News from Nepal

Birgunj .Nepal is likely to get polio free tag. Among the South Asian countries, Nepal is close to getting the 'polio free' tag. At a news conference organised by the District Public Health Office, Parsa, today, on the eve of the 15th National Polio Immunization Day-2070, it was informed that the World Health Organisation (WHO) awards the 'polio free' tag to countries when no symptoms of polio is seen anywhere in that country for three years continuously.

NEW DELHI: As many as 250 former militants from Jammu & Kashmir, who are holed up in Pakistan, are still waiting to return to India. Most of these are expected to return via Nepal, a route not authorized in the Jammu & Kashmir government's 2010 rehabilitation policy for former militants. The government has, however, prepared a list of such militants and their return is being facilitated through the India-Nepal border with help from Jammu & Kashmir police and Sashastra Seema Bal, the paramilitary force that guards India-Nepal border. To ensure that the embarrassing incident of Delhi Police Special Cell wrongly arresting former militant Liyaqat Shah is not repeated, the force has deputed its men from Jammu and Kashmir at border outposts to ensure identification of such militants and their smooth handover to Jammu & Kashmir police. Ever since the policy came into force, 241 former militants who had crossed over to PoK in the 1990s have returned and no...

Patna: The Bihar Human Rights Commission (BHRC) has ordered action against two state police officials for the detention and subsequent death of a Nepali politician in a shootout, an official said on Wednesday. The BHRC has also directed the state government to pay compensation of Rs.1 lakh to the family of the slain national president of the Madhesh Rashtra Jantantrik Party of Nepal, Ram Narayan Mahto, popularly known as Manager Mahto. Acting chairman of the BHRC Neelmani said the compensation amount will have to be paid in three months' time. Mahto was detained by the Jainagar police in Madhubani district in 2009 and illegally handed over to Nepal police, which killed him in what is alleged to be a staged shootout, in blatant violation of human rights. "It was a high-profile case for the BHRC as it involved a foreign national who was also a political leader. The accused tried their best to suppress and manipulate evidence, chal...