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Police have arrested two persons with a pistol and bullets from New Bus Park, Kathmandu on Saturday.

The detainees have been identified as nabbed Joyal Thapa (42) of Kathmandu-17 and Raju BK (30) of Bardaghat-14, Nawalparasi.

DSP Dinesh Raj Mainali, spokesperson at the District Police Range, Kathmandu, said that a team deployed from the Metropolitan Police Sector, New Bus Park nabbed the duo with the pistol and bullets from a restaurant in Mitranagar, Kathmandu-26.

Police said that they are looking into the case.

Twelve persons have been tested positive for cholera in Kathmandu Valley. 

Dr Chuman Lal Das, Director at the Department Epidemiology and Disease Control Division, said that 12 persons of different places have been tested positive for cholera.

“Cholera has been detected in Dillibazaar, Bagbazaar, Kapan, Thankot, Balkhu, Naikap and Sanepa among other places of Kathmandu,” he said. 

The two patients, who were admitted to Teku Hospital on June 16, were tested positive for the deadly disease. Cholera has been confirmed in stool samples of the patients. Both of them are from the same family. 

The Department of Epidemiology and Disease Control Division has urged the general public to be vigilant to control cholera. 

Cholera is an acute diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with Vibrio cholerae bacteria. People can get sick when they eat food or drink water contaminated with cholera bacteria. The infection is often mild or without symptoms, but can sometimes be severe and life-threatening.

Nepal reported 29 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 1, 077 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 21 returned positive. Likewise, 653 people underwent antigen tests, of which eight were tested positive.

The Ministry said that no one died of virus in the last 24 hours. The Ministry said that 17 infected people recovered from the disease.

As of today, there are 192 active cases in the country.

A day after the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) slashed the prices of petroleum products, the Department of Transport Management reduced the public transportation fares on Sunday.

The department reduced the fares of public transportation plying in the inter-state with effect from today.

The NOC had slashed the prices of petrol by Rs 20 per liter and diesel and kerosene by Rs 29 per liter. 

The department has reduced the public transportation fares by 5. 41 percent.

Similarly, the department has also reduced the fares by 6. 97 percent and 7. 68 percent for cargo carriers serving routes in the hills and the Tarai respectively.