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A group of people from Portugal has started a 21-km cycling trip from Jomsom to Muktinath, Mustang. The Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) said that they had arrived in Mustang by air route on Sunday. ACAP Jomsom Office Chief Ashok Subedi said that around four dozen people from Portugal had arrived in an ancient forbidden kingdom, bordered by the Tibetan Plateau and sheltered by some of the world's tallest peaks, yesterday. They started their cycling journey from Jomsom using main highways and alternative trekking routes. Motorable roads have started destroying the old trekking routes in Mustang of late. Now, the rural roads have been expanded in Mustang. As there are no alternative trekking routes, the tourists are found using the main roads to reach Upper Mustang. The ring road in Upper Mustang and lower Mustang has destroyed the trekking routes.

Nepal Police celebrated Kukur Tihar, second day of the five-day Tihar festival, amidst a program on Monday. They celebrated the day by worshiping, garlanding and feeding dogs. Dogs are worshiped as protectors of the house. A dog is the most loyal friend to human beings, and according to Hindu myth, dogs are regarded as the guards of Yama, the god of death.

NUWAKOT: Property worth around Rs 22 million was reduced to ashes when a fire broke out in Shivapuri Rural Municipality-8 of Nuwakot district on Sunday. Rupak Khadka, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Nuwakot, said that three houses and shops were destroyed in the fire that started from the fancy shop of Bijaya Thapa. The grocery shop of Hari Thapa and the hardware shop of Bijaya were also engulfed in the fire. The fire that started at around 8:30 pm was brought under control after five hours. The reason behind the fire is yet to be ascertained.

A new sub-variant of Corona Virus XBB has been detected for the first time in Nepal. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, the variant was detected in a Nepali recently. The sub-variant was detected during genome sequencing conducted at the National Public Health Laboratory. The Ministry said that the new sub-variant of Omicron was detected during genome sequencing of some samples collected from the people of various age groups from August 6 to September 30. According to the World Health Organization, this variant has already been detected in 26 countries of the world. It has been said that this variant is more contagious than other variants detected in the past. Assistant spokesperson at the Ministry Dr Samir Kumar Adhikari said, “This variant has been spreading in other countries and the new Covid-19 cases have also been increasing in recent times.” He urged all the people to take precautions while celebrating the upcoming festivals.