Bina Maharjan stands outside the mortuary of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, holding a banner of condolence and a photo of her brother, a victim of the police's indiscriminate firing during the September 8 Gen-Z protest.
The Ambassador of India to Nepal, Naveen Srivastava, paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister of the interim government of Nepal, Sushila Karki, at her office in Singha Durbar on Tuesday.
Delhi Police apprehended a fugitive from Nepal, wanted in connection with a 2017 murder case, after he escaped prison in Nepal amid civil unrest in the country, Deputy Commissioner of Police Harsh Indora said.
Of these inmates, two are Nigerians, one is Brazilian, and one is Bangladeshi. These four foreign nationals are in the age group between 29 and 40 years, officials, privy to the development, told ANI, adding, "all four foreign nationals were held in Bihar."
Nepal's interim cabinet expanded on Monday with the induction of three new ministers, who took the oath of office at Sital Niwas, the Rashtrapati Bhawan in Kathmandu.
"The condition is still not back to normal pace. The people's movement has reduced. People are still mourning; they are deep in sorrow. Sales have been adversely affected," said Sabita Surkheti, a local resident, as she described the atmosphere in Kathmandu's streets.
Traffic returned to normalcy in the Himalayan nation after the GenZ protests, its eerie silence in the aftermath following up to Karki's oath-taking ceremony.
"I and my team are not here to taste the power. We won't stay for more than six months. We will hand over the responsibility to the new parliament. We won't succeed without your support," Karki said during a press conference after formally assuming office at the Singha Durbar.
After taking charge as Nepal's interim Prime Minister, Sushila Karki announced that those killed during the anti-corruption protest in Nepal would be known as 'Martyrs' and a compensation amount of 1 million Nepali rupee would be given to their families.