Kathmandu Metropolis published Scholarship Entrance Examination Result

Kathmandu – Kathmandu Metropolitan City has published the results of the entrance examination for students interested in studying in institutional schools in grades 11 and 12 under the scholarship quota for the academic session 2082/83.

The metropolis conducted the entrance examination on Saturday for the scholarship it is going to provide this year. The examination was conducted from 8 am to 10 am on Saturday at 54 examination centers.

According to the Metropolitan Education Department, out of 17,229 applications received from 77 districts across the country, 16,137 students were selected. Of these, 14,173 students participated in the examination.

Out of which, 10,867 students have passed. A minimum of 40 marks was required to pass and students who did not score 40 marks were declared failed, the department said.

The examination was based on the grade 10 syllabus, in which a total of 100 multiple-choice questions were asked, including 30 questions each from mathematics, science and English and 10 questions from general knowledge.

The results have been published on the official website of the metropolis. Students can view, download or print their score cards using their SEE symbol number, date of birth and password received via email or SMS.

There are more than 4,000 scholarship seats available in 160 institutional schools under Kathmandu Metropolitan City.

Supreme Court’s order to remove riverside settlements

Kathmandu- The Supreme Court has ruled on the issue of squatter settlements along the banks of rivers in Kathmandu Valley, which has been disputed for a long time, and has ordered the removal of the settlements built by encroaching government land along the river banks.

Supreme Court Judge The bench of Dr. Anand Mohan Bhattarai and Binod Sharma gave a decision to remove the settlements built by encroaching government land on the banks of the river.

The full text of the Supreme Court’s decision on the writ filed by, Advocates Prakashmani Sharma, Narayan Prasad Belbase, Rama Pant Kharel Kavita Pandey, Sharmila Shrestha, and Alok Pokharel on 9th Baisakh 2068 BS on behalf of the Public Interest Protection Forum has been published. Writ was filed against the Office of the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers, the Chief Secretary, the Empowered Bagmati Civilization Integrated Development Committee, the Ministry of Physical Planning and Construction, the Ministry of Local Development and the Chief District Officers of Kathmandu, Lalitpur, and Bhaktapur .

In the judgement, it has been directed to identify the real homeless and remove the encroached settlements in a phased manner. Real homeless residents who are forced to live without alternatives should be identified and transferred to the housing currently built in Ichangunarayan, if it cannot be managed there, arrangements must be made elsewhere and in the case of real homeless people who do not have an immediate alternative arrangement, taking into consideration the right to residence guaranteed by Article 37(1) of the Constitution of Nepal, Court has issued an order to remove the encroachment by providing cash as immediate relief to facilitate the relocation.

Similarly, for the protection of river areas, it has been ordered to allow construction of structures only by leaving 40 meters of land in the case of large rivers and streams in the valley such as Bagmati and Bishnumati. Earlier in the year 2065, the Council of Ministers decided to leave only 20 meters area in the big rivers. It has been said that 20 meters more should be left in the river where it was said that 20 meters should be left earlier.

There is also an order of the Supreme Court to leave 20 meters in the rivers and streams which had not been demarcated before. It has also ordered not to allow the construction of any structure on the land within the river boundary.

Nepal police did not take any action against the assailant of city police

Kathmandu Metropolis has said that the District Police Kathmandu has ignored the complaint filed by the Kathmandu Metropolitan City demanding action against the deadly attack on the city police. Despite registering a complaint with the details of the attacker, the police have not arrested anyone yet.

The details of the eight people who attacked the city police have been revealed in the complaint. However, the metropolis has accused Nepal police of not taking action against the assailant. Nabin Manandhar, spokesperson of the metropolis, said that the Nepal Police did not prosecute those who attacked the city police. “We demanded that immediate action should be taken,” he said, “but the Nepal Police did not take any action on the complaint.”

According to him, the city police was deployed by the metropolis on to demolish the illegall houses and infrastructures built by the homeless at Thapathali. At the same time, people living there assaulted the city police. In the process, 36 city police were injured where some of the seriously injured are undergoing treatment at Norvic Hospital.

Meanwhile,Dineshraj Mainali, spokesperson of the Kathmandu Police, informed that they are working on the complaint. He said, “We are investigating after receiving a complaint, but no one has been arrested.”

However, Kathmandu Metropolitan City Police Chief SP Rajunath Pandey said that “Nepal police did not pay attention to the complaint we gave demanding action.