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Nepali Congress candidate Santosh Chalise has been elected as a member of the House of Representatives from Kathmandu-3. He secured 15, 158 votes while his closest contender Krishna Rai of the CPN-UML garnered 11, 196 votes. Rastriya Swatantra Party candidate Durga Bikram Thapa got 5, 865 votes.    

Independent candidate Sobita Gautam has emerged victorious in Kathmandu-2. She won the election by defeating Maniram Phuyal of the CPN-UML with a margin of 3, 674 votes. According to the Election Commission, Gautam garnered 15, 229 votes while her closest contender Phuyal secured 11, 555 votes. Rastriya Prajatantra Party’s Kunti Devi got 11, 014 votes. A common candidate of the alliance, Onsari Gharti Magar of the CPN (Maoist Center) obtained 9, 449 votes.  

Don’t judge this match by its score. Tunisia and Denmark battled to one of the more exciting nil-nil draws in World Cup history in their opening Group D encounter. Tunisia brought the energy to the game on Tuesday from the start with crunching tackles and players rallying the North African country’s countless fans in the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, Aljazeera reported. The Eagles of Carthage, as Tunisia are known, dominated the early stages as they hassled and pressured the Danes into a series of mistakes. However, as Denmark grew accustomed to the game’s intensity, they grew into the match with their talisman Christian Eriksen pulling the strings in midfield. Tunisia missed a couple of gilt-edged chances either side of half-time as their fans continued to heap pressure on Danish players with whistles and boos. The first fell to Issam Jebali, who forced a fine save from Kasper Schmeichel. The Danish shot-stopper spread himself wide, deflecting Jebali’s delicate finish away from goal. In the second half, Alissa Laidouni, the midfielder and Tunisia’s best player on the day, was able to break past the Danish defensive line but lacked the pace to rattle Schmeichel in a one-on-one. Laidouni eventually lost possession as he tried to square it across the goal.

Nepali Congress candidate Pradeep Paudel has emerged victorious in Kathmandu-5. He defeated CPN-UML senior Vice-Chairman Ishwor Pokharel. Paudel secured 15, 065 votes to emerge victorious. His closest contender Pokharel garnered 10, 172 votes.

Saudi Arabia produced one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history to beat Argentina 2-1 in their Group C opener with goals by Saleh Al-Shehri and Salem Al-Dawsari stunning the favourites on Tuesday, Reuters reported. The 51st-ranked Saudis were trailing to Lionel Messi's 10th minute penalty, but Al-Shehri squeezed in an angled shot in the 48th minute after punishing poor Argentine defending. Saudi Arabia's fans were then sent into delirium five minutes later as Al-Dawsari curled a stunning shot into the top corner from the edge of the area. Argentina were on course to match Italy's record 37-match unbeaten run after the mercurial Messi opened his fifth and final World Cup by stroking home a 10th-minute penalty, according to Reuters. But for three goals being chalked off for offside, one for Messi and two for Lauturo Martinez, Argentina would have been home and dry before halftime but the game was turned on its head after the break in extraordinary fashion.

The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) plunged by 7. 13 points to close at 1,929. 70 points on Tuesday. Similarly, the sensitive index dropped by 1. 46 points to close at 379. 60 points. A total of 3,763,836 unit shares of 228 companies were traded for Rs 1. 35 billion. Meanwhile, Janaki Finance Company Limited was the top gainer today with its price surging by 6. 23 percent. Likewise, Unilever Nepal Limited was the top loser with its price dropped by 5. 58 percent. At the end of the day, the total market capitalization stood at Rs 2. 77 trillion.

Krishna Gopal Shrestha of the CPN-UML has been elected as a member of the House of Representatives from Kathmandu-9. He secured 11, 956 votes to emerge victorious. Shrestha’s closest contender Tek Bahadur Pokharel of Rastriya Swatantar Party garnered 10, 961 votes. Similarly, Kalpana Dhamala of the CPN (Maoist Center) got 6, 402 votes.

Nagarik Unmukti Party candidate Ganga Ram Chaudhary has elected as a member of the House of Representatives from Kailali-3. He secured more than 23, 120 votes while his closest contender Krishna Kumar Chaudhary of the ruling alliance got 17, 449 votes. Similarly, Gauri Shankar Chaudhary of the CPN-UML garnered 9, 814 votes.