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Nepal reported 103 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 456 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 72 returned positive. Likewise, 1, 189 people underwent antigen tests, of which 31 tested positive. The Ministry said that no one died of the virus in the last 24 hours and 61 infected people recovered from the disease. As of today, there are 397 active cases in the country.

Dozens of people were injured when a clash broke out between police and locals in Mirchiya Municipality of Siraha on Thursday. The locals have been staging demonstrations for the past few days after the municipality demolished their houses. The locals had tried to picket the municipality office this afternoon. The protesters had said that Mayor Shrawan Yadav should answer the issues raised by them. They started pelting stones after Mayor Yadav did not come out of the office. DSP Rabindra Raj Pandey, who is also the spokesperson of the District Police Office, Siraha, said that police fired 27 rounds of bullets into the air to take the situation under control. A few days ago, the municipality demolished 37 houses in the village block land. In which, Mayor Yadav claimed that the municipality had vacated the land owned by the government. The locals, however, said that they had been living in the village block land for generations.

Police have arrested two foreign nationals in possession of cocaine worth over Rs 23.3 million. A team of the Drug Control Bureau nabbed them from various hotels of Thamel, Kathmandu. Acting on a tip off, a team deployed from the Bureau on Tuesday apprehended Indian national Rabindra Kumar Parasar from Thamel. SP Chakra Raj Joshi, spokesperson at the Bureau, said that Parasar (51) of Aligadh, Uttar Pradesh had concealed 1. 80 kg cocaine in a lady’s bag by making a false bottom. Police also arrested Kenyan national Pilisina Wanza (63) involved in the incident. She was detained from another hotel in Thamel. SP Joshi said that Wanza was arrested with USD 1,000. A team from the Bureau had been following her since April 14. Lately, police have become active to prevent Nepal from becoming a transit hub of drugs. Police said that they are investigating the case.

Four persons died and four others sustained serious injuries when an under-construction bailey bridge over the Bheri river broke down at Tallu in Nalgadh Municipality-12 of Jajarkot district. The identities of the deceased are yet to be ascertained. The injured have been taken to a health post at Radi for treatment, said Gorakh Bahadur KC, former Mayor of Aathbiskot Municipality.