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An earthquake measuring 4 in the Richter scale was recorded at Bhalayakharka in Rainas Municipality of Lamjung district on Friday. According to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre, the earthquake that occurred at 5. 55 am today rattled the Lamjung, Tanahun and Gorkha districts. The eastern and western hilly regions in the country have recorded earthquakes more frequently.

Two persons of a single family died when a landslide triggered by incessant rainfall buried a house at Bilandu in Champadevi Rural Municipality-8 of Okhaldhunga on Thursday. The deceased have been identified as Rana Bahadur Gurung (36) and his wife Shiva Maya Gurung (31). Similarly, their 10-year-old Dinesh Gurung and 18-month-old daughter Kritika Gurung have gone missing in the incident. DSP Deepak Bahadur Gurung of the District Police Office, Okhaldhunga said that they are searching for the missing persons. He said that the landslide washed away the houses belonging to Bal Bahadur Gurung and Jar Singh Gurung. Nepal Police and Armed Police Force personnel have been deployed to carry out rescue operations.  

Five persons died and 12 others were injured when a jeep met with an accident in Manakamana of Gorkha on Friday. The jeep (Province 3-01-023) carrying 19 wedding attendants including bride and groom was heading towards Pokharidanda when the tragedy occurred at Siling in Shahid Lakhan Rural Municipality-3 this morning. DSP Lilaraj Lamichhane said that the four-wheeler fell some 200 meters down the road The identities of the deceased and the injured are yet to be established.

The Supreme Court has issued an interim order directing the government not to withdraw the case filed against the alleged assaulters of assistant professor Prem Chalaune. A single bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Sharma ordered the government not to implement the decision. Chalaune had filed the case making the Office of Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Home Ministry, Office of Attorney General, District Public Prosecutor's Office and Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs defendants. The assistant professor was critically injured when he was attacked by a group of Hari Acharya, TU chapter President of Nepal Students’ Union (NSU), student wing of Nepali Congress, on October 6, 2020. The final hearing of the case was scheduled for Tuesday. But the Cabinet meeting held on June 13 decided to withdraw the case. Following the decision, Chalaune moved the Kathmandu District Court demanding justice. In the meantime, police apprehended him from the premises of the apex court. The case against five persons including Acharya was pending in the Kathmandu District Court. Chalaune has been staging a fast-unto-death at the premises of the Tribhuvan University after the government decided to withdraw the case.