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Two youths of Janakpurdham, Nepal, who were abducted in India two weeks ago, were found dead. The deceased have been identified as Rohit Sah (21) and Bishnu Sah (22) of Janakpur Sub-Metropolitan City-8. They had been out of contact for the past 13 days. They are from the same family. Rohit has left home with Bishnu saying that they would visit a relative’s house at Bela Parihar in Sitamadi district of India. Both of them were abducted from the same place. Police called the relatives of the youths on Sunday to identify the bodies. The bodies have been kept at the Bela Parihar-based police office of India. Family members of the youths, who went out of contact after reaching the relative’s house, have been getting calls for ransom from kidnappers for the past few days. The abductors, who had demanded Rs 5 million in the beginning, had asked Rs 2 million later. They had also recorded the voice of Bishnu and sent it to the family. The kidnappers had called the family members of the youths to Malangwa border of Sarlahi with the ransom money.

People from the Tamang community are celebrating Sonam Lhosar with fanfare by extending greetings to one another and feasting on traditional cuisines today. Sonam Lhosar is being celebrated on the first day of the new moon in the month of Magh in the lunar calendar. According to the Manju Shree calendar, Tamangs divide their year into 12 cycles, each is given a special name, before the name of animals. The government has announced a public holiday today to celebrate the festival. The Tamang Community is the fifth largest community in term of population in Nepal, comprising 5.64 percent of the total population, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics.    

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said the government would seriously take the expectations of Dr Sanduk Ruit from the State. Prime Minister Dahal said this while congratulating senior ophthalmologist Ruit for receiving Bahrain's prestigious ISA Award. Prime Minister Dahal took to twitter this morning to congratulate Dr Ruit. In the message, he said, "I extend my heartfelt congratulations to senior eye specialist Dr Ruit for obtaining the prestigious ISA Award. His contributions to human welfare are appreciated and respected. The government would seriously note his expectations from the State". It may be noted that Dr Ruit said he was closely observing how the government would take his recent achievement. In recognition of his contributions to the human service through eye treatment, the Bahrain government has decided to present him the ISA Award bagging a cash prize of Rs 130 million.

A herd of wild tuskers have been unleashing terror in Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City and Barahachhetra Municipality of Sunsari district. A person died after being attacked by around two dozen wild elephants that came from India. The deceased has been identified as Dhan Bahadur Majhi (65) of Barahachhetra Municipality-5. DSP Raj Kumar Rai, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Sunsari, said that the wild beasts also destroyed dozens of houses. Ward Chairman Manoj Bhattarai said that the wild tuskers have been terrorizing people in Dharan-17 for quite some time. He said that the elephants have destroyed property worth millions of rupees in Dharan-17 so far. Locals Tirtha Sigdel said that the herd of wild tuskers have been unleashing terror by entering human settlements in Dharan, Chatara, Nadaha, Chakrighatti and Bayarban among other places of Sunsari. He said that the elephants can cause a massive loss of lives and properties if they are not controlled on time. Barahachhetra Municipality Mayor Ramesh Karki said that security personnel have been deployed to take the wild tuskers under control.