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The ruling coalition has emerged victorious in Madhyapur Thimi Municipality of Bhaktapur.

Nepal Congress has won the post of mayor while CPN (Maoist Centre) the post of deputy mayor.

Sundar Shrestha has been elected as the mayor defeating Madan Sundar Shrestha of CPN-UML with 4, 063 votes.

Surendra garnered 15, 098 votes while Madan received 11, 035 votes.

 Bijay Shrestha has been elected as the deputy mayor with 12, 102 votes. His closest contender Uttara Nepali of UML got 8, 963 votes.

Nepali Congress has won six wards in Madhyapur Thiki which has nine wards.

Prakash Adhikari of CPN-UML has been elected as the mayor of Tokha Municipality, Kathmandu. He garnered 10, 340 votes.

His closest contender Rajani Thapa of Nepali Congress secured 10, 166 votes.

Similarly, Murari Tamang has been elected as the deputy mayor with 10, 132 votes. Her closest contender Gyan Maya Dangol of CPN-UML received 9, 518 votes.

Proposed Nepali Ambassador to China Bishnu Shrestha said that he would raise his voice to give full membership of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to China.

He expressed his commitment during a hearing of the Parliamentary Hearing Committee of Federal Parliament.

Shrestha has mentioned in his action plan that he would raise his voice to give full membership of SAARC to China. Shrestha also said that he will take initiation to make Nepal a full member of Shanghai Cooperation Organization(SCO) of which Nepal is a dialogue partner. He also pledged to ensure the regular monitoring of Nepal-China border through establish bilateral mechanism. 

The Committee endorsed Shrestha's name today itself.

Nepal reported 19 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 3, 565 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 18 returned positive. Likewise, 632 people underwent antigen tests, of which one was tested positive.

The Ministry said that no one died of virus in the last 24 hours. The Ministry said that 18 infected people recovered from the disease.

As of today, there are 149 active cases in the country.

Lawashree Neupane of Nepali Congress has been elected as the mayor of Ramechhap Municipality.

Neupane was elected to the post by garnering 6, 639 votes.

He defeated Roshan Pakhrin of CPN-UML with a margin of 653 votes.

Similarly, Bala Karki of Nepali Congress has been elected as the deputy mayor of the municipality. She received 6, 640 votes.

Karki defeated Sita KC of CPN-UML with 1, 293 votes.

Independent candidate Balen Shah has still been maintaining the lead in Kathmandu Metropolitan City.

So far, he has received 17, 877 votes while CPN-UML's candidate Keshav Sthapit secured 6, 878 votes.

Similarly, Srijana Singh of Nepali Congress obtained 6, 101 votes.

Naveen Srivastava has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Nepal.

Presently Additional Secretary at the Ministry of External Affairs, Srivastava is expected to take up the assignment shortly.

He was appointed as the Indian Ambassador to Nepal after Vinay Mohan Kwatra was appointed the India's Foreign Secretary.

The CPN (Maoist Centre) has emerged victorious in Bhimsen Thapa, Gandaki and Dharche Rural Municipalities also.

Earlier on Monday, the party had won the elections in Ajirkot and Barpak Sulikot Rural Municipalities.

Deepak Devkota was elected chairman in Ajirkot and Bishnu Bhatta in Sulikot.

Similarly, Lok Prasad Banjara was elected the chairman in Bhimsen Thapa Rural Municipality, Deepak Timinsina in Gandaki and Laxman Gurung in Dharche.

Likewise, Anita Bhujel was elected Vice-chairperson in Ajirkot and Sanmaya Gurung in Barpak Sulikot while Amrita Wasti has become victorious in Bhimsen Thapa, Lalita Adhikari in Gandaki and  Sunila Gurung in Dharche.