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The Supreme Court has issued a temporary interim order directing the Election Commission not to take action against the operators of No, Not Again Facebook page and group. A single bench of justice Hari Prasad Phuyal on Sunday issued the order not to take head the process to take action against them. Senior advocate Dinesh Tripathi and Anil Acharya had filed a writ at the apex court arguing that the operators of the No, Not Again Facebook page and group should not be punished. Earlier, the Election Commission had issued a directive to close the No, Not Again Facebook page and group. The Supreme Court has called both sides—plaintiffs and defendants—for a discussion on November 10.        

The Jayanagar-Kurtha railway service will be increased for three days from tomorrow. It will have more trips than the regular ones considering the huge influx of people coming to bathe at the Kamala river on the occasion of Kartik Poornima. Nepal Railway Company has announced untimely train services will be operated on November 7, 8 and 9 at per the convenience of the passengers. Managing Director Niranjan Kumar Jha has issued a notice stating that the untimely service will be operated from Jayanagar to Janakpur for the convenience of the pilgrims who come to bathe in the Kamala River on the occasion of Kartik Poorrnima. During the Kartik Poornima, a large number of pilgrims come from various places in Nepal and even from Indian cities to bathe in the Kamala river. Out of the 70 km railway under construction from Jayanagar to Bardibas in Mahottari, 35 km railway from Jayanagar to Kurtha has been running regularly since it was inaugurated eight months ago. The train service has been running regularly as per the schedule. The train leaves from Jayanagar at 8:30 am and 3:00 pm, while another train leaves from Kurtha at 10:30 am and 5:15 pm. Locals believe that once the train starts operating regularly, tourism, religious areas will develop and the export of local products will increase.

Rape accused Nepal national cricket team captain Sandeep Lamichhane will be kept in the central jail in Sundhara. Following the order of the Kathmandu District Court, Lamichhhane will be kept at the Sundhara-based central jail Jagannath Dewal, Dinesh Mainali, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Kathmandu, said. A government lawyer had filed a charge sheet against Lamichhane at the Kathmandu District Court. A single bench of Justice Madhav Ghimire on Friday had issued an order to keep Nepal’s leg spinner Lamichhane in custody. Earlier, a 17-year-old girl had filed a rape complaint against Lamichhane at the Metropolitan Police Circle, Gaushala when he was abroad to play Caribbean Premier League (CPL) from Jamaica Tallawahs. According to the complaint, Lamichhane had allegedly taken the girl to various places in Kathmandu and Bhaktapur on August 21 and raped her in a hotel room the same night.

The Supreme Court issued an interim order, asking the government not to implement its decision to extend the term of Gandhi Mallikarjun Rao (GMR), an Indian promoter company of the Upper Karnali Hydropower Project. The Cabinet had decided to extend GMR's term by two years. A single bench of SC Justice Ishwor Prasad Khatiwada issued the interim order on Thursday against the Cabinet decision of July 15 early this year.  The term of the GMR had expired three years back. The SC questioned why the Cabinet made the decision on extension of the project while it was earlier decided by the Investment Board. The order has stated that special rights was delegated to the case as per the SC Regulations 2074 since the issue was required to be settled in a speedy manner. The Investment Board of Nepal and GMR had signed the project development agreement seven years ago with two years term. Later, the company was given one more year since the project did not advance as agreed in the contract. Likewise, the Board again had given one more year for financial closure for the Indian company. Since then, no process was applied to continue the contract or maintain continuation of the contract. Last time, the government had extended the tenure of the project based on the recommendation made by a taskforce formed under the leadership of National Planning Commission Vice-Chairman Bishownath Poudel. Ratan Bhandari, an advocate of Nepal’s water resources and energy sector, had filed the writ petition at the SC demanding to scrap the government decision to give more time for GMR.