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Israel says it destroyed 16 planes of the Quds Force at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport. Explosions and large smoke plumes were seen overnight at Iran’s busiest domestic airport.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the planes were loaded with weapons and cash, intended to supply Iran-backed groups including Hezbollah, according to AP.

IDF also stated that several Iranian fighter jets were targeted in the strike, aiming to disrupt arms transfers to proxy groups.

Bodh Narayan Shrestha of RSP has won from Dhading Constituency No. 2 with 26,143 votes.

Shrestha defeated Ramesh Prasad Dhamala of the NC securing 20,278 votes. Similarly, Dhan Bahadur Ghale of the CPN-UML has secured 10,084 votes while Ram Bahadur Bhandari has secured 9,037 votes.

Dhading-2 has been an area of ​​influence for the Congress and the UML for a long time.

Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) candidate Dr Tara Prasad Joshi has emerged winner in the House of Representatives (HoR) election from Dadeldhura. 

He set the parliamentary journey by defeating the NC candidate Nainsingh Mahar. 

According to the Office of Returning Officer, Dr Joshi secured his win by a 7,010 vote margin.

He obtained 19,139 while his close contender Mahar got 12,121. 

Likewise, Nepali Communist Party candidate Man Singh Mal received 6,834 and CPN-UML candidate Chakra Snehi got 3,026 votes. 

CPN-UML candidate Kshitij Thebe won in Taplejung in the House of Representatives election with 13,962. Thebe defeated Gajendra Prasad Tumyahang Limbu of the NC by 2,251 votes.

Tumyahang received 11,711 votes. Despite taking an initial lead, Tumyahang could not maintain his lead. Similarly, Khel Prasad Budha Chhetri of the Nepali Communist Party received 6,775 votes and Santosh Rai of the Shram Sanskriti Party received 5,209 votes.

Thebe is a central member of the CPN-UML. Earlier, in the 2017 and 2023 elections, CPN-UML Deputy Secretary General Yogesh Bhattarai had won. 51 percent of the votes were cast in Taplejung, which has 90,327 voters. There are nine local levels, including eight rural municipalities and one municipality. There were 13 candidates in the fray in Taplejung, which has one constituency. The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer has stated that once the direct counting of votes is completed, the proportional counting will begin.

Rajan Gautam of the RSP has been elected in Constituency No. 1 of Nawalpur district. He defeated NC leader Balkrishna Ghimire. Gautam received 50,945 votes, while Ghimire received 16,293 votes.

Gautam defeated Ghimire by a margin of 34,652 votes. Ghimire, who was defeated by Gautam, is the Congress District Vice President. Gautam had also contested in this constituency in 2023. At that time, he came third. UML came third in this constituency in this election.

Bhagirath Sapkota of the UML received 9,139 votes. Nawalpur 1 is a constituency that Congress leader Dr. Shashank Koirala has been winning continuously since 2007. Previously, Manish Khanal of the RSP won Nawalpur 2.

Yagyamani Neupane, the candidate of RSP, has won from the House of Representatives Constituency No. 1 of Morang. He was elected by securing 27,367 votes. Shram Sanskriti Party candidate Shanti Pakhrin Lama, received 17,522 votes. The difference between them is 9,845 votes.

Khadga Bahadur Fago of the Nepali Congress, who is also a candidate from the same constituency, received 11,986 votes. While Ghanashyam Khatiwada of the CPN (UML) received 9,823 votes, Kul Prasad Samba of the Nepali Communist Party (NCP) lost with 2,224 votes.

The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is leading in the ongoing House of Representatives vote count across the country. RSP has won 67 seats and is leading in 55 others. Nepali Congress has won 9 seats, UML 3, NCP 2, RPP 1, and independent candidate Mahabir Pun 1.

In proportional representation, RSP has received 417,013 votes, followed by Nepali Congress with 141,868 and CPN-UML with 113,444 votes.

Rastriya Swatantra Party's candidates have won the election to the House of Representatives (HoR) in Sindhuli 1 and 2. 

Dhanendra Karki of RSP was elected by securing 16,265 votes, Returning Officer Nima Ghimire confirmed. 

Karki's nearest rival to CPN-UML candidate Pradip Kumar Katawal Chhetri got 15,668 votes. 

Likewise, RSP's Ashish Gajurel won the election in Sindhuli  2 by getting 17,940 votes against his nearest rival Lekhnath Dahal of Nepali Communist, who secured 14,780 votes.