Terai Madhesh

SAPTARI: Chairman of the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) Upendra Yadav has averred on Monday that the 7-point peace deal forged between the UCPN-Maoist establishment faction and the non-Maoist actors is not going to bear a sustainable peace. Speaking at a press meet organized in Rajbiraj by the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum Nepal, Saptari chapter, the former minister appraised the facades of the peace deal and said, integrating only 6,500 Maoist People Liberation Armies(PLA)’s combatants and sending others home by handing some amount of money in the name of rehabilitation may ignite a fresh conflict. “The seven-point deal has misjudged the idea of Security Sector Reform (SSR) and making it inclusive, which has kept intact possibility of conflict,” he said. Yadav doubted the implementation of the seven- point deal, saying the leaders of the major parties are not honest. Laying a claim that the incumbent Bhattarai-led government cannot execute the twin tasks of process and s...

RAJBIRAJ: Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar today said political parties have no option but to extend the Constituent Assembly’s term by six months for the last time. “Non-extensionwill put the peace and statute drafting processes in peril. Thus, it is necessary to extend the CA’s lifeline for the last time”, Gachhadar told mediapersons at Barmajhiya in Saptari. Stating that the seven-point deal had created a firm basis for concluding the peace process and drafting the constitution, Gachhadar asked political parties to zero in on completing tasks of the peace and constitution drafting processes. When asked about the Mohan Baidhya faction’s protest against the seven-point deal and their reluctance to return properties, Gachhadar assured that the government would implement the agreement. In a different context, Gachhadar said the government would hold talks with political armed outfits in the Tarai and mainstream them. “The government will ...

RSS RAJBIRAJ: Students of Shankar Higher Secondary School, Rupnagar, on Friday rounded up police office obstructing traffic for an hour to protest the murder of their colleague Nisha Satyal. Nisha, 17, was an 11th grader at the school. A rally, which was taken out from the school in protest of the murder, disrupted traffic. The students obstructed the East-West Highway picketing the Area Police Office, Kanchanpur. The students postponed the agitation after police agreed to file case against Amar Magar, 18, Mahesh Niraula, 16, Asmit Niraula, 15, and Deepak Adhikari of Bardiya district on the charge of their involvement in the incident. The body of Nisha, daughter of Bishnu Satyal, of Theliya VDC-5 was recovered at local Khotardevi Community Forest on October 31. Nisha had gone there to graze goats. The body was found with wounds on it and no clothes on the sensitive organs. [[.. Read more at " Students protest colleague's murder in Rajbiraj" :: thehimalayantimes...

RSS RAJBIRAJ: At least two people died and as many as hundred affected due to diarrhea outbreak in Tilathi of Saptari district. The deceased have been identified as Thakani Devi Yadav (65) of Tilathi VDC-4 and Niras Sutihar (15) of ward 7, informed in-charge of Tilathi sub-health post Deependra Kumar Jha. Thakani Devi had long been in critical condition due to diarrhea and died while undergoing treatment. Likewise, Niras Sutihar also breathed his last on Friday morning due to the same problem. It has been gradually breaking out in the village, said locals. Over hundred of diarrhea patients are getting treatment at camp conducted by the District Public Health Office in Tilathi while some of them are being admitted at Sagarmatha zonal hospital in Rajbiraj. Chief District Officer of Saptari Lekhnath Pokharel has issued directive to the District Public Health Office to take immediate measures to prevent diarrhea in the district. [[.. Read more at  "Diarrhea claims t...