Officials at the Department of Survey (DoS) said border disputes have become complex due to breach of the agreement on land tilling by the Indian side.

Radha Chaudhary, who was tortured for six hours in public on witchcraft allegation at Devkaliya of Ghodaghodi Municipality-5, Kailali, on March 8, was felicitated in her village on Friday.

Kailali police on Thursday made public six persons involved in witchcraft torture incident that took place at Devkaliya village in Ghodaghodi Municipality-5 on March 8.

A government team arrived in Dhangadhi, Kailali, to inquire about the incident in which an 18-year-old girl was tortured for six hours by a so-called shaman and his followers accusing her of practising witchcraft in Devkaliya village of Ghodaghodi Municipality-5.

Police arrested four activists of Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) in connection to the attack on Mamata Prasad Chaudhary, the mayor of Ghodaghodi Municipality in Kailali. The detained CPN activists are the district secretariat members of the party.

Agitating inmates at Kailali District Prison, who are in judicial custody for their alleged involvement in 2015 Tikapur incident, ended their hunger strike on the ninth day on Monday, following a four-point agreement with the local administration. Chief District Officer (CDO) Govinda Rijal ended the strike of 23 accused by feeding them juice.