Sweta Khadka watches Kohinoor, cried all the time

In a VIP show of ‘Kohinoor’ organized in Kumari theater on September 1, 2014 Sweta Khadka, the actress and widow of late actor Shree Krishna Shrestha watched the movie with Shree Krishna’s 82 years-old mother. Sweta cried throughout the two and half hours-long movie she produced jointly with Shree Krishna Shrestha.

weta and Shree Krishna had promised to watch the  movie with the viewers after its release. Although Shree Krishna couldn’t make it because of his death the next day of the movie’s release, Sweta kept the promise on the 25th day of the release of the movie.
A number of VIP guests including ex-prime minister Baburam Bhattarai, Hisila Yami, Information Minister Minindra Rijal, Arjun Narsingh KC were present in the show. Other guests include SSP Ramesh Kharel, Rukangat Katuwal, Anuradha Koirala, Deepak Raj Giri, Deepa Shree Niraula, Jharana Thapa, ‘Kohinoor’ director Aakash Adhikari, Karishma Manandhar, Gauri Malla, Ashok Sharma etc.

Shree Krishna Shrestha died during his honeymoon tour with his recently married wife, Sweta Khadka.

Rekah Thapa didn’t show up in the convention in the USA

Rekha Thapa and Sudarshan Gautam didn’t show up in the ANMA – NASeA Joint convention organized in Denver Colorado from August 29 to August 31, 2014. Rekha was scheduled to premier her upcoming movie ‘Himmatwali’ and meet the guests of the event. But, the premier show was canceled at the last minute and Rekha and Sudarshan also didn’t show up in the program to meet the guests.

The convention was organized at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Denver International Airport. Rekha had arrived there on September 27 with her mother Saraswati Thapa.

After the convention, Rekha and her mother had headed towards New York on September 2. Although most of the participants didn’t see Rekha in the program, she had taken a few photos with some of the convention participants and shared in her Facebook page.

Prof Dr Pokharel appointed NAST vice-chancellor

Prime Minister and Chancellor of National Academy of Science and Technology ( NAST ) Sushil Koirala has appointed Prof Dr Jeevraj Pokharel of Lubhu, Lalitpur the vice-chancellor of the NAST .

The appointment was made on the basis of the recommendation made by a committee formed under the leadership of the Minister for Science, Technology and Environment.

The committee comprised National Planning Commission vice-chair Dr Govinda Pokharel and Environment Secretary Dr Krishna Chandra Poudel, informed PM's press coordinator Prakash Adhikari.

The Environment Minister is the ex-officio co-chancellor of the Academy. The Environment Ministry is presently a portfolio assumed by Prime Minister Koirala himself.

NAST vice-chancellor Pokharel has been appointed for a four-year term.

Man held for impersonating Minister Parajuli’s personal assistant

Police have arrested a person from Rautaht on Saturday on the charge of collecting money illegally by impersonating himself as a personal assistant to a minister.

 The arrested is Pramod Yadav, 35, of Manpur-9 in the district. Yadav was arrested from Balchanpur Chowk in the district on the basis of special information of the Central Investigation Bureau of Police, Kathmandu.

 Police said that Yadav cheated millions of rupees from different people of the different places of the country including Kathmandu luring them of job and resolving problems related to agriculture, citing himself as PA to Minister for Agriculture, Hari Prasad Parajuli.

Karishma Manandhar and Ramesh Upreti to feature together after 8 years

After 8 years Karishma Manandhar is being featured opposite to Ramesh Upreti in a film award program. These two actors are going to dance together in NFDC Award.

With Karishma and Ramesh other artists like Dilip Rayamajhi, Keki Adhikari, Any Kunwar, Sujata Koirala, Rista Basnet and other artists are dancing in the program. Choreographer Kabiraj Gahatraj is choreographing the dance in the program.

Supplies Minister Thapa visits flood-affected districts

Minister for Commerce and Supplies Sunil Bahadur Thapa held meeting here in Nepalgunj with the concerned bodies that are providing relief to the flood victims in Banke, Bardiya, Dang and Surkhet districts.

As per the direction of Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, Minister Thapa arrived in Banke for onsite visit of the flood-affected regions and also to study the effectiveness of relief distribution.

As per today's programme, 11 different clusters formed under the Banke District Natural Disaster Rescue Committee reported their progress reports to Minister Thapa.

These clusters were formed to facilitate the relief distribution tasks and manage the necessary goods, foods, drinking water, medicines and an alternative resettlement bids to the victims.

After receiving the reports, Minister Thapa carried out onsite inspection to the flood affected VDCs and interacted with the locals.



Similarly, locals urged the Minister to manage their alternative settlement soon and construct the embankment on the bank of Rapti River.

Some 10,165 houses and 50,960 people have been badly affected by the floods in the district, it has been reported. Government has provided Rs. 13 million to the flood victims through the District Natural Disaster Rescue Committee.

The relief distribution is still going on in different parts in the district, said Assistant Chief District Officer Krishna Acharya. Similarly, free health camps have been conducted in the flood-affected areas, Acharya added.

256 dead, 255 missing in disasters: Ministry

The Ministry of Home Affairs said on Friday that at least 256 people have been killed and another 255 have been reported missing in floods and landslide across the country since June 7. About 155 people were injured.

Similarly, 8,838 houses were destroyed and 22,103 houses were damaged, causing a property loss of Rs 4 billion.

According to the Ministry, 16,629 houses were inundated in floods and 4,498 cattle were affected nationwide. The ministry has been providing relief in the flood and landslide affected areas, but there have been complaints from the victims that relief distribution was piecemeal, inadequate, and poorly managed.

The ministry further said that over 151,037 people were directly affected by floods and landslide, and 15,201 families were displaced.

 Out of 256 dead victims, the families of only 77 have received government relief. Over one million rupees was distributed in flood affected areas, where only 1,372 families received the compensation for the damaged properties.

Another 3 million was distributed for 242 families and over 31 million was distributed to the flood and landslide victims at local level as relief. Similarly, over 90 million was released from the centre for relief and rehabilitation.

Meanwhile, a Cabinet meeting on Friday decided to provide Rs 100,000 to the families who had lost their members in recent floods and landslides.

Earlier, the government had released Rs 40,000 thousands each for the kin of deceased families for conducting the last rites. The meeting also decided to provide medicines through various government hospitals and health centres to the disaster victims, according to the Minister for Information and Communication Minendra Rijal.

The meeting also fixed the ceiling of Rs 50 billion while investing in Nepal’s hydropower sector for Asian Development Bank as loan and decided that bond of that amount could be issued in local currency.

The meeting also decided to release Rs 900,000 as a cash prize for the Under-16 Nepali national cricket team, manager and coach for winning the ACC U-16 Premier League in Malaysia recently.

The meeting also appointed Nagendra Yadav, Sunita Sing Thakuri, Bijaya Kumar Singh Danuwar, Phurba Tamang as the member of the President Tarai Madhes Chure Conservation programme led by former finance secretary Rameshwor Khanal. The meeting also appointed Mahesh Kumar Thapa as Debt Recovery Tribunal officer.

One dies, two critically injured in road accident

A person died on the spot and two others were critically injured in a road accident at Triyuga Municipality-1 in Udaypur district Tuesday evening.

The deceased has been identified as Yadav Karki, 48, of Triyuga Municipality-7, according to the District Police Office.

The accident took place when an over speed motorcycle (Sa 2 Pa 973) heading towards Bokse from Gaighat bazaar hit another motorcycle (Sa 5 Pa 3032).

Similarly, Surendra Magar, 20, of Triyuga Municipality-1 and Dan Bahadur Poudel, 40, of Triyuga-1 were injured in the incident, said police.

Magar was riding the motorcycle (Sa 2 Pa 973) and Karki was riding the motorcycle (Sa 5 Pa 3032).

The body has been kept at District Hospital, Udaypur for postmortem. Police said that both the injured have been sent to Biratnagar for treatment.

Police have impounded both motorcycles, it is learnt.

SAARC Summit: Amendment sought to proposed theme

Diplomats, foreign policy experts, academicians and heads of think tanks have urged the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to amend the proposed theme of the 18th Saarc Summit to be held in Kathmandu later this year.

An advisory committee headed by former foreign minister Bhekh Bahadur Thapa on August 14 recommended to the ministry “Connectivity for Shared Responsibility” as the central theme of the summit.

Since two summits in the past—14th in New Delhi and 17th in Male—had connectivity as the central theme, there have been calls to come up with a new idea.

In a meeting convened by Foreign Minister Mahendra Bahadur Pandey on Thursday, prime minister’s foreign relations adviser Dinesh Bhattarai said the theme on democracy would not be a bad idea since all the Saarc nations are functioning democracies. National Planning Commission Vice-chairman Govinda Pokhrel suggested energy as the theme.

NPC member Swarnim Wagle is learnt to have proposed “Deeper Integration for Greater prosperity”.

“We should be more imaginative and focus on promoting tourism, youth issues and assisting Afghanistan,” said Nishchal N Pandey, director of the Centre for South Asian Studies, about the theme.

The ministry will decide the theme and table it in the Cabinet for endorsement. Acting Foreign Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi expressed his opinion at the meeting that the theme should have relevance and regional appeal, and it should capture the Saarc spirit and regional sentiments.

Three members of a single family killed in landslide in Sindhupalchowk

 Three members of a single family died and another one has gone missing in landslide at Balde of Mahankal VDC-6 in Sindhupalchowk district early this morning.

 The deceased have been identified as Dil Bahadur Tamag, 33, his 12-year-old daughter Alisa and five-year-old son Prashant, said Sub-Inspector at the Area Police Office, Melamchi, Bishnu Shrestha.

 Similarly, the missing is Man Bahadur Tamang, 75, and search for him was underway, added Shrestha.

A local Sancha Tamang said that the landslide occurred at 2:30 am today also damaged Gyalthum tunnel of the Melamchi Drinking Water Project.