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Five persons have taken ill after consuming wild mushroom in Baitadi on Tuesday.

Those taken ill are Sunita Joshi (14), Sabita Joshi (12), Kiran Joshi (10), eight-year-old Soniya Joshi and four-year-old Divya Joshi.

They are undergoing treatment at Kesharpur Primary Health Centre in Melauni, said Acting Chief Public Health Inspector Mukesh Kanta Dayal.

All family members had eaten the mushroom brought from the forest.

It has been learnt that they had started vomiting after consuming the mushroom.

The National Examinations Board is all set to publish results of this year’s Secondary Education Examinations (SEE) at 3 pm today.

Examination Controller Arjun Rayamajhi said that necessary preparations have been made for publishing the results today.

“In the previous years, students turned up to amend their date of birth and marks after results publication. Keeping this in mind, we have taken time to thoroughly review all details of students before making it public. It has slightly delayed the process of results publication”, he shared.

He further said that the local elections also caused delay in the preparation for the same.

Two karate coaches have been arrested on the charge of gang rape in Biratnagar on Sunday.

The suspects have been identified as Suraj Subedi aka Amar (50) of Biratnagar Metropolitan City-4 and Binod Raut (50) of Biratnagar-3.

A 19-year-old girl, a student at the Birat Health College in Biratnagar, had filed a case against the duo.

DSP Deepak Shrestha, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Morang, said that Subedi and Raut were arrested based on the complaint filed by the girl.

Police said that the are looking into the case.

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the Philippines on Wednesday, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS), CNN reported.

The quake struck in northern Luzon, the country's most populous island, at 8:43 a.m. local time (8:43 p.m. ET), according to USGS. The agency originally designated the quake 7.1-magnitude, before downgrading it to 7.0.

Its epicenter was about 13 kilometers (8 miles) southeast of the small town of Dolores, Abra province, with a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), according to USGS.

The earthquake's impact was felt in the capital city, Manila, more than 400 kilometers (about 250 miles) away, where workers and residents evacuated from buildings and gathered on the street.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said citizens should brace for any aftershocks, but added it had not issued any tsunami warnings because it was detected inland. Abra is a landlocked region known for deep valleys and mountainous terrain.

In a statement, Rep. Ching Bernos, congresswoman for Abra province, said the quake "caused damages to many households and establishments," and "was also felt in various parts of Luzon and activated preemptive measures in many places."

Photos from Abra show buildings damaged by the quake and debris covering the ground. One building is seen with cracks along the walls, while another lies tilted on its side, according to CNN.

Bernos said her office is monitoring the situation and assessing the extent of the damage, and urged residents to stay alert "in light of the possibilities of aftershocks."