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Three persons died in an avalanche at Chyarkhu pass of Mugu district on Saturday. Vice Chairperson of Patarasi Rural Municipality Jan Maya Rokaya said that Tara Singh Sarki, 40, Purna Sarki, 36, and Bir Bohara, 36, of Talfigaun of Patarasi-2, Jumla district died in the avalanche. Fourteen people from Patarasi had gone to Chyarkhu to collect Yarshagumba. Of them three passed away and nine others sustained minor injuries in the avalanche. A team of police personnel has headed towards the incident site. Rokaya said that the District Administration Office, Province Government and Federal Government have been informed to carry out the rescue operations. Hundreds of people have traveled to the highlands in Mugu district to collect Yarshagumba though the local authorities have not allowed the pickers to the site before May 18. It has been learnt that the three persons who died in the avalanche had gone to the highlands (locally known as Patan) by using illegal routes.  

A Simrik Air helicopter crashed at Jijinkha in Siprung of Bhotekhola-4 in Sankhuwasabha on Friday. It has been learnt that the chopper was  carrying construction materials for the Upper Arun Hydropower Project when the incident occurred. Details about the incident are yet to come.  

Two women have been arrested in possession of brown sugar from Bhadrapur-based Chandragadhi Airport on Thursday. The suspects have been identified as Soni Shrestha (21) and her sister Sandhya Shrestha (23) of Hetauda-1 and currently residing at Mechinagar, Jhapa, DSP Khagendra Prasad Rijal of the District Police Office, Jhapa said. He said that the Shrestha sisters were apprehended with 76. 34 grams of brown sugar. The airport police nabbed the duo while they were about to board a flight to Kathmandu on a Buddha Air plane at 9pm yesterday, DSP Rijal said. Soni had tried to take the brown sugar to Kathmandu by hiding in the pad she was wearing in her private parts, police said. After the brown sugar was recovered from Soni’s possession, police also detained her sister Sandhya for investigation, Rijal said. Police said that they are looking into the case.

Ubhauli, the most important festival of the Kirant community, is being marked with joy and fervor on Friday. This festival is mostly celebrated in the districts of Koshi Province and Kathmandu in the country. The Ubhauli festival is celebrated every year on the full moon day of the month of Baisakh in the Lunar calendar. During the festival, the Kiranti folks gather together to celebrate the festival in an organized manner and exchange good wishes. According to the religious book Mundhum of the Kirants, time is divided into two parts, Udhauli and Ubhauli. The Kirant community believe that these two periods are divided on the basis of farming. Ubhauli is a festival celebrated to mark the beginning of farming.