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Discrepancy in Nepal-India trade statistics, by Sushil R Mathema (Kathmandu Post, 11/12/2001)

1996 Trade Treaty extended by 3 months, by Bhaskar Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 01/12/2001)
See also Nepal-India trade treaty: Time extension a temporary relief: Experts, by Raj Kumar K.C. (Rising Nepal, 03/12/2001), Extended Coverage, by Bhagirath Yogi (Spotlight, 07/12/2001)

Border pillars in dilapidated condition (Kathmandu Post, 29/11/2001)

Nepal-India trade treaty: Fifth round of talks from Friday, by Rajkumar K.C. (Rising Nepal, 26/11/2001)

Five abducted Nepalis still in custody (Kathmandu Post, 24/11/2001)

Future of Pancheswor project uncertain (Kathmandu Post, 24/11/2001)

Poles Apart... (Nepali Times, 23/11/2001)
See also Nepal and India have so much in common we tend to take each other for granted... (Nepali Times, 23/11/2001), interview with Indian ambassador to Nepal, Deb Mukharji

Mahakali DPR to be delayed (Kathmandu Post, 23/11/2001)

China urges Nepal, India to solve disputes on Kalapani (Kathmandu Post, 18/11/2001)

Nepal-India trade talks get underway: Political compulsions may be considered, by Bhaskar Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 04/11/2001)
See also Trade talks end on positive note Value addition breaks stalemate, by Bhaskar Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 05/11/2001), Breaking ice in trade negotiations, by Bhaskar Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 06/11/2001), Political guidance needed (Kathmandu Post, 06/11/2001), Trade Treaty remains indecisive (People's Review, 08/11/2001), Trade talks inconclusive: India proposes 50 per cent value addition, by Pramod Poudel (Kathmandu Post, 11/11/2001), Bilateral Trade Talks (Rising Nepal, 12/11/2001), Nepal-India Trade Treaty 1996: Need For Status Quo, by Madan K. Dahal (Rising Nepal, 12/11/2001)

Nepal, India begin work to simplify ID procedures for tourists, by Satyendra Timilsina (Kathmandu Post, 02/11/2001)

Trade talks failure could call for political solution, by Bhaskar Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 01/11/2001)

Discrimination against Nepalis alleged (Kathmandu Post, 23/10/2001)

Indian leader justifies police deployment along the border (Kathmandu Post, 23/10/2001)

Nepal-India trade talks fail to make headway (Kathmandu Post, 21/10/2001)
See also Nepal-India Trade Treaty: Inconclusive talks raise concerns (Rising Nepal, 21/10/2001), Deadlock again (Kathmandu Post, 22/10/2001)

Indian official says Kalapani ‘disputed area’, by Lokendra Bista(Kathmandu Post, 18/10/2001)

Nepal-India Trade Treaty: Automatic Renewal Or Termination? by Bishwambher Pyakuryal (Rising Nepal, 17/10/2001)
See also part 2 (18/10/2001)

Nepal-India Economic Forum constituted (Kathmandu Post, 11/10/2001)

India bars Nepali agro-products (Kathmandu Post 10/10/2001)

Nepal -India economic relations, by Binod K Chaudhary (Kathmandu Post, 09/10/2001)

Smuggling continues along Nepal-India border, by J Pandey & Kamal Panthi (Kathmandu Post, 09/10/2001)

Transit Evolution: A Cost Effective Approach, by A. B. Shrestha (Rising Nepal, 07/10/2001)

Nepal, India officials to inspect border pillars (Kathmandu Post, 06/10/2001)

Govt suggested to deploy Armed Police along border (Kathmandu Post, 06/10/2001)

Indian fertilisers being smuggled into Nepal (Kathmandu Post, 04/10/2001)

Nepal-India border work still incomplete, by Krishna Shrestha (Rising Nepal, 29/09/2001)

Nepal-India trade talks begin in Delhi: Both sides agree to identify ‘Export surge’, by Bijay Ghimire (Kathmandu Post, 29/09/2001)
See also Talks produce no concrete results, by Bijay Ghimire (Kathmandu Post, 30/09/2001), Nepal-India Trade Talks: Going Nowhere, by Sanjaya Dhakal (Spotlight, 05/10/2001)

Nepal to press for duty waiver in Delhi trade talks today, by Bijay Ghimire (Kathmandu Post, 28/09/2001)

IP Singh named new Indian ambassador (People's Review, 27/09/2001)

Nepal’s Trade with India, by Suman Kumar Regmi (Rising Nepal, 24/09/2001)

Unilateral again (Kathmandu Post, 24/09/2001)

Indian secret agents inspect Nepal-India border, by Kamal Panthi (Kathmandu Post, 19/09/2001)
See also Only 10,000 Indian armies deployed in border area: Indian Embassy (People's Review, 27/09/2001)

Towards Sikkimisation process, by PR Pradhan (People's Review, 13/09/2001)
See also For India, Nepalese nationalists are ISI agents (People's Review, 13/09/2001)

Opposition seek details on India army deployment (Kathmandu Post, 13/09/2001)

Commendable move (Kathmandu Post, 12/09/2001)

Indian barrage damages Nepalese paddy field (Kathmandu Post, 11/09/2001)

Spirit of friendship, by Gunakar Bhatta (Kathmandu Post, 07/09/2001)

India to regulate far-western border with Nepal, by Chitrang Thapa (Kathmandu Post, 07/09/2001)

Nepali businessmen surprised over Indian trade figures, by Bhaskar Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 04/09/2001)

There Is Sense Of Steadiness In Nepal-India Relations (Spotlight, 31/08/2001)
Interview with Bhekh bahadur Thapa, Royal Nepalese Ambassador to India

Coming from India, going door-to-door for alms in Dharan (Rising Nepal, 24/08/2001)

Steps to set past wrongs right, by Yadav Khanal (People's Review, 23/08/2001)

The ugly Indian, by Sankarshan Thakur (Nepali Times, 17/08/2001) (Originally published in The Indian Express)
See also Tunak tunak tun...tarara, by C.K. Lal (Nepali Times, 17/08/2001)

West Bengal slaps tax on Nepali tea (Kathmandu Post, 17/08/2001)

Singh’s visit significant for Nepal to put forth its views, by Lok Deep Thapa (Rising Nepal, 17/08/2001)
See also Significant visit (Kathmandu Post, 17/08/2001), Editor's note (Spotlight, 17/08/2001), Beyond Jaswant Singh's "goodwill visit" (People's Review, 16/08/2001), Can he do it? (Nepali Times, 17/08/2001), Singh’s Second Coming: Prospects for Indo-Nepal Ties, by Nishchal Nath Pandey (Rising Nepal, 18/08/2001), Trade, security top Nepal-India talks, by Damakant Jayshi (Kathmandu Post, 19/08/2001), Singh trip: Bad silence (People's Review, 23/08/2001), Exchange Of Goodwill, by Bhagirath Yogi (Spotlight, 24/08/2001)

Big brother's hegemony upon Nepal, by PR Pradhan (People's Review, 09/08/2001)

NOC-IOC Meet: Nepal for oil pipeline extension (Rising Nepal, 08/08/2001)

Indo-Nepal Relations Ought To Embody Continuity And Change, by Nishchal Nath Pandey (Spotlight, 03/08/2001)

Open Border: Overdue Debate, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 03/08/2001)

Case filed against 2,500 non-Nepalis in Parsa (Kathmandu Post, 02/08/2001)

Issues on Nepal-India trade talks, by Bhaskar Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 01/08/2001)
See also India pushes for containing ‘swelling exports’, by Bhaskar Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 02/08/2001), ‘Comprehensive agenda’ set for discussions (Kathmandu Post, 03/08/2001), Export surge features, talks congenial (Kathmandu Post, 04/08/2001), Officials refuse to buy each other's version: Talks to continue today, by Bhaskar Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 05/08/2001), Nepal-India trade talks conclude: Automatic renewal of Trade Treaty in question, by Bhaskar Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 06/08/2001), Nepal-India talks conclude: 25-pt minute agreement signed to resolve trade related problems (Rising Nepal, 06/08/2001), Trade snag (Kathmandu Post, 07/08/2001), Nepal-India Trade Accord (Rising Nepal, 07/08/2001), What is Indian intention after all? (People's Review, 09/08/2001), Treaty time, by Artha Beed (Nepali Times, 10/08/2001), India formally asks revision of Trade Treaty: Tough days ahead for Nepali negotiators, by Bhaskar Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 15/08/2001), Trading with Delhi (Kathmandu Post, 16/08/2001), Nepalese export not to harm Indian industry, interview with former commerce secretary Mohan Dev Pant (Rising Nepal, 18/08/2001), Nepal, India vow to maintain ‘basic spirit’ of Trade Treaty, by Damakant Jayshi (Kathmandu Post, 20/08/2001), Nepal-India trade agreements : Is review necessary?, by Shamba Dev Pant (Kathmandu Post, 20/08/2001), The one way trade, by Bhaskar Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 23/08/2001), Least favoured nation? by Tirth Upadhyay (Nepali Times, 24/08/2001)

India-built barrage affects thousands in Lumbini, by Pramod Poudel (Kathmande Post, 01/08/2001)
See also India ‘halts’ barrage construction works (Kathmandu Post, 01/08/2001), Nepal-India team to inspect barrage (Kathmandu Post, 02/08/2001), Whither joint committees ? (Kathmandu Post, 03/08/2001), Sorrow Of Rupandehi (Rising Nepal, 03/08/2001), And now another embankment causes inundation, by Pramod Poudel / Madhav Dhungana (Kathmandu Post, 05/08/2001), ‘India violated int'l law on river’ (Kathmandu Post, 05/08/2001), What next (Kathmandu Post, 05/08/2001), Rassiawal dam issue: Nepali official to discuss dam issue with Indian officials today, by Ram Humagain (Rising Nepal, 06/08/2001), Report on dam soon: Minister (Rising Nepal, 09/08/2001), India-built reservoirs threaten Nepali settlements, by Lokendra Bista (Kathmandu Post, 10/08/2001), NHS submits memorandum (Kathmandu Post, 10/08/2001), Lumbini water kingdom, by Razen Manandhar (Kathmandu Post, 10/08/2001), A flood of recrimination (Nepali Times, 10/08/2001), Indian Embassy official denies inundation reports (Kathmandu Post, 12/08/2001), Curious reaction (Kathmandu Post, 13/08/2001), No more of that nonsense, please, by Basanta Lohani (Kathmandu Post, 14/08/2001), India hits back at Nepal over dam (People's Review, 16/08/2001)

Waterlogged villagers breach Gandak canal (Kathmandu Post, 31/07/2001)

India conspiring to inundate Lumbini (Kathmandu Post, 30/07/2001)
See also editorial Barrage of sorrow (Kathmandu Post, 30/07/2001), Nepal asks India to halt Rassiyal barrage construction (Kathmandu Post, 31/07/2001), Buddhists decry barrage construction (Kathmandu Post, 31/07/2001)

Experts question slow process on border regulations (Kathmandu Post, 27/07/2001)

Nepal-India trade talks next week, by Bhaskar Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 26/07/2001)
See also editorial Raging trade ties (Kathmandu Post, 28/07/2001), Nepal-India trade consultation: Officials to assess treaty implementation, by Kedar Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 31/07/2001)

Dam infringes upon sovereignty (Rising Nepal, 22/07/2001)
See also Dam will displace 103,000 people (Rising Nepal, 24/07/2001), India built barrage could submerge Lumbini (Kathmandu Post, 26/07/2001), Indian hegemony reveals again (People's Review, 26/07/2001), Marchabar Controversy: Dam It (Spotlight, 27/07/2001)

Nepal-India trade and existing treaty, by Rajan Shrestha (Kathmandu Post, 18/07/2001)

India to deploy army along Indo-Nepal border, by Gopal Devkota (Kathmandu Post, 14/07/2001)

Dollar fee at TU impedes Indian- Nepali students' enrollment, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (Kathmandu Post, 23/06/2001)

Funny Zee (People's Review, 21/06/2001)

Security beefed up in Indian side of border, by Lokendra Bista (Kathmandu Post, 18/06/2001)

Disinform, destabilize and defuse: RAW thesis? by PR Pradhan (People's Review, 14/06/2001

Indian cops' presence in Kalaiya irks locals (Kathmandu Post, 14/06/2001)

Nepal-India: Ground Realities, by Bhagirath Yogi (Spotlight, 01/06/2001)

Land Graf Feud Puts Nepal Border on the Edge, by Tapas Chakraborty (Telegraph, Calcutta, 30/05/2001)

Raiders in Uniform Cross Border (Telegraph, Calcutta, 28/05/2001)

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Indian envoy positive about SAARC summit (Kathmandu Post, 27/05/2001)

India, Nepal daju-bhai? (Nepali Times, 25/05/2001)

If we had developed hydropower, India would have respected us more, by Mohan Gopal Khetan (People's Review, 17/05/2001)

Indian Embassy condemns attack against two schools (People's Review, 17/05/2001)

Protest march against Purnagiri dam to be held (Kathmandu Post, 16/05/2001)
See also Govt denies report on Mahakali dam (Kathmandu Post, 25/05/2001)

Border issue must be resolved soon (People's Review, 10/05/2001)
Interview with Rabin Koirala, mayor of Mechinagar Municipality

HMG unaware of Indian police probe in Nepal, by Surendra Phuyal (Kathmandu Post, 10/05/2001)

Bid to kill Tehelka chief Tejpal foiled (Assam Tribune, 07/05/2001)
See also Govt plays Tehelka Team saviour, by Ambereen Ali Shah (Telegraph, Calcutta, 07/05/2001)

The myth of Nepal-India "special relations", by Krishna Singh Bam (People's Review, 26/04/2001)

Abducted Chhetri traced in Lucknow jail, by Kul Chandra Neupane (Kathmandu Post, 24/04/2001)
See also editorial Close pension camps (Kathmandu Post, 25/04/2001), Indian Embassy denies abducting Chhetri (Kathmandu Post, 25/04/2001) as well as Ex-Indian Army soldier charges Indian Embassy with abduction (People's Review, 26/04/2001) and editorial Who's in charge? (People's Review, 26/04/2001)

New Delhi’s finger in Nepal’s pie, by Kuldip Nayar (Kathmandu Post, 23/04/2001)
See also A naked Indian game plan, by P.R. Pradhan (People's Review, 26/04/2001)

Ambush Top Gun Held in Nepal Naxalite Hub (Telegraph, Calcutta, 21/04/2001)

Playing cat and mouse in Kathmandu, by Prakash A. Raj (Nepali Times, 20/04/2001)

Nepal emerging safe haven for NE ultras (Assam Tribune, 16/04/2001)

How not to do a South Asian Treaty..., by Dipak Gyawali and Ajaya Dixit (Himal South Asian, April 2001)

Border officials to control illegal activities (Kathmandu Post, 13/04/2001)

Chief Minister Urges Centre To Declare Nepalese As Minority Community (Gangtok Times, 09/04/2001)

Villagers affected by Hydel project (Kathmandu Post, 08/04/2001)

Centre of gravity will shift north, by M R Josse (Kathmandu Post, 04/04/2001)

Hill Opposition Leader on Suspect List, by Probir Pramanik (Telegraph, Calcutta, 03/04/2001)

Subba Punches Holes in Police Arrest Theory (Telegraph, Calcutta, 28/03/2001)

Govt indifference over border encroachment flayed (Kathmandu Post, 26/03/2001)

Nepali land encroachment (Kathmandu Post, 26/03/2001)

Indian criminals threaten to close border (Kathmandu Post, 25/03/2001)

Indian Budget: Close Watch, by Bhagirath Yogi (Spotlight, 09/03/2001)

Non-conventional approach, by Lok Raj Baral (Kathmandu Post, 05/03/2001)

Indian budget to affect Nepal’s export, by Bhaskar Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 04/03/2001)

Agenda for Nepal-India trade talks, by Jal Singh (Kathmandu Post, 01/03/2001)

India cannot go anti-Nepal: Muni, by Satish Jung Shahi (Kathmandu Post, 26/02/2001)
See also Nepal and India: Call For Closer Ties, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 02/03/2001)

Nepal-India Trade: Car Row, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 16/02/2001)
See also Bilateral trade promotion talks postponed (Nepali Times, 16/02/2001)

Purnagiri: Dam Of Controversy, by Bhagirath Yogi (Spotlight, 16/02/2001)

Wrong interpretation (Kathmandu Post, 15/02/2001)
Letter by Dipta Prakash Shah

Ethnic Nepalis forced to flee homeland in NE India, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (Kathmandu Post, 09/02/2001)

Avoiding the gut issue, by M R Josse (Kathmandu Post, 07/02/2001)

India could be conspiring to construct Purnagiri dam (Kathmandu Post, 07/02/2001)
See also editorial Stick to treaty (Kathmandu Post, 08/02/2001)

Some facts, not exaggeration, by Puran P Bista (Kathmandu Post, 05/02/2001)

Purnagiri Dam: Rangoon Valley people against construction (Rising Nepal, 01/02/2001)

Nepal India talks ends without progress (Kathmandu Post, 01/02/2001)
See also Nepal-India-Treaty: Wide-ranging talks on various aspects (Rising Nepal, 01/02/2001) and Positive steps towards treaty review (Kathmandu Post, 02/02/2001)

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Lawmakers object dam construction (Kathmandu Post, 31/01/2001)
See also How UML youth ended up constructing a dam in Purnagiri, by Surendra Phuyal (Kathmandu Post, 01/02/2201)

Site-inspection tour to Purnagiri (Kathmandu Post, 23/01/2001)

India fails to honour our susceptibilities, by Ramesh Sharma (People's Review, 18/01/2001)

India accepts Nepali proposal on Laxmanpur (Kathmandu Post 14/01/2001)
See also editorial Rapti Embankment (Rising Nepal, 15/01/2001)

Bam Dev refuses to accept Hrithik denial (Nepali Times, 12/01/2001)
Excerpts from BBC Interview with Bam Dev Gautam (CPN-ML) and Ishwar Pokhrel (CPN-UML)

Nepal vs India: Raging against Goliath, by Dhruba Hari Adhikari (People's Review, 12/01/2001)

Post-Hritik situation gets 'curiouser and curiouser' (People's Review, 05/01/2001)
See also Madan Regmi insists Roshan comments were made (People's Review, 05/01/2001) and Riots show pent-up anger at 'big bully', by Dhruba Adhikari (People's Review, 05/01/2001 as well as Baw Hritik! by P.R. Pradhan (People's Review, 05/01/2001)

Nepal-India ties : Historical flashback, by Praveen Upadhya (Kathmandu Post, 04/01/2001)

Messy and tragic but educative, by M R Josse (Kathmandu Post, 03/01/2001)

Nepal-India trade issues, by Sushil R Mathema (Kathmandu Post, 02/01/2001)

India, BJP disown Malkani remarks (Kathmandu Post, 01/01/2001)
See also Malkani insinuations significant, by Shrish S. Rana (People's Review, 05/01/2001)