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Five persons died and 12 others were injured when a jeep met with an accident in Manakamana of Gorkha on Friday. The jeep (Province 3-01-023) carrying 19 wedding attendants including bride and groom was heading towards Pokharidanda when the tragedy occurred at Siling in Shahid Lakhan Rural Municipality-3 this morning. DSP Lilaraj Lamichhane said that the four-wheeler fell some 200 meters down the road The identities of the deceased and the injured are yet to be established.

The Supreme Court has issued an interim order directing the government not to withdraw the case filed against the alleged assaulters of assistant professor Prem Chalaune. A single bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Sharma ordered the government not to implement the decision. Chalaune had filed the case making the Office of Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Home Ministry, Office of Attorney General, District Public Prosecutor's Office and Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs defendants. The assistant professor was critically injured when he was attacked by a group of Hari Acharya, TU chapter President of Nepal Students’ Union (NSU), student wing of Nepali Congress, on October 6, 2020. The final hearing of the case was scheduled for Tuesday. But the Cabinet meeting held on June 13 decided to withdraw the case. Following the decision, Chalaune moved the Kathmandu District Court demanding justice. In the meantime, police apprehended him from the premises of the apex court. The case against five persons including Acharya was pending in the Kathmandu District Court. Chalaune has been staging a fast-unto-death at the premises of the Tribhuvan University after the government decided to withdraw the case.    

Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balen Shah on Thursday said that he would not abide by the Patan High Court’s order not to ban the screening of Indian movies in the halls of Kathmandu. Earlier this afternoon, the court had issued a short-term interim order directing the Kathmandu metropolis not to stall the screening of any movies approved by the Censor Board including the Indian films. Shortly after the court’s order, Mayor Shah through Facebook said that he would not allow Indian movies to be screened in the halls of Kathmandu, but would be ready to face any kind of punishment. He also accused the court and Nepal government of being the slaves of India. “I am not ready to comply with the law or court when it comes to the sovereignty and independence of the country,” he said. Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balen Shah had banned the screening of Indian movies from Monday after his call to remove a portion of the movie ‘Adipurush’ which shows that Janaki is the Indian daughter, went unheeded. Later, the Nepal Film Association moved the court against the decision of Mayor Shah.

The Patan High Court has issued a short-term interim order not to bar the screening of Indian movies in the film halls of Kathmandu. Hearing the writ petition filed by Nepal Film Association on Thursday, a single bench of Justice Dhir Bahadur Chand issued a short-term interim order not to stall the screening of any movies approved by the Censor Board including the Indian films. The court has summoned both sides on June 27 to discuss the interim order on the issue. Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balen Shah had banned the screening of Indian movies from Monday after his call to remove a portion of the movie ‘Adipurush’ which shows that Janaki is the Indian daughter, went unheeded. Later, the Nepal Film Association moved the court against the decision of Mayor Shah.