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Is India changing her stance? Perhaps yes (tg 31/12/2003)

On Nepal-India relations, by Prakash Chandra Lohani (kp 31/12/2003)
See also part 2 (01/01/2004)

India detained UML leader for 16 hours (kp 31/12/2003), Pokhrel detained in India, let off (ht 31/12/2003)

Delhi-Kathmandu bus link likely (ht 28/12/2003)

Nepal-India Secretary level meeting in mid-January (kp 27/12/2003)

India revokes additional duty on Nepali beer, by Indra Gurung (ht 25/12/2003)

Revisiting Nepal-India agreement, by Binod K Karmacharya (kp 25/12/2003)

Nepal-India Economic Cooperation seminar: Cultural proximity is no guarantee of friendship, by Prakash Chandra Lohani, Finance Minister (tg 24/12/2203), On Indo-Nepal Relationship, by Prakash Chandra Lohani (tg 24/12/2003)

Border demarcation long overdue, by Buddhi Narayan Shrestha (kp 23/12/2003)

Common good (kp 23/12/2003)

Extension of rail, petrol links mooted: India ready to enhance connectivity (kp 22/12/2003)

"Indian envoy de-facto ruler", by BN Dahal (pr 18/12/2003)

Indian annoyance over Madhav Nepal’s Lucknow secret trip (tg 17/12/2003)

Mischievous and hegemonistic, by Ananda P Srestha (ht 17/12/2003)

Nepalis find it hard to get jobs in India, by Ravi Dhami (ht 17/12/2003)

Nepal-India Relations: Need for Accommodation, by Keshab Poudel (sp 12/12/2003)

India’s pragmatic view of Nepal’s problems, by Yadav Khanal (ht 12/12/2003)

IGC meet pours cold water on pashmina export prospects (kp 12/12/2003)

Silence is louder, by Puran P Bista (kp 09/12/2003)

Cooperation Against Illegal Trade (sp 05/12/2003)

People and platform take India's suggestion with a pinch of salt, by Hari Charan Shrestha (pr 04/12/2003)

Once again, Indian media promotes India's hegemonic policy (pr 04/12/2003)

Indo-Nepal SCEC meet concludes (kp 04/12/2003)

Indian remark welcomed (kp 04/12/2003), ‘India not meddling in Nepal’s affairs’ (ht 04/12/2003), Algebra of a cocked eye look, by Damaru Lal Bhandari (kp 07/12/2003)

Stand united externally, by Aditya Man Shrestha (ht 02/12/2003)

Ways to check informal border trade discussed (ht 28/11/2003), Nepal, India to curb illegal border trade, by Sameer Ghimire (kp 30/11/2003), Open border (kp 01/12/2003)

Question of intent (kp 28/11/2003)

Indo-Nepal customs meet begins today (kp 27/11/2003)

Nepal-India embankment Round 5 talks begin today (kp 26/11/2003)

India imposes 16 pc customs duty on pashmina export (kp 26/11/2003), Indian duty on pashmina angers exporters (ht 28/11/2003)

Look South again, by Rabindra Mishra (kp 25/11/2003)

India’s river-linking plan, by Anand B Thapa (ht 24/11/2003)

Indian contractors steal construction pie in Birgunj, by Ravi Dahal (ht 22/11/2003)

The enigma of proximity: In relations between ‘distant neighbours’, nearness becomes just a measure of distance, by C.K. Lal (nt 21/11/2003)

PM to discuss security in New Delhi, by Jan Sharma (ht 21/11/2003), PM arrives in New Delhi,wishes SAARC progress (rn 24/11/2003)

India tightens security to control arms smuggling (kp 21/11/2003), India to beef up security in borders (ht 21/11/2003)

Nepal under Indian security umbrella?, by PR Pradhan (pr 20/11/2003)

Indian paramilitary abetting encroachment on Nepali soil, by Kamal Panthi (kp 20/11/2003)

Steps to better manage major customs outlets (ht 19/11/2003)

Nepal-India Relations (rn 17/11/2003)

Nepal And India's Rivers Linking Plan, by AB Thapa (Spotlight, 14/11/2003)

India agrees fertiliser-supply to Nepal (Kathmandu Post, 12/11/2003)

India opens import of Nepali vegetable ghee (Kathmandu Post, 12/11/2003), Ghee manufacturers wrangle over CO issuance (Kathmandu Post, 13/11/2003)

Proposal mooted for checkpoints’ relocation, by Milan Mani Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 10/11/2003), Indo-Nepal customs meet in offing (Himalayan Times, 11/11/2003),  Plan to relocate customs flayed (Kathmandu Post, 14/11/2003), Nepal, India to relocate 4 customs check points, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 15/11/2003)

India to help local bodies, NGOs for small projects (Himalayan Times, 08/11/2003)

Nepal, India finally seal agreement on railways, by Milan Mani Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 08/11/2003)

India's overbearing Nepal policy, by Yadav Khanal (People's Review, 06/11/2003)

Talks on Pancheshwor DPR soon (Kathmandu Post, 06/11/2003)

India to conduct feasibility study of Budhi Gandaki Project (Kathmandu Post, 29/10/2003), Nepal, India discuss water issues (Himalayan Times, 29/10/2003), Nepal-India water talks illegal: UML (Kathmandu Post, 30/10/2003)

Extradition treaty with India (Himalayan Times, 28/10/2003)

Nathu La will hurt Nepal, by Puran P Bista (Kathmandu Post, 21/10/2003)

Part of Koshi Tappu buffer zone in India (Kathmandu Post, 21/10/2003)

Reciprocity no basis for Indo-Nepal relations: India’s ex-FM (Kathmandu Post, 21/10/2003)

India’s river-linking plan draws flak (Himalayan Times, 18/10/2003), India must give up river-link plan, experts say, by Reaz Ahmad (Daily Star, Bangladesh, 19/10/2003), India’s plan to link rivers ‘a populist move’, by Robin Giri (Himalayan Times, 19/10/2003), Bangladesh to join chorus of opposition, by Bikash Thapa (Kathmandu Post, 29/10/2003), India’s river project (Kathmandu Post, 30/10/2003), India’s river linking project fraught with disastrous spectres, by Suvecha Pant (Kathmandu Post, 31/10/2003), Dam ! Like it or not, the future of Nepal’s hydro development may depend on India’s gigantic river-linking project, by Navin Singh Khadka (Nepali Times, 31/10/2003)

Pancheswore project to get rolling soon: India (Kathmandu Post, 18/10/2003)

Din of protests against India’s river linking project (Kathmandu Post, 18/10/2003)

Impetus to Jhapa’s economy, by Puran P Bista (Kathmandu Post, 14/10/2003)

Nepal, India commence round II extradition talks (Kathmandu Post, 08/10/2003), No headway on extraditing third country citizens (Kathmandu Post, 10/10/2003)

Protest march against mistreatment to Nepalis (Kathmandu Post, 01/10/2003)

Nepal, India to hold extradition talks from Oct 7 (Himalayan Times, 29/09/2003)

Nepal’s only train barred from India (Himalayan Times, 26/09/2003), Govt shocked over Indian move (Kathmandu Post, 27/09/2003)

India declines to simplify ghee import mechanism (Kathmandu Post, 24/09/2003), Nepal’s oldest ghee factory on verge of closure (Kathmandu Post, 01/10/2003)

Plastic bags exports through Jogbani stalled (Kathmandu Post, 23/09/2003)

Indian military top brass in Kathmandu (Kathmandu Post, 23/09/2003)

Regional insurgency, by Puran P Bista (Kathmandu Post, 16/09/2003)

Indo-Nepal Trade Talks: In The Right Direction, by Sanjaya Dhakal (Spotlight, 05/09/2003)

India’s waterway to facilitate Nepal (Kathmandu Post, 04/09/2003)

Living on edge, by Puran P Bista (Kathmandu Post, 26/08/2003)

Indian cooperatives attracting Nepali capital, by Binod Bhandari (Kathmandu Post, 25/08/2003)

Laxmanpur Barrage And Rapti Flooding, by AB Thapa (Spotlight, 22/08/2003), Laxmanpur Barrage and its Impact, by Somnath Lamichhane (Kathmandu Post, 23/08/2003)

Indian Envoy Speaks: Ambassador Shyam Sharan candidly addresses various issues relating to Nepal-India relations, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 22/08/2003)

Nepal-India IGC Meet Begins: Nepal to raise beer, ghee exports issue, by Milan Mani Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 19/08/2003), Nepal-India IGC Meet: Talks so far fail to resolve impasse: ‘Both sides showing flexibility’, by Milan Mani Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 20/08/2003), India to simplify imports from Nepal, by Milan Mani Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 21/08/2003)

Nepalis harassed in border area (Kathmandu Post, 12/08/2003)

Nepal-India team inspects inundated areas (Kathmandu Post, 10/08/2003), Nepal-India talks on inundation fail, by Suman Malla (Kathmandu Post, 13/08/2003), ‘India ready to co-operate with Nepal to resolve inundation problem’ (Kathmandu Post, 14/08/2003), Good beginning (Kathmandu Post, 15/08/2003)

The mother of all floods, by Navin Singh Khadka (Nepali Times, 08/08/2003)

1874 agreement and lessons not learnt, by Govind Das Shrestha (Kathmandu Post, 07/08/2003)

Indian, Nepali officials for rapprochement (Kathmandu Post, 04/08/2003), Revisiting Pancheshwar Project: Saga of delays, by Damaru Lal Bhandari (Kathmandu Post, 04/08/2003)

Laxmanpur barrage submerges village, by J. Pandey (Kathmandu Post, 03/08/2003), Laxmanpur dam affects life in border areas (Kathmandu Post, 06/08/2003), Locals demand dismantling of Laxmanpur barrage (Kathmandu Post, 07/08/2003)

Nepal has no official knowledge of mammoth Indian, by Suvecha Pant (Kathmandu Post, 29/07/2003)

Embankments: Experts say India violating law (Himalayan Times, 28/05/2003

Railway Linkage — Challenges and Opportunities, by Ananda B. Shrestha (Spotlight, 25/07/2003)

Nepal-India water sharing: Concern Over Controversy (Spotlight, 25/07/2003)

Indian Embassy reacts to stories in Nepali media (Kathmandu Post, 19/07/2003), India stresses joint action to tackle inundation (Himalayan Times, 19/07/2003)

Sarada Barrage: Letters from India, by SB Pun (Spotlight, 18/07/2003)

GPS technology for border demarcation (Kathmandu Post, 18/07/2003)

India meddling in Nepal’s internal affairs (People's Review, 17/07/2003)

India objects to Dodhera-Chandani embankment works, by Suman Malla (Kathmandu Post, 17/07/2003)

Making hay while there is turmoil, by Mohan Dhoj Karki (Kathmandu Post, 15/07/2003)

Managing borders (Himalayan Times, 11/07/2003), Managing borders for national security, by Mohan Lohani (Kathmandu Post, 14/07/2003)

Another bund threatens Nepal of inundation (Kathmandu Post, 11/07/2003)

India urged to revoke Additional Custom Duty, by Pratap Bista (Kathmandu Post, 01/07/2003)

A role for Hindu king, by Puran P. Bista (Kathmandu Post, 01/07/2003)

India completes Mahalisagar bund construction (Kathmandu Post, 01/07/2003)

Regulate border, SC tells govt (Himalayan Times, 27/06/2003)

India and Nepal : Rumours in inter-state relations, by Lok Raj Baral (Kathmandu Post, 25/06/2003)
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India’s stance over law irks Nepal (Kathmandu Post, 25/06/2003)

Treaty of extradition, by Jan Sharma (Himalayan Times, 24/06/2003)

Nepal-India border officials join hands against crime (Kathmandu Post, 22/06/2003)

Nepali crisis and Indian perception, by Kumar Regmi (Himalayan Times, 20/06/2003)

Book Review : Movement of RAW in Nepal (People's Review, 19/06/2003)

India's designs are despicable, by P.R. Pradhan (People's Review, 19/06/2003)

Making Nepal a den of fundamentalists, by Puran P. Bista (Kathmandu Post, 17/06/2003)

Mahalisagar bond construction over, by Bikash Thapa (Kathmandu Post, 17/06/2003), Nepal’s agony (Kathmandu Post, 18/06/2003)

Grass-roots Generosity: The focus of Indian assistance to Nepal shifts toward smaller and local projects, by Sanjaya Dhakal (Spotlight, 13/06/2003)

Negative portrayal attempts to harm relations: Indian Ambassador, by Damakant Jayshi & Devendra Bhattarai (Kathmandu Post, 11/06/2003)
See also ‘Look at the visible hand of friendship’, interview with Shyam Saran, India’s Ambassador to Nepal (Kathmandu Post, 11/06/2003)

Proposed dyke construction irks locals, by D.R. Panta (Kathmandu Post, 10/06/2003)

Indian trade barriers hinder industrialisation in Nepal, by Milan Mani Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 10/06/2003)

Indian Embassy donates 16 ambulances (Himalayan Times, 05/06/2003)

Nepal objects unilateral border pillar replacement (Kathmandu Post, 03/06/2003), Nepali inspection team visits eastern border area (Kathmandu Post, 05/06/2003)

Nepal okays Indian consular office in Birgunj, by Damakant Jayshi (Kathmandu Post, 30/05/2003)

India extends DEPB facility to Jogbani, Sunauli customs (Kathmandu Post, 28/05/2003)

Ghee export stalled for one more month, by Milan Mani Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 27/05/2003)

Uncertain attitude (Kathmandu Post, 27/05/2003)

India imposes 75 pc additional customs duty on Nepali beer: Exports come to a complete halt (Kathmandu Post, 23/05/2003)

Love thy neighbour, by Puskar Bhusal (Nepali Times, 16/05/2003)

Surviving in India, by Puran P. Bista (Kathmandu Post, 13/05/2003)

Nepal, India yet to sign deal on alternative warehouse (Kathmandu Post, 12/05/2003)

New Indian DEPB policy hits bordering Nepali industries (Kathmandu Post, 11/05/2003)

Gen Vij pledges more military aid, by Kulchandra Neupane (Kathmandu Post, 25/04/2003), Worrisome game, by Puran P. Bista (Kathmandu Post, 29/04/2003), Good Will Gesture (Spotlight, 02/05/2003)

Indian attitude to Nepal unchanged, by Jagadish Sharma (Himalayan Times, 23/04/2003)

Confusion and Contradiction: Some influential Indian scholars are working to destabilize India-friendly forces in Nepal (Spotlight, 18/04/2003)

India's attitude towards Nepal (People's Review, 10/04/2003)

Nepalis want to return if peace lasts, by Damakant Jayshi (Kathmandu Post, 07/04/2003)

Sugauli treaty has lost relevance: Intellectuals (Space Time Today, 06/04/2003), Only a politically strong Nepal can terminate Sugauli Treaty: Experts (Himalayan Times, 06/04/2003)

Nepal to seek compensation for water-logged land (Space Time Today, 05/04/2003)

Nepal once again asks India to stop dike construction, by Bikash Thapa (Kathmandu Post, 03/04/2003)

A barrage of sorrow, by Puran P. Bista (Kathmandu Post, 01/04/2003)

Nepal-India parleys on linking rivers soon (Himalayan Times, 29/03/2003)

Mahalisagar Controversy: Uninformed Debate (Spotlight, 28/03/2003)

Nepal-India border demarcation team starts work (Space Time Today, 28/03/2003)

India undermining SCIP, by Ghyanashyam Ojha (Kathmandu Post, 25/03/2003)

100 bighas of school land fall into Indian territory (Kathmandu Post, 24/03/2003)

India racing ahead with dike construction, by Ghanashyam Ojha & Madhav Dhungana (Kathmandu Post, 23/03/2003)

Nepal-India relations, by Saket Behari Thakur (Himalayan Times, 20/03/2003), 
See also New Frontiers of Ties: Between Nepal And India, by Shirish B. Pradhan, Nepal-India relations (20/03/2003)

Indian maps of Nepal contain mistakes (Space Time Today, 19/03/2003)

No dam construction on, clarifies Indian Embassy (Kathmandu Post, 19/03/2003)

Missing Nepalese links in Indian river-linking project, by Navin Singh Khadka (Space Time Today, 18/03/2003), No room for complacency (Space Time Today, 19/03/2003), Critics shred to pieces ambitious Indian river scheme, by Surendra Phuyal (Kathmandu Post, 20/03/2003)

“Nepal needs a supportive international environment”, interview with Shyam Saran, Indian ambassador to Nepal (Nepali Times, 14/03/2003)
See also Any ambassador behaving like a viceroy is obviously not doing his job well, interview with Indian ambassador Shyam Saran (People's Review, 20/03/2003)

Essence and significance of King's India visit, by I.K. Pradhan (People's Review, 13/03/2003)

Monitoring the Indo-Nepal border, by Prakash A. Raj (People's Review, 13/03/2003)

India mum over dike construction (Kathmandu Post, 13/03/2003)

Nepalis in Himachal expect Congress to nullify anti-domicile policy, by Damakant Jayshi (Kathmandu Post, 13/03/2003)

Fear psychosis holds sway among Nepali natives, by Damakant Jayshi (Kathmandu Post, 12/03/2003)

Nepal’s Delhi link, by Puran P. Bista (Kathmandu Post, 11/03/2003)

Neighbour’s concerns over peace process, by Meena Acharya (Kathmandu Post, 11/03/2003)

Indian game plan to disrupt talks (People's Review, 06/03/2003)

Indian police raid Maoist hideout (Kathmandu Post, 03/03/2003)

Trade hassle (Himalayan Times, 28/02/2003)

New border pillars in Birgunj eat up more Nepalese land (People's Review, 27/02/2003)

India's veiled threat, by Dwarika Nath Dhungel (Himalayan Times, 27/02/2003)

Nepal-India: Economic Ties, by Rajendra K. Khetan (Telegraph, 26/02/2003)

India deploys military at border (Space Time Today, 26/02/2003)

Nepal-India relations: Time to build future on new realities (Himalayan Times, 25/02/2003)

Operationalisation of ICD, by Shanker Man Singh (Kathmandu Post, 23/02/2003)

Bad in spirit (Kathmandu Post, 22/02/2003)

Candid talk in Delhi, by Kanak Mani Dixit (Nepali Times, 21/02/2003)

Nepal-India: Economic Ties, interview with Rajendra K. Khetan (Spotlight, 21/02/2003)

Factor behind Vajpayee’s outburst: Drawing attention to imaginary fears? by Shreedhar Gautam (Space Time Today, 21/02/2003)

Verdict soon on writs to regain territory (Kathmandu Post, 21/02/2003)
See also Nepal-India territory dispute verdict in April (21/02/2003)

Similar tone of Koirala and India (People's Review, 20/02/2003)

India prefers a role in Government-Maoists talks! Will Nepal be allowed to take up Veerapan’s issue ? (Telegraph, 19/02/2003)

New dam in India may inundate Nepali villages, by Manoj Poudel (Kathmandu Post, 18/02/2003)

Nepal, India to revise extradition treaty, by Rekha Shrestha (Himalayan Times, 15/02/2003)
See also Nepal, India preparing new extradition treaty, by Bhuwaneshor Sharma (Rising Nepal, 15/02/2003), Extradition of third country citizens ruled out (Kathmandu Post, 17/02/2003), An overdue exercise (Space Time Today, 17/02/2003), Updating a treaty (Kathmandu Post, 18/02/2003), Talks inconclusive, next round in New Delhi (Kathmandu Post, 21/02/2003), Extradition talks end without conclusion, by Manoj Rijal (Space Time Today, 21/02/2003), Extradition treaty talks end in deadlock, by Rekha Shrestha (Himalayan Times, 21/02/2003), Expected outcome (Space Time Today, 22/02/2003)

Indo-Nepal relations, by L.B. Thapa (People's Review, 13/02/2003)

Vajpayee's accusations a nonsense: Madan Regmi, by B.N. Dahal (People's Review, 13/02/2003)
See also India again raises ISI-in-Nepal bogey (People's Review, 13/02/2003), The Indian hand (People's Review, 13/02/2003), Unwarranted suspicion (Space Time Today, 14/02/2003), India’s propaganda onslaught: There’s method in the madness, by M R Josse (Space Time Today, 17/02/2003)

Indian displeasure against Nepal (Telegraph, 12/02/2003)

Nepal-India railways talks gain momentum, by Milan Mani Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 12/02/2003)
See also Nepal-India railways talks extended, by Milan Mani Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 13/02/2003), Railway talks successful, final agreement left to higher level, by Milan Mani Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 14/02/2003), Nepal-India railway dialogue ends on positive note (Space Time Today, 14/02/2003), When will the Railway Agreement be actually signed? by Milan Mani Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 17/02/2003)

Nepal-India transport talks begin (Kathmandu Post, 09/02/2003)
See also Nepal-India talks on direct transportation begins (Space Time Today, 09/02/2003), Nepal-India transport talks inconclusive (Kathmandu Post, 10/02/2003), Nepal-India bus operation deadlock continues, by Rekha Shrestha (Himalayan Times, 11/02/2003), Need for a fair deal (Space Time Today, 12/02/2003

Nepal-India railway talks to be held next week (Kathmandu Post, 04/02/2003)

Execution of Mahakali Treaty, by Rajendra K Kshatri (Kathmandu Post, 02/02/2003)

India's River-linking Project & Nepal, by AB Thapa (Spotlight, 31/01/2003)

Nepal and India has border disputes at many places, interview with Buddhi Narayan Shrestha (People's Review, 30/01/2003)

India extradites seven Maoists (Kathmandu Post, 30/01/2003)

Demarcate properly (Space Time Today, 02/01/2003)

Troubled coexistence, by Madhab P.Khanal (Kathmandu Post, 01/01/2003)

New Delhi processing plea to overfly arms from US, Belgium, by Surendra Phuyal (Kathmandu Post, 31/12/2002)
See also India permits overhead flying rights to Belgian arms carrier (Kathmandu Post, 01/01/2003)

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