Man arrested with rifle in Bhaktapur
A 31-year-old man has been arrested with an INSAS rifle and ammunition from Bhumdol in Suryabinayak Municipality-8, Bhaktapur. A special team from the Intelligence Bureau of the Armed Police Force detained Ayan Sedhai, a resident of Palungtar Municipality-9, Gorkha.
Security officials said they recovered four rounds of rifle and SLR bullets, two rounds of plastic bullets, one round of shotgun bullet, a khukuri, two cartridges, an axe and five syringes from his possession. Authorities are investigating the source of the weapons and ammunition.
The suspect has been handed over to the Nepal Police for further action, according to Armed Police Force spokesperson DIG Bishnu Prasad Bhatta. Officials suspect the rifle and ammunition may have been looted during the GenZ movement.
Yeti cancels flight on poll-day
Yeti Airlines has planned to cancel all flights scheduled for the House of Representatives election scheduled for 5 March.
The company has issued a notice stating that there won’t be any flights on that day. Though the Election Commission has decided to continue domestic flights this time and other flights can operate the service if they want.
According to Yeti Airlines, flights will be regular from 6 March. Shuttle bus facilities will be available for air passengers in Kathmandu.
Holi festival being celebrated in Tarai districts
The Holi festival is being celebrated with much fanfare in the Tarai districts today. The festival was marked in mountainous and hilly districts on Monday.
The festival is being celebrated in Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta Purba), Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta Paschim), Jhapa, Morang, Sunsari, Saptari, Siraha, Udayapur, Dhanusha, Mahottari, Sarlahi, Rautahat, Bara, Parsa, Rupandehi, Kapilbastu, Dang, Banke, Bardiya, Kailali and Kanchanpur districts.
This festival is celebrated every year on the full moon day of the month of Fagun in the Lunar Calendar.
The Holi festival is being celebrated as an ancient tradition which brings a message of mutual harmony and goodwill with the arrival of spring. People smear colours and splash coloured water on one another in the course of celebrating this festival.
People gather around the major thoroughfares dancing and singing.
As per legend, the festival is also celebrated as a victory of truth over falsehood, with people of all ages, caste and creed joining the celebration.
The government has been giving a public holiday on the occasion of this festival.
Fuel supply will remain uninterrupted during election period too: NOC
The Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has urged the general public not to store petroleum products unnecessarily stating that import of petroleum products was regular.
NOC Executive Director Chandika Prasad Bhatta urged the public not to store the petroleum products unnecessarily since that could cause risk of accident adding that the supply of the petroleum products was regular and would remain the same also during the election period.
In a notice on Monday he said, "The import of petroleum products is uninterrupted through the pipeline. Import of petroleum products will continue even during the time of the election." The election to the House of Representatives (HoR) is taking place on March 5.
He has also warned of fire-induced disasters if petroleum products were stored in cans, drums and other vessels.
Bhatta has shared that storage of petroleum products was strictly prohibited in view of possible fire-induced disasters.
The NOC has urged consumers to cooperate with the NOC only by purchasing the required quantity of petroleum products.
