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Golmaal​ | (गोलमाल​) Episode - 74 (एलिश लाई नै प्रा*न्क गरे, खुईलीको तीज बबाल​ ) | 02 September 2019 VideoLink: https://trailer.ecroaker.com/component/search/?videoid=dKExgCfsGvg

Kathmandu, September 2

Police have nabbedthree persons on the charge of defrauding and threatening government officials.

The arrested used to demand hefty amounts from the officials by falsely claiming to be cadres of the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal. Chand-led CPN is banned in the country.

The arrested have been identified as Bishwo Raj Sharma, 42, resident of Baneshwor who hails from Gauradaha Municipality of Jhapa district, Subash Koirala, 41, a permanent resident of Gatthaghar, Madhyapur Thimi Municipality, and Subham Ghimere,24, of Kadaghari who hails from Bhadrapur Municipality of Jhapa.

A special group of Metropolitan Police Crime Division, Kathmandu nabbed all three yesterday from various places of Kathmandu. Police are further investigating how many government officials they had threatened and looted from, said police.

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Kathmandu, September 2

Pashupati Area Development Trust said more than 500,000 Nepali women visited Pashupatinath temple since early morning to observe the auspicious Haritalika Teej festival today.

The PADT had said yesterday it expected around 300,000 women to visit the temple.

The PADT, afterseveral years, had opened all the four doors to the temple since 3:00am today. The eastern door of the temple, which is generally used to fetch holy water from the BagmatiRiver was opened after 11 years, according to PADT officials. The doors will remain open until mid-night today.

Hindu women celebrate HaritalikaTeejby fasting, merry-making and offering prayers to Lord Shiva. Women, especially married ones, observe the fast for at least 36 hours wishing for happy marital life, while unmarried women fast wishing for an ideal husband.

The festival also marks the devotion of goddess Parvati towards her consort Lord Shiva. Nepali women wish for similar conjugal life.

Women who thronged Pashupatinath temple area today sang and danced, most of them attired in red all day long.

Press Coordinator of PADT Gauri Shankar Parajuli said that this year women did not have to wait in line to enter the premises for more than two hours. &Unlike previous years, every body who came to the temple got inside within 30 minutes to two hours of queuing up.& In previous years, women had to wait for hours in line before entering the temple.

PADT also said that 4,000 security personnel both in uniform and civvies from Nepal Police and Armed Police Force were mobilised in the Pashupati area today for the security of devotees. Similarly, most of the Pashupati area was under CCTV camera surveillance.

An integrated security plan was enforced in partnership with security personnel belonging to Nepal Police, Nepali Army, Armed Police Force, National Investigation Department, and PADT. Similarly, a large number of scouts and volunteers from various organisations and more than a dozen health camps were set up to provide assistance to devotees and facilitate them.

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MP Bimala Rai Paudel has sought licence system for journalists to maintain professional standards

Kathmandu, September 2

Lawmakers of both ruling and opposition parties have asked the government to remove fine on mediapersons to be imposed by the Media Council in the Media Council Bill proposed by the government for violating code of conduct.

Eight amendment proposals have been registered at the National Assembly by lawmakers representing ruling parties — Nepal Communist Party (NCP) and Samajwadi Party-Nepal, and opposition parties Nepali Congress and Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal.

The amendment proposals have sought that the provision of fine between Rs 25,000 to one million provision on media outlets, publishers, editors, journalists and reporters be scrapped from the bill proposed by the government.

The bill stipulated a provision that if any media published news contents in contravention of the code of conduct, and if an investigation launched after the affected partycomplaint found that such news content had damaged reputation of the complainant, then the media council could impose fine between Rs 25,000 and one million rupees on media outlets, publishers, editors, journalists and reporters.

The bill states that the council can order erring parties to pay compensation if the content in media has damaged the reputation of the affected party.

The amendment proposal registered by NCP lawmakers led by ThagendraPrakashPuri stated that the fine provision should be removed. Instead of fine, thelawmakers have proposed that the problems be solved with the help of a mediator.

The proposal registered also stated that the media council should be an independent and self-regulatory institution.

Whereas, three NC lawmakers led by SaritaPrasai, chief whip of the parliamentary party at the National Assembly, registered an amendment proposal stating that the guilty party would have to make a public apology or else be blacklisted for the offence committed. &No publisher shall be punished for such offence,& the proposal read.

NCP lawmaker BimalaRaiPaudel, in her separate amendment proposal, has stated that if necessary,a case could be forwarded to the High Court. She also sought licence system for journalists to maintain their quality.

Earlier, the bill had drawn heavy flak from opposition parties, the media fraternity and stakeholders. So, taking into account the concerns of the media fraternity and stakeholders, the lawmakers registered amendments.

The NC proposal stated that the media council should be chaired by a person with qualification equivalent to that of a Supreme Court justice instead of a person with qualification ofbachelordegree and the person should have work experience of a minimum of 10 years. &There should be at least two members, including a lawmaker of the main opposition party and a woman, as members of the council,& it read.

The NC has demanded that the president of the Federation of Nepali Journalists be nominated as member of the council.

NCP lawmakers have also proposed a provision in the bill that those who have been working for 15 years in the field ofjournalism be rewarded with the position of senior journalist on the recommendation of the media council.

The proposal added that the head office of the media council would be in Kathmandu and other sub-offices of the council could be opened in the headquarters of provincesin the future.

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