12 MJF Men Injured in Clash with Cops in Rajbiraj

At least 12 protesters were injured in Saptari district when police intervened a rally and a corner meet organised by activists of the Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum defying the prohibitory orders.MJF central vice-chairman Kishore Kumar Biswas and district president Shailendra Prasad Shah were among those injured. Police have arrested 15 protesters.The protesters went around the city carrying party flags and gathered at the Neta Chowk for a street corner meet.Several protesters, including Biswas and Shah, were injured when the police intervened in the corner meet. Among the injured, Shailendra Prasad Shah, Navneet Jha and Gulat Shah have been admitted to the Sagarmatha Zonal Hospital.Central general secretary of the MJF-affiliated Youth Forum, Radheshyam Pandit, central president of the Madhesi Lawyers' Society Ashok Kumar Chaudhary, Shashi Kumar Karna, Krinanda Jha, Bijayendra Yadav, Ram Kumar Bharati, Shyam Narayan Yadav, Badri Shah, Satish Kumar Shah, Baleshwor Yadav, Janaki Raman Yadav have been kept in custody at the Rajbiraj area police office, police said.Police fired seven rounds of teargas shells when protesters tried to resume the street corner meet even after the intervention, eyewitnesses said. There was a clash between protesters and police, which continued till this evening.Issuing a prohibitory order, the Saptari district police office had urged all concerned not to stage any sit-in or rally in Saptari from March 26 to March 28.

Nepal Wins ICC's Women's Cricket Initiative Award

The Asia Region did well in the ICC Development Program Annual awards picking up two awards — Cricket Development Region No 5 (Nepalgunj) in Nepal won the Women’s Cricket Initiative and the Singapore Cricket Association won the Best Overall Cricket Development Programme.Nepalgunj was nominated for the awards after it won the ACC Development Award for the same programme in February.Other two Associate Members, Canada and Uganda each picked up two awards, making them the big winners of this year’s competition.Canada was awarded the Best Junior Cricket Initiative for the Ontario Junior Programme and the Best Cricket Promotional and Marketing Award for the CIMA Canada — “Celebration of Cricket”.Rebecca Alwaya won the Volunteer of the Year Award for her outstanding contribution to the game in Uganda while the Photo of the Year Award featured a wonderful shot of Ugandan cricket.The Africa region collected its third award when Dr John Abebe from Nigeria won the Lifetime Service Award, having devoted more than 30 years of cricket work, as a player, official and administrator. He is known as the “father of cricket” in Nigeria.The Best Spirit of Cricket Initiative in Partnership with UNAIDS was won by Cricket Fiji for its “Run out AIDS day”.All global winners receive $2000 worth Kookaburra equipment except for the Volunteer of the Year and Lifetime Service Awards, who both receive $1000 of Kookaburra equipment for their national association