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The Election Commission (EC) has decided to withhold the election results of Dhanusha-1. 

As per the Commission's directive, a letter was dispatched today to the office of the Election Officer for Dhanusha 1, Section Officer (Law) Arun Adhikari said. 

The Commission had previously decided to annul the candidacy of Kishori Sah 'Kamal', the candidate from the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) for Dhanusha 1 on March 2 after uncovering evidence that his name appeared on the blacklist of the Credit Information Bureau. 

Given that the matter concerning this decision is currently under review by the Supreme Court, the Commission'slatest directive requests that the results of the first-past-the-post election for Dhanusha 1 remain unannounced until the court issues an order. 

The letter was sent to the Provincial Election Office for notification, asking it to relay the information to the appropriate Election Officer’s office and to keep the Commission updated, according Adhikari.

In the recent House of Representatives elections for Rautahat Constituency 3, Ravindra Patel from the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has claimed victory. 

According to Election Officer Abhdesh Prasad Kushwaha, Patel secured 27,318 votes. 

Gobinda Chaudhary of the Janata Samajbadi Party followed with 11,954 votes. 

Kundan Kushwaha from the CPN (UML) received 6,605 votes.

 Out of a total of 108,699 votes in the constituency, 76,769 were cast. 

Jhabilal Dumre of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has been elected as a member  of the House of Representatives (HoR) in Syangja 2.

Election Officer Rishi Paudel said that Dumre was elected with 25,354 votes. 

Similarly, Nepali Congress's Bhagwat Prakash Malla received 20,830 votes and CPN-UML’s Khim Bahadur Thapa received 14,108 votes.

Out of a total of 117,930 voters, 64,928 votes were cast in the election in this constituency on March 5.

KP Khanal of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has been elected as a member of the House of Representatives from Kailali-2.

The 26-year-old won the election by securing 19,057 votes.

Khanal defeated his nearest competitor Patram Chaudhary of Nagarik Unmukti Party by a margin of 7,108 votes. Chaudhary secured 11,949 votes.

Similarly, Surya Bahadur Thapa of the UML secured 7,886 votes while Nepali Congress candidate Bijay Bahadur Swar secured 7,213 votes.

Earlier, Komal Gyawali of the RSP emerged victorious in Kailali-1, Jagat Prasad Joshi of the RSP in Kailali 3, and Khemraj Koirala and Ananda Bahadur Chand of the RSP in Kailali 4 and 5 respectively. 

Khadga Shahi of the Nepali Congress has won in Mugu, Karnali with 7,914 votes.

He won by defeating Purna Bahadur Rokaya of the CPN-UML by nearly 1,200 votes.

According to the Election Commission, Rokaya received 6,718 votes.

In Mugu, Chandra Bahadur Shahi of the Nepali Communist Party received 5,558 votes and Bhuwan Tamta of the RSP received 530 votes.

Prime Minister Sushila Karki has said that the government will implement the report submitted by the Inquiry Commission into the September 8 and 9 protests.

After receiving the report, the Prime Minister said that she and the Home Minister will now study the report and present it in the Council of Ministers.

The Prime Minister said that the report would be studied and the implementation process would be taken forward. The report would be made public as warranted, she added.

PM Karki said, "We will also discuss over making the report public. If we cannot immediately make the entire document public after reviewing its details, we will at least make its conclusion public."

She also expressed her belief that the report contains the actual situation and facts related to the incidents. 

The Prime Minister appreciated the meticulous job done by the head and members of the commission.

Commission head Gauri Bahadur Karki shared on the occasion that they worked honestly and documented the findings as observed.

He said that he also included suggestions in the report so that such incidents do not happen in the future.

"This incident has occurred due to mismanagement. Regulatory bodies have been distorted. There is sluggishness everywhere, from the judiciary to the executive. It has been found that the tendency of power-sharing even in constitutional appointments among parties has increased public anger. If this report is implemented, the face of the country will change," Karki said.

Commission member Bigyan Raj Sharma stated that this report is only for review, and now the body responsible for action must conduct an investigation, and it has provided a basis for investigation. 

Another member, Bishweshwar Bhandari, said that if the matters mentioned in the report regarding what to do for good governance are implemented, the situation of the country could change significantly.

Pushpa Kumari Chaudhary of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has won the election to the House of Representatives from Saptari-1.

According to Election Officer Janaki Raman Yadav, Chaudhary received 38,115 votes. 

Similarly, Sumit Kumar of Swabhiman Party got 7,847 votes while Suman Raj Pyakurel of the CPN-UML secured 7,652 votes, according to the Office of the Election Officer. 

Iran’s Health Ministry says US and Israeli strikes have killed about 200 children and around 200 women in the ongoing conflict. The figures are part of a broader death toll reported across the country AP reported.

According to ministry spokesman Hossein Kermanpour, more than 1,200 people have been killed since the war began.

He also said over 1,000 people have been injured, including around 400 women, since February 28, when the attacks intensified.