Flight conducted after five days in Humla
The flights to and from Simkot airport have been conducted after five days.
The flights were possible after removing the snow piled up at airport.
The snow was removed from the airport with the initiative of airport employees, airlines employees, security persons and medicinal herb entrepreneurs.
With the resumption of air service, people coming to and going out of the district have felt convenience. The flights are conducted here most from Nepalgunjg and Surkhet.
Food supply is ensured by Simkot branch of Nepal Food Management and Trade Company with the resumption of flight. Other daily essentials have also been ferried. Sita and Tara Airlines are conducting flights in the district.
Meanwhile, the District Administration Office, Humla resumed its services from Monday. The Office had closed all services for a week after the Assistant Chief District Officer was tested positive for coronavirus.RSS
Rhino horn smuggler arrested after 23 years
The Chitwan National Park (CNP) arrested a man convicted of smuggling rhino horns after 23 years.
The detainee has been identified as Krishna Prasad Neupane (58) of Kalika Municipality-2 of Chitwan.
Neupane was handed down 10 years of imprisonment and a fine of Rs 100, 000 on February 7, 2001 for the crime.
He was arrested on January 21 and made public on Monday.
The CNP administration arrested him from Phutung of Tarakeshwor Municipality-7 in Kathmandu. Neupane had been hiding in different places of Kathmandu Valley for a long time.
Information Officer at CNP Ganesh Prasad Tiwari said that the Neupane was tested positive for coronavirus immediately after the arrest.
Neupane will be sent to Bharatpur jail after he recovers from the infection.
He was one of the 12 people convicted of smuggling rhino horns.
They had killed a rhino and taken away the horn from Amrite Post of CNP on November 14, 1998. RSS
Foreign education aspirants urged to complete all processes before leaving country
The Home Ministry has urged the students aspiring for foreign education to complete all the necessary processes of the related country and educational institutions before leaving the country.
Spokesperson and Joint Secretary at the Ministry Phanindra Mani Pokharel issued a notice on Monday and informed that many students opting for foreign education have been found stranded in foreign land. Therefore, all the criteria set by the concerned country and its educational institutions should be completed before leaving the country, he said.
Meanwhile, the Home Ministry has launched an investigation into the educational consultancies operating illegally and making online advertisements. Even those working here as representatives of the foreign educational institutions would be watched closely, he added.
Spokesperson Pokharel also urged all concerned to file complaints at the District Administration Office or nearby police office and the diplomatic mission in case they had any information on any wrong works relating to foreign study. RSS
5 ton illegal peas seized from Nepal-India border
Police confiscated 5 ton illegal peas from a truck at Yasodhara Rural Municipality-7 along the Nepal-India border on Monday night.
A police team deployed from the Maryadpur Police Post seized the peas from the truck (UP 55 T 2295) heading towards Itawat of India from Nepal.
DSP Dharma Raj Bhandari said that they confiscated the peas worth around Rs 500,000.
Police said that they have apprehended the truck driver Dhan Prakash Agrahari (27) of Gram Itawat, Suddharthanagar district of India for investigation.
Police have send the truck driver and seized peas to the Suthaula Customs Office.
