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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.

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.