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Janaki: Deputy Superintendent of Police Sundar Tiwari was injured after being attacked with a knife by a man who took his own 20-day-old son hostage at Dipnagar of Kohalpur-2 in Banke district. Kushal Thapa held his own son hostage in his house and threatened his family members to kill the newborn. 

Following this, the family members in fear reported the incident to the police and asked for a rescue. In the process of the rescue, Tiwari, also head of the area police office, Banke, was injured when Thapa attacked him with a knife. Tiwari has sustained cuts in his right elbow, said spokesperson for the district police office, Narayan Dangi. 

The incident took place at around 11 pm on Thursday night. Right after being informed, a team from the area police office reached the incident site and started the rescue. In the process, Tiwari tried to make Thapa understand about the situation from outside the locked room, but in vain. Later, the police team broke open the room and rescued the newborn. 

Bharatpur: A person died and three others were critically injured in separate road accidents in Chitwan district.

Anan Lama, 23, of Sunkoshi Rural Municipality-5 in Sindhupalchowk district died after a bus (Ba 3 Kha 2354) from the opposite direction hit his scooter (Ba 96 Pa 3634) at Bahera Chowk of Khairahani Municipality-1 along the East-West Highway on Thursday evening, the District Police Office, Chitwan, said. 

Critically injured Lama passed away while receiving treatment at Purano Medical College.

Likewise, three youths were critically injured after a motorcycle (Ba Pra 06-001 Pa 4790) fell off the road at Badreni of Ratnanagar Municipality-7 in the district.  

Police said that motorcyclist Samit Mahato, 20, and pillion riders Bigyan Chaudhary and Roshan Chaudhary of are receiving treatment at a medical college in Bharatpur. The health condition of all three injured is critical, it is said.

Balewa: A baby weighing 4.75 kilograms was born by natural birth in Dhaulagiri Hospital, the heaviest baby born in the hospital so far. 

The health condition of the newborn and his mother is normal, the hospital said.

Malati Chhantyal Tamang, 32, of Jaimini Muncipality-3 in the district gave birth to the baby boy on Thursday, Nursing In-Charge of the hospital Devi Bhattarai said.  

The baby boy was delivered even without the presence of specialist doctors in the hospital during the Dashain vacation.

The newborn is the fourth baby of Chhantyal.

Chhantyal said that she was suggested to visit a hospital in Pokhara to deliver the baby but got admitted to the Dhaulagiri Hospital considering that the new born would also be delivered without a caesarean section as all her three babies were born by natural birth.

Prior to this, a baby weighing 4.5 kgs was born in the Dhaulagiri Hospital but by caesarean section.

Dhorpatan: Local residents and commuters continue to endure hardships due to the prolonged delay in completing the Mid-Hill Highway, a project of national significance. Although the Baglung-Ghodabandhe section of the highway was opened over two decades ago, the road remains unpaved, subjecting locals to dusty conditions.

The highway office initially awarded the contract for blacktopping a 25-kilometer section from Upallochaur to Ghodabandhe to two contractor companies with a stipulated completion time of two years. However, seven years have passed, and the project remains incomplete.

India-Siddhisai JV secured the contract for the 13-kilometer Upallochaur stretch, but only seven kilometers have been blacktopped so far, despite the deadline being extended four times. Similarly, Surya Construction Company was tasked with blacktopping the remaining 12 kilometers from Bihun to Ghodabandhe, but only six kilometers have been completed, with the deadline extended five times.

Local resident Kedar Kandel expressed frustration, saying, “We have been forced to contend with the dusty road for years due to the prolonged delays in completing the project. Despite the project’s lengthy timeline, there has been little improvement, and the road becomes muddy during the rainy season.”