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Ramlal Dagaura of Nagarik Unmukti Party has been elected as the mayor of Tikapur Municipality, Kailali.

According to Election Officer Pushkar Khadka, Tharu garnered 9, 642 votes while his competitor Nawaraj Rawal of Nepali Congress received 6, 642 votes.

He said that Khadak Bahadur Shah of CPN (Maoist Centre) has been elected as the deputy mayor.

He secured 7, 955 votes and his contender Ulkadevi BK obtained 7, 802 votes.

Election Officer Khadka said that 31, 523 people cast their votes in Tikapur Municipality.

US special coordinator for Tibetan affairs Uzra Zeya arrived in Dharamshala on Wednesday on a high-level visitation that signifies Washington’s significant support for the Tibetan issue.

She received a warm welcome from Tibetans, for a first such visit of a higher official from the Biden administration.

Zeya will be here for two days and meet activists and leaders of the exile community here. She will also meet the Dalai Lama on Thursday morning.

This key visit comes shortly after President of Central Tibetan administration Penpa Tsering’s visit to Washington last month. During his visit, Tsering met with the US Special envoy along with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

On Tuesday, Zeya held an “engaging” discussion with Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra on regional issues of mutual interest.

“Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra had an engaging discussion with US Under Secretary of State Uzra Zeya @UnderSecStateJ on regional issues of mutual interest,” the Ministry of External Affairs (EAM) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted.

Zeya is on a visit to India and Nepal, from May 17-22. She was appointed as the special coordinator for Tibetan Issues in December last year.

The International Campaign for Tibet welcomed her appointment and expressed hope that she will work proactively at promoting dialogue between the Dalai Lama’s envoys and the Chinese leadership.

Source: ANI

Independent mayoral candidate Balen Shah has stretched his lead by 10, 113 votes in Kathmandu Metropolitan City.

According to the latest update, he garnered 21, 111 votes.

CPN-UML candidate Keshav Sthapit, who is in the second place, secured 10, 998 votes.

Srijana Singh of Nepali Congress received 10, 173 votes.

Ahead of an US official visit to Nepal, Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi has paid a courtesy call on Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand on Wednesday.

During the meeting, the duo discussed bilateral and mutual relations of the two countries.

On the occasion, she thanked Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba through Home Minister Khand on successfully holding the local level elections.

The Ambassador said that she also visited many polling stations on the voting day and was happy to see people taking part in the elections.

In response, Minister Khand said that the government has now started preparations for formulating budget for the new fiscal year.

Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights and US Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues Uzra Zeya is set to visit  Nepal from May 17 – 22 to deepen cooperation on human rights and democratic governance goals, and to advance humanitarian priorities.