Reporters Club: A truck and car collided in Nawalparasi killing 5 people. The incident happened in Kowasoti 8 of Kharkhatta jungle at approximately 10.15 pm yesterday.

The truck plated Lu 1 Kha 8432 collided with a car numbered Ba 12 Cha 6409.

5 passengers in the car couldn’t survive the impact after the collision. They were grievously injured and was rushed to the Chitwan based Bharatpur Hospital, but the medics in the hospital declared them dead on arrival.

NAWALPARASI, JUNE 27: The local administration in Nawalparasi has adopted high security alertness at seven local units for the local level elections.

The security measure has been adopted for holding the local polls in a peaceful and fearless environment. The local authorities have designated 70 voting stations in seven units of Province no 5 as highly sensitive zones.

Chief District Officer (CDO) Udaya Bahadur Rana said a special security arrangement has been made for voting stations deemed as highly sensitive. Rana added that choppers may also be used for air patrol if necessary at these locations.

There are a total of 240 voting centres in seven local units in Nawalparasi – the security of which will be handled by around 4000 security personnel from Nepal Police, Armed Police Force (APF), temporary police, National Investigation Department and Nepal Army (NA).

Meanwhile, police have arrested four persons in course of a probe into an explosion in Sunabal which resulted in human casualties.

Police arrested the four in suspicion that Biplov led CPN could be behind the explosion which injured Purushottam Regmi of Binayitriveni rural municipality – 3, Kanti Shanker Parajuli of Sarabal rural municipality – 1, Durga Devi Pandey of Sunbal Municipality – 12 and Dhan Bahadur Kumal of Madhyabindu Municipality – 9. RSS

NAWALPARASI, May 17: A woman candidate has been first-ever elected to the post of chairperson at rural municipality of Nepal in the May 14 local level election.

Nepali Congress candidate Laxmi Pandey emerged victorious as a chairperson of Hupsekot rural municipality in Nawalparasi with 4,593 votes.

She edged her nearest contender Megh Bahadur Pulami of CPN-UML who secured 4,358 votes.
Likewise, UML candidate Kopila Malla secured 4,468 votes to become vice-chairperson at Hupsekot. Her arch-rival Om Thapa of NC secured 4,413 votes.

Likewise, NC candidate Danbar GC secured 1,579 votes to get elected as chairperson of Binayi-Triveni rural municipality. Mina Rana of NC got elected to the post of vice-chairperson here with 1,494 votes.

Nepali Congress candidates Durga Bahadur Rana and Maya Devi Shrestha have secured victory as chairperson and vice-chairperson of Buddhikali rural municipality. RSS