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No election excitement in Lumphabung (photos included)

KATHMANDU: Voting for members of the House of Representatives and the State Assembly will continue for the next five years. Voting for the selection of 275 members of the House of Representatives ...

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Dr Toshima casts her vote in Lalitpur

KATHMANDU: Dr. Toshima Karki, a Rastriya Swatantra Party (National Independent Candidate) candidate, voted in Lalitpur. She voted in Lalitpur-18 at the Ratna Jyoti Pariwar Mahila Bhawan. She is a...

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1 student killed, another injured following shooting on campus in U.S. New Mexico

HOUSTON: A student was killed and another was injured following a shooting early Saturday at the University of New Mexico (UNM) in Albuquerque, the largest city of southwestern U.S. mountain state ...

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Voting gets halted due to sound of explosion in Budhiganga

BIRATNAGAR: Voting has been halted at a polling station in Morang’s Budhiganga Rural Municipality-1. Kanshiraj Dahal, Chief District Officer of Morang, informed that polling had been halted due to...

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107-year-old Ishwor Bahadur voted in Myagdi

KATHMANDU: One hundred and seven-year-olds voted today in Myagdi for House of Representatives and State Assembly members. Jasmani Kami of Malika Rural Municipality-2 Rum voted from the polling sta...

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FIFA World Cup 2022: Opening day fervour reflects in Google’s doodle

KATHMANDU: As fans worldwide eagerly await for the FIFA World Cup 2022 to kick off in Qatar, Google on Sunday added to fervour with its doodle. The football tournament by FIFA (Fédération Internat...

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Inmates of the Central Jail vote

KATHMANDU: Seven inmates have voted from the Central Jail Jagannath Dewal polling station. Election officer Ishwari Prasad Aryal said that although the names of eight prisoners are in the voter li...

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Economist Vishwanath Paudel cast his vote

CHITWAN: Vishwanath Poudel, the economist and leader of the Nepali Congress, voted. Dr. Vishwanath Poudel, a member of the Chitwan Constituency No. 1 Democratic Left Alliance, voted at the Shaheed...

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Chitra Bahadur KC deprived of voting

BAGLUNG: Chairperson of Rastriya Janamorcha Party and candidate for Member of House of Representatives from Baglung Constituency No. 1 Chitra Bahadur KC has been deprived from voting. KC, whose pe...

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Australia to grant thousands of refugees right to travel overseas

CANBERRA: Australia’s Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has announced a major change that will allow refugees to travel overseas and return to the country. Giles on Saturday flagged that the feder...

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Russia Reportedly Raises $13 Billion for 2023 Defense Spending

KATHMANDU: In its intelligence update Saturday, Britain’s defense ministry said that on Wednesday, Russia held its “largest ever debt issuance in a single day.” The issuance, the ministry said, “i...

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Bulgaria detains 5 suspects over links to deadly Istanbul bombing

SOFIA: Bulgarian authorities have detained five suspects over connection with the deadly bomb attack in Istanbul, the country’s prosecution authority said Saturday. The five detainees were involve...

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There are alternatives to vote even if you don’t have a voter ID card

KATHMANDU: Voting for House of Representatives and State Assembly members can be done using any of five other types of government identification cards instead of the voter ID card issued by the Ele...

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Press Council Nepal objects to fake news posted on social networking sites

KATHMANDU: The Press Council Nepal has said its serious attention was drawn to the fake news disseminated in social networking sites aimed at influencing the elections to the House of Representativ...

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Kaski 2 (1) candidates manhandled voter

POKHARA: Chet Bahadur Mahat, the candidate for Kaski’s Constituency No. 2 (1), has defeated the voters. Mahat, the candidate of Hamro Nepali Party, manhandled farmer Khadananda Adhikari of Pokhara...

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Son of UML candidate nabbed for distributing money in Sindhupalchowk 2 (video included)

SINDHUPALCHOWK: During the silence period in Sindhupalchowk 2, the son of a UML candidate was arrested while distributing money. On Saturday evening, police arrested a group of people, including C...

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2 arrested for election campaigning during silence period

KATHMANDU: Police in Parsa have arrested two people on charge of campaigning during the silent period. Sahabir Ahmed, 45, of Jagarnathpur Rural Municipality-4 in Parsa, and Suraj Sah, 21, of Sindh...

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Security beefed up at Rupandehi border for elections

BHAIRAHAWA: Security has been intensified at Belahiya, the transit point in Rupandehi district, in view of the tomorrow’s election to the House of Representatives and State Assembly Member. With t...

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CEC Thapaliya urges voters to exercise the Right to Vote confidentially

KATHMANDU: Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya has called on the entire voters to exercise their Right to Vote during the voting of the Elections to the Member of House of Representa...

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President calls on citizens to take part in voting enthusiastically

KATHMANDU: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has urged the entire Nepali citizenry to enthusiastically take part in the voting for the elections to the Member of the House of Representatives and State ...

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24 new cases, 15 recoveries & no deaths

KATHMANDU: COVID-19 infection has been confirmed in 24 more people in Nepal, according to the Ministry of Health. COVID-19 infection was confirmed in 3 people during 322 PCR tests conducted across...

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Woman’s body found in River

KATHMANDU: The body of a woman was discovered in Dammara, Kailari Rural Municipality-1 of the same location at Katani River on Saturday. The deceased has been indentified as Ramdulari Dagoura, 79....

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Chitwan 3: Where ten candidates not allowed to vote for themselves

CHITWAN: Ten candidates will be unable to vote themselves in Chitwan-3, where CPN Maoist Center Chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has left. Election Office Bharatpur said that 13 Chitwan ...

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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes jailed for fraud

KATHMANDU: Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has been sentenced to over 11 years in prison for defrauding investors in her blood testing start-up that was once valued at $9bn (£7.5bn). The former S...

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CEC Thapaliya’s directives to employees mobilised on election duty

KATHMANDU: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya has directed the employees mobilized on election duty to be committed toward conducting the elections in a sincere manner without...

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Election Officer in Solukhumbu found dead

SOLUKHUMBU: An election officer deployed at polling centre set up at Phurke Community Forest in Nechasalyan Rural Municipality-4 in Solukhumbu district has been found dead where he was sleeping. B...

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CAN publishes Nepal T20 League table (schedule included)

KATHMANDU: The Nepal T-20 League match schedule has been released. On Friday, the Nepal Cricket Association (CAN) announced the schedule for the league’s inaugural season. The first edition will b...

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Gas explosion kills 7 in Russia’s Sakhalin region

VLADIVOSTOK: A gas explosion in a residential building has killed seven, including three children, and injured nine others in the Tymovskoye village of Russia’s far eastern Sakhalin region on early...

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Man arrested, charged in murders of a father

KATHMANDU: Pradeshik Paswan, 20, of Bishrampur Rural Municipality-5 Itayahi, was arrested on the night of Nov 13 for the murder of his own father Shukar Paswan, 50. The police stationed at Musahar...

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Construction of polling stations getting in full swing (photos included)

KATHMANDU: The construction of polling stations for the House of Representatives and State Assembly elections, which will be held on Sunday in various locations throughout the Kathmandu Valley, is ...

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North Korea’s leader Kim reveals his daughter in rare appearance

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un has appeared with his young daughter in public for the first time, confirming long-rumoured reports of her existence. The girl, believed to be named Kim Chu-ae, jo...

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2 terrorists killed in military operation in SW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan army has killed two terrorists during an operation in Kech district of the country’s southwest Balochistan province, the military said in a statement. The Inter-Services Pu...

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Preparations for elections completed in three Kathmandu Valley prisons

KATHMANDU: Inmates in prison are exercising their right to vote in the House of Representatives and State Assembly member elections on Sunday for the first time. It has been arranged for inmates w...

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Security strengthened in PM Deuba’s constituency

DADELDHURA: Security has been beefed up in Dadeldhura, the home district of Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, in view of the elections to the Member of the House of R...

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Preparations for elections completed in Sunsari

INARUWA: All preparations have been completed in Sunsari for the State Assembly and House of Representatives elections to be held on Sunday. Chief of District Election Office Sunsari Krishna Prasa...