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Commercial paragliding flights have started from Devisthan danda, a tourist spot located in Dhulikhel Municipality-9 of Kavrepalanchok.

The paragliding flight takes place from Devisthan to Badal village located in ward no 8 of the municipality, covering a distance of about one and a half kilometers from at an altitude of 5,500 feet.

Former Minister and Member of Parliament Gokul Prasad Banskota launched the commercial paragliding flight on Saturday.

The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, and Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal has given permission to Bishwabazar Paragliding Pvt Ltd the company for recreational aviation flights after meeting the necessary criteria.

In collaboration with the paragliding companies operating in Pokhara, commercial flights are going to be started in Dhulikhel as well, said Kiran Karki, Chairman of the company.

An accident insurance of Rs. 3.7 million has been established for the people who take the paragliding flight. One has to pay Rs. 7,000 for a one-time flight.

Traffic police have taken action against 149 drivers who were driving under the influence of drugs in the fiscal year 2079/80 in Kathmandu.

The drivers, who were driving under the influence of drugs, were taken into custody and necessary actions were taken against them, said spokesperson of Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office, Senior Superintendent of Police Rajendra Prasad Bhatta.

The office had, with the technical support of Nepal Police Hospital and Narcotics Control Bureau, conducted a special drive to check drivers for drug abuse at various locations in Kathmandu Valley.

Among the drivers who were found driving under the influence of drugs were those driving public vehicles, which is quite a serious offense given the risk to the lives of passengers, said SSP Bhatta.

Meanwhile, the Office has also requested passengers to immediately report to the nearest police office, traffic control room hotline number 103 and police hotline number 100 in case they suspect that any public vehicle driver is under the influence of drugs.

A two-year-old boy was beaten to death by his grandfather at Mudelidhar in Purchaudi Municipality-6 of Baitadi district.

Resham Saud, who was critically injured after being beaten by his grandfather Ganesh Saud, died while receiving treatment at the Dadeldhura Hospital this morning, Police Inspector Lokraj Joshi confirmed.

Likewise, Ganesh's other grandson, eight-year-old Rijan Saud, was critically injured in the attack. Rijan is receiving treatment at the ICU of Nawajiban Hospital in Dhangadhi, Kailali.

Police said that 50-year-old Ganesh had thrashed his two grandchildren on Thursday when the kids' mother and grandmother had gone away from home to collect fodder.  

Police said that they have arrested Ganesh for investigation.

A truck and a bus collided with each other at the Koshi Barrage Bridge on the border of Sunsari and Saptari on Friday.

Police said that the truck (Me 1 Kha 3007) heading towards east from west collided head-on with the bus (Me 2 Kha 1765) at the bridge of Koshi Barrage towards Sunsari at 7:40 am today.

The truck fell into the Koshi River after colliding with the bus en route of Solukhumbu from Kakadbhitta carrying passengers, police said.

It has been assumed that the truck that fell off the bridge was swept away by the mighty Koshi.

“After the truck fell off the bridge, the truck was seen swept away by the river,” a policeman, who was at the incident site, said, adding, “Now the truck is no longer visible.”

According to DSP Raj Kumar Rai, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Sunsari, the fence of the 10 number gate of the Koshi Barrage after the truck and bus collided with each other.

Rai said that the three persons traveling in the truck that fell into the Koshi River were rescued safely.

DIG Rameshnath Bastola, Chief of Koshi Provine, has directed the police to be active in searching for the truck that fell into the river.