The body of the 40-year-old was recovered from the Parsa National Park on Monday afternoon.

Arrestee Sah allegedly fed the passenger drugged sweets and biscuits.

In 2022, the Madhesh cabinet had declared Thori as a tourist destination with Rs10 million development pledge.

Though rice mills have been offering higher prices to buy paddy from Nepali farmers, for consumers it’s bad news.

The 44-year-old confessed to committing the crime after learning of his 14-year-old daughter’s relationship with a boy of a ‘lower caste’.

Every year, during the Chhath festival, factories along the Parsa-Bara Industrial Corridor stop releasing their waste into the river.

The field is near the Nepal-India border. Efforts are being made to ascertain the identity of the deceased.

While the number of tigers inside the PNP is increasing, limited resources and financial crunch have made the upkeep difficult, say park officials.

The victim’s identity is yet to be established, police said.

Around 1,225 tonnes of DAP have been intentionally dumped in an open ground at the Sirsiya Dry Port since 2020.

A total of 513 patients bitten by snakes, scorpions and hornets have received treatment at the centre.

Superintendent of Police Suman Thapaliya, 43, who was deployed at 13 number battalion died after collapsing at his office.

Government statistics show that paddy transplantation in Madhesh has been progressing at a slow pace for lack of rain.

Indian Railways now takes 25 days to transport containers from Visakhapatnam to Birgunj, compared to four to five days previously.

People unable to acquire citizenship due to a legal vacuum are now flocking to district administration offices following the court’s clearance.