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The District Police Office has stated that 88 polling stations in the Kavrepalanchowk are sensitive, of which 23 are 'highly sensitive'. 

"Security arrangements for highly sensitive and sensitive polling stations will be tightened," District Police Chief Komal Shah said, expressing the commitment that security personnel will be deployed at the sites to smoothly conduct the House of Representatives elections scheduled for March 5. . 

There are plans to deploy 2,269 election police – 1,115 from the Nepal Police, and 350 from the Armed Police in the district. 

Out of the total 326,611 voters in Kavrepalanchowk, 167,499 are male, 159,110 are female, and two from another gender category. 

Meanwhile, for the upcoming elections, written exams and interviews for the selection of election police were conducted in Dhulikhel on Thursday. 

The district comprises two constituencies for the upcoming elections.

The Election Commission (EC) has stated that candidates filing nomination for the elections to the House of Representatives (HOR) member can withdraw their names by 1 pm today. . 

According to the election schedule, the candidates can withdraw their candidacy from 10 am to 1 pm today. 

Likewise, the final name list of candidates will be published from 1 pm to 3  pm today itself. 

The EC informed that the candidates will be provided with election symbols from 4 pm to 7 pm today. 

According to the election schedule towards the first-past-the-post, the deadline for filing complaints against nominations was set for January 21 from 10 am to 3 pm. 

On the same day from 3 pm until 5 pm, the nomination papers and complaints were scrutinized; decisions were made, and the list of candidates was published. 

A total of 3,486 candidates have filed their nominations across 165 constituencies nationwide. 

Nomination filing was completed simultaneously across the country on January 20. 

The House of Representatives election is scheduled for  March 5. 

Out of total 275 members of the HoR, 110 will be elected through the proportional representation system and 165 through the FPTP election system.

The Election Commission (EC) has scrapped the nomination of Resham Chaudhary for the House of Representatives (HoR) election from Kailali constituency-1 following an investigation into a complaint filed against him.

However, the complaints lodged against the HoR election candidates from constituency-2 of Sunsari, constituency-1 of Rautahat, and constituency-2 of Bhaktapur lacked sufficient claims, assistant spokesperson at the Election Commission, Kul Bahadur GC, says. . 

Similarly, a complaint registered in Rautahat district was rejected on Wednesday. 

The EC conducted an investigation into the complaints from 3 pm on Wednesday, which concluded at 5 pm on Thursday.

The Election Commission is publishing the list of the candidates under the first-past-the-post shortly. 

The deadline of the Probe Commission formed by the government to probe the damages occurred during the September 8 and 9 Gen Z movement has been extended by 20 days.

A meeting of the Council of Ministers today took a decision to this effect, confirmed Home Minister Om Prakash Aryal.

The Commission was formed by the Cabinet decision on September 21, 2025 under the chair of former judge GauriBahadur Karki.

It comprises former Additional Inspector General of Police (AIGP) Bigyan Raj Sharma and legal expert BishweshworBhandari as members.

The term of the Commission has been extended again for the second time at the proposal of the Home Ministry as preparation of the report was underway though the three-month deadline was given to the Commission in the beginning. 

The term of the commission ended today itself. 

Similarly, the government has decided to accept grant assistance of USD two million from the Asian InfrastructureInvestment Bank for the Butwal-Pokhara section upgrading project.  

Likewise, Home Minister Aryal has been appointed as the government spokesperson. 

Other decisions of the meeting would be made public in a regular press meeting, it has been said.