a proud moment for the Nepali community that he won the primary election for mayor with a majority of votes,” Parshuram Bhandari, a Nepali living in the US, said.

Patan High Court Judge Rameshwor Regmi passed away on Wednesday. The 61-year-old Regmi was suffering from brain cancer.

Judge Regmi died in the course of treatment at the Nepal Cancer Hospital, Harisiddhi, Lalitpur, said Information Officer of High Court Patan, Arjun Acharya.

Regmi, Joint-Secretary in the judicial service, was appointed as Judge of High Court, Patan, in 2077 BS.

The last rites of Regmi were performed at Pashupati Aryaghat this morning, Acharya added.

The High Court Patan's scheduled programs for today have been postponed in mourning.