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Four temporary police personnel recruited for the security of the local level elections have died in various parts of the country.

According to Nepal Police spokesperson Bishnu Kumar KC, one each died in Lalitpur, Humla, Sindhupalchok and Nuwakot.

Durgesh Basnet died after falling off a cliff at Pipaldanda in Chautara Sangachokgadhi-6 of Sindhupalchok and Yogendra Neupane deployed in Nuwakot lost his life in an accident.

Similarly, Jas Bahadur Roka of Sarkegad Rural Municipality was found dead while asleep and Anita Bhattarai of Sindhupalchok committed suicide by consuming poison.

Earlier, the government had decided to provide Rs 2 million for the families of the security personnel including myadi police (temporary police) deployed for the May 13 local level elections.

However, this decision does not apply to the suicidal case. 

Meanwhile, out of 100, 000 temporary police personnel deployed for the security of the local polls, 48 have been relieved of their responsibilities for not abiding by the law.

A person died and another sustained injuries when a motorbike they were riding on met with an accident at Triyuga Municipality-3, Udayapur on Sunday.

The deceased has been identified as pillion rider Bhupendra Chaudhary (21) of Triyuga Municipality-1.

DSP Santosh Aryal of the District Police Office, Udayapur said that bike rider Abhishek Chaudhary  (21) was critally injured in the incident.

He said that the tragedy occurred after Abhishek lost control of the bike (Province-1-05-001 .Pa. 4468).

Police said that they are looking into the case.

Voting has begun in the Philippines, as millions head to the polls today to choose their next president, BBC reported.

The man tipped to win the presidency is Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr, the son of the nation's former dictator. 

If polls suggesting a landslide victory pan out, it will mean the powerful Marcos political dynasty, will sweep back into office.

His closest rival is Leni Rebredo who beat Mr Marcos in the 2016 vice-presidential elections. 

Thousands of other roles will also be up for grabs in the general election, including senator posts and seats in the House of Representatives, according to BBC.

A high turnout is expected of the nation's eligible 67 million voters - many of whom are young people.

Whoever wins will take over from Rodrigo Duterte, the outspoken leader who's come to the end of his constitutionally-enforced six year term in office.

Mr Duterte's government has been criticised for its brutality in cracking down on drugs and crime, though the administration has always rejected allegations of wrongdoing, BBC reported.

Who are the candidates?

Bongbong, 64, is the son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos whose rule over the Philippines lasted for 21 years. 

Mr Marcos's rule saw him declare martial law and take control of the country's courts, businesses and media. The army and police arrested and tortured thousands of dissidents.

He, his wife Imelda Marcos - who is infamous for her vast designer wardrobe - along with their cronies, plundered an estimated $10bn from public funds. He was forced out of power in 1986 and died soon afterwards.

After his family was allowed back into the country in the 1990s, Bongbong carved out political footholds, becoming a province governor, congressman and senator.

In 2016 he ran for vice-president allied with President Duterte, but lost to Leni Robredo - his main challenger in this contest.

Ms Robredo is a human rights lawyer and liberal legislator who has consistently led campaigns against Duterte's drugs violence and gender inequality. 

She has vowed to tackle corruption, with her campaign slogan being: "Honest government, a better life for all".

Chennai Super Kings beat Delhi Capitals by 91 runs in their IPL match on Sunday, The Indian Express reported.

Sent in to bat, CSK posted 208 for 6 with Devon Conway top-scoring with a 49-ball 87 while Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shivam Dube contributed 41 and 32 respectively.

For DC, Anrich Nortje was the most successful bowler with figures of 3/42 while Khaleel Ahmed took two wickets.

In reply, DC were all out for 117 in 17.4 overs with Mitchell Marsh top-scoring with 25 off 20 balls, according to The Indian Express.

For CSK, Moeen Alitook three wickets while Mukesh Choudhary, Simarjeet Singh and Dwayne Bravo got two each.

Manchester City moved on from the disappointment of its Champions League exit with a 5-0 rout of Newcastle that sent the defending Premier League champions three points clear of Liverpool at the top on Sunday, Associated Press reported.

Raheem Sterling struck twice while Aymeric Laporte, Rodri and Phil Foden were also on target at the Etihad Stadium as City moved closer to a sixth title in 10 years with three games remaining.

The performance and result were an emphatic response to the late semifinal collapse at Real Madrid on Wednesday that ended City’s bid for a first European Cup. It also took advantage of second-place Liverpool drawing 1-1 against Tottenham on Saturday.

City claimed the lead in the 19th minute after a fine piece of vision from Ilkay Gündoğan, who clipped a fine ball across the box to pick out João Cancelo at the far post. The defender headed back across goal and Sterling dived in to head home.

The second goal came following a corner in the 38th. Newcastle goalkeeper Martin Dubravka failed to hold Gündoğan’s volley from the edge of the area. Although Dubravka reacted quickly to deny Ruben Dias on the rebound, he could not prevent Laporte slotting in, according to the Associated Press.

The third goal also came from a corner in the 61st when Rodri found space at the near post to head home from Kevin De Bruyne’s delivery.

That only served to fire up City more and Foden made it 4-0 in the last minute before Sterling completed the rout in injury time against 13th-place Newcastle.

More than 60 people were feared dead Sunday after a Russian bomb flattened a school being used as a shelter, Ukrainian officials said, while Moscow’s forces pressed their attack on defenders inside Mariupol’s steel plant in an apparent race to capture the city ahead of Russia’s Victory Day holiday, Associated Press reported.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was “appalled” by the reported school bombing Saturday in the eastern village of Bilohorivka and called it another reminder that “it is civilians that pay the highest price” in war.

Authorities said about 90 people were sheltering in the basement. Emergency crews found two bodies and rescued 30 people, but “most likely all 60 people who remain under the rubble are now dead,” Serhiy Haidai, governor of Luhansk province, wrote on the Telegram messaging app.

Russian shelling also killed two boys, ages 11 and 14, in the nearby town of Pryvillia, he said. Luhansk is part of the Donbas, the industrial heartland in the east that Russia’s forces are working to capture.

As Moscow prepared to celebrate the 1945 surrender of Nazi Germany with a Victory Day military parade on Monday, a lineup of Western leaders and celebrities made surprise visits to Ukraine in a show of support. 

US first lady Jill Biden met with her Ukrainian counterpart. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised his country’s flag at its embassy in Kyiv. And U2′s Bono, alongside bandmate The Edge, performed in a Kyiv subway station that had been used as a bomb shelter, singing the 1960s song “Stand by Me.”

The acting US ambassador to Ukraine, Kristina Kvien, posted a picture of herself at the American Embassy, and described plans for the eventual US return to the Ukrainian capital after Moscow’s forces abandoned their effort to storm Kyiv weeks ago and began focusing on the capture of the Donbas, according to the Associated Press.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and others warned in recent days that Russian attacks would only worsen in the lead-up to Victory Day, and some cities declared curfews or cautioned people against gathering in public. Russian President Vladimir Putin may want to proclaim some kind of triumph in Ukraine when he addresses the troops on Red Square.

“They have nothing to celebrate tomorrow,” Linda Thomas-Greenfield, US ambassador to the United Nations, told CNN. “They have not succeeded in defeating the Ukrainians. They have not succeeded in dividing the world or dividing NATO. And they have only succeeded in isolating themselves internationally and becoming a pariah state around the globe.”

Russian forces struggled to complete their takeover of Mariupol, which has been largely reduced to rubble. The sprawling seaside steel mill where an estimated 2,000 Ukrainian fighters were making what appeared to be their last stand was the only part of the city not under Russian control. 

The last of the women, children and older civilians who were taking shelter with the fighters in the Azovstal plant were evacuated Saturday. Buses carrying over 170 evacuees from the steelworks and other parts of Mariupol arrived in the Ukrainian-held city of Zaporizhzhia on Sunday, UN officials said, Associated Press reported.

The Ukrainian defenders in the steel mill have rejected deadlines set by the Russians for laying down their arms.

Capt. Sviatoslav Palamar, deputy commander of the Ukrainian Azov Regiment, a unit holding the steel mill, said the site was targeted overnight by warplanes, artillery and tanks.

“We are under constant shelling,” he said online, adding that Russian ground troops tried to storm the plant — a claim Russian officials denied in recent days — and lay mines. Palamar reported a “multitude of casualties.”

Lt. Illya Samoilenko, another member of the Azov Regiment, said there were a couple of hundred wounded soldiers at the plant but declined to reveal how many able-bodied fighters remained. He said fighters didn’t have lifesaving equipment and had to dig by hand to free people from bunkers that had collapsed under the shelling.

“Surrender for us is unacceptable because we cannot grant such a gift to the enemy,” Samoilenko said.

The Ukrainian government has reached out to international organizations to try to secure safe passage for the defenders, according to the Associated Press.

President Bidya Devi Bhandari issued two ordinances related to health on Sunday.

She issued Medicines (third amendment) Ordinance, 2079 BS and Ordinance on Health Workers and Health Institutions (first amendment) Ordinance, 2079 BS.

President Bhandari issued the ordinances on the recommendation of the Nepal government and Council of Ministers as per Article 114 (1) of the Constitution, the President's Office said.

The District Administration Office, Kathmandu has banned sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages in Kathmandu from Tuesday in view of the local level elections slated for May 13. 

Issuing a notice on Sunday, the DAO said that the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages will be banned in Kathmandu from Tuesday till the conclusion of the elections.

The administration has also barred the use of vehicles in Kathmandu on the polling day without permission.