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The price of gold has dropped by Rs 3, 700 per tola in the domestic market on Monday. 

According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers’ Association, the yellow metal is being traded at Rs 313, 200 per tola today.  It was traded at Rs 316, 900 per tola on Sunday.  

Similarly, the price of silver has dropped by Rs 65 per tola and is being traded at Rs 5, 410 per tola.

In the House of Representatives (HoR) elections held on March 5, a total of 4,698 votes remained invalid in Kaski. 

Out of a total of 191,425 votes cast in the district's three constituencies, 186,727 votes were valid, according to Rudra Neupane, Information Officer at the Provincial Election Office in Pokhara. 

According to him, the percentage of invalid votes is 2.45 percent. In Kaski-1. Out of 71,806 votes cast, 69,954 were valid and 1,852 votes were invalid. 

Similarly, in constituency 2, out of 53,395 votes cast, 52,187 were valid and 1,208 votes invalid. 

In constituency 3, a total of 66,224 votes were cast. In this constituency, 64,586 votes were valid, with a total of 1,638 votes invalid, informed Neupane. 

In the March 5 elections to the House of Representatives (HoR), over 3,800 votes turned invalid in Bhojpur district. 

The District Returning Office informed that out of 57,599 votes cast under the First-Past-the-Post electoral system, 3,871 votes were found invalid. 

This number accounts for 6.72 percent of the total votes. 

Among the invalid votes, majority voters were found marking for more than one election symbol, according to Dikrendra Subedi, Chief of the District Returning Office. 

He further shared that it appeared some voters either did not understand the voting process well or intentionally cast invalid votes. 

There were a total of 125,766 registered voters in the district. 

As vote counting for proportional representation is still ongoing, details of invalid votes to this category of electoral system are yet to be disclosed, the Election Office said. 

The counting of proportional representation votes for eight constituencies under the House of Representatives elections held on March 5 is yet to begin. 

According to the Election Commission, counting for proportional representation in eight electoral constituencies, including Sankhuwasabha, Ilam 1, Achham 2, Bajura, Gorkha 1 and 2, Dhanusha 1 and 2, is yet to begin, informed EC spokesperson Narayan Prasad Bhattarai. 

He also informed that the counting for proportional representation in Dhanusha 3, Mahottari 1, Sarlahi 2, Bara 1, 2, 3 and 4, Rautahat 1, Parsa 1, 2 and 4, Rasuwa, Sindhuli 1 and 2, Dolakha, Kanchanpur 1, 2 and 3, Darchula, Dadeldhura, Bajhang, Doti, Kailali 1, Taplejung, Dhankuta, Jhapa 3, Morang 2, 3, 4 and 6, Sunsari 3, Tehrathum, Udayapur 2, Gulmi 1, Rolpa, Rukum West, Banke 1, 2 and 3, Arghakhanchi, Kapilvastu 2, Dang 2 and 3, and Parbat has been completed.  

Likewise, counting of votes has also completed Tanahun, Kaski, Lamjung, Nawalparasi East 1 and 2, Mustang, Myagdi, Syangja 1, Manang, Baglung, Kathmandu 1 to 10, Bhaktapur 1 and 2, Lalitpur 1 and 3. 

The EC has stated that counting of all proportional representation votes will be completed by the morning of March 11. 

India's success has been powered by a deliberate move away from celebrating individual milestones, head coach Gautam Gambhir said on Sunday after the team retained their Twenty20 World Cup title, Reuters reported. 

India thrashed New Zealand by 96 runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium to become the first team to win the tournament three times, sealing back-to-back titles after their 2024 triumph.

Gambhir, appointed shortly after they lifted the trophy in 2024, said he set the tone early in his tenure that personal landmarks would not determine selection, and that approach helped India commit fully to a dominant style under captain Suryakumar Yadav, according to Reuters. 

Iraq coach Graham Arnold has called for the team's inter-confederation World Cup playoff in Mexico later this month to be postponed amidst the travel chaos triggered by the conflict in neighbouring ​Iran, Reuters reported. 

The Iraqis are concerned they might not be able to get their players and ‌staff over to Mexico for their scheduled clash with either Bolivia or Suriname in Monterrey on March 31 because of the travel lockdown in the Middle East.

Arnold said putting together a team solely with players based outside ​Iraq would hinder the country's chances of qualifying for the World Cup for the first ​time since 1986, according to Reuters. 

AC Milan claimed a vital 1-0 ​home victory over city rivals Inter Milan on Sunday with Pervis Estupinan's late first-half strike offering a glimmer of hope in the Serie A title race, Reuters reported. 

Inter are top with 67 points and a seven-point gap over Milan. But Milan's hard-fought win at the San Siro stadium has sparked hope for their fans as the season enters its final ​phase with 10 games left for each team.

The clash - known as the "Derby della Madonnina" after a ​statue of the Virgin Mary on top of Milan Cathedral - has been contested since 1909, according to Reuters. 

A total of 7,575,193 votes have been counted so far in the Proportional Representation System of the House of Representatives member election. 

As of 5:50 am today, Rastriya Swatantra Party has received the highest number of votes with 3,672,265. Similarly, Nepali Congress received 1,238,381 votes, CPN-UML 1,047,512 votes, Nepali Communist Party 538,270 votes, Rastriya Prajatantra Party 258,666 votes, and Shram Sanskriti Party 240,763 votes. 

Vote counting is underway.