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Nepali Congress candidates have bagged both mayoral and deputy mayoral posts in Tarkeshwor Municipality.

Krishna Hari Maharjan has been elected as the mayor with 11, 223 votes while his closest contender Rameshwar Bohara of CPN-UML garnered 7, 359 votes.

Similarly, CPN (Unified Socialist) candidate Lawa Kumar Basnet secured 2, 206 votes.

Likewise, Srijana Burlakoti has been elected as the deputy mayor. Her closest contender Bhawani Dotel of CPN-UML got 7, 563 votes.

The CPN (Maoist Centre) candidate received 2, 695 votes.

Out of 35, 082 voters, 26, 702 people cast their ballots in the municipality which has 11 wards.

Prem Bhujel of CPN (Maoist Centre) has been elected as the chairman of Bhumlu Rural Municipality, Kavre.

He garnered 5, 792 votes.

Similarly, Jitendraman Tamang (Dawa Lama) has been elected as the vice-chairman of the rural municipality with 6, 098 votes.

Bhujel's closest contender Prem Lama of CPN-UML secured 4, 568 votes. 

Kalpana Shrestha of the UML, who had filed her candidacy, obtained 4, 029 votes.

Out of 13 local units in Kavre, Bhumlu Rural Municipality is the first rural municipality to make its results public.

Surat KC of the CPN-UML has been elected as the mayor of Beni Municipality, Myagdi.

He secured 7, 603 votes while his closest contender Chiranjibi Sharma of Nepali Congress garnered 6, 230 votes.

Similarly, Jyoti Lamichhane Paudel of the CPN (Maoist Centre) has been elected as the deputy mayor.

She received 7, 073 votes while Pashupati Shahi of CPN-UML got 5, 500 votes.

The Nepali Congress and the Maoist Centre have forged electoral alliances in mayor, deputy mayor and in five wards of Beni.

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

She will also discuss partnering with India and Nepal during this Year of Action for the Summit for Democracy.

The delegation will include USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator for Asia Anjali Kaur.

Earlier in December, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that Zeya will serve as the special coordinator for Tibetan Issues.

Sunil Prajapati of Nepal Workers' and Peasants' Party has been elected as the mayor of Bhaktapur Municipality.

Prajapati was elected as the mayor of Bhaktapur for a second term receiving 29,200 votes while his closest contender Ram Prasad Kasula of Nepali Congress garnered 3, 352 votes.

Similarly, Rajani Joshi has been elected as the deputy mayor of Bhaktapur Municipality for the second term.

She secured 29, 695 votes while Ranjana Kharbuja is CPN-UML obtained 2, 784 votes.

CPN-UML candidate Dal Bahadur Bhattarai has been elected as the chairman of Malarani Rural Municipality, Arghakhanchi with 8, 283 votes.

He defeated his closest contender Padam Chhetri of CPN (Maoist Centre). Chhetri garnered 6, 726 votes.

Similarly, Dipa Pokharel of UML has been elected as the vice-chairperson of the rural municipality.

She received 8, 155 votes while her closest contender Shovakhar Khanal of the Nepali Congress got 6, 657 votes.

Govinda Kumar Karmacharya and Bhagwati Regmi of Nepali Congress have been elected as the Chief and Deputy Chief of Bhirkot Municipality, Syangja.

Karmacharya defeated his contender Bishwonath Aryal of CPN-UML with 835 votes and Regmi defeated Saraswoti Adhikari with 2, 281 votes.

Karmacharya secured 6, 504 votes while Aryal got 5, 669 votes.

Similarly, Regmi obtained 7, 179 votes while Adhikari received 4, 898 votes. 

Nepal and India have signed six agreements during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Lumbini on Tuesday.

The officials from the two countries signed the agreements in the presence of Indian Prime Minister Modi and his Nepali counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba.

According to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, the signed agreements are as follows: