Gurung has received 7,907 votes against Padma Kumari Aryal of the CPN-UML at 5,863 votes.

District Election Officer Lakshu Sharma informed that 10 federal election candidates and seven provincial election candidates from Parbat 1 (A) and five from Parbat 1 (B) lost their election deposits.

In 2017, UML alone won 13 lower house seats from Gandaki, but this time its tally has reduced to just five.

Koirala defeated UML’s candidate Krishna Prasad Poudel by a margin of 3,826 votes.

Congress senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel was elected from Tanahun-1 while another party leader Shankar Bhandari was elected to the parliament from Tanahun-2.

KC secured a victory over UML’s Surya Prasad Pathak with a margin of 2,626 votes.

Thakali defeated Prem Prasad Tulachan of CPN-UML with a margin of 914 votes.

Physical Infrastructure Minister Kumar Khadka’s removal from the portfolio comes a week after Energy Minister Hari Sharan Acharya was sacked for supporting UML candidate.

With most villages empty as the local population has migrated to warmer climes, authorities should have rethought poll timing, villagers say.

The Gorkha Hospital administration has asked the district administration to take strong action against the guilty.

Police said trekking guide Pustar Lama has been out of contact since October 6 from the Larke pass at Manaslu in Gorkha.

Flood in the Narayani river inundated 75 houses in Binayi Tribeni Rural Municipality and 20 houses in Madhyabindu Municipality.

Rescue teams are facing difficulties conducting rescue operations due to bad weather in the mountains, said police.

Although there have been reports of injuries, the reports are yet to be ascertained, say government official.

The massive landslide triggered by heavy rains last week has displaced as many as 12 families in the area.

New rule follows complaints from local villagers about the increasing boar population and the destruction they cause to crops.

The District Veterinary Hospital and Livestock Service Expert Centre has launched a vaccination drive against diphtheria in the affected area.

The Nawalparasi district court also ordered Shah to pay Rs1 million to the victim as compensation.

According to district health authority, nearly 20 percent of pregnancies reported over the last year were underage.

Concerns, however, remain about the sustainability of the service as the hospital frequently reels under shortage of human resource.