An elderly woman was killed after being struck by a lightning at Sirmagaun at Sayal Rural Municipality-2 in Doti district on Wednesday evening. The deceased has been identified as Jasudevi Oli, 60, according to the District Police Office (DPO), Doti. The lightning struck Oli at around 6:30 pm while she

Health insurance programme has been initiated in Doti district. Sudur Paschim (Far-west) State government minister for health and population, Nawaraj Rawat, initiated the programme by handing over the insurance policy to two elderly women at a lunching function here on Wednesday. Persons with disabilities of Category A, the senior citizens,

-Bimal Bahadur Bista Several development initiatives have remained stagnant in dozens of villages in Doti for no headways in the construction of 750-MW West Seti Hydro Project. The project was said to have been constructed since long ago. Local people have been bearing the brunt of stalled development in villages.

A sudden hailstorm in Purbichauki of the district on Saturday evening has damaged winter crops. Wheat, barley, mustard and vegetables crops have been damaged causing huge loss to the farmers, said administrative officer at the Purbichauki rural municipality Tek Bahadur Khadka. The actual loss from the hailstones is yet to

An unidentified group of people on Wednesday night set ablaze two dozers at different places of Doti district. One of the torched dozer belonged to Sayal rural municipality and another was brought to the district from Kathmandu to dig roads, it has been said. "It has been informed that an

Sudurpaschim State chief minister Trilochan Bhatta has said the government employees should mandatorily get their children enrolled in government schools. He said this while speaking at the foundation-laying programme of the Nijamati Karmachari Bidyalaya (school for children of civil servants) being constructed by the Sudurpaschim State Government. The school is

Nepal Communist Party (NCP) and Sudurpaschim State In-Charge Bhim Rawal has warned again that it would be detrimental if millennium challenge corporation (MCC) was passed by the parliament. Addressing a cultural programme organized here on the occasion of Visit Nepal Year 2020 at Silgadhi on Wednesday, leader Rawal said it

A total of 108 Chhaugoths in three rural municipalities in Doti district have been demolished with support of police and locals. Chhaugoth– a poorly ventilated hut managed for menstruating women–are made to stay for at least the first five to seven days. Those demolished chhaugoth are from Badikedar, Jorayal and

Docti Chamber of Commerce Chair Khagendra Bahadur Saud has distributed warm clothes to elderly, single women, helpless and people with disability with the decline in temperature. At a programme held at the ward office of Dipayal Silgadhi municipality-3 on Monday, he distributed warm clothes to senior citizen, single women, helpless

Poaching of wild animals has gone rampant in highlands of Doti district following the start of snowfall. Although exact data of wild animals poached since the beginning of snowfall this winter season is not available, local people claimed that the number is higher. Gangs of poachers equipped with firearms and