डाक्टरले दिएको मिती अनुसार एक महिना भित्रमा सन्तानलाई जन्म दिन लागेकी अभिनेत्री ऋचा घिमिरे र दुई महिना भित्रमा सन्तान जन्माउन लागेकी सञ्चिता लुईटेललाई फिल्मकर्मीले दही चिउरा खुवाए । सन्तान जन्मनु पूर्व दही चिउरा खुवाउने प्रचलन यदाकदा चलेकाले त्यसलाई फलो गर्दै ऋचाकै निवासमा एक जमघटका विच दही चिउरा खुवाईएको हो ।
 

अभिनेत्री मेलिना मानन्धरले दही चिउरा खुवाउन शुरू गरेपछि अरूणिमा लम्साल सहित अभिनेता मुकेश ढकाल, करियोग्राफर गोबिन्द राई, हेयरड्रेसर लोकेश थापाले पनि आम बन्ने तयारीमा रहेका दुई अभिनेत्रीलाई दही चिउरा खुवाए । सबैले दही चिउरा खुवाएर सकेपछि ऋचा र सञ्चिता एक अर्काले पनि दही चिउरा खुवाए । दही चिउरा खुवाउन निर्देशक सुरेश दर्पण पोखरेल, करियोग्राफर पुनम राई, थ्री लभर्स हिरो देबु श्रेष्ठ लगायत फिल्मकर्मी ऋचा निवास पुगेका थिए ।

 

निर्देशक शंकर घिमिरेसँग बैबाहिक बन्धनमा बाँधिएकी ऋचाले केहि दिनमा छोरालाई जन्म दिंदैछिन् । छोरा पाउने खुसीमा रमाईरहेका निर्देशक शंकरले भने, 'चेकअप गर्दा छोरा देखिएको छ ।' यता दश महिनाको छोरा काखमा बोकिरहेकी सञ्चिताले भने गर्भमा छोरा या छोरी के हुर्किएको छ भन्ने कुरालाई सस्पेन्स राखिन् । उनले भनिन्, 'पहिलो छोरा भयो दोस्रो के छ भन्ने कुरालाई अहिले सस्पेन्स नै राख्छु । जन्मेपछि नै सरप्राईज हुनेछ ।' सञ्चिताले अभिनेता निखिल उप्रेतीसँग दोस्रो बिबाह गरेकी हुन् ।

बिहीबार रातीदेखि परेको अविरल बषर्ाका कारण उक्त गाउँका आठ घर बगाएको थियो । मृत्युहुनेहरुमा दिलमान, मणिमाया र टिका राई एकैपरिवारका हुन भने । स्थानिय महेन्द्र राई, नेहाल राई, चन्द्रकुमारी राई र मोहन राई रहेको भारतीय सञ्चार माध्यमले जनाएका छन् ।

गत बर्ष पनि सिक्किममा गएको पहिरोमा परी १३ जना नेपालीभाषीको मृत्यु भएको थियो ।

                                       The brother of al Qaeda's second-in-command, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike, said Washington's use of the remote-controlled weapons is inhumane and makes a mockery of its claims to champion human rights.

U.S. officials said on Tuesday that Libyan-born al Qaeda operativeAbu Yahya al-Libi was killed by a drone strike in Pakistan, in what was described as a major blow to the militant group.

The attack is likely to fuel an increasingly fierce debate about the legality and morality of the drones, which have become one of the chief U.S. weapons against al Qaeda but which opponents say stretch the definition of the legitimate use of lethal force.

"The United States talks human rights and freedoms for all, but the method they used to kill him is savage," Abu Bakr al-Qayed, brother of al-Libi, told Reuters on Wednesday in a telephone interview.

"The way the Americans killed him is heinous and inhumane," he said, speaking from the town of Wadi Otba, south of the Libyan capital. "We are in the 21st century and they claim to be civilized and this is how they take out people."

"Regardless of my brother's ideology, or beliefs, he was a human being and at the end of the day deserves humane treatment," he said.

For years considered a covert Central Intelligence Agency program, the unmanned aircraft can be remotely piloted from thousands of kilometers (miles) away and can fire missiles at targets at the push of a button.

White House officials say there is nothing in international law that forbids the use of the drones and that, by killing dangerous insurgents, they are making Americans safer.

                                   The Ministry of Energy (MoE) has expedited work on finalising a draft of the power development agreement (PDA).

“Work related to drafting the PDA is almost at the final stage,” said Energy Secretary Hari Ram Koirala. He added that the draft would be ready by Saturday and then forward it to the Investment Board on Sunday.

The ministry said that the draft would be sent to the board so that it can make preparations to sign PDAs with hydropower companies  who are waiting for PDA for the last three years.

The MoE has been conducting a workshop to finalise the format of the PDA in Dhulikhel from Wednesday. Representatives from the Ministry of Finance, Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) and the Department of Electricity Development (DoED) are participating in the workshop to give their input.

Two months ago, the ministry had prepared a draft of the PDA and sent it to the concerned authorities including the Finance, Law and Environment ministries, among others. “We will be incorporating the views of the ministries in the draft. We want the text to be perfect so that there will be no confusion or difficulty in the future,” said Koirala.

Delays in preparing the text of the agreement have been preventing the government from concluding a deal with the power developers so far. The delay has prevented developers from going into the construction phase.

Investors seek a government assurance through the PDA that helps avert any possible social, economic or policy-level uncertainties during construction. Generally, issues related to taxes, licence period, free energy, royalty, repatriation right and parties’ obligations are included in the PDA. After the PDA is approved, the DoED will issue generation licences to the projects.

He added that once the PDA was ready, the ministry would call interested investors among the eligible ones to sign the agreement. Meanwhile, the Investment Board will simultaneously negotiate with the five hydro power projects with which it has been assigned to conclude PDAs.

On May 25, Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai had asked the board to develop five mega hydro projects including the 650 MW West Seti, 900 MW Upper Karnali, 600 MW Upper Marsyangdi, 900 MW Arun III and 880 MW Tama Koshi III in line with the IB Act that states that any hydro power project with a capacity of more than 500 MW will come under the purview of the board.

Apart from these projects, delays in finalising the text of the PDA has also prevented three other hydropower projects — Lower Arun (400 MW), Balefi (450 MW) and Likhu (120 MW) — from entering the construction phase.

“Once the IB gets the text of the PDA, we will begin negotiations with the five hydro power projects that the government has entrusted us to develop,” said IB CEO Radhesh Pant.

On April 21, Prime Minister Bhattarai had directed the MoE to give the work of drafting the PDA to the Investment Board as it had been slow in doing the job. As the PDA being drafted by MoE is for export oriented-projects, the board has also been working on PDA for projects which will be developed for local consumption including West Seti Hydropower Project.

“Once the PDA is completed, the board will call China Three Gorges International to sign an agreement for West Seti,” added Pant. The board has been negotiating with the Chinese corporation, and sources said that it was eager to invest in Nepal.

The board recently submitted a detailed work plan on West Seti to the government. The board will be in a position for PDA negotiation with China Three Gorges by October, Pant said.

The PDA signing process with seven hydro projects were initially postponed in September 2010 after the UCPN (Maoist) asked the government to shelve projects being developed by Indian developers. A power tussle between the then energy minister Prakash Sharan Mahat and energy secretary Shankar Koirala further delayed the process.

                                          The government has started the process of designing 400 bridges to be built in

the next fiscal year in around five dozen districts.

According to the Department of Roads (DoR), 70 percent of bridges are for local roads and rest for the Strategic Road Network (SRN). As the government could not carry out design work in the last and current fiscal years, the number grew significantly this year. Generally, DoR designs 100 bridges a year on an average.

As per the DoR plan, the bridges’ feasibility study, detailed engineering survey, soil investigation and complete designs of bridges will be carried out in 40 packages after hiring eligible consultants. Each consultant will preparing designs of 10 bridges.

The department on June 5 invited technical and financial proposals from six shortlisted consultants.

A DoR official said the increased demand for bridges fuelled by road expansion across the country and political pressure for building bridges too have pushed the number of brides whose designs are to be carried out.

However, as per past trends, only a few designs are executed no matter how many designs are done due to the lack of budget. The official said it takes up to 10 years to build a bridge after the completion of design work, while some plans are dumped after government changes.

                                                                बाबुराम भट्टराइको सरकारलाई सडकबाटै हटाउने उद्‌घोषसहित कांग्रेस एमालेसहितका २६ दलले आज काठमाण्डौमा शक्ति प्रदर्शन गर्दैछन् ।

भट्टराई सरकारबाट नहटेसम्म आन्दोलन जारी राख्ने निर्णय गरेका सरकार बाहिरका दलहरुले गाउँ गाउँबाट आफ्ना नेता कार्यकर्ता झिकाई लाखौको संख्यामा उपस्थित गराउने तयारी गरेका छन् ।

माओवादीले संविधानसभा विघटन भएपछि एकलौटी ढंगले संविधानसभाको निर्वाचन घोषणा गरेर सत्ता कव्जा गर्न खोजेकाले बाध्य भएर आन्दोलन गर्नुपरेको काँग्रेस र एमालेका नेताहरुले बताएका छन् ।

आमसभाअघि राजधानीका विभिन्न ठाउँबाट र्‍याली निकालिने भएको छ । काङ्ग्रेस नेतृत्वमा सुन्धारा, एमाले नेतृत्वमा भृकुटीमण्डप, चुरेभावरले पुतलीसडक न्यूप्लाजा, नेकपा मालेले गौशाला, जनता दलले लैनचौर तथा अन्य साना दलहरूले भद्रकालीबाट एकसाथ र्‍याली निकाल्ने तयारी भएको नेकपा एमालेका केन्द्रीय सदस्य कृष्णगोपाल श्रेष्ठले जानकारी दिनुभयो । सभालाई काँग्रेस, एमाले लगायतका दलका शीर्ष नेताहरुले सम्बोधन गर्ने कार्यक्रम तय भएको छ ।

जनजाती नेताले बहिष्कार गर्ने

काङ्ग्रेस-एमालेका जनजाती नेताहरुले भने आजका सरकार विरोधी कार्यक्रमको बहिष्कार गर्ने भएका छन् । नयाँ संविधानमा जनजातिको अधिकार सुनिश्चित गर्न नेतृत्व तह उदार नभएको भन्दै असन्तुष्ट जनजाति नेताहरुले विरोधसभा बहिष्कार गर्न लागेका हुन् । नेपाली काङ्ग्रेसका नेता ईन्द्रबहादुर गुरुङ्गले आफ्नो पार्टी आदिवासी जनजातिको मुद्दामा पार्टी सहमत नभएकोले बिरोध गर्नुपरेको बतायनुभयो । यसैगरी नेकपा एमालेका नेता पृथ्वीसुब्बा गुरुङ्गले सरकारविरुद्धको आन्दोलन एजेण्डाविहीन भएको भन्दै एजेण्डाबिनाको आन्दोलनमा सहभागी नहुने दाबी गर्नुभयो ।

                                                          पुलिसले आज न्यायाधीश रणबहादुर बमलाई गोली हानी हत्या गर्नेमध्ये एकको स्केच सार्वजनिक गरेको छ। त्यतिबेला मास्क लगाएको भएर यति मात्र स्केच सार्वजनिक गरिएको रहेछ। घटनाको प्रत्यक्षदर्शीको बयानको आधारमा घटनामा संलग्न एक व्यक्तिको हुलिया यस्तो भनिएको छ- गोलो अनुहार, कालो वर्ण, पातलो दाह्री पालेको, अनुहारमा खटिराहरु भएको, आर्मी पुलिसको जस्तो छोटो कपाल काटेको, खाइलाग्दो जिउडाल भएको, अं. ५ फिट ६ इन्च उचाई भएको, मंगोल समुदायको जस्तो देखिने अं. वर्ष २७।२८ को पुरुष। 
विज्ञप्तिमा थप यस्तो छ-
यस अनुसन्धान समितीलाई हत्याको सम्बन्धमा महत्वपूर्ण सूचना दिने व्यक्तीलाई उचित पुरस्कार प्रदान गरिने छ साथै सूचनादाताको परिचय गोप्य राखिने छ ।

यो घटना ULTRA MODERN ORGANIZED CRIME को विशेषतायुक्त भएकोले यस्ता अपराध बिरुद्ध Systematic & Scientific Approach of Investigation अवलम्बन गरी हामी घटनाको गहिराई सम्म पुग्न प्रयासरत छौं । अपराधका विविध पक्ष, प्राप्त सूचना र प्रमाणहरुको सुक्ष्म अध्ययन विश्लेषणको विधी अख्तियार गरी अनुसन्धानलाई तिव्रता दिईएको छ । बिगतमा भएका अन्य गम्भीर प्रकृतीका अपराधहरुको अनुसन्धानबाट प्राप्त ज्ञान, सिप र प्रविधीको प्रयोग गर्दै यो अपराधको अनुसन्धानलाई प्रमाणमुखी बनाउन गहन अपराध अनुसन्धानमा दक्ष प्रहरी जनशक्ती अहोरात्र क्रियाशिल रहेका छन् ।

घटनासँग सम्बन्धित देहायमा उल्लेख गरिए जस्ता कुनै पनि सूचना तथा जानकारी भए निम्न मोबाइल नंवरहरुमा खबर गरिदिन हुन अनुसन्धान समिति हार्दिक आग्रह गर्दछ ।

                              सल्यानको चादेकरेन्जी ४ का सन्दिप विक र उनकी श्रीमति निर्मला परियार घरबार विहीन भएका छन् । परियार युवतिसँग प्रेम विवाह गरेको भन्दै विक घर निकालामा परेका हुन् ।

आन्तरिक छुवाछुत यथावत् रहेका कारण उक्त विवाहलाई अस्वीकार गर्दै बुबाआमाले नै छोराबुहारीलाई घर निकाला गरेका हुन् । ‘तल्लो जात’ की युवतिसँग विवाह गरेको भन्दै दुव्यवहार गर्दै सम्पति समेतबाट बञ्चित गराई घरबाट निकालेको सन्दिपले बताएका छन् ।

आमाबाबुले गरेको दुरव्यवहारका बारेमा सम्बन्धित निकायलाई जानकारी गराउँदा पनि कसैले चासो नदिएको सन्दिपले गुनासो गरेका छन् । बेघर भएका उनीहरु जीविकोपार्जनका लागि भारतको हैदराबाद जाने तयारी गरेको खबर आजको कान्तिपुर दैनिकले छापेको छ ।

छुवाछुत मुक्त घोषणा गरेपनि परम्परागत संस्कार अहिलेसम्म अन्त्य नभएको भन्दै पिडित दम्पतिले दुखेसो पोखेका छन् ।