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NC clinches Mayoral post in Mugu
Published On: May 18, 2017 03:24 PM NPT By: Republica
MUGU, May 18: Nepali Congress candidate Hari Jung Shahi has been elected to the post of Mayor of Chhayanath Rara Municipality in Mugu district with 3,560 votes. His closest rival, Jit Bahadur Malla, of CPN (UML) received 3,441 votes.
NC clinches Warekot chief while Shivalaya chief goes to UML
Published On: May 18, 2017 03:14 PM NPT By: Republica
JAJARKOT, May 18: Nepali Congress (NC) candidate Mahendra Bahadur Shaha has been elected as chief of Warekot Rural Municipality. He secured 2, 138 votes. His closes rival Maoist Center’s Tilak Bahadur Rawat got 2,129 votes.
NC wins Kushe Rural Municipality chief and deputy chief
Published On: May 18, 2017 02:51 PM NPT By: Republica
JAJARKOT, May 18: Nepali Congress candidate Harichandra Basnet has been elected as chief of Kushe Rural Municipality. He got 2508 votes. His closest rival Tapta Bahadur Hamal of UML received 2, 044 votes.
Maoist Center sweeps Tribeni Nalgad Municipality polls
Published On: May 18, 2017 02:37 PM NPT By: Republica
JAJARKOT, May 18: Maoist Center candidate Tek Bahaur Rawal has been elected mayor of Tribeni Nalgad Municipality. He secured 3, 418 votes. His closest rival Chhabi Panta of Nepali Congress got 2, 998 votes.
CPN-UML Aryal elected as Mayor in Melamchi
Published On: May 18, 2017 01:50 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, May 18: CPN-UML has secured victory in Melamchi Municipality in the local level elections.
CPN (MC) sweeps in Rukum
Published On: May 18, 2017 12:30 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, May 18: CPN (Maoist-Center) has made clean sweep in Rukum in the first phase of the local level election.
UML ahead of NC by 2315 votes in Kathmandu Metropolis
Published On: May 18, 2017 10:43 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, May 18: CPN-UML mayoral candidate Bidhyasundar Shakya is taking the lead in the race for the mayor of Kathmandu Metropolis with 5337 votes, compared to 3022 votes for his closest rival Nepali Congress mayoral candidate Raju Raj Joshi. Shyakya is leading Joshi by 2315 votes.
UML leads NC by 1845 votes in the race for mayor of Kathmandu Metropolis
Published On: May 18, 2017 09:24 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, May 18: UML mayoral candidate Bidhyasundar Shakya is taking the lead in the race for the mayor of Kathmandu Metropolis with 4317 votes, compared to 2472 votes for his closest rival Nepali Congress mayoral candidate Raju Raj Joshi. Shyakya is leading Joshi by 1845 votes.
UML Chair Oli claims party gaining victory in local polls despite being ‘encircled’
Published On: May 18, 2017 08:21 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, May 18: CPN (UML) Chairman KP Sharma Oli today said his party had got a success in the first-phase local elections despite being encircled from all four directions.
NC female candidate for chief of Myadge Rural Municipality in Tanahu emerges victorious
Published On: May 18, 2017 08:08 AM NPT By: Republica
TANAHU, May 18: Nepali Congress(NC) female candidate Maya Rana has emerged victorious in the race for chief of Myagde Rural Municipality in Tanahu district held on May 14 with 4542 votes, compared to 3461 votes garnered by her closest rival CPN-UML candidate Shree Prasad Shrestha.
NC wins mayoral and deputy mayoral races in Dakshinkali Municipality
Published On: May 18, 2017 07:37 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, May 18: Nepali Congress (NC) mayoral candidate Mohan Basnet has been elected in the race for the mayor of Dakshinkali Municipality in Kathmandu district.
Local election seen as harbinger of inclusiveness
Published On: May 18, 2017 07:21 AM NPT By: Republica
Kathmandu, May 17: Inclusiveness was a major theme of the decade-long conflict and of the mainstream politics since the arms were laid down by the rebels and the state.
Congress, UML neck and neck on Day 3 of vote count
Published On: May 18, 2017 06:55 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, May 17: The ruling Nepali Congress and main opposition CPN (UML) are seen in neck and neck competition in the first round of the local elections. As vote counting entered the third day Congress and UML seemed in a tight race to emerge first in terms of winning the chiefs and other positions of local units in the first round local elections held on Sunday.
Experts against increasing number of local units in tarai
Published On: May 18, 2017 01:30 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, May 18: Experts and civil society members have urged the Election Commission (EC) not to increase the number of local units in southern plains of the country and revise federal boundaries ahead of the second phase of local elections scheduled for June 14, arguing that such moves will be against the established practices and election laws.
Banks log impressive profit despite shortage of lendable fund
Published On: May 18, 2017 12:50 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, May 18: Shortage of lendable fund, which nearly brought credit flow to a halt since the beginning of the current fiscal year, did not seem to have affected profit of banking industry.
iPhone prices drop in Nepal
Published On: May 18, 2017 12:40 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, May 18: Generation Next Communications Pvt Ltd, the authorized distributor of Apple products for Nepal, has cut prices of different iPhone models.
Dr KC to stage 11th hunger strike from May 23
Published On: May 18, 2017 12:20 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, May 18: At a time when the country's attention is focused on the local body elections, Dr Govinda KC, senior orthopedic surgeon at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, issued a six-day ultimatum to the government on Wednesday to address his two-point demand. Dr KC, who is also a professor at the Institute of Medicine, has warned that he will stage another hunger strike starting May 23 if his demands are not met.
EC seeks clarifications from 'defiant' officials
Published On: May 18, 2017 12:10 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, May 18: The Election Commission (EC) has sought clarifications from seven 'defiant officials' for not fulfilling assigned responsibilities during the elections.
Infographics: China to scale up support for Belt and Road Initiative
Published On: May 18, 2017 12:05 AM NPT By: Republica
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