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Nepali Congress leader and Minister for Drinking Water, Energy and Irrigation Shyam Bahadur Khadka of the Bagmati Province government tendered his resignation on Tuesday.

Earlier, four ministers had resigned for their post.

Minister for Youth and Sports Min Krishna Maharjan, Minister Internal Affairs and Law Suraj Chandra Lamichhane, Minister for Culture and Tourism Bimal Thakuri, and Minister for Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation Madhu Kumar Shrestha had resigned.

After submitting their resignations, they filed a no-confidence motion against Chief Minister Bahadur Singh Lama to remove him as the Nepali Congress provincial Parliamentary Party leader.

Along with Khadka, 22 lawmakers have signed the proposal.

After resigning from the post of minister, he signed the no-confidence motion against Lama.

The Bagmati Province government has 14 ministries, including the Chief Minister.

Of these, ruling coalition party CPN-UML has six ministers and Congress has eight.

Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Dipak Khadka has made it clear that there was no loadshedding at present.

At a program in Dhangadhi today, Minister Khadka ruled out the rumors of power cuts and added that Nepal was even exporting power.

He said, "There is an issue of electrical circuit tripping because of overload after the massive power consumption in the hot season."

Likewise, Minister Khadka shared that massive cases of maintenance and fires in power transformers were the common technical issues in the rainy season.  

"It takes some time for maintenance. Rumors are being spread citing it as a power cut," Minister Khadka mentioned.

Vice President Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav has pointed out the need for timely settlement of challenges posed by climate change, human-animal conflicts and fragmentation of wildlife habitat.

In a message today on the occasion of the International Tiger Day 2025, the Vice President has urged one and all to collaborate to address such challenges adding that tiger conservation contributes to eco-tourism development and economic gains through tourism promotion.   

The tiger population was decreasing in the world due to the smuggling of body parts of tiger and its illegal hunting, the Vice President shared. 

Massive deforestation, forest fires and unmanaged urbanization have posed threat to the tiger habitat every year, according to Vice President Yadav. 

In his message, the Vice President has praised Nepal's significant progress achieved in the past one decade in tiger conservation and has credited the government, local community, social organizations and development partners for this achievement.  

Yadav mentioned, "A balanced management of protected areas, control in poaching, active public participation and other efforts have contributed to the rising number of tigers in Nepal,"  

We have equal challenges with the rise in the tiger population, he viewed.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has directed the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the National Sports Council to initiate preparations for holding the 10th National Games within mid-December of this year.

During a meeting held in Baluwatar, Prime Minister Oli asked the bodies concerned to start preparations for the National Games, which is being organized on the eve of the Asia Games scheduled in Japan in 2026.

He reminded careful decision making so that the date and place for the championship would not be changed for the event once announced.

Also the Patron of the NSC, Prime Minister Oli stressed the need for appropriate coordination between the Ministry and NSC leadership.

Minister for Youth and Sports, Teju Lal Chaudhary, Secretary at the Ministry, Dr Hari Prasad Lamsal, NSC Vice-Chairperson Dhurba Acharya, Member-Secretary Tanka Lal Ghising, among others were present on the occasion.