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The Grade 12 examinations have started across the country on Tuesday. More than 56,000 non-grade (NG) students have been appearing for the exams. The exams that started today will continue till May 19. The exams are being held in 1,453 centers across the country. The exams will be held from 8 am to 12 pm, according to the National Exam Board. Exam Controller at Board Krishna Prasad Sharma said that students who had secured non-grade (NG) in at least three subjects last year are sitting in the exams this year.  

A police team mobilized to arrest a rape accused has been attacked at Sain of Patala Rural Municipality-6. The villagers attacked the security personnel while they were trying to nab rape accused Sankalpa Budha, 31, on Monday. Assistant Police Inspector Lamxi Dhungel Rawat from Area Police Office, Patala was injured in the attack. Similarly, a local Dhan Man BK was injured in retaliation. Both the injured have been undergoing treatment at a local health post, according to Police Inspector Shuvraj Bam. Budha has been absconding following the incident. Search for him is underway, Bam added. Budha was accused of raping a Dalit woman in the village on October 17 last year. The victim’s family had filed an FIR at the District Police Office after a month of the crime. But the accused had been absconding. The police team was mobilized after police knew that Budha had arrived at his village. Although he was arrested while sleeping at home, the police team could not tackle villagers' attack, thereby being bound to lose the captive.

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has started removing unmanaged cables from the electric poles in the streets of Kathmandu. The removal of cables followed an agreement between the KMC, the Nepal Electricity Authority and internet service providers on Sunday. The cable removal started today from Maitighar Mandala, and New Road area, said Superintendent of Police at the KMC police, Manoj Lamichhane. Earlier, the KMC had asked the NEA and internet service providers to remove unmanaged cables from electric poles in Kathmandu within May 10. But, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has issued a circular to the KMC not to remove cables that may disconnect internet service at local levels across the country. The KMC is at work to remove cables if the concerned authorities do not do it by themselves within the deadline, said Lamichhane. "The meeting yesterday agreed to remove cables from today (Monday). So, the removal of cables starts today," he said. The meeting decided to manage unmanaged cables in various phases from several areas of the Kathmandu Valley, said the Internet Service Providers' Association of Nepal (ISPAN). As per the agreement, unmanaged cables, tangling and unused ones, would be removed from the electric poles in the Valley, it has been said.  

A staffer at the Foreign Ministry was found dead in Begnas Lake on Monday. Karki police said that Anup Bhandari (31), non-gazetted officer at the Foreign Ministry, of Udayapur was found dead this morning. Locals had informed police after they saw a body floating on the water near Dungaghat at around 8:30 am today. His identity was ascertained on the basis of the identity card recovered from his pocket, DSP Shrawan Kumar BK of the District Police Office, Kaski said. He was stationed at the Passport Department. Bhandari’s body has been sent to the Western Regional Hospital for postmortem. Police said that they are looking into the case.