3,990 votes counted: Gagan, Bishwa Prakash take lead for General Secretary

Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma have maintained the lead in the post of General Secretary of the Nepali Congress.

Defence Minister Dr Rijal announces regintation from his post

Defense Minister Dr Minendra Rijal has announced his resignation from the post of Minister. Minister Rijal, who is in the fray for the post of General Secretary at the 14th General Convention of the Nepali Congress, has announced his resignation in view of the preliminary results.

Govt-owned media should work to address today’s needs: Minister Karki

Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gyanendra Bahadur Karki has said that the government-owned media houses should work by addressing the needs of changing society.

2.1 million doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine arrive in Nepal

Bade Babu Thapa, Senior Pharmacy Officer of the Management Division of the Department of Health Services, informed that 2,167,650 doses of vaccine were received this morning.

Vote count for NC vice-presidents begins, results likely in 4 hrs

Rijal said that results of the vote count for vice-presidents of the party are likely to come out in four hours while the results of the other office bearers and the central committee members will take more time.

COVID-19 update: 252 new cases, six deaths

According to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), 252 new cases of SARS-CoV-2 were detected in 9,212 PCR tests conducted in the period.

Vote count for NC vice-presidents to begin at 4:30

The vote count of the election held to elect vice-presidents of the Nepali Congress in the ongoing 14the general convention of the party is slated to start from 4:30 pm today.

Deuba re-elected NC president

Deuba got elected to the post of party president with 2724 votes while his rival Dr. Shekhar Koirala got 1817 votes. Some 33 votes were invalidated.

3,418 votes counted: Deuba 2,045 votes, Koirala 1,347 votes

Of the counted 3,418 votes, incumbent NC president Sher Bahdur Deuba has got 2,045 votes while his rival Dr. Shekhar Koirala has secured 1,347 votes.

Vote count kicks off for NC President

Counting of votes cast in the second phase of the election for President in the 14th General Convention of Nepali Congress (NC) has begun.