CoAS Sharma invites newly appointed Indian Army Chief Pande to visit Nepal
Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) Prabhu Ram Sharma held a video conversation with his newly appointed Indian counterpart Manoj Pande on Wednesday. Pande was appointed as the Chief of Indian Army on May 1.
According to the Nepal Army Public Relations Directorate, CoAS Sharma congratulated Pande through video conference and wished him a successful tenure.
During the conversation, Sharma expressed his hope that the relations between Nepal Army and Indian Army will reach new heights during the tenure of General Pande, the Directorate said.
On the occasion, Sharma also invited Pande to visit Nepal.
In reply, Pande said that he would visit Nepal at an appropriate time.
Nepal records 19 new Covid-19 cases, 1 death on Wednesday
Nepal logged 19 new Covid-19 cases and one death on Monday.
According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 2, 373 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 19 returned positive. Likewise, 1, 448 people underwent antigen tests, of which no one were tested positive.
The Ministry said that 18 infected people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours.
As of today, there are 217 active cases in the country.
Hearing on writ petition against promotion of AIG Singh begins
Hearing on the writ petition filed in the Supreme Court against the government appointment of Additional Inspector of General of Police Dhiraj Pratap Singh as the chief of Nepal Police has begun.
A single bench of Justice Sushmalata Mathema has heard the petition, according to Debendra Dhakal, joint spokesperson for the apex court.
Additional Inspector of General of Police Bishworaj Pokharel on May 2 filed the petition against the promotion of AIG Singh to the 29th IGP of Nepal Police. A Cabinet meeting on May 1 promoted Singh to the IGP.
The writ petition demanded annulment of the promotion of Singh as he is one-and-a-half year junior to him.
5 killed, 18 injured in Kavre bus-Tata Sumo collision
Five persons including a child died when a bus carrying pilgrims and a Tata Sumo collided with each other at Roshi Rural Municipality-11 in Kavre on Wednesday.
The bus bearing Indian registration number plate (UP 583 B 8181) heading towards India from Kathmandu collided head-on with the Tata Sumo (Ba 1 Cha 4210) en route to Kathmandu from Sindhuli this afternoon, DSP Hari Khatiwada, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Kavre said.
He said that 18 persons were injured in the incident and are receiving treatment in Dhulikhel.
