•     Kailali  : Two persons were killed in lightning in Kailali and Rupandehi district today.    
        
    The deceased in Kailali was identified as Punaram Chaudhary,48, of Krishnapur municipality-5 in Kanchapur district, according to the District Police Office, Kailali.    
        
    He was struck by the thunderbolt while he was on the way to Malakheti of Godawari Municipality-3 in Kailali district to cultivate paddy, informed DSP Bed Prakash Joshi.    
        
    Similarly, another deceased was identified as Ramnath Barahi, 45, of Siyari rural municipality-2 in Rupandehi, according to the District Police Office, Rupandehi.    
        
    The lightning struck him while going to work in the farmland at Siyari Rural Municipality-2, police said. The dead body has been kept at Bhim Hospital at Bhairahawa forpost-mortem.