NIC takes action against chiefs of 33 offices for defying RTI Act
The National Information Commission (NIC) has punished chiefs of 33 offices for denying imparting information to the seekers.
They faced music for violating the Right to Information (RTI) guaranteed by the Constitution.
According to the Commission which was established in 2065 BS has for far exercised its rights given by the Clause 32 of RTI ACT, 2065 BS against such a number of office chiefs.
According to information officer Ratna Prasad Mainali, among those facing action for failure to implement the RTI, mostly are from the Tribhuvan University subordinate bodies. They include seven controllers of examination, four TU Service Commission employees, one TU rector, four chiefs of local levels, six school principals and campus chiefs and 11 others.
Unidentified man’s body found inside container in Morang
An unidentified body of a man was found inside a parked container at Salakpur in Sundarharaicha Municipality-8 of Morang district on Tuesday.
The body of the man, who appeared to be in his 50s, was found on the front seat of the container (Na 3 Kha 4743) this morning, DSP Deepak Shrestha, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Morang said.
According to locals, the container was parked in the area for the past four days.
DSP Shrestha said that a team from the Area Police Office, Belbari under the leadership of Inspector Khagendra Dhamala has already reached the incident site to carry out an investigation.
He assumed that the man may have been the driver or assistant driver of the container.
Further investigation into the case is underway, police said.
Humla records first coronavirus case in eight months
Humla, the district enjoying zero infection of coronavirus for nearly eight months, recorded a case of coronavirus infection on Monday.
The District Hospital informed that a person was tested positive for coronavirus.
The 50-year-old man from Simkot Rural Municipality-5 was tested positive for the virus as he showed the symptoms during the treatment, according to Bhakti Phadera from the hospital.
Chopper carrying UML Chair Oli makes emergency landing at Simara Airport
A helicopter carrying CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli made an emergency landing at the Simara Airport on Monday.
Former Prime Minister Oli was heading towards Rautahat from Kathmandu to take part in a program when the chopper belonging to the Simrik Air made the emergency landing due to bad weather this afternoon.
Following the emergency landing, Oli was taken to the special room at the airport.
