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Five different agreements are to be signed between Nepal and India to deepen the century-old educational and cultural ties between the two countries.

Five Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) are expected to be signed on Monday in the presence of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba during the former's visit that begins the same day, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Indian Educational and Cultural Foundation will sign one MoU each with Lumbini Buddhist University and Tribhuvan University and three MoUs with Kathmandu University.

Lumbini Buddhist University and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Tribhuvan University Nepal and Center for Asian Studies (CNAS) and ICCR, Kathmandu University and ICCR, the KU and the Indian Institute of Technology in Chennai are scheduled to sign two other MoUs.

Nepali Congress is leading the vote count in Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City.

NC mayoral candidate Kishor Rai has secured 1, 489 votes.

Similarly, independent candidate Harka Sampang has received 1, 028 votes while CPN-UML candidate Manju Bhandari has got 789 votes.

Likewise, Aiendra Bikram Begha, a deputy mayoral candidate from the ruling coalition, is in the fore front with 603 votes while UML candidate Padam Limbu has garnered 134 votes.

The ruling coalition candidate is taking the lead in Pokhara Metropolitan City.

Out of 1, 200 counted so far, mayoral candidate Dhanraj Acharya of CPN (Unified Socialist) from the ruling coalition has garnered 481 votes.

CPN-UML's Krishna Bahadur Thapa has received 416 votes. 

Similarly, Nepali Congress candidate Kopila Ranabhat got 546 votes for the post of deputy mayor.

CPN-UML's Manju Devi Gurung obtained 436 votes.

Ward no. 1, 2 and 12 (1, 200 votes)

Mayor

Krishna Bahadur Thapa (UML): 416

Dhan Raj Acharya (Unified Socialist): 481

Deputy Mayor

Manju Devi Gurung (UML): 436

Kopila Ranabhat (coalition): 546

1. So far, CPN-UML has won six chief and six deputies 

2. Nepal Congress has won three chiefs and three deputies  

3. CPN (Maoist Center) has won one chief and two deputies 

4. CPN(Unified Socialist) has won one chief and two deputies, and leading Pokhara Metropolitan City 

5. In Kathmandu Metropolitan City, independent candidate Balen Shah continues to lead 

6. In Bharatpur Metropolitan City there is tough competition between UML and Maoist candidates

7. In Lalitpur and Biratnagar Metropolitan City Nepali Congress candidates continue to lead

8. In many places independent and rebel candidates are leading 

9. As the vote count process is time-consuming it could take a couple of days to complete the vote-counting in major cities

10. Despite the five-party alliance, early counting shows there will be tough competition between Nepali Congress and CPN-UML