Nepal

There is no information about the temple in Bhasa Bansawali and Gopal Bansawali

Kathmandu, September 7

Work on the under-construction Jaya Bageshwori temple at Siphal of Kathmandu Metropolitan City has been halted citing the need to carry out further archaeological study after workers found three pinnacles while demolishing the temple.

The temple was damaged in the 2015 earthquakes. According to Kathmandu Metropolitan City, the reconstruction work has been halted for the time being to study the original structure of the temple.

The pinnacles are made of unidentified metal and were discovered on the second floor of the temple. Parts of the pinnacles, covered with soil, are damaged and bent due to unknown reasons. Bharat Marasini, chief of Planning Division at the Pashupati Area Development Trust, said the PADT was trying to reach out to persons, who knew more about the temple. &At first sight, it seems thatthe outer structure of the shrine was constructed by keeping the inner part of the temple intact. We never expected that we would discover such objects of archaeological importance,& he said.

The pinnacles have been handed over to the Department of Archaeology for further study. The officials also found that the temple walls had two different layers with different colours of soil. This has led the official to speculate that two layers of the temple were built at different times. There is no record to confirm when the temple was constructed.

However, archaeological officer Amrita Maharjan, who is overseeing the reconstruction work, said the present temple was built in the Lichhavi era as per the inscription on the idol of the Hindu goddess Mahasaraswati. It was renovated between 1674 AD and 1680 AD during the reign of King Nripendra Malla.

The temple is on the premises of Pashupati area. Culture expert Govinda Tandon said there was no information about the temple in Bhasa Bansawali and Gopal Bansawali.

Mrityunjay Karmacharya, former chief priest of the temple, said the temple survived the massive earthquake of 1934.

Reconstruction of the temple hadstarted from August 29 after performing forgiveness rituals as per vedic tradition.

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Kathmandu, September 7

In a bid to support young girls in their education, Rotary Club of Yala organised an exhibition of domestic products in Jawalakhel today.

Rotary Club, an organisation that brings together businessmen and other professionals in order to provide humanitarian service, had organised ‘Exhibition cum Sales of Domestic Commodities& in order to collect the fund.

Service Project Director of RC, Yala, Deepak Kumar Shrestha said that a sum of Rs 300,000 collected from todayevent and contributed by the club members would be handed over to a school in Khokana.

&We extend our gratitude to all those helping hands that supported us in the project,& Shrestha said. The fund will be used to support young girls from the backward communities studying at Clark Himalayan Primary School at Khokana.

A total of 25 stalls of domestic products such as accessories, carved frames, handicraft, organic fruits like honey, pickles, seeds, garments were showcased at the exhibition. The exhibition was visited by hundreds of people, including members of RC Yala, RC Gongabu and RC Patan South also. Of the total amount collected from the sale of these products, 10 per cent has been allocated for scholarship.

A blood donation programme was also organised at the exhibition site and 35 people donated blood.

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Kathmandu, September 7

Ambassador of India to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri inaugurated a campus building of Koteshwor Multiple Campus in Kathmandu today.

Leader of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) and former minister of Foreign Affairs, who is also chairperson of college management committee, Mahendra Bahadur Pandey, former foreign secretary Madan Bhattarai and chairman of Kathmandu District Coordination Committee Shiva Sundar Raj Vaidya attended the inaugural ceremony.

Koteshwor Multiple Campus, established in 1990, is a non-profit non-governmental, service-oriented community college situatedin Koteshwor, Kathmandu.

The campus is affiliated to Tribhuvan University. It offers courses in Management, Education and Humanities in bachelorlevel and courses in Management in masterlevel.

The campus also runs classes for grades XI and XII with affiliation from the National Examination Board. It offers courses in Management, Education and Humanities. The campus has over 3,700 students, of them60 per cent are girls.

The new building constructed with the help of the Government of Indiagrant assistance of Rs 45.10 million is a three-storey building with 18 rooms, including room for campus chief, examination, administration, accounts, store and separate sanitation facilities for boys and girls, reads a press release issued by the Embassy of India.

The newly-built infrastructure is expected to enhance teaching-learning environment of the campus. The Government of India is happy to be associated with the project which complements efforts of the Government of Nepal in augmenting infrastructure in the field ofeducation, reads the press release.

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Kathmandu, September 7

It has been a week since Nepal police arrested six Chinese nationals for their involvement in the countrybiggest cyber heist in the banking sector in which they stole millions of rupees from ATMs, but police have not been able to nab the two Chinese nationals who are at large following the incident.

On September 1, acting on information provided by bank staffers, police had first held Zhu from the Durbar Marg-based ATM kiosk of Nabil Bank at around 4:30 pm, leading to the arrest of four others from Maya Manor Boutique Hotel at Hattisar. However, three other Chinese men, who were staying on the third floor of the same hotel had fled the scene. Of the three absconding racketeers, police arrested Xu Luc Li, 36, a man of Chinese origin, who holds a passport of France, the next day from Tribhuvan International Airport. He was in a bid to fly to Malaysia.

The two absconders, whose identities are yet to be revealed, were last spotted walking on the pavement in Gaushala near DwarikaHotel, on the night of the heist, according to police. Police said a private vehicle had dropped them at Battisputali-based DwarikaHotel. Deputy Superintendent of Police at Metropolitan Police Range, Teku, said, &But, none of them had booked any room there.&

Police are still trying to find out who had dropped them at the hotel.

It has also been revealed that Xi, before being arrested at TIA had reached Nepal-China border at Kerung by taxi in a bid to flee the country. He had hired a taxi for USD 250. At around 11:00am the next day, he was near Kerung border.

&But, he had to abandon the plan fearing tight security at the border,& DSP Bogati said. He further said that Xi had then booked a helicopter from there to come to the capital in order to catch the booked flight to Malaysia. But he was arrested at the Airport before he could board the plane at around 10:00pm.

Meanwhile, police also said that it would take some more time to get the digital forensic reports of the electronic equipment confiscated from the Chinese. Police had seized a card printing machine, six mobile phones, a laptop and a data card from the Chinese hackers. Forensic investigation of the equipment is being carried out at Nepal Policeown digital forensic lab inside Police Headquarters, Naxal.

&We are facing difficulties in unfolding the case, due to language barrier,& said DSP Bogati. All the electronic equipment confiscated by the police come with Chinese language. &But we are confident that the final report will be prepared within 60 days as required by the law,& he added.

Nepal Police is also preparing to ask the international criminal police organisation, Interpol, to issue a diffusion notice against absconding persons.

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