The explosion occurred at Duwagaun village of Triveni rural municipality-7 at around 6:30 pm.

The children were returning home after grazing their goats when the bomb went off killing all four. They have been identified as Lokiram Dangi, 14, Bimala Khatri, 11, Bijaya Khatri, 5 and Gaurab Nepali, 13.

ROLPA, Feb 8: As many as 31 people have gone missing in Rolpa district this past year alone.

The Women and Children Service Centre under the District Police Office, Rolpa stated that those missing are women and children.

Although one child and three women reported to be missing have been found the whereabouts of 27 others including four children is not known, said Center’s Assistant Sub-Inspector Dil Kumari Budha. She added that the families, relatives and the police have no information regarding their condition.

According to her, the missing children are aged between 10 to 16 years and the missing women aged between 20 to 35 years. They got lost from various places of the district.

Budha said 87 people including 56 women, 22 boys and nine girls had gone missing in the district in fiscal year 2016/17. Out of them, four women, 20 boys and six girls have been found.

Similarly, 80 women and children had gone missing in the district in the fiscal year 2015/16, as per the Centre’s record. RSS

ROLPA, Jan 28: Police have arrested two persons along with a huge quantity of hashish from Madi rural municipality-2 in Rolpa this morning.

Police personnel from Regional Police Bureau, District Police Office, Rolpa, and Area Police Office, Ghartigaun, jointly seized 50 kg of hashish.

Police Inspector at the District Police Office, Sudarshan Panthi, said that Sher Bahadur Budha, 22, and Prashna Budha, 22, of Thabang rural municipality were arrested along with such quantity of hashish. RSS

ROLPA, Dec 28: The name of one local level has been changed in Rolpa district amid police security after the locals who were dissatisfied over the name change started sloganeering.

A meeting of the people’s representatives of Subarnawati rural municipality in eastern Rolpa changed the name of the rural municipality to Sahid Sunil Smriti rural municipality by a majority.

Nineteen members of the rural municipality reportedly walked out of the meeting soon after the rural municipality chairperson Gunendra Gharti tabled the proposal in the meeting for changing the name of the rural municipality.

“There was no option than to walk out of the meeting after our protests and dissatisfaction over the issue were not heard by the rural municipality Chair,” Ganja Chhetri, one of the rural municipality ward chairman who attended the meeting, said. He added that they got the information that the name of the rural municipality was changed with a general majority after their boycott.

Police were mobilized in large numbers in the premises of the rural municipality secretariat as there was extensive protest and sloganeering by the locals.

“Although it is said that the minority voices are also heard and respected in a democracy, they took the decision in an authoritative way,” Chhetri said.

Rural municipality chairman Gharti however said the name of the rural municipality has been changed as per the rule of law and the democratic spirit since it is the normal practice that any issue which could not be settled unanimously has to be decided by majority votes. He argued that the new name has respected the martyr and also remembered the martyr’s name. RSS

ROLPA, Dec 10: CPN (Maoist Center)’s left alliance candidate Barsaman Pun has been elected as a member of federal parliament from Rolpa. Pun secured 40,647 votes to defeat Amar Singh Pun of Nepali Congress who scored 19,907 votes.

Left alliance has already won in both Province Assemblies in the district. Maoist Center’s Kul Prasad KC and Dipendra Kumar Pun have already won in Rolpa ‘A’ and Rolpa ‘B’ respectively garnering 18, 512 and 24,490 votes.

ROLPA, July 4: Nepal Communist Party (CPN) has announced an indefinite strike in protest of the local administration’s non-compliance with its demand to free its cadre.

In a statement issued by CPN’s District Secretary, Dalakhadur Khatri, the party stated that it is enforcing the strike with the demand of the release of its cadre who was arrested on charges of involvement in anti-election activities.

The authorities arrested 11 cadres including a journalist and were released at 10 pm on Sunday.

The local administration is yet to release, Bir Bahadur Oli, who was arrested a few days ago. He is still in custody and has not been released, CPN Rolpa said. The party has vowed to obstruct transportation until the release of its cadre. RSS

KATHMANDU, June 28: Voting at a voting center set up in Vanvane of Rolpa Municipality-10 has come to a halt after an unidentified person poured acid in a ballot box of booth ‘B’.

Some ballot papers were burned due to the acid.  The person to throw acid is yet to be identified yet and an investigation has been launched. The voting will be resumed after sometimes, according to the police.

ROLPA, June 28: House Speaker Onsari Gharti today cast her vote under the second phase of the local level elections here.

Gharti cast her vote at voting center set up at the Baludaya Secondary School in Rolpa Municipality – 7.

In a brief statement to the journalists, the Speaker said she cast her vote for institutional development of the federal democratic republic.

Also Speaker Gharti’s husband and CPN (Maoist Center) leader and former minister Barsaman Pun also cast vote in the same voting center.