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An Air India flight that was about to fly to New Delhi suffered a technical problem on Tuesday.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal said that the aircraft that was about to take off from the TIA suffered a technical problem this afternoon.

TIA spokesperson Subash Jha said that the problem was seen in the brakes of the aircraft.

“A tractor pulled the aircraft from the runway and brought it to the parking area,” he said.

Domestic and international flights have been affected after the Air India flight suffered a technical problem on the runway.

The aircrafts were forced to remain on hold in the sky.

Three Chinese nationals have been arrested in connection with the recent gold smuggling case on Tuesday.

A team of the Central Investigation Bureau nabbed the trio while they were about to board a flight to China from the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA).

The team had also recovered Rs 3.1 million in cash from their possession.

According to a CIB source, three Chinese nationals were apprehended in connection with the gold smuggling case earlier also.

But they were released later due to lack of evidence.

So far, police have detained 23 persons including Indian, Chinese and Nepali nationals in connection with the gold smuggling case.

The Department of Revenue Investigation on June 18 had seized around one quintal gold that had passed the airport customs undetected.

The National Examinations Board has prepared to publish the results of grade 12 by this evening.  The exams were held on May 9-19.

The Board said the results will be published by this evening with the possibility of the postponement only in the case of technical issues.

A total of 467,389 students from 1,457 exam centers across the country had participated in the exams. 

According to the Board, this year, over 56,000 took the exams for grade improvement. 

The grade sheet is available if the student secures a minimum of 34 percent marks in theory for each subject.

Last year, only 49 percent of students were eligible to obtain the grade sheets.

According to the Board, the results will be accessible through its official website and Nepal Telecom's various platforms.

One is requested to visit the Board's website www.neb.gov.np or Nepal Telecom's website www.neb.ntc.net.np to view the results.

Likewise, it will be obtained by dialing 1600 or by sending a text to 1601 of the Nepal Telecom.

Three school girls have gone missing in Pokhara since yesterday.

The girls in school dress had left home for school on Monday, but neither did they reach school nor returned home, the parents said, urging all concerned for cooperation to find them.

Manika Pariyar (14), Alisha Pariyar (13) and Radhika Pariyar (14) of Bindhyabasini, Pokhara Metropolitan City-2 went out of contact while going to school, according to the District Police Office, Kaski.

Radhika and Manika are the students of Rastriya Secondary School while Alisha is the student of Barpatan Secondary School.

Although the parents briefly talked to Radhika and Manika by phone, it was not clear where and how they were.

The parents lodged applications at the police office, seeking cooperation to search for the missing girls.

Information Officer and DSP at District Police Office Shravan Kumar BK said that police had intensified search for the school girls.

They had not gone to their relatives' home either, he added.