Nepal-India energy secretary-level talks end (ht 19/04/2018)

Testing times: Signing agreements does not mark a real gain. Many agreements remain only in papers, by Rishi Dhamala (rep 17/04/2018), To newer heights: How successful Prime Minister Oli’s latest state visit to India was remains to be seen, by Birendra P. Mishra (kp 19/04/2018)

A talk with Mr Oli: Visit to India should provide an important impetus for the two countries to strengthen their joint efforts to progress and advance, by Salman Haidar (kp 19/04/2018)

‘Positive vibes’ in EPG after PM’s India visit, by Suresh Raj Neupane (kp 13/04/2018), Nepal-India EPG meet under way (ht 13/04/2018), EPG sides exchange report drafts (ht 14/04/2018), Eighth Nepal-India EPG meet concludes (ht 14/04/2018)

NEA offers power banking to India, by Bibek Subedi (kp 13/04/2018)

Crossing point: Extra vigilance needed on both sides of Indo-Nepal border to curb human trafficking (kp 13/04/2018)

Nepal-India Ties Redefined, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn 13/04/2018), Oli’s Test Of Balancing Relations, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn 13/04/2018)

India-funded post-quake housing reconstruction project starts (kp 12/04/2018)

LPG bottlers upset ‘non-explosive certificate’ issue not resolved during PM Oli’s India visit (ht 12/04/2018)

Nepal and India to discuss waterways link in Pokhara, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 11/04/2018)

India-Nepal railway study soon (kp 11/04/2018)

India visit successful, historic: PM (kp 09/04/2018), Nepal-India ties harmonious, says PM Oli (ht 09/04/2018), Was prime minister's India visit a success?, by Roshan Sedhai (rep 09/04/2018), Congress points to issues missing from visit agenda: Party spokesman says the NC had expected Prime Minister Oli to take up issues of Pancheshwar DPR and trade deficit seriously with the Indian side (kp 09/04/2018), Good start: PM’s India visit can be hailed as a success even as we await implementation of agreements (kp 09/04/2018), Ties on track: The visit proves that nepal and India share an ineluctable bond and that acrimony should have no place in our age-old ties (ht 09/04/2018), ‘No reason to cheer new project announcements’ (rep 09/04/2018), Two NC leaders divided over outcome of PM’s India visit (kp 10/04/2018), Amity With All, Enmity With None, by Madhavji Shrestha (rn 11/04/2018), Success In ‘Mending’ Soured Ties!, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 11/04/2018), Oli’s India Visit: Some Achievements, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 12/04/2018), PM’s India Visit: Oli Lives Up To His Promise, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 15/04/2018)

Misplaced narrative: The ability to deal with India has been an important source of legitimacy for both bureaucratic state and political actors, by Pranab Kharel and Gaurab KC (rep 09/04/2018)

India-Nepal oil pipeline formally launched (rep 08/04/2018)

Barathwa-Biratnagar section of cross-border railway hits a snag, by Binod Subedi (rep 08/04/2018)

Oli says after meeting Indian PM: ‘No misunderstanding between Nepal, India’, by Chandra Shekhar Adhikari and Suresh Raj Neupane (kp 07/04/2018), Oli holds meetings with Gandhi, Yadav (kp 07/04/2018), Oli urges Indians to ‘seize biz opportunities’ in Nepal (kp 07/04/2018), Oli, Modi talk Nepal-India cooperation, by Roshan S. Nepal (ht 07/04/2018), PM Oli in New Delhi, key meetings today (rep 07/04/2018), New channels of cooperation open: India hails Nepal’s political achievements: Two prime ministers inaugurate Birgunj-based Integrated Check Post, by Chandra Shekhar Adhikari and Suresh Neupane (kp 08/04/2018), Banned Indian notes find no mention (kp 08/04/2018), Joint statement during the state visit of PM Oli to India (kp 08/04/2018), Agreement reached on three areas (ht 08/04/2018), Rail line to Kathmandu among accords inked by Nepal, India, by Roshan Sedhai (rep 08/04/2018)

‘SSB obstructs border people from tilling their own land’, by Shyamsundar Shashi (kp 07/04/2018)

Nepal, India to sign at least three agreements, by Anil Giri (kp 06/04/2018), DoS officials urge PM to prioritise border issue, by DR Panta (kp 06/04/2018), Province 7 PA wants PM Oli to seek upgradation of Gauriphanta entry point (ht 06/04/2018), What is different this time?, by Om Astha Rai (nt 06/04/2018), Virtually a blockade: PM Oli opposed the Indian Blockade in 2015, but as he prepares to visit Delhi he seems unaware of the stoppage at the Bhairawa border (nt 06/04/2018), Red carpet for a red leader, by Shekhar Kharel (nt 06/04/2018), Asking the difficult questions: Prime Minister Oli’s fence-mending trip to India is not getting into the touchy subject of Gorkha recruitment (nt 06/04/2018), Prime Minister Oli’s India Visit: International Diplomacy, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km 06/04/2018)

Press reset: PM Oli’s Delhi visit marks the beginning of a new phase of Nepal-India ties in the shadow of China, by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp 06/04/2018)

Birgunj ICP to be inaugurated on Saturday (rep 06/04/2018)

Respect Nepal, says Indian opposition: Parties in India tell PM Modi not to interfere in Nepal’s internal affairs, by Suresh Raj Neupane (kp 05/04/2018) [Says the same party that, in 1989 under its PM Rajiv Gandhi, imposed a direct economic blockade against Nepal!]

Chitwan authorities destroy ‘illegal’ Indian chicken (kp 04/04/2018)

Unfinished business: Prime Minister Oli should take up bilateral issues during his visits to India and China, by Niranjan Mani Dixit (kp 03/04/2018)

Birgunj Integrated Check Post likely to open April 5, by Shankar Acharya (kp 03/04/2018)

Banned Indian banknotes: NRB official hopes Oli visit resolves issue, by Suresh Raj Neupane (kp 01/04/2018)

Nepal to propose power swap deal with India, by Bibek Subedi (kp 01/04/2018)

Kathmandu, New Delhi announce April 6-8 date: Oli visit to deepen ties, by Anil Giri (kp 31/03/2018), Revisiting Nepal-India Relations, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 01/04/2018), PM for India’s supportive role in development (ht 01/04/2018), PM Oli’s visit aims to ‘redefine’ Nepal-India ties, by Anil Giri (kp 02/04/2018), No mere formality: There’s no denying political symbolism of a visit by PM who enjoys overwhelming support at home (kp 02/04/2018), Main objective is to strengthen goodwill: FMSays there will be no new agenda, agreement or demand from the Nepali side (ht 02/04/2018), Bulk cargo transit deal on Oli-Modi meeting agenda, by Suresh Raj Neupane (kp 03/04/2018), At least two pacts to be signed, by Anil Giri (kp 03/04/2018), As Oli goes to India: Prime Minister Oli holds almost the same strong clout in Nepal as his counterpart Narendra Modi does in India, by Hari Bansh Jha (rep 03/04/2018), PM tells Parliament: Past pacts in priority, by Binod Ghimire (kp 04/04/2018), Forwarders urge PM to lobby India to simplify procedures (kp 04/04/2018), PM Oli urged to stress cross-border trade: Also advised to seek facilitation of seamless vehicular movement via Siliguri Corridor (ht 04/04/2018), India visit to boost ties, says PM Oli (ht 04/04/2018), Prime Minister Oli has no new agenda for India visit: Dahal (ht 04/04/2018), No new accord with India that harms Nepal's interest: PM; Issues stern warning to 'Biplab' Maoists (rep 04/04/2018), Ex-PMs urge Oli to mend India ties (kp 05/04/2018), PM consults predecessors on India visit (ht 05/04/2018), Pancheswar project: Locals hoping PM's visit to kick start it (rep 05/04/2018)

Keeping the balance: Nepal’s economic relations with neighbours should be nurtured in a pragmatic manner that ensures sovereignty, by Surendra Regmi (kp 30/03/2018)

Borderline, by Kunda Dixit (nt 30/03/2018)

India ups price of electricity exported to Nepal: New rates come into effect on April 1 (rep 30/03/2018)

PM’s India Sojourn: Hopes And Limitations, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn 30/03/2018), “Nepal has more self-respect”, interview with Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali (nt 30/03/2018)

Byas residents demolish beam bridges built by India: Indian authorities had built eight rudimentary bridges over the Mahakali river in Darchula without consent from the Nepali side, by Manoj Badu (kp 29/03/2018)

PM’s India Visit: Focus On Strengthening Ties, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 28/03/2018), ‘Economy top agenda’ during Oli’s India visit (29/03/2018)

Lapse in border security in Panchthar, by Giriraj Baskota (rep 28/03/2018)

India, China key allies, says Oli: Nepal’s ‘foreign policy priorities start from neighbourhood (kp 27/03/2018)

The Himalayan opportunity: Nepal is best positioned to be at the centre of the intensifying regional and global discourse, by Sujeev Shakya (kp 27/03/2018)

Preparations for Oli’s New Delhi visit begin: Foreign Ministry officials have been alerted to be ‘ready’ for the visit, said  a senior official (kp 26/03/2018)

Distribution of land compensation starts, by Shanker Acharya (kp 26/03/2018), Indian government hands over ICP Birgunj to NITDB, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 26/03/2018)

Nepal-India business potential highlighted (kp 25/03/2018)

Indian projects worth millions of dollars in limbo, by Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep 25/03/2018)

Over dozen families displaced by Indian road project in Banke, by Thakur Singh Tharu (kp 23/03/2018)

Delhi proposes April 6-8 for Oli’s India visit: This will be his first foreign visit since taking office on Feb 16, by Anil Giri (kp 22/03/2018), PM to visit India from April 6 to 8, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 23/03/2018)

Commerce minister holds discussions with Indian counterpart (ht 21/03/2018)

Track 2 diplomacy: Nepal should not let its international relations be handled by incompetent diplomats, by Saurav Raj Pant (kp 20/03/2018)

Indian NHRC directs govt to compensate (ht 20/03/2018)

India repairs Gandak canal (kp 19/03/2018)

Gyawali: Govt for balanced relations with India, China, by Mukul Humagain and Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 18/03/2018), Indian PM, Chinese prez will visit Nepal in 2018: FM Gyawali (rep 18/03/2018)

IGC meeting scheduled for April 26 and 27 (ht 18/03/2018)

Bhairahawa ICP fails to commence, by Rekha Bhusal (rep 18/03/2018)

Oli-led govt has full support of India, BJP: Jolly (ht 14/03/2018)

Vulnerable countries: The threat on Nepal’s national integrity is nothing compared to similar threat India is faced with in keeping itself intact, by Aditya Man Shrestha (rep 14/03/2018)

From dependence to interdependence: Nepal and India should take new initiatives to review and then renew their relations, by Prakash Chandra Lohani (kp 12/03/2018)

ICP construction moves ahead at snail’s pace, by Deo Narayan Shah (kp 11/03/2018)

200 students Get India’s Scholarship (kp 10/03/2018)

Kolkata Port plans upgrade to stave off competition, by Shankar Acharya (kp 10/03/2018)

India grants $16.2m to UN agencies: Aid will help rerebuild 50,000 quake-damaged houses in Gorkha and Nuwakot districtsSanghiya Samajbadi Froum-Nepal demands 3 ministerial berths and a constitutional position (kp 09/03/2018), India, UNDP, UNOPS tie up for reconstruction (ht 09/03/2018)

ICP construction in Nepalgunj begins, by Thakur Singh Tharu (kp 07/03/2018)

Nepal plans to finalise trans-shipment modality (kht 07/02/2018)

India admits to building makeshift bridges, track in Nepal sans permit, by Manoj Badu (kp 06/03/2018)

Land leased at Indian ports continues to remain unused, by Shankar Acharya (kp 03/03/2018)

Reviewing the Treaty of 1950, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn 02/03/2018)

Let’s get together: Cooperation between Nepal, India and Bangladesh will give a boost to South Asian regionalism, by Sunil KC (kp 01/03/2018)

ICP Birgunj to come into operation from mid-April (ht 01/03/2018)

EPG Report and Nepal-India Ties, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 28/02/2018)

Neighbourhood Nirvana: People to people exchanges between India and Nepal could help bilateral relationship move towards interdependence, by Mahendra P. Lama (kp 28/02/2018)

Connection needed: Nepal should immediately open a liaison office at Visakhapatnam Port in Adhra Pradhesh (kp 28/02/2018)

Delhi wants rail links with Kathmandu: Koshiyari; Says ties with India will improve during Oli’s tenure (kp 27/02/2018)

Dealing with big brother: With the leftist in the government for five years, there may not be a better time to improve bilateral ties with China, by Niranjan Narsingh Khatri (rep 27/02/2018)

Biratnagar-bound containers to be transported by rail route, by Ritesh Tripathi (rep 26/02/2018)

Nepali EPG urges new peace, friendship treaty with India, by Anil Giri (kp 23/02/2018), New Nepal-India pact on anvil, by Anil Giri (kp 25/02/2018), Acceptable final report to boost Nepal-India tiesEPG exchanges first draft reports (kp 26/02/2018), ‘No one will be disappointed after report is out’ (ht 26/02/2018)

Joint panel reviews status of India-funded projects: Officials discuss Tarai Roads Project and Integrated Check Posts (kp 23/02/2018), Steering committee meeting ends inconclusively (ht 23/02/2018)

Indian sugarcane hitting Nepali farmers’ income, by Nabin Poudel (kp 23/02/2018)

Nepal-bound gasoline being sold en route, by Binod Bhandari (kp 22/02/2018), NOC begins probe into gasoline smuggling: Fuel imported from India is sold en route before reaching Nepal as prices are higher across the border, by Binod Bhandari (kp 26/02/2018)

Beyond neighborhood: Going beyond neighborhood will help free Nepal from clutches of geopolitical vulnerabilities and lessens our asymmetric dependence on neighbors, by Gaurav Bhattarai (rep 22/02/2018)

Plans afoot to fully digitise Vizag port to ease third-country trade (ht 21/02/2018)

‘50 percent boundary posts missing or in dilapidated state’ (kp 20/02/2018)

Hunt on for new ports: Current ports being used by Nepali traders are either congested or unsuitable, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 19/02/2018)

Tired of waiting for Indian aid, MoE rebuilds schools on its own, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 19/02/2018)

A global focus: Nepal’s geo-strategic position makes it the fulcrum in the balance of regional and global politics, by Asmita Verma (kp 18/02/2018)

Locals in border areas deprived of state facilities (rep 17/02/2018)

Aftershocks of the Blockade: Nepal and India both need to learn their lessons, and move on to improve bilateral ties, by Dinkar Nepal (nt 16/02/2018)

500 containers stuck at Vizag since December (ht 15/02/2018)

Dubious intention: Why is India pushing for opening more pension paying offices while pension can be paid through banking channels? It smells of ulterior motive, by Prem Singh Basnyat (rep 15/02/2018)

Export basket to India witnesses changes in new tax regime (ht 14/02/2018)

Indian army chief arrives (ht 13/02/2018) [Why?]

Dhamra port an option for third-country trade, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 12/02/2018)

Locals launch protest as ICP nears completion: Locals have threatened to padlock the ICP if their demand is not addressed by Monday, by Bhushan Yadav (kp 11/02/2018)

India delays road upgradation process, by Mohan Budhayer (kp 11/02/2018)

Protection for Indian farmers to further erode Nepal’s competitiveness (rep 11/02/2018)

UP CM pledges to improve Nepal-India road links (ht 10/02/2018)

Oli’s foreign policy dilemma: With India reaching out to Oli, it is now up to the CPN-UML Chairman to reciprocate appropriately, by Anil Giri (kp 09/02/2018)

Think beyond China: History shows if there is one thing India does not like, it is Nepal getting close to China. That’s a big problem, this lens should change, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep 07/02/2018)

Days of reckoning: Proposed 300 meters high dam in Koshi has been brought to save Bihar from flooding and shift inundation to Nepal, by Aditya Man Shrestha (rep 07/02/2018)

Ginger farmers breathe sigh of relief after India lifts ban, by Ramesh Chandra Adhikari (kp 07/02/2018)

Indian inflections: The uniqueness and inseparability of Nepal-India relations must be looked upon as a strength, not a weakness, by Achyut Wagle (kp 06/02/2018)

Pilferage control: Cargo tracking system to be installed ‘soon’ (kp 06/02/2018)

Nepal, India agree to promote bilateral investment, tourism (ht 06/02/2018)

Modi visit likely after Oli becomes PM: Gyawali (kp 05/0172018) [New government needs orders?]

Nepali officials to inspect Indian ports: Secretary at the Ministry of Commerce is leading the Nepali delegation to ports in Calcutta, Visakhapatnam and Odissa (kp 05/02/2018)

Informal Visit Of Indian Foreign Minister, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km 04/02/2018), India Willing For Course Correction?, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn 05/02/2018)

A tale of two cities: When it is 7:00 am in Dharchula, India it is already 7:15 am in Darchula, Nepal; as if twin sisters have been married into two different families, by Prakash Chandra Timilsena (kp 03/02/2018)

Oli and Swaraj discuss ways to further Nepal-India ties: Congratulating the CPN-UML on its electoral victory, Swaraj is said to have remarked that Nepal was  moving closer to a stable government, by Anil Giri (kp 02/02/2018), Swaraj here to ‘meet friends’ (ht 02/02/2018), Swaraj pledges help for new govts, by Anil Giri (kp 03/02/2018), India willing to work with new govt: Swaraj (kp 03/02/2018), Swaraj’s visit ill-timed: Bhattarai (kp 04/02/2018)

India raises Nepal grant by 74 percent (kp 02/02/2018)

Apex court asks govt to submit border details (kp 02/02/2018)

India digs trench along no man’s land in Banke, by Thakur Singh Tharu (kp 30/01/2018)

Anxiety of stability: Oli seems to be laying the groundwork for balancing relations with India and China but how it will play out is yet to be seen, by Som P. Pudasaini (rep 30/01/2018), Politico-diplomatic quandary: Nepal must have a pragmatic and consensus based foreign policy to pursue balanced relations with India and China, by Som P. Pudasaini (kp 31/01/2018)

Jaipur musings: The India-Nepal relationship should be reinvigorated by focusing on people-to-people connections, by Sujeev Shakya (kp 30/01/2018)

Swaraj to visit this week with Modi’s message, by Anil Giri (kp 29/01/2018), Swaraj to visit Nepal on Thursday (ht 30/01/2018), Oli ‘eager to work with Indian government', by Anil Giri (kp 30/01/2018), Swaraj to meet Oli first (kp 31/01/2018), Swaraj coming to reset ties, feel pulse: Experts, by Kposh Raj Koirala (rep 31/01/2018), Mending fences: Modi has extended olive branch by sending Sushma to Nepal; Oli should welcome gesture (kp 01/02/2018)

Cement factories change route to import clinker, by Shankar Acharya (kp 30/01/2018)

Nepal, India expedite work to restore lost, damaged border pillars in five years (rep 29/01/2018)

India drags feet in building new cross-border power line (kp 28/01/2018)

No man's land turning into a cowshed, by Tekendra Basyal (rep 28/01/2018)

Swaraj likely to visit Nepal before mid-Feb, by Anil Giri (kp 27/01/2018)

India gifts 36 ambulances, buses to organizations (rep 27/01/2018)

India Republic Day marked (kp 27/01/2018), Oli absent from embassy’s function (kp 27/01/2018)

‘India builts bridge on no man’s land’, by Kamal Panthi (kp 25/01/2018)

Nepali traders face hassles in ginger export to India once again (ht 25/01/2018), Indian non-tariff barrier to ginger export: Priority for agro-product exports limited to paper only (rep 25/01/2018), Ginger politics (rep 25/01/2018), Ginger worth millions rot in farms as India closes market, by Bhim Chapagain (rep)

Assistance to inter-dependence: Nepal’s needs have undergone massive structural changes triggered by the aspirations of a new generation and far reaching political changes, by Mahendra P. Lama (kp 24/01/2018)

India blocks Nepali ginger: Trucks filled with ginger turn back from Indian customs, by Bhim Chapagain (rep 23/01/2018)

Cargo movement via Visakhapatnam up, by Shankar Acharya (kp 23/01/2018)

Nepal-India border dispute: Nepali owners can use land lost in fresh demarcation, says govt, by Anil Giri (kp 22/01/2018), Security chiefs inspect ‘encroached’ land (kp 23/01/2018), Writ filed at SC seeking stay against border pillar installation (kp 24/01/2018), ‘Settle boundary dispute for good’ (kp 25/01/2018)

Modi congratulates Oli as ‘next PM’ (kp 22/01/2018)

Freshen up Nepal-India Ties, by Madhavji Shrestha (rn 19/01/2018)

Nepal’s export to India takes a steep dive (ht 19/01/2018)

Joint Nepal-India team starts inspecting pillars (ht 17/01/2018), New border survey ‘moves’  Nepali land towards India, by Bhusan Yadav (kp 18/01/2018) [??]

Officials visiting India to expedite release of reconstruction loan (rep 16/01/2018)

Power to the people: Despite huge potential, Nepal fails to meet demands for electricity and turns to India for bail-out (kp 12/01/2018)

Trilateral cooperation: Rather than looking for equidistance, Nepal should try and achieve more proximity with both its neighbours, by Lok Raj Baral (kp 12/01/2018)

EPG team told to keep national interest in core (kp 10/01/2018), Sixth Nepal-India EPG meet starting Thursday (rep 10/01/2018), EPG talks make ‘significant progress’ (ht 12/01/2018), EPG conducts second round discussion on 1950 India-Nepal treaty, by Anil Giri (kp 12/01/2018), 1950 Treaty to change: Eminent Persons Group on Nepal-India relations to begin report writing, by Anil Giri (kp 13/01/2018), Sixth EPG meet concludes, seventh to be held in Nepal in February (ht 13/01/2018)

Throwing down the gauntlet: New Indian foreign secretary’s appointment will reinforce view that India is willing to deal with the Chinese on their own terms, by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp 08/01/2018)

EPG all set to draft report: The 1950 Peace and Friendship Treaty remains a major bone of contention as both sides are indecisive whether to make amendments to it or scrap it (kp 04/01/2017)

Interconnecting ways: Construction of economic corridor between Nepal and its immediate neighbours may bring immense benefits to all three, by Aditya Baral (kp 02/01/2018)

Managing migration: Taking advantage of open border, India pushed Bhutanese Nepalis into Nepal, which was itself in dire need of international support to promote democracy, by Umesh K. Bhattarai (rep 02/01/2018)

Indo-Nepal Trade Fair to kick off on Feb 2 (kp 30/12/2017)

Call to operate Rangeli border, by Binod Subedi (rep 30/12/2017)

Joint team starts border pillar study in Farwest, by DR Panta (kp 29/12/2017)

Nepal faces hassles in clinker import: India stops allowing dusty cargoes to be unloaded at yard of Raxaul station (ht 26/12/2017), Transportation of clinker on hold as stalemate continues, by Rajesh Khanal and Shankar Acharya (kp 27/12/2017), Clinker arrives as transport dispute ends, by Shankar Acharya (kp 29/12/2017)

Nepali, Indian officials meet to discuss stalled clinker shipments (kp 25/12/2017)

Geopolitical romanticism: epal should see both India and China from a creative, geo-cultural perspective where hostility is given no place, by Abhi Subedi (kp 24/12/2017)

Modi lauds Oli on Left victory (kp 22/12/2017)

NEA asks India not to stop electricity supply: The state-owned power utility is currently importing around 400 MW of electricity from India (kp 22/12/2017)

The left alliance must strive to improve relations with India, interview with Ghanashyam Bhushal, Deputy General Secretary of CPN-UML (rep 21/12/2017)

Power imports from India likely to jump 26pc, by Bibek Subedi (kp 20/12/2017)

Narrow road delays ICP operation, by Ritesh Tripathi (rep 20/12/2017)

Raxaul locals threaten to halt Nepal-bound trucks, by Bhusan Yadav (kp 18/12/2017), Act immediately: India must ward off threats that  could disrupt Nepal’s imports (kp 19/12/2017)

400kV Butwal-Gorakhpur cross-border transmission line: Nepal to press India to agree on funding modality; Nepal and India had agreed to build the transmission line during the JSC meeting more than a year ago in New Delhi and had formed a joint technical team to prepare the DPR, by Bibek Subedi (kp 17/12/2017)

Traders fear congestion again at Kolkata port, by Ritesh Tripathi (rep 16/12/2017)

India welcomes Nepal polls (kp 15/12/2017)

Who won: India or China? Having secured a mandate to rule for next five years, no one should be surprised if new Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli makes a concerted effort to improve frayed ties with India, by Biswas Baral (rep 14/12/2017)

Nepal to ask India for more electricity (rep 14/12/2017)

Dealing With Neighbours, by Madhavji Shrestha (rn 13/12/2017)

IC shortage hampers trade, life in Birgunj, by Shankar Acharya (kp 13/12/2017)

Electronic tracking system for containers coming from Kolkata (rep 06/12/2017), Electronic cargo tracking system from January (ht 10/12/2017)

Stranded fertiliser being transported to Nepal (kp 05/12/2017)

APF, Indian SSB start joint border patrol (kp 03/12/2017)

Barriers make life difficult for ginger exporters (kp 02/12/2017)

Skewed View Of Indian Media, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn 01/12/2017)

End the monopoly: Allow more players to operate railway service between Kolkata and Birgunj (kp 28/11/2017)

Onion prices bring tears to Nepali eyes, by Sujan Dhungana (ht 28/11/2017)

Govt plans to bring its cargo via Vizag port (ht 27/11/2017)

Despite hassles, traders stick to Kolkata port (ht 26/11/2017), Talks planned to shorten process at Kolkata Port (kp 27/11/2017)

Nepal-India relations: Ramayan circuit, by Hari Bansh Jha (ht 23/11/2017)

Border to close for 72 hours (kp 22/11/2017)

SSB obstructs hume pipe installation (kp 14/11/2017)

All planned meetings stalled till elections (kp 11/11/2017)

Officials review progress in India-funded projects in Nepal (kp 09/11/2017)

Nepal urges India to send fertiliser to avert shortage (kp 04/11/2017)

Indian envoy inaugurates school building (ht 04/11/2017)

Bhutan lessons: Nepal has a lot to learn from Bhutan on how to, and how not to, deal with India on hydropower, by Shraddha Gautam (rep 30/10/2017)

India removes GST on services supplied to Nepal against payment in Indian currency (ht 29/10/2017)

B’desh, India and Nepal to enforce transport deal: Dhaka urges Delhi to facilitate power import from Nepal, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 25/10/2017)

Nepal-bound cargo stuck at Kolkata port, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 25/10/2017), India agrees to ease cargo movement (kp 26/10/2017), Fertilisers stuck at port as planting season nears, by Shankar Acharya (kp 26/10/2017)

Delhi mission vacant after envoy’s resignation (kp 24/10/2017)

Delay and hassles in Indian transit raise Nepal’s cost of trade (ht 18/10/2017)

Nepali ginger stranded at border after India’s GST, by Raju Adhikari (rep 18/10/2017), India removes tax on Nepali ginger exports: Officials say the problem will recur if a permanent solution is not sought, by Parbat Portel (kp 29/10/2017)

Equidistance is fantasy: Nepal has deep-rooted ties with India, and China will never be able to take its place, by Biranchi Paudyal (kp 18/10/2017)

Nepal-India joint team inspects ICP Birgunj (ht 16/10/2017)

India imposes GST on Nepali ginger: If Nepali traders pay the tax amount, they will end up forking out Rs10,000 for each truck of ginger that enters India, says a customs agent
 (kp 15/10/2017)

EPG progress: Miles to go; Neither 1950 treaty nor any other agreement between the two countries provides for border regulation, by Hari Prasad Shrestha (rep 11/10/2017)

Work in progress: Softening its position on demands of Madhes-based parties, India now seems to support the constitution implementation process, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 10/10/2017)

Detained Tilathi father, son duo freed, by Deo Narayan Sah (kp 08/10/2017)

GST waiver on Nepal-bound transit cargo can save Rs 1.2b annually, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 08/10/2017)

Border traffic chaos chokes Birgunj (ht 08/10/2017)

Flood-damaged bridge repaired by Indian side, by Dev Narayan Sah (kp 07/10/2017)

Smuggling of goods from India rampant in Kailali (ht 06/10/2017)

The EPG muddle: It is becoming increasingly clear that substantive issues related to the 1950 treaty can be settled only through extensice political engagement, by Biswas Baral (rep 05/10/2017), Nepal-India EPG working to ready first report by March (kp 07/10/2017), Nepali side presents ‘clear views’ on all related issues: Elaborate discussions set to take place today, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 08/10/2017), EPG takes up border management issue (ht 08/10/2017), EPG to suggest border regulation measures, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 09/10/2017), ‘1950 treaty will not remain the same’ (ht 09/10/2017)

Krishnanagar biggest entry point for Indian goats, by Manoh Poudel (kp 04/10/2017)

Water bomb: Nepal’s rivers are a disaster waiting to happen in the monsoon, and this worries India, by Pawan Roy and Saurav Raj Pant (kp 28/09/2017)

Nepali envoy to India aims federal parliament seat (kp 25/09/2017), Envoy Upadhyay quits to contest polls (kp 07/10/2017)

So close to Big Brother: Is this government moinister our very own minister or some anonymous, self-appointed spokesperson for the Ministry of Micromanagement?, by Devendra Gautam (rep 25/09/2017)

To India, with love: India should be happy that Nepal finally got the new constitution after decades of struggle and is now working to implement it, by Jhalak Prasad Khanal (rep 24/09/2017)

Nepali migrants harassed at Indian border town' (kp 21/09/2017), More Nepalis being extorted in Indian border areas, by Tekendra Deuba (ht 25/09/2017)

Indian side ‘indifferent’ to repairing damaged bridge, by Lila Ballav Ghimire (kp 20/09/2017)

Cautious optimism: All outstanding issues must be resolved so that bilateral relations can progress, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 19/09/2017)

Post-Doklam blues: The war of words between the two rising global stars, nuclear powers and Asian giants continues to be a matter of great concern for Nepal, by Som P. Pudasaini (rep 17/09/2017)

Building Mutual Trust In China-India Ties, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn 15/09/2017)

Dahal objects to PM’s remarks on Koshi dam (kp 14/09/2017)

Indian transport operators ‘fleecing’ Nepali migrants (kp 13/09/2017)

Stateless Gorkhas: Instead of advocating for Madhesi rights in Nepal, Modi should first grant rights to his own citizens, by Puran P. Bista (rep 13/09/2017)

Misreading Nepal: Nepalis know that they cannot afford to be anti-India but when they witness open Indian meddling they won’t stay quiet either, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep 12/09/2017)

China-Nepal-India Economic Corridor, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn 11/09/2017)

Harmonizing of rules discourages informal trade between Nepal and India, by Ritesh Tripathi (rep 11/09/2017)

Trade through Biratnagar border point resumes, by Dev Narayan Shah (kp 11/09/2017)

Bill of export mandatory for imports of over Rs 5,000 from India (ht 10/09/2017)

Nepal-India talks on Pancheswar DPR end inconclusively (ht 08/09/2017)

India’s Oli complex: India wants to keep China-baiting and ‘anti-Madhesi’ KP Sharma Oli and his party out of power at any cost. That would be a mistake, by Biswas Baral (rep 07/09/2017)

For the good of all: Water, terrorism and connectivity are the three urgent issues for Nepal and India, by Binoj Basnyat (kp 06/09/2017)

Changing tide: Chinese experts have already warned that India could cite security concerns to derail BRI projects in Nepal, by Abhijit Sharma (rep 06/09/2017)

Nepali team heads to India for Pancheshwar talks (kp 05/09/2017)

Susta locals take risky boat ride to enter India: Alleged SSB harassment in the name of border security screening drives many to avoid usual route, by Narayan Sharma (kp 04/09/2017)

A turn in the South: Deuba’s visit comes against the larger backdrop of India’s desire to improve ties with Nepal, by Akhilesh Upadhyay (kp 04/09/2017)

Reclaiming our destiny: New Delhi’s active interest and involvement in all our political transformations further weakens Nepal and ends up progressively increasing Indian clout here, by Devendra Gautam (rep 03/09/2017)

Nepal, India to conclude boundary works in 5 yrs (kp 31/08/2017)

Only a meaningful partnership will yield tangible results, interview with Deep Kumar Upadhyay, Nepal's ambassador to India (kp 28/08/2017)

Nepal-India trade via Biratnagar comes to halt (kp 26/08/2017) [Maybe this is part of the outstanding agreements between Deuba and Modi!?]

Nepal, India sign four pacts on rebuilding, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 25/08/2017)

Bhimnagar-Bhantabari small customs: Alternative checkpoint to ease Nepal-India trade, by Dev Narayan Sah (kp 25/08/2018)

Modi seeks to better ties with Nepal: Holds one-to-one meeting with Deuba ahead of delegation-level talks; Focus: Clearing bottlenecks in bilateral relations, by Anil Giri (kp 24/08/2017), Prime minister bats for shared prosperity (ht 24/08/2017), India hails local polls, wishes for statute implementation: Prime Minister Deuba promises to amend the constitution in future by mustering strength in Parliament, by Anil Giri (kp 25/08/2017), PM Deuba’s remarks on statute draw flak (kp 26/08/2017), Deuba, Modi launch two cross-border power lines, by Bibek Subedi (kp 25/08/2017), Nepal, India agree to expedite hydel projects: Modi invited to inaugurate Arun III hydropower; Joint mechanism to check border floods, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 25/08/2017), Nepal, India joint statement reaffirms strong bilateral ties (ht 25/08/2017), Prime Minister Deuba’s India Visit, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km 25/08/2017), Nepal-China ties ‘figured prominently’ in PM Deuba’s Delhi engagements, by Anil Giri (kp 26/08/2017), PM’s Successful Visit With Ifs And Buts, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn 28/08/2017)

Pancheshwar multipurpose project: Project suffers setback as DPR talks falter, by Bibek Subedi (kp 24/08/2017)

NOC requests IOC to install security locks (kp 23/08/2017)

Indian blockade reduced Nepal-India drugs trade by 46.5 percent: Study (rep 22/08/2017)

Preparations for PM’s India visit ‘complete’: Official announcement likely today, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 21/08/2017), 7-9 MoUs to be signed during PM’s India visit, by Anil Giri (kp 22/08/2017), Things to do in Delhi: The Nepali people want bilateral ties to be redefined to emphasise interdependence, by Suresh Sharma (kp 22/08/2017), Exorcising Indian ghosts, by Bishal Thapa (rep 22/08/2017), PM’s India Visit: Trip To Bolster Relations, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 23/08/2017), Oli urges PM to take up matters of nat’l interest with India (kp 23/08/2017), Untimely sojourns: A clear agenda and a national mandate are necessary for ground-breaking negotiations in Nepal’s best interests, by Som P. Pudasaini (kp 23/08/2017), PM heading for India today leading 59-member delegation (rep 23/08/2017), Deuba’s Delhi brief: The onus is on countries like Nepal which share borders with both India and China to step up efforts to deescalate, by Devendra Gautam (rep 23/08/2017)

PM Deuba will have to demonstrate independence in Nepal’s foreign policy, interview with Mahesh Maskey (kp 21/08/2017)

Nepal-bound cargo stranded in India, by Shankar Acharya (kp 21/08/2017)

Lesson for disaster preparedness: Disaster Risk Management and renegotiations with India a must to mitigate future flood disasters, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp 20/08/2017)

Ex-PMs advise Deuba to raise flooding issue with India: Deuba is visiting India just days after floods caused by torrential monsoon rains wreaked havoc across the Tarai region (kp 20/08/2017)

Sabre-rattling in the HimalayasNepal should develop a policy that addresses the interests of China and India while protecting its own interests first, by Binoj Basnyat (kp 18/08/2017)

India likely to announce new projects during PM’s visit (kp 18/08/2017)

Susta locals try to breach Gandak canal (kp 18/08/2017)

Indian dams caused flood havoc in Nepal: Bhim Rawal (rep 16/08/2017)

Organic chemistry: Both Sher Bahadur Deuba and Narendra Modi are charismatic characters and both share willingness to make things happen, by Rishi Dhamala (rep 16/08/2017)

‘Pancheswar, Arun III, Upper Karnali on PM’s agenda’ (ht 13/08/2017)

Indian embankment causing inundation in Banke, by Kalendra Sejuwal (rep 13/08/2017), Indian roads next to border caused Tarai floods: Minister, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 14/08/2017)

Nepal requests GST exemption in services procured by Nepali traders (ht 13/08/2017)

Security checking at Belahiya border relaxed after two weeks (rep 13/08/2017)

Quid Pro Quo In Nepal–India Ties, by Biswo Pradhan (rn 11/08/2017)

Let’s focus on concrete outcome: PM to Swaraj, by Anil Giri (kp 11/08/2017)

PM’s India visit: Follow-up on deals high on agenda, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 11/08/2017), Cross-border power line added to PM’s wish list, by Bibek Subedi (kp 11/08/2017)

Drawing lines: Kalapani is often lost in the chorus of centuries-old Nepal-India relations or in the din of Indian meddling (kp 11/08/2017)

Experts say Doklam standoff opens avenue for Nepal to settle its boundary issues: Experts say Nepal has a perfect opportunity to raise its boundary issues, as Kathmandu will be hosting two high-profile guests from the south and the north in the coming week, by Anil Giri (kp 10/08/2017)

PM to ask India to amend power trade guidelines, by Bibek Subedi (kp 10/08/2017)

‘Govt should prepare position paper on Lipulek Pass issue’, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 09/08/2017)

India agrees to reduce energy prices, by Bibek Subedi (kp 09/08/2017), Nepal-India PEC meeting reviews tariff of imported electricity (ht 10/08/2017)

‘Right time to invest in Nepal’ (ht 09/08/2017)

Bhairahawa border point: Heightened security hits Nepal-India trade, by Madhav Dhungana (kp 08/08/2017), No progress in cargo flow via Bhairahawa border point (kp 09/08/2017), Lengthy checks ward off traders from Bhairahawa, by Madhav Dhungana (kp 12/08/2017)

Nepal-India Power Exchange Committee: Ghising off to Delhi to negotiate prices (kp 08/08/2017)

‘No extension of India’s Small Development Project deal’: Federal system bars local units from taking funds directly from bilateral  or multilateral donors (kp 05/08/2017)

Nepal-India 1950 treaty: Nepali EPG side on horns of dilemma; Seeks suggestion whether to amend pact or replace it with a new one (kp 03/08/2017)

Govt in fix over extending India’s ‘umbrella agreement’: The Indian Embassy maintains that it does not release funds directly to the beneficiary organisations (kp 03/07/2017)

GST and Nepal: There are questions regarding how GST will impact Nepali economy. Such concerns are valid as Nepal has special trade relation with India, by Narayan Silwal (rep 03/08/2017)

Neighbourhood Policy, by Madhavji Shrestha (rn 02/08/2017)

Nepal-India power panel to meet after six year hiatus, by Bibek Subedi (kp 02/08/2017)

Indian minister to visit Nepal for BIMSTEC meet: In Kathmandu, Swaraj is expected to meet senior political leaders besides the President and the prime minister (kp 02/08/2017)

PM Deuba set to visit India from Aug 23: To focus on deals reached during his earlier visits as prime minister, by Anil Giri (kp 02/08/2017) [??], Now, implement it: As the leader who signed Mahakali Treaty with India in 1996 Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba should discuss implementation of Pancheshwar Project during his India visit, by Hari Bansh Jha (rep 03/08/2017), PM’s Upcoming India Visit: Is It A Suitable Time?, by Kushal Pokharel (rn 05/08/2017)

MoC assures WBG about NIRTTP implementation (ht 01/08/2017)

ICP Birgunj to be handed over soon (ht 31/07/2017)

SSB 'harassing' Nepalis in the name of security checks, by Rekha Bhusal (rep 31/07/2017)

30-month term extension recommended for Joint Project Office on Saptakoshi, Sunkoshi (rep 28/07/2017)

Equidistance or asymmetry? (nt 28/07/2017)

Call for ending mutual distrust to strengthen Nepal-India ties (kp 27/07/2017)

Unusual Indian security check hits Nepal’s trade, by Madhav Dhungana (kp 26/07/2017), Traffic congestion at Bhairahawa eased, by Madhav Dhungana (kp 27/07/2017)

Doklam deterrent for Nepal: China apparently has the best interest of Nepal at heart, while India is forever scheming to undermine our sovereignty and territorial integrity, by Biswas Baral (rep 24/07/2017), Tree tenets: We have a strange political culture here in Nepal. One is not considered a patriot and pro-Nepal unless one is anti-India, by Sundar Mani Dixit (rep 24/07/2017)

FNCCI to hold Nepal-India investment summit in October (rep 24/07/2017)

Reassuring the neighbours: Our parties need to formulate a clear strategy to address ties between China, India and Nepal, by Binoj Basnyat (kp 23/07/2017)

Rs 23.73 million Indian support for postal roads (kp 20/07/2017), Indian govt provides Rs 237.39 million support for postal highway project (ht 21/07/2017)

Doklam dispute should make us serious about protecting our land at tri-junctions, interview with Buddhi Narayan Shrestha (rep 20/07/2017)

No additional fee on Nepal's third-country trade from GST: India (rep 20/07/2017)

Ginger exports to India resume after a hiatus of 19 days, by Raju Adhikari (rep 20/07/2017), Ginger exports to India back on track, for now, by Pratap Bista (kp 22/07/2017)

Nepalis, saddled with banned Indian rupee notes, risk losing savings (ht 19/07/2017), Nepalis may not be able to exchange banned IC, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (20/07/2017)

Passersby facing trouble in Raxaul border point (rep 19/07/2017)

Preparations for PM’s India visit begin (kp 18/07/2017) [He should better start working on the numerous tasks at the home front!!]

Behind closed doors: EPG should hold public consultation on how to review all bilateral treaties and agreements, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 16/07/2017)

Vizag port offers low cost, link to China: Officials, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 15/07/2017)

Indian financial assistance for campus building in Dhading (ht 15/07/2017)

PM Deuba’s India visit proposed for Aug 17-19, by Anil Giri (kp 14/07/2017)

Squeezed in the Himalaya: Nepal and Bhutan find themselves in a tight spot as Sino-Indian tensions grow, by Sean Shoemaker (nt 14/07/2017), The Himalayan thaw (nt 14/07/2017)

India urges Nepal to set up consulate in Visakhapatnam, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 13/07/2017)

ICP launch put off due to construction delays (kp 13/07/2017)

The 1950 treaty The 10-12 million Indian Gorkhas have been demanding the treaty’s abrogation or special provisions to protect them, by Mahendra P. Lama (kp 12/07/2017)

India grants double entry e-visa facility to foreign tourists : With the double-entry benefits, tourists coming India can visit Nepal and can return to India within the stipulated time (kp 09/07/2017)

No progress on road projects financed by Indian soft loan (rep 09/07/2017)

The GST of it: The two governments should sit down and work out a way to make transit services exempt from the GST, by Purushottam Ojha (rep 09/07/2017), Govt team to visit India for GST talks (kp 10/07/2017), India to compensate Nepali traders affected by GST, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 12/07/2017)

Tilathi flooding in Saptari an outcome of multiple factors: Locals, officials say joint Nepal-India efforts required to solve problem, by Abadhesh Kumar Jha (kp 08/07/2017)

Nepal-India oversight mechanism meeting: Indian-funded projects ‘yet to gain momentum’ (kp 07/07/2017)

Nepal-India trade returns to normal (ht 07/07/2017)

Cross border power trade: Indian regulations a jolt for would-be electricity exporters from Nepal, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 06/07/2017), Reconsider it: India needs to reconsider the regulation as per the Power Trade Agreement signed between Nepal and India in 2014 (ht 07/07/2017)

‘Envoys of Nepal, India to fix PM’s Delhi visit’ (kp 06/07/2017)

India denies Nepali gas bullets to transport cooking gas (rep 05/07/2017)

Foreign Minister in New Delhi (kp 03/07/2017), Mahara raises four issues with India: Swaraj congratulates Nepal for successful two rounds of local elections, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 04/07/2017), Mahara meets Sushma Swaraj (ht 04/07/2017)

Indian embankment threatens lives on Nepali side of border, by Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep 03/07/2017)

Nepal’s non-alignment: Nepal expects both neighbours to understand that it is walking a tight rope while dealing with them, by Dinesh Bhattarai (kp 02/07/2017)

Nepali traders scramble to make sense of GST, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 02/07/2017), Nepal’s trade volume takes a hit (ht 04/07/2017), India’s GST slows down Nepal’s imports, exports (kp 05/07/2017)

Inholy delay: There has been no effort to implement the 2014 three-year agreement on twin city ties between Janakpur and Ayodhya, by Hari Bansh Jha (rep 02/07/2017)

Experts visit site of Integrated Check Post, by Shankar Acharya (kp 30/06/2017)

NRB seeks G2G talks on INR exchange (ht 29/06/2017)

DPM to leave for Delhi on Sunday, by Anil Giri (kp 28/06/2017), Mahara visiting Delhi to lay ground for Deuba visit (rep 29/06/2017)

Indian Railways hikes demurrage on wagons, by Bhushan Yadav (kp 28/06/2017)

India asks its citizens not to use Aadhar card for travel to Nepal (rep 27/06/2017)

Contest between giants: Managing growing Indian and Chinese interests will be a major foreign policy challenge for Nepal in the days ahead, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 27/07/2017)

Indian CA graduates to be barred from practicing (kp 26/06/2017)

Nepal-India border closed for elections (rep 26/06/2017)

Indian leader Aiyar in political meetings (kp 24/06/2017)

Gas bullets grounded for lack of licences (kp 23/06/2017), Operation of Nepali LPG bullets in limbo (ht 23/06/2017)

Envoy Upadhyay meets UP chief minister (kp 22/06/2017)

Nepalis waiting endlessly to exchange Indian notes (kp 21/06/2017)

Equidistance revisited: Equidistance indicates maneuvering of small states like Nepal while dealing with big powers like India and China, by Gaurav Bhattarai (rep 21/06/2017)

Indian, Chinese envoys call on PM Deuba: In the meetings, the ambassadors from India and China discussed the political situation in Nepal and various bilateral issues with Prime Minister Deuba (kp 17/06/2017)

India ‘firm’ on inclusive constitution in Nepal, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 17/06/2017)

Landlocked mindset: Nepal should wake up to the reality that it has rights and responsibilities regarding the high seas, by Kanak Mani Dixit (nt 16/06/2017)

Nepal-watching from Delhi: Is there really a shift in India’s approach to election and amendment in Nepal?, by Akanshya Shah (nt 16/06/2017)

PM to visit India after local polls: Mahara to Indian envoy (kp 15/06/2017)

Neighbourhood first? It devolves on India to carry forward the process of improving regional connectivity with understanding, vigour and speed, by Raghu Dayal (kp 15/06/2017)

Border points to be sealed for local polls (kp 14/06/2017)

Himalayan feat: Pushpa Kamal Dahal adeptly kept balanced ties with India and China during his second term, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 08/06/2017)

Herbs worth Rs542m exported to India, by Krishna Prasad Gautam (kp 04/06/2017)

Police free Indian DSP, others caught ‘abducting’ Nepali man, by Mohan Shahi (kp 03/06/2017)

Mahat claims ties with India, China stronger, balanced: Keeping Nepal’s national interests at the core, Mahat says the Foreign Ministry opted for ‘proactive diplomacy’ (kp 03/06/2017)

Nepal requests India to cut energy prices: Nepal pays Bihar IRs5.62 to IRs5.55 per unit while the Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur line costs only IRs 3.60 per unit (kp 01/06/2017)

Changing tunes: Delhi-wallas are right that misinformation, miscommunication and misunderstanding have aggravated Nepal-India tensions, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep 01/06/2017)

Indian envoy advises RJPN to go to polls (rep 31/05/2017)

Fourth meeting of Eminent Persons Group begins in Dehradun, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 30/05/2017), EPG meet ends on positive note: Fifth meeting of the Eminent Persons Group to take place in August in Kathmandu, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 31/05/2017)

160 MW power deal signed: NEA; A supplementary power purchase deal was signed with India’s NVVN, by Bibek Subedi (kp 28/05/2017)

Modi’s Nepal policy in three years: After ups and downs, bilateral ties seem to be back on track; Not all lost but both sides need to do more: Observers, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 26/05/2017)

Indian envoy hails Nepal-India ties (kp 25/05/2017)

Demoneteized Indian banknotes in Nepal: India's silence over exchange facility frustrates NRB officials (rep 25/05/2017)

Not smooth as silk: Indian reservations over OBOR may mean a lost chance for India, Nepal and China, by Prakash A. Raj (kp 24/05/2017)

Three Gorkha soldiers killed in Jammu and Kashmir LoC (kp 24/05/2017)

1 year on, EPG’s progress ‘sluggish’: Next meeting in Dehradun, India, on May 29-31, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 23/05/2017)

Prosperity thru air, road connectivity: Indian envoy Puri (ht 22/05/2017)

Dark clouds over Asia: Disputes, distrust and an arms race threaten to disrupt economic growth in the region, by Suresh C. Chalise (kp 19/05/2017)

Rollercoaster relationship: Indian foreign policy towards Nepal in the last three years has had its ups and downs; On Monday, its sole supplierIndian Oil Corporation cut the price of petrol by Rs2.10 per litre and that of diesel by Rs2.07 per litre , by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 18/05/2017)

New Delhi changes tack, assumes ‘neutral position’: Observers say India has softened stance on Nepal’s constitution and is encouraging Madhes-based forces to take part in polls, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 17/05/2017)

Govt imports milk from India due to low local production (ht 17/05/2017)

Janakpur and Ayodhya: Age-old bonds; It is important to link Janakpur and Ayodhya not only through roads but also through railways, airways and optical fibres, by Hari Bansh Jha (rep 17/05/2017)

India could cite its security concerns to derail OBOR projects, interview with Hu Shisheng (kp 15/05/2017), India skips China’s Silk Road summit, warns of “unsustainable” debt (ht 15/05/2017)

Renewal of power purchase pact with India soon: NEA (kp 14/05/2017)

Open letter to Shyam Saran, by Biswas Baral (rep 11/05/2017)

NOC, IOC considering running gas stations (kp 09/05/2017), IOC proposal to open gas stations raises suspicions (kp 11/05/2017), Dealers flay NOC plan to operate fuel stations jointly with IOC (ht 15/05/2017)

In Delhi, Mahat invites investments in Nepal (kp 06/05/2017), Frequency of high-level exchanges stressed (kp 06/05/2017)

Something’s got to give: Nepal can try a new approach to foreign relations; it should think about what it can offer, by Binayak Basnyat (kp 05/05/2017)

Nearly-finished Birgunj ICP lacks power supply, by Shankar Acharya (kp 04/05/2017)

Sugar smuggling rife at Biratnagar customs, by Lila Ballav Ghimire (kp 04/05/2017)

India hails local polls for grassroots democracy, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 04/05/2017)

Women highly active in informal trade with India: Sawtee report (kp 03/05/2017)

Revising 1950 treaty: Tread with caution; During its formation the government of the day did not bother to make Nepal’s EPG inclusive, by Birendra P. Mishra (rep 02/05/2017)

‘South Asia Satellite launching on May 5’, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 01/05/2017)

India to gift vehicles to EC (kp 01/05/2017)

Dialogue in Dehradun: Fencing the Nepal-India border may be a bold proposal, but it is a long-term solution, by Nara Bahadur Kandel (kp 30/04/2017)

Geopolitics 2.0: The foreign policy of independent India is no different to that of East India Company it has come to despite so much of late, by Biswas Baral (rep 27/04/2017)

Countervailing duty on Nepali jute scrapped (kp 26/04/2017)

India delays process of exchanging banned banknotes (kp 25/04/2017)

Nepal, India talk inundation issues: Agree to build embankments in necessary areas (kp 22/04/2017)

UP govt tightens rule on overloaded vehicles, by Madhav Dhungana (kp

44 Nepalis prisoned in India; families barred from visiting, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 21/04/2017)

We support Nepal’s bid to take all sections of society on board: India, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 20/04/2017)

Dehradoon Security Conference: Intellectual discourse; The Gorkha recruitment by the British in 1815 was the turning point weakening Nepal’s nationhood. Nepal’s capability for industrial development was completely ruined by the tripartite 1947 Gorkha Recruitment Treaty, by Umesh K. Bhattarai (ht 18/04/2017)

Prez on ‘special goodwill’ India visit: Tour should be taken in the context of intensive bilateral engagements, says Delhi official, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 17/04/2017), Prez Bhandari lands in new Delhi (kp 18/04/2017), India’s goodwill always with Nepal, say Indian prez, PM: President Bhandari holds important bilateral meetings in Delhi on second day of her visit, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 19/04/2017), Prez calls on investors in India to tap opportunities, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 19/04/2017), Prez returns from state visit to India (kp 22/04/2017)

Tata opens new facility in Nepalgunj (kp 17/04/2017)

Political events in Nepal trigger palpable concerns in New Delhi: Politicians and government officials though refrain from making official comments, newspapers have called for early resolution to Kathmandu-Madhes deadlock, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 15/04/2017)

Nepal, India assess ongoing projects (kp 13/04/2017)

Prez Bhandari to pay state visit to India on Monday (kp 13/04/2017), Making the right noise: For Delhi, Prez Bhandari’s visit offers a great opportunity for right political messaging (kp 13/04/2017), President Bhandari to visit India on April 17 (rep 13/04/2017)

Nepal’s Ties With India, China, by Madhavji Shrestha (kp 12/04/2017)

Consulate general to be opened at Vizag (kp 11/04/2017)

Secure together: If India is willing to sell to Nepal the weapons it builds with foreign technology, we have no reason to look elsewhere, by Trailokya Raj Aryal (rep 11/04/2017) [??]

Indian help sought for Nepal-Bangladesh trade, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 10/04/2017)

Revise 1950 Peace & Friendship Treaty, by Ritu Raj Subedi (kp 09/04/2017)

‘Indian SSB encroaches on Nepali soil’ (kp 09/04/2017)

NOC, IOC agree to seek int’l arbitration in S’pore (kp 08/04/2017)

Indian families occupying Nepal’s land for farming, by Abdhesh Kumar Jha (kp 06/04/2017)

Demonetized Indian notes held by Nepalis may turn worthless papers: Deadline to respond to RBI offer expired on March 31 (rep 06/04/2017)

Third EPG meeting to begin in Capital today (kp 05/04/2017), Clause-wise discussion on 1950 treaty begins (kp 06/04/2017), Nepal-India EPG meet agrees to scrap unequal provisions in 1950 treaty (rep 06/04/2017), EPG members agree to work on new pact, To change 1950 treaty to bring Nepal-India ties in tune with the times, by Anil Giri (kp 07/04/2017), EPG discusses replacing 1950 treaty, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 07/04/2017), India ready to abrogate
1950 Treaty: Koshyari (kp 08/04/2017)

Media urged to promote Nepal-India relations (ht 04/04/2017)

Much-postponed air route meeting delayed again (kp 01/04/2017)

Eminent Persons Group holding meeting next week (ht 31/03/2017)

Standoff at border after Indian SSB intervenes in fence construction (kp 30/03/2017)

Export of power to Nepal will increase shortly: India, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 30/03/2017)

Nidhi seeks India’s support for polls (kp 29/03/2017)

Gen Rawat in Capital (kp 29/03/2017), Prez confers honorary general rank on chief of Indian Army (kp 30/03/2017)

How Delhi views Dahal’s China visit, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 28/03/2017)

New Indian envoy meets Deuba, Oli (kp 28/03/2017)

RBI proposes IRs4,500 note exchange limit (kp 27/03/2017), Don’t shirk responsibility: India’s decision to provide exchange facilities for banned notes worth IRs4,500 is inadequate (kp 28/03/2017), India declines Nepal’s request to raise ceiling, by Bibek Subedi (kp 28/03/2017), RBI rules out meeting NRB conditions (ht 28/03/2017)

Govt team off to India to renew fuel supply pact: NOC, IOC to inc new agreement today (ht 27/03/2017), Nepal, India sign new oil supply agreement, by Kamal Dev Bhattartai (kp 28/03/2017)

A jangled relationship: The number one priority of the South Block in South Asia is Bhutan. Nepal has to compete with the Maldives for attention, by CK Lal (rep 27/03/2017)

Perspective on Indian inclusiveness: Not only can Nepal learn from India’s inclusionary polity, India too can learn from Nepal’s exercise in inclusiveness, by Jainendra Jeevan (kp 26/03/2017)

Chinese defence minister returns, India army chief arriving Tuesday (kp 26/03/2017)

Demonitised currency exchange facility: RBI officials in Capital for talks, by Bibek Subedi (kp 26/03/2017)

Nepal, India to sign new petro supply agreement next week (kp 26/03/2017)

Nepal requests India for more electricity: To bridge the gap, Nepal is currently importing around 380MW of electricity from India, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 25/03/2017)

Spooked by China: Today India is ready to do just about anything to disrupt China’s relations with the smaller South Asian states, by Pamir Gautam (rep 23/03/2017)

Trans-border pollution impacts air quality in Nepal, by Ram Saran Tamang (rep 21/03/2017)

Political Hinduism: For Nepal, there’s much to be wary of the Hindu cleric in UP’s new chief minister (kp 20/03/2017)

Indian army chief to visit Nepal on March 28-31, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 19/03/2017)

Treatment of Kanchanpur injured affected (kp 19/03/2017)

India to provide 30,000 tonnes of urea to Nepal: Farmers require 61,000 tonnes of the vital farm input to plant their spring crops during the mid-March to mid-June season (kp 18/03/2017)

Modi promises all out support for May polls (rep 18/03/2017)

Accommodate all before going to vote: India (kp 17/03/2017)

Kanchanpur firing: Ballistics indicates bullet belongs to SSB (kp 16/03/2017), Nidhi takes up border killing issue with India (kp) 16/03/2017), India stops short of saying ‘SSB’, ‘firing’: Expresses grief at Nepali’s death, assures fair probe to ‘arrive at truth’, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 17/03/2017), Modi assures fair probe into Kanchanpur incident, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 18/03/2017)

Justice, compensation elude family of man killed by SSB seven years ago, by Madhav Ghimire and Binod Ghimire (kp 16/03/2017)

Bhattarai explains Maoist transition: Bhattarai, who severed ties with the Maoist party in September last year, also made a case for the need of a new political force, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 16/03/2017)

How Jhapa residents taught a big lesson to the SSB, by Raju Adhikari (rep 15/03/2017)

‘BJP’s UP victory won’t change Nepal policy’: Observers say Modi, who looks well-placed for 2019 re-election, will try to improve ties with neighbours, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 14/03/2017)

‘Include provision of compensation in the new Supply Agreement with IOC’ (ht 14/03/2017)

Nidhi, Bhattarai to visit Delhi: Nidhi expected to meet several Indian leaders, including PM Modi, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 13/03/2017), Nepal urged to accommodate all forces, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 15/03/2017)

After delay, EPG to meet next week (ht 12/03/2017)

Kanchanpur local dies in India’s SSB firing, by DR Panta (kp 10/03/2017), Nepali man dies in SSB gunfire, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep 10/03/2017), Nepal lodges protest with India over Kanchanpur killing (rep), Govt sends diplomatic note to India over SSB firing: Indian national security adviser calls PM Dahal; Gautam declared martyr, by Anil Giri (kp 11/03/2017) [Please stop overusing this term: He was a victim of Indian atrocity, not a martyr!], MEA: enquiry initiated (kp 11/03/2017), Lawmakers condemn killing of Nepali by SSB (rep 11/03/2017), Dahal flays ‘attack on sovereignty’ (kp 11/03/2017), Maoist sister wings, not party, protest death: Mani Thapa says not protesting such a grave incident officially is sheer negligence on part of the PM’s party (kp 1103/2017), Serious blow to independence: UML (kp 11/03/2017), Envoy meets Indian official over incident (kp 11/03/2017), Kanchanpur culvert was built as per bilateral agreement, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep 11/03/2017), Gautam’s Last rites held with state honours, by Chitranga Thapa (kp 13/03/2017), For restraint: Given the age-old Nepal-India relations both the sides must respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of each other (ht 13/03/2017)

Aid in pre-1990 Nepal: Both India and China have contributed to the building of infrastructure, seemingly with a mind to serve their interests, by Mahendra P. Lama (kp 08/03/2017)

Efforts on to fix prez India visit in April (ht 07/03/2017)

What India should know: If you had back in 2015 considered alternative voices in Nepal, instead of listening to few loyalists, Nepal-India relation would be much better today, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep 06/03/2017)

Birgunj ICP likely to be ready by March, by Shankar Acharya (kp 05/03/2017)

Poll body seeks support from India and China: The Election Commission says it has sought support from the neighbouring countries to prevent a lengthy procurement  procedure, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 05/03/2017)

Kanchanpur Chamber to hold fair in Dehradun: Dehradun, the capital of the Indian state of Uttarakhand, has been chosen as the venue for the fair due to its large population of Nepali speakers (kp 04/03/2017)

India ready for development partnership with Nepal: Jaitely (kp 03/03/2017), Jaitley sees great investment potential in Nepal (rep 03/03/2017)

Nepal-bound containers stranded at Kolkata port, by Shankar Acharya (kp 02/03/2017)

Manjeev Singh Puri confirmed as India’s new envoy to Nepal: Confirmation of Puri, a career diplomat, as India’s new envoy to Nepal has put to rest speculations in Kathmandu that a political appointee will take charge of Lainchaur, by Anil Giri (kp 02/03/2017)

Envoy Rae completes tenure, leaving today (kp 01/03/2017), India yet to name Rae’s successor, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 01/03/2017)

Demonetized Indian banknotes in Nepal: RBI team arriving today to discuss exchange facility (rep 28/02/2017), Indian central bank officials arrive in Nepal, by Bibek Subedi (kp 01/03/2017), RBI team's report to decide fate of scrapped Indian banknotes (rep 02/03/2017), Indian FinMin says IC notes will be replaced (kp 04/03/2017)

UMN demands travel discount (ht 28/02/2017)

Big brother: India’s big infrastructure projects did make progress during Rae’s tenure but the border blockade leaves a big diplomatic hole, by Akhilesh Upadhyay (kp 27/02/2017)

Demand for consulate general’s office: Government team studies Vizag port (kp 26/02/2017)

India FinMin to attend Investment Summit, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 25/02/2017)

Rae wants all forces taken on board for polls (kp 25/02/2017) [?]

India approves 16 road projects in Nepal: The new projects under India’s financial assistance will be carried out under  Indian government’s third Line of Credit (kp 24/02/2017)

India okays IRs 57b for Arun 3 (kp 23/02/2017), Indian cabinet approves Arun 3 investment plan, by Bibek Subedi (kp 23/02/2017), Indian govt okays Rs 91.58b investment for Arun III, by Sagar Ghimire (rep 23/02/2017)

Border bungles: It is precisely because the border is unregulated that there are so many border disputes between Nepal and India, by Sangam Sangroula (rep 23/02/2017)

There has been no fundamental shift in India’s position after the blockade, interview with Narayan Kaji Shrestha, CPN-MC (rep 23/02/2017) [??]

Indian leaders welcome election announcement, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 22/02/2017)

Marginal interest: There has in the past been no palpable shift in India’s larger Nepal policy even with government change in UP or Bihar, by Gaurav Bhattarai (rep 22/02/2017)

Nepal seeks India’s help to upgrade substations, by Bibek Subedi (kp 22/02/2017)

Dehradun landslide: Kin of Nepali victims yet to receive compensation, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 21/02/2017)

Indian side proposes March-end, early-April meeting on air routes (kp 21/02/2017)

Feasibility study launched for dry port in Gulariya: Gulariya-Murtiha border point has remained closed even seven years after Nepal and India agreed to open it. This has created difficulties for traders and local people, by Kamal Panthi (kp 20/02/2017)

India scraps service tax on ocean freight, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 19/02/2017)

Indian minister attends infra meet (kp 19/02/2017), India proposes Kathmandu to Delhi, Kolkata rail links (kp 20/02/2017), 16 projects to be implemented utilising India’s $340.22m line of credit facility (ht 20/02/2017), Pledge vs disbursement: Aid committed by India is rising; however, funds are being released at a slower pace (kp 21/02/2017), Indian railway minister returns home (ht 21/02/2017)

IOC principally agrees on single-point LPG loading facility to Nepal (ht 18/01/2017)

Don’t have any prescription for Nepal: India, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 17/02/2017) [?]

India commits assistance worth NRs 44 million (ht 17/02/2017)

Petroleum storage plants: Indian Oil Corp ready to extend technical support to Nepal (kp 17/02/2017)

Tempo drivers block Miteri Bridge (kp 16/02/2017)

Nepali LPG bullets face problems in transporting cooking gas, by Sujan Dhungana (ht 16/02/2017)

Water diplomacy: Nepal can work with China and India to develop river management infrastructure, by Pramod Aryal (kp 16/02/2017)

Call to revisit policies on water, energy cooperation (rep 16/02/2017)

Shrestha in India: Local poll date first, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 15/02/2017)

JSC meeting concludes (ht 15/02/2017)

Trump jitters: Nepal’s ties with neighbours India and China could be affected by shifts in US policy, by Prakash A. Raj (kp 14/02/2017)

Nepal-India bilateral meeting to implement PTA: Nepal, India discuss development modality of New Butwal-Gorakhpur transmission line (rep 14/02/2017), Butwal-Gorakhpur cross-border transmission line: Nepal, India to finalise DPR of 400 kVA power line, by Bibek Subedi (kp 15/02/2017)

Parcels stuck during Indian blockade finally reach Nepal, by Ritesh Tripathi (rep 14/02/2017) [!!]

Bilateral projects will now move on fast track, says Indian envoy Ranjit Rae (ht 14/02/2017)

Nepal-India JSC meeting from today (ht 13/02/2017)

Red tape stalls grant, loan signing with India: Indian govt has pledged $1b for rebuilding efforts (kp 12/02/2017)

India Budget 2017: India should engage Nepal in harnessing border trade with a larger outlay for infrastructure, by Atul K. Thakur (kp 12/02/2017)

Preparation in full swing to bring Birgunj ICP into operation, by Ritesh Tripathi (rep 11/02/2017)

Government yet to appoint agency to operate ICP Birgunj (ht 10/02/2017)

High-level NOC delegation off to India (ht 10/02/2017)

Govt requests India to supply fertiliser, by Sangam Prasain and Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 09/02/2017)

Modi often seems to forget that Nepal is a sovereign country, interview with Mani Shankar Aiyar (rep 09/02/2917)

Uncertainty clouds Nepal-India meet on air routes (kp 08/02/2017)

Trade in the balance: Imposition of antidumping duty on Nepali and Bangladeshi jute and jute products will not encourage bilateral and regional trade, by Samridhi Pant (kp 07/02/2017)

IC exchange: Indian officials to visit Nepal (kp 05/02/2017)

Playing with fire: If Madhesh remains unstable, Nepal’s misgivings about India’s interference will make it more and more dependent on China, economically and militarily, by Sukhdev Shah (rep 04/02/2017)

India govt raises grant for Nepal by 17 percent, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 02/02/2017)

Export of Nepali jute items to India resumes (ht 02/02/2017)

ICP delay concerns traders (kp 01/02/2017)

Inflation wedge with India narrows (ht 31/01/2017)

DPR of Kathmandu-Tarai Fast Track Project: Indian consortium seeks Rs 600 million compensation (rep 31/01/2017)

India levies 4.5% service charge on third-country imports, by Binod Subedi (rep 30/01/2017) [???], Goods imported via Indian ports to become dearer (kp 01/02/2017), Nepal asks India to remove service tax on ocean freight, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 03/02/0217)

Proletarianism to globalism: Modi has done on the subcontinent what Trump has done at the global level: vacate the leadership position for China, by Achyut Wagle (kp 30/01/2017)

Nepal-India oversight body: 2nd meeting will assess projects funded by India (kp 30/01/2017), Both sides agree to complete projects in time-bound manner (kp 31/01/2017)

Imported DAP fertiliser stuck in Kolkata, by Shankar Acharya (kp 30/01/2017)

Debunking a few myths: Nepal was never a buffer state, and China and India prefer maritime routes for trade, by Madan Shahi (kp 29/01/2017)

Commerce minister seeks ease in export of Nepali products to India (ht 29/01/2017)

India gifts books, buses and ambulances (ht 27/01/2017)

India never interfered in Nepal’s internal matters: Rae (kp 26/01/2017) [???] [When we demonstrated at the Indian Embassy in Germany against the Indian economic blockade of 1989, the Indian representative told us that "friends of Nepal are automatically enemies of India"!!]

Bridge to where? We should convince our neighbors that Nepal doesn’t see trilateral cooperation as a strategic concept, but as an economic and socio-cultural phenomenon, by Gaurav Bhattarai (rep 26/01/2017)

Old connections and new opportunities: Security-centric view about borders must change as India grapples with market-related issues and opportunities, by Mahendra P. Lama (kp 25/01/2017)

We like it the way it isIndia’s proposal to create a UN peacekeeping force under its leadership is shameful, by Roshan Khadka (kp 24/01/2017)

Lawmakers urge govt to clarify over Indian proposal of seeking shelter for air marshals (rep 24/01/2017)

IMF mission sees 'limited impact' of Indian demonetization in Nepal, by Sagar Ghimire (rep 24/01/2017)

Border to be sealed for UP election (kp 22/01/2017)

Vegetable imports from India on rise, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 22/01/2017)

Joint survey team starts reinstating border pillars (kp 21/01/2017)

Anti-dumping levy on Nepali jute items: India ‘positive’ about plea to scrap duties (kp 20/01/2017)

Nepal-Bharat Maitri Irrigation Project inaugurated (ht 20/01/2017)

Three’s a crowd: From New Delhi’s perspective, the OBOR is Beijing’s strategic muscle-flexing in Asia aimed at strengthening ‘string of pearls’ to encircle India, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rep 19/01/2017)

Mahat takes up trade issues in New Delhi, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 18/01/2017), India urged to exchange old INR (ht 18/01/2017), Mahat addresses Raisina Dialogue (kp 19/01/2017), Talks on IC swap facility in Nepal productive: India (kp 20/01/2017)

Indian Army chief to visit Nepal in Feb (kp 18/01/2017)

Foreign minister to attend Raisina Dialogue in Delhi, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 16/01/2017)

Cooperation on shared waters: Properly planned, transboundary rivers can act as an engine for regional development for both Nepal and Bihar, by Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada (kp 16/01/2017)

India FinMin pledges IC swap facility in Kathmandu soon, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 15/01/2017), Note ban: Indian officials to visit Nepal soon (kp 15/01/2017), Indians could cross border to dump black money, RBI tells NRB (rep 16/01/2017), India asks for stricter INR exchange modality (ht 17/01/2017)

Timber smuggling rife at Nepal-India border in Banke (kp 14/01/2017)

Indian election delays EPG meeting (ht 14/01/2017)

The result of appeasement: Serving every Indian interest will not benefit Nepal; the demonetisation measure is a case in point, by Shyam KC (kp 13/01/2017)

The real danger is when both India and China conclude Nepal is a burden, interview with Nischalnath Pandey (rep 12/01/2017)

India extends Rs620 million for building embankments (kp 12/01/2017)

NOC to ask IOC to extend LPG pipeline up to Nepal border, by Sujan Dhungana (ht 10/01/2017)

Ban on 500-, 1,000-rupee notes: Nepal-India meeting likely on Thursday, by Bibek Subedi (kp 09/01/2017), Nepali officials off to India to discuss IC exchange facility, by Bibek Subedi (kp 12/01/2017), India responds positively to IC exchange modality (kp 13/01/2017)

India slaps anti-dumping duty on Nepali jute items, by Binod Bhandari (kp 07/01/2017), Export of Nepali jute products to India halted since three weeks (ht 07/01/2017)

China fights back: China too is now starting to cultivate its own competing group of politicians, bureaucrats and security personnel in Nepal, by Biswas Baral (rep 07/01/2017)

Demonetisation blues: Why Modi’s political stunt is bad news for Indians and Nepalis, by Atul K. Thakur (kp 06/01/2017)

RBI to provide INR 1 billion in 100-rupee banknotes (ht 06/01/2017)

Relations with Nepal unique and stand on its own footing: India (ht 05/01/2017)

Border markets face acute shortage of IRs100 notes, by Jitendra Sah (kp 03/01/2017)

CVD imposed by India affects jute exports, by Ajit Tiwari (rep 03/01/2017)

India-funded roads: After joint mechanism meet, projects show progress, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 01/01/2017)

Cashing in at Chandigarh: For the many migrants from Nepal’s mid-western districts, prosperous Chandigarh has become a home away from home, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 31/12/2016)

India to make ‘special arrangement’ for Nepal: Delhi to dispatch team to Kathmandu, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 29/12/2016)

Unexpected tax kills jute exports to India: Indian customs authorities have imposed a 12.5 percent excise duty on goods made of natural fibre, traders have said; Jute products from Bangladesh are exempt from the tax (kp 29/12/2016)

India to supply additional 80MW of electricity, by Bibek Subedi (kp 24/12/2016), NEA to import additional 80 MW power from India, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 24/12/2016), India to supply 80MW power from tomorrow (kp 31/12/2016)

Nepal, India agree  third-country codeshare deal (kp 24/12/2016)

Empowering the power sector: Instead of playing the victim, Nepal should create an investor-friendly environment; It has been projected that India will have a major electricity deficit by 2022, which has to be filled by exports from Nepal, by Kshiziz Dahal and Abyaya Neopane (kp 23/12/2016)

Nepal tells India officials: It’ll take at least 10 days to exchange defunct notes; The Nepal government still remains clueless about providing exchange facility to Nepalis holding the banned Indian currency, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 23/12/2016)

India agrees to develop, upgrade four air routes: Three new cross-border entry points to be discussed further, by Sangam Prasain (kp 22/12/2016)

Demonetisation nightmares: Our govt and central bank cannot ignore the plight of poor seasonal migrant workers, traders and general public, by Chandan Sapkota (kp 20/12/2016), Exchange facility for demonetised INR sought, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 22/12/2016)

Indian banknotes ban hits trade conducted in cash, by Binod Bhandari (kp 20/12/2016)

Govt clueless about IC exchange facility (kp 19/12/2016)

Southern bully: Nepali leaders lack the nerve to stand erect  as equals with their Indian counterparts, by Khagendra Nath Sharma (kp 18/12/2016)

India demonitisation move: No remedy for Nepalis as deadline nears; Indian bank notes in denominations of 500 and 1,000  will cease to be legal tender after December 30, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 17/12/2016)

Demonetisation in India to hit tourism in Nepal: NRB (ht 17/12/2016)

‘BPKF a strong pillar of Nepal-India cooperation’ (ht 17/12/2016)

DoR scraps RfP for Nepali consultant at India’s call, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 15/12/2016)

Nepal, India to complete ICP in Birgunj by March (ht 16/12/2016)

Air service talks get Cabinet nod (kp 13/12/2016)

Third EPG meeting to be held in Pokhara next week (ht 13/12/2016)

Nepal to discuss new power trade guidelines with India , by Bibek Subedi (kp 12/12/2016), A continuing trend: India resorts to protectionist measures again even in a sector it has much to gain from (kp 13/12/2016), ‘Power trading guideline does not debar pvt firms’ (kp 13/12/2016), India clarifies on guidelines on cross border trade of energy (ht 13/12/2016), Purchasing power: India’s new policy affects Nepal’s aspiration to boost growth through hydroelectricity, by Bhoj Raj Poudel (kp 16/12/2016)

Raxaul border residents halt supply to Nepal (ht 12/12/2016), Imports through Raxaul being disrupted (rep 12/12/2016), Trade through Birgunj resumes as Raxaul locals call off protest, by Ritesh Tripathi (rep 13/12/2016)

The Indian trap: Energy experts say new Indian policy will discriminate against Nepal’s private sector and non-Indian investors, by Akhilesh Tripathi (rep 12/12/2016)

NCC requests Indian govt for exchange facility (ht 12/12/2016)

Nepali shippers prefer Haldia to Kolkata port (kp 12/12/2016), Nepali traders urged to use HICT for int’l shipments (ht 12/12/2016)

Send Indian envoy home: Student leaders of oppn parties (kp 12/12/2016)

171 boundary stones missing along Nepal-India border in Bardiya (kp 11/12/2016)

Nepal-India Relations: Don’t Let Grass Grow Under Feet, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 11/12/2016)

Policy Towards Neighbours, by Madhavji Shrestha (rn 10/12/2016)

India demonitisation move: Talks on to find a way out: Delhi (kp 09/12/2016)

The world has moved on: India should stop interfering in Nepal’s affairs  citing out-of-date security concerns. by Bigyan Prasai (kp 09/12/2016)

Cross-border power trading: India’s new rules could pull plug on Nepal-based electricity developers, by Bibek Subedi (kp 08/12/2016), India issues guidelines on cross border trade of electricity (ht 08/12/2016), Indian policy discourages non-Indian hydropower investors, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 08/12/2016)

The second amendment: There seems to be a realization in New Delhi that its interests in Nepal will be best protected by taking Kathmandu in confidence, by Biswas Baral (rep

Indian embassy enquires about legal status of IC notes in Nepal, by Bibek Subedi (kp 04/12/2016)

Mukherjee’s historic visit: Such high level visits not only help contain growth of external influence in Nepal but also greatly boost Nepal-India relations, by Hari Bansh Jha (rep 03/12/2016)

A step in right direction, say Indian officials, media: However, India has not given a formal and official statement on the registration of the constitution amendment proposal, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 01/12/2016), Bill registration an important step: India, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 05/12/2016)

Nepali, Indian officials agree to expedite India-funded projects (kp 30/11/2016)

Ginger export to India affected yet again, by Raju Adhikari (rep 30/11/2016)

Locals form pressure group to expedite SIA, fast track, by ShankarAcharya (kp 30/11/2016)

Stalled air service talks with India to be revived, by Sangam Prasain (kp 30/11/2016)

First Nepal-India project oversight meeting today (kp 29/11/2016)

Banned 500- and 1000-rupee notes: Three weeks on, Nepal awaits India’s response: Nepal has not heard from India since submitting the proposal to provide exchange facility to Nepalis holding banned currency, by Rupak D. Sharma (kp 29/11/2016)

EPG lacks moral, logistics support from government (ht 27/11/2016)

NRB: Don’t accept new Indian notes (kp 25/11/2016)

Trilateralism, RIP: Nowhere and at no time have India and China cooperated and coordinated strategy on third countries. Why would they in Nepal?, by Biswas Baral (rep 24/11/2016)

India positive about replacing banned notes with legal bills, by Bibek Subedi (kp 24/11/2016)

New school building of MIS inaugurated: The school hopes to keep the tradition of providing quality education in the best environment as it has been doing for 38 years (kp 24/11/2016)

India meets China in finance: AIIB provides a platform of partnership to India and China away from the border-centric bilateral relations; The sea port projects in  Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and  land ports and hydropower projects  in Nepal and Bhutan would  demand huge investments  from India, by Mahendra P. Lama (kp 23/11/2016

India proposes resuming air service talks in Dec (kp 16/11/2016)

Review of 1950 peace and friendship treaty: EPG set to exchange draft in Dec meeting, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 15/11/2016)

Mukherjee’s visit New Delhi should refrain from micro-managing Nepal, even if selfish Nepali leaders give the green light to do so, by Jainendra Jeevan (kp 15/11/216)

Sunsari is hub for Indians seeking Nepali citizenship, by Amar Khadka (rep 15/11/2016)

Indian Army chief in Kathmandu (kp 12/11/2016)

NRB urges India to facilitate exchange of banned Indian bills, by Bibek Subedi (kp 10/11/2016), India withdraws 500- and 1,000-rupee banknotes from circulation: Nepalis in border areas worried (kp 10/11/2016), Migrant workers in India in a fix: Workers who receive their salaries in cash are having a hard time exchanging large-denomination banknotes in the absence of proper identity cards, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 10/11/2016), RBI asks NRB about amount of banned Indian notes in Nepal: NRB, according to an official, has informed India’s central bank that there is IRs 35 million in the denominations of 500 and 1,000 in the Nepali financial system, by Bibek Subedi (kp 11/11/2016), Frantic crowds cross border to unload Indian currency, by Madhav Dhungana (kp 12/11/2016), ‘Raise issue at political level’ (kp 12/11/2016), Use diplomatic channel to clear confusion, FNCCI urges govt (kp 14/11/2016), Dahal urges Modi to provide exchange facility to Nepalis (kp 15/11/2016), Take note: Nepali and Indian govts should ensure easy  currency-exchange facilities for ordinary citizens (kp 16/11/2016), ‘Top-level Indian decision must for exchange facility’, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 16/11/2016), Taskforce set up to address problems faced by Nepalis (kp 17/11/2016), Far-west people in possession of Indian currency worried (ht 17/11/2016), Money for nothing: If the large banknotes are not exchanged, many Nepalis are going to be in dire straits, by Jagadish Prasad Bist (kp 18/11/2016), Indian Embassy tells NRB to prepare exchange modality, by Bibek Subedi (kp 18/22/2016), Govt told to sort out INR exchange issue (ht 18/11/2016), Gaining currency: Demonetisation takes its toll on Nepali migrant workers, students, by Jiyalal Sah (nt 18/11/2016), Nepalis facing hard time in Delhi: Students, migrant workers hit hard, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 19/11/2016), Demonetisation hits Nepalis living near border with India, by Govind Chhetri and Ram Saraf (ht 19/11/2016), Ban on Indian banknotes hits cardamom trade (ht 19/11/2016), Uncertainty over fate of demonetized Indian notes fuels illegal exchange: Some are offering Rs 500 for IRs 500e, by Sagar Ghimire (rep 19/11/2016), No over-the-counter IC exchange, says NRB, by Bibek Subedi (kp 20/11/2016), Solution being sought for INR exchange: Stringent rules will be developed for exchange of high denomination Indian notes, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 20/11/2016)

Govt clueless about missing border pillars, by Bhim Chapagain (rep 09/11/2016)

A new narrative: Instead of maintaining control, India’s help to extend democratic principles can serve both Indian and Nepali interests, by Achyut Wagle (kp 08/11/2016)

Fewer bullets carrying LPG to Nepal, by Sujan Dhungana (ht 08/11/2016), Indian suppliers deny reducing number of bullets supplying LPG: Sources claim NLPGIA president's earlier statement may have been intended to create havoc and to create an artificial shortage, by Sujan Dhungana (ht 09/11/2016)

He Came, He Conquered, He Left, by Prem Khatry (rn 08/11/2016)

Civilisational linkages: Since both Nepal and India are culturally rich republics, their relations need to be mutually beneficial, by Lok Raj Baral (kp 07/11/2016)

The more India aligns itself with Madhesi issue, the harder it makes its resolution, interview with Narayan Kaji Shrestha (kp 07/11/2016)

Mukherjee’s Visit: Healing The Wounds, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn 07/11/2016)

Indian Army chief to visit Nepal (ht 06/10/2016)

Nepal-bound containers stuck at Kolkata port (ht 06/11/2016), Clear the decks (ht 07/11/2016)

The Controversy, by Kushal Pokharel (rn 05/11/2016)

Deuba leaves for India today (kp 04/11/2016), Deuba addresses India Ideas Conclave in Goa (kp 05/11/2016), Deuba meets Indian leaders (kp 09/11/2016), ‘I didn’t meet any Tibetan leader in Goa’ (kp 09/11/2016)

Message to India: The question every Nepali is asking and will be asking for years to come will be why India blockaded Nepal, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep 05/10/2016)

Indian prez arrives in Nepal in sign of warming relations, by Anil Giri (kp 03/11/2016), ‘Our support will always be there as Nepal moves towards a federal democratic republic’, interview with Pranab Mukherjee (kp 03/11/2016), Mukherjee ‘glad’ to see political process moving in the right direction (kp 03/11/2016), UML top brass absent from Indian embassy reception: According to party  sources, Oli’s invitation did not arrive on time while Khanal and Nepal are out of the country (kp 03/11/2016), Morcha leaders set to meet Mukherjee today (kp 03/11/2016), Visit will strengthen bilateral ties: PM (kp 03/11/2016), Beyond the rhetoric: High-level political visits hopefully set the tone for tangible economic gains (kp03/11/2016), The buck stops here: The time has come to deal with all the outstanding issues between Nepal and India at the top political level, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 03/11/2016), Mukherjee invites Nepal to be ‘part of India’s growth story’: elcomes efforts in Kathmandu to take on board all sections of society (kp 04/11/2016), KU confers honorary degree on Indian prez: PM Dahal says Mukherjee ‘towering personality’ of South Asia (kp 04/11/2016), ‘Pashupati centre of reverence for people of Nepal, India’ (kp 04/11/2016), KMC presents Key to Kathmandu City to Mukherjee (kp 04/11/2016), Nepal, India have mutual security interests: Mukherjee, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 04/11/2016), Peace, stability India’s major concern: Indian president, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 04/11/2016), Close ties: Bilateral relations have been restored to pre-constitution level due to exchanges of high level visits from both the sides after the promulgation of the constitution (ht 04/11/2016), Indian prez visits Janakpur, Pokhara, by Shyam Sundar Shashi and Lal Prasad Sharma (kp 05/11/2016), Mukherjee terms visit ‘mission of friendship’: Says relations between two countries poised to ascend to new heights (kp 05/11/2016), Indian prez’s trip successful in building mutual trust: Cabinet (kp 05/11/2016), 'I enjoyed every bit of Nepal visit': Indian Prez (rep 05/11/2016)

Upadhyay, Paudyal appointed envoys to India and China (kp 30/10/2016)

Indian president’s visit to Nepal: Holiday decision draws criticism; Govt goes on defensive, says it does not want inconvenience to public (kp 28/10/2016), Mukherjee to land in Nepal on Nov 2 (rep 28/10/2016), PM Secretariat: Nov 2 holiday decision at Prez suggestion (kp 29/10/2016), India says Mukherjee’s visit to strengthen ties: Indian President Pranab Mukherjee will arrive in Kathmandu on Wednesday on a state visits (kp 29/10/2016), Some aid announcements as goodwill gesture likely: Sources (kp 30/10/2016), Hospitals in Capital, Pokhara and Janakpur put on standby (kp 30/10/2016), Nidhi takes stock of preparations (kp 30/10/2016), Special security plan in place: Home Ministry (kp 30/10/2016)

Nepal-India Trade Treaty renewed for seven years: No changes have been made to the existing treaty, last revised in 2009, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (kp 28/10/2016)

Nepal, India agree to accelerate 7 projects (kp 28/10/2016), India to expedite Key infrastructure projects in Nepal (ht 28/10/2016), Nepal, India finalize reconstruction projects for Indian aid (rep 28/10/2016)

Nepal-India joint commission meet: Secy-level talks set tone for today’s JC meeting, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 27/10/2016)

Visakhapatnam Port finally opens for Nepali business: NRB allows banks to issue letters of credit to import goods using the Indian seaport (kp 27/10/2016), Govt initiates process to open consulate in Vizag: Ministry considering deputing an official from Nepali embassy in New Delhi for now (kp 29/10/2016)

India exposed, again: Lokman Singh Karki’s impeachment motion has again laid bare limitations of India’s misguided quest for ‘structural guarantee’, by Biswas Baral (rep 27/10/2016)

India constructing monastery encroaching upon no man's land, by Bhim Chapagain (rep 27/10/2016)

Nepal to press for implementation of pacts with India (kp 26/10/2016), ‘Nepal, India to skip controversial issues’ (ht 26/10/2016)

Continuity and change: Nepal-India relationship should move towards a development-centric security policy from the traditional military one, by Baburam Bhattarai (kp 26/10/2016)

ICP on Nepali side ‘will be ready’ by December, by Shankar Acharya (kp 26/10/2016)

Nepal to focus on executing bilateral projects (ht 26/10/2016)

Deuba to visit India in Nov first week (kp 25/10/2016)

Foreign secy to lead team for Nepal-India joint panel (kp 22/10/2016)

A triangular relationship: Shifting geopolitics is once more buffeting Nepal’s ties with India and China, by Shreejana Shrestha (nt 21/10/2016), Tripartite tête-à-tête: If Nepal doesn't set its politics right it will continue to be treated as a footnote to history (nt 21/10/2016), Trilateral Co-operation In Limbo, by Kushal Pokharel (rn 22/10/2016)

Indian advance team arriving today (kp 20/10/2016)

Names finalised for Nepal-India oversight mechanism (ht 20/10/2016), Get it done: Now that the oversight mechanism is in place it may be hoped that delays of the past will indeed be a thing of the past (ht 21/10/2016)

Nepal-India JC meet next week (kp 19/10/2016)

Re-energising Relations With India, by Madhavji Shrestha (rn 19/10/2016)

Nepal, India PMs for implementing pacts: Agree to address outstanding issues at Joint Commission meeting, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 17/10/2016), Govt claims neighbours positive on trilateral co-op: Prime Minister Dahal’s secretariat says the meeting of the three leaders was scheduled at Nepal’s request, by Anil Giri (kp 17/10/2016), A go-ahead in Goa: Connectivity holds the key to trilateral cooperation among Nepal, India and China (kp 17/10/2016), 'Nepal wants to be dynamic bridge between India, China'; China always supportive of Nepal's national integrity: Xi (rep 17/10/2016), PM describes meeting with Modi and Xi as ‘rare and pleasant’ (kp 18/10/2016), Trilateral meeting talk gets sceptics (kp 19/10/2016)

Hostility with Pak has India step up Nepal border watch (kp 15/10/2016)

Eight leftist parties to wage joint protest against Nepal-India communique (ht 10/10/2016)

Crossing the border a hassle for Nepalis every Dashain (rep 08/10/2016)

NOC urges IOC to reduce surcharges (kp 06/10/2016)

Mahat defends Nepal-India joint communiqué (ht 05/10/2016)

Indian prez to visit Nepal from Nov 2 (kp 04/10/2016), ‘Indian prez to visit Lumbini, Janakpur, Pokhara’ (kp 06/10/2016)

Second EPG meeting to take up 1950 treaty: The Indian side has asked Nepali members of the Eminent Presons Group to come up with a clear position on how to amend the ‘unequal’ treaty, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 04/10/2016), Nepal proposes amendment to 1950 Treaty, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 05/10/2016), Charting a new course: Nepal’s EPG delegation should articulate its proposals in a clear and cogent way (kp 05/10/2016), EPG agrees to contextualise 1950’s treaty, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 06/10/2016), On 1950 Treaty, ball ‘in India’s court’: Members, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 06/10/2016)

War in the air: Clash between India and Pakistan is a reality that South Asia is compelled to live with for the foreseeable future, by Achyut Wagle (kp 04/10/2016)

Restoring Balance, by S. Binodkumar Singh (SAIR 03/10/2016)

Nepal ready to keep 1950 Treaty’s title intact: The treaty needs to be updated to keep up with the changed context, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 02/10/2016)

Advantage China: With SAARC, a perfect platform for India to establish its preeminence in South Asia, on the brink, all that the Chinese have to do is bide time, by Biswas Baral (rep 01/10/2016)

Prachanda India bhai bhai: Dahal used the visit to Delhi to restore his own ties with India more than anything else, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 30/09/2016)

Migrant workers fleeced at Rupadiya border (ht 29/09/2016)

‘PMs not keen to remove Indian camp’  (kp 26/09/2016)

India tables proposal to conduct survey for 2 cross-border railways, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 26/09/2016)

Dispute Over PM’s India Visit, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn 26/09/2016)

‘India has softened its position on Nepal’, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 25/09/2016)

Nepal-India inflation wedge narrows to 3.5pc in August (kp 25/09/2016)

Nepal, India set date for two crucial meets: EPG meeting on Oct 4-5, JC conference on Oct-end (kp 23/09/2016)

NS-N opposes parts of joint statement (ht 23/09/2016)

Trapped in geopolitics: India mounted the blockade after Nepal refused to give it a place in its policy-making process, by Sumesh Shiwakoty (kp 23/09/2016)

A routine visit: The fact that parties have different views on foreign policy makes Nepal more prone to international influence, by Shyam KC (kp 23/09/2016)

Chance to take centre stage: The goodwill Prachanda received in New Delhi was reciprocation of his new avatar, by Atul K. Thakur (kp 21/09/2016), Mixed Responses On PM’s India Visit, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 21/09/2016), Narayan Kaji raises questions over joint statement with India (ht 21/09/2016)

New Delhi EPG meeting to enter substantive agenda: Eminent Persons Group has mandate to look into political relations, government-to-government ties, development cooperation, economic exchanges and cultural relations (kp 18/09/2016)

Prachanda’s Second State Visit To India, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km 18/09/2016), ‘Pact with India won’t affect ties with China’ (kp 19/09/2016), Above the fray: It’s possible to maintain deep ties with both India and China simultaneously (kp 19/09/2016)

Nepali Expectations: Timely completion of development projects will earn India respect from common Nepalis, bMinutes of Karki’s
appointment safey Balmukunda Regmi (kp 18/09/2016)

Committed to strengthening relations: Dahal (kp 17/09/2016), Significant day in history of our friendship: Modi, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 17/09/2016), Three agreements signed (kp 17/09/2016), PM’s India Visit: To Get Out Of The Begging Bowl, by Kushal Pokharel (rn 17/09/2016), Indian goodwill a must for statute implementation: PM, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 18/09/2016) [??], Nepal’s Foreign Relations: No Adventurism In Diplomacy, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 18/09/2016), India welcomed effort to take all on board Constitution: PM (rep 19/09/2016), Nepal-India joint statement: Special ceremony organised in Capital, protest rallies in parts of country (kp 20/09/2016), Dahal in Delhi: The joint statement shows that Nepal-India relations are as they were last September, by Bhoj Raj Poudel (kp 20/09/2016)

Building trust main objective of visit: PM, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai) (kp 16/09/2016), A chance for a fresh start: PM’s visit could be an opportunity to ensure age-old ties move with the times (kp 16/09/2016), Unwanted waters: If water dominates Prachanda’s Delhi-visit, how will Nepal handle it? It does not even have a water resources ministry, by Navin Singh Khadka (kp 16/09/2016), Not your usual visit: This time around Nepal will also discuss what it can contribute to regional stability, by Binayak Basnyat (kp 16/09/2016), Nepal-India Relations: Need To Put On Even Keel, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn 16/09/2016), Every Nation Matters, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn 16/09/2016), Delhi run: It has taken Dahal eight years to be accepted enough to make another visit to New Delhi, by Om Astha Rai (nt 16/09/2016), Yoga diplomacy: Prime Minister Dahal said before his India visit he had the right ‘chemistry’ with Narendra Modi. But it may be the ‘physics’ he needs to get right this time (nt 16/09/2016), Dahal holding one-on-one with Modi today (rep 16/09/2016)

Previously signed deals priority: Dahal, by Binod Ghimire (kp 15/09/2016), A jumbo team, a slew of agendas, by Anil Giri (kp 15/09/2016)

Many hopes: It is natural to expect India to support the democratic process in Nepal and let it evolve as a broad-based internal process, by Dinesh Bhattarai (rep 15/09/2016)

Let’s stop putting out begging bowl: Bhattarai to Dahal: Focus on completion of already signed projects, suggest ex-PMs, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 14/09/2016), ‘Take up pending projects in Delhi’: Madhesi parties press Prime Minister Dahal to resolve their concerns before he leaves for India tomorrow (kp 14/09/2016), Inundation victims urge PM to resolve issue during India visit (kp 14/09/2016), Dahal’s India Visit: Normalising Relations Main Priority, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 14/09/2016), Stress The Important Issues, by Shyam KC (rn 14/09/2016)

Prime ministerial trips: Visits to India are always touted to have improved bilateral relations, but it’s debatable, by Lalbabu Yadav (kp 14/09/2016)

Mahat, Swaraj dwell on bilateral issues, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 13/09/2016), Mahat raises inundation, irrigation, new border points with Swaraj (rep 13/09/2016), PM Dahal’s India trip announced (kp 13/09/2016)

Eyes on you: International geopolitics is all about give and take. No country can survive let alone thrive by neglecting this cardinal principle, by Basant Kumar Chaudhary (rep 13/09/2016)

India prez likely to visit Nepal on Nov 3: Nepali and Indian sides have agreed to expedite preparatory works for Indian President Mukherjee’s Nepal visit (kp 13/09/2016)

Neighborhood first: China is reported to have invested between US $130 and $140 billion abroad in 2015. Not even a percent of this came to Nepal, by Akhilesh Tripathi (rep 12/09/2016)

PM's India visit: UML hands memo to Dahal (kp 12/09/2016), ‘Will be mindful of national interest’ (kp 12/09/2016), Pancheshwor Project on PM’s agenda: Mahat (kp 12/09/2016), Modest proposal: What does Nepal expect from New Delhi during the prime minister’s upcoming visit?, by Akhilesh Upadhyay (kp 12/09/2016), PM Prachanda’s India Visit: Better Not To Take Unnecessary Risk, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn 12/09/12016)

India lifts ban on Nepali ginger, by Raju Adhikari (rep 10/09/2016), Trucks with Nepali ginger allowed to enter India: Permanent lifting of ban, however, not certain (kp 11/09/2016)

‘Suspected Indian serial killer acquired Nepali citizenship’ (kp 07/09/2016)

India visit: Dahal to secure funds for Hulaki Road works, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 06/09/2016)

Bilateral ties: Dahal should seize the historic opportunity to shape Nepal’s long-term relations with India, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 06/09/2016)

We vary fundamentally from Oli govt, especially how we view India, interview with Foreign Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat (kp 05/09/2016)

PM's India visit: Fast Track ‘not on agenda’, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 04/09/2016)

I didn’t discuss statute amendment with any Indian official, says Nidhi (ht 04/05/2016)

No fundamental shift in foreign policy, says Minister Mahat, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 04/09/2016)

Govt picks Upadhyay again as envoy to India, names Poudyal for China (rep 02/09/2016)

Preparation for PM’s India visit in full swing: Foreign Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat starts consultation with govt secretaries about India-funded projects (kp 01/09/2016)

Dahal’s darn diplomacy: Nepal should address its neighbours’ genuine concerns but also counter exaggerated ones, by Achyut Wagle (kp 29/08/2016)

EPG to focus on 1950 treaty revision, by Lekhanath Pandey (kp 26/08/2016)

India hands over 17 fire tenders (kp 25/08/2016)

PM Dahal’s letter to Modi: UML demands govt make the letter public, by Binod Ghimire (kp 25/08/2016)

18 Susta villagers face murder charge, by Narayan Sharma (kp 25/08/2016)

Annual security talks to focus on border issues, trafficking (kp 24/08/2016)

Dahal to visit India on Sept 15-18, by Sangeet Dangroula (rep 24/08/2016)

Nepal-India Relations: Towards Path Of Improvement, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 24/08/2016)

Indian aid for women in Khalanga (kp 23/08/2016)

Dahal set to visit India on Sept 15: Shopping list comprises signing of one mega project, aid for post-quake reconstruction, Pancheshwor (kp 22/08/2016) [Yes, please get all your orders, Mr Revolutionary!]

Warning or yearning? Raj or Swaraj, Delhi’s power elites have always taken Nepal for granted as their natural backyard, by Jainendra Jeevan (kp 21/08/2016)

Nepal, India work on PM’s visit: Final agenda of the tour to be set in course of consultations by the DPM who landed in New Delhi on Thursday, by Anil Giri (kp 19/08/2016), Four-day trip to focus on improving ties, high-level visits: Nidhi; Indian officials to learn about priorities of new govt in Nepal, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 19/08/2016), Nidhi lands in Delhi to lay ground for PM’s visit (ht 19/08/2016), Nidhi meets Indian leaders: New Delhi hopes Nepal’s efforts to address agitating parties’ concerns will come to fruition, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 20/08/2016), India supports Nepal
govt’s priorities: Modi, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 21/08/2016), Modi advises statute amendment for solution, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 21/08/2016), Oppn MPs say govt ‘undermined Parliament’; Object to Nidhi discussing statute amendment with India, by Binod Ghimire (kp 22/08/2016), Fine balance: Nidhi’s visit is a progress in Nepal-India relations, but it is only a humble start (kp 22/08/2016), Rahul Gandhi pledges Indian Nat’l Cong’s support to Nepal, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 22/08/2016)

Between the lines: Geo-political realities and Nepal’s overdependence on India make their ties complex, by Lok Raj Baral (kp 19/08/2016)

Bulk cargo movement facility denied for all commodities (ht 18/08/2016)

Feeding the dragon: New Delhi should shed its old insecurities about China and learn to fearlessly share fruits of its economic development with its friends, by Biswas Baral (rep 18/08/2016)

DPM Nidhi leaving for New Delhi tomorrow: Mending ties, PM Dahal’s India visit main agenda, by Anil Giri (kp 17/08/2016), DPMs’ China, India Visits: A Wise, Praiseworthy Move, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 17/08/2016), Nidhi’s agenda: Fixing dates for high-level engagements, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 18/08/2016)

Three friends: Can Nepal rise to the occasion to put its house in order first and then reap the rewards of geography?, by Shambhu Ram Simkhada (kp 15/08/2016), Sensible step: Dahal’s decision to send envoys to neighbours indicates a mature approach to foreign policy (kp 15/08/2016)

Swaraj pitches India’s regional co-op, connectivity: ‘Completion of Trauma Centre in Nepal a milestone’, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 15/08/2016)

India flags off 2 cargo vessels from Varanasi to Haldiya, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 14/08/2016)

Efforts on to ensure Indian president’s visit before China’s, by Lekhanath Pandey (kp 13/08/2016) [Dependancy hierarchy has to be preserved!]

DPMs to visit Delhi, Beijing: Government sending Nidhi to India and Mahara to China as its special representatives (kp 12/08/2016), Nidhi to visit southern neighbour India, Mahara set to tour China: ‘Process to amend constitution begins in six weeks’; ‘UML an obstacle in resolving Madhes crisis’ (ht 12/08/2016), PM’s India trip likely in Sept second week, by Anil Giri (kp 12/08/2016)

India’s dilemma: India needs to design and implement a national refugee law to ensure comprehensive national security, by Mahendra P. Lama (kp 10/08/2016)

Disturbing divergence: Nepal’s daunting economic laggardness vis-a-vis its neighbours is a key barrier to a matured relationship with them, by Ram C. Acharya (kp 09/08/2016)

Let’s act together: As India moves up the value chain, some of its industries can be shifted to Nepal, by Madhukar Shamsher JB Rana and Atul K. Thakur (kp 08/08/2016)

India's river linking project is a huge disaster for Nepal: Indian authorities close all 32 channels of the Sharada barrage in Mahakali river during monsoon, by Kalendra Sejuwal (rep 06/08/2016)

Nepal-India integrated check-post in limbo (ht 05/08/2016)

India completes procedure for trade via Visakhapatnam Port (ht 05/08/2016), Vizag port ‘ready’ for Nepali cargos (kp 06/08/2016), Trade through Vizag Port could be more feasible, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 06/08/2016)

Nepal-India JC meeting uncertain, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 01/08/2016)

Changes Nepal’s internal affairs: India, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 29/07/2016)

12 injured in clash over levee row (kp 29/07/2016), Saptari tense as India reconstructs dam on its side (ht 29/07/2016), SP leader blames govt for Tilathi border clash (kp 01/08/2016), Good neighbourliness? Delhi underestimates why people in Tarai are angry about construction across the border (kp 01/08/2016), Study team pins blame on India (kp 03/08/2016)

India slips to third spot in terms of FDI commitments, by Bibek Subedi (kp 28/07/2016)

Fundamentalism in South Asia: India’s neighborhood policy under Modi is executed with a belief rooted in an intolerant and orthodox view of South Asia as a great Hindu Rashtra, by Dinkar Nepal (rep 28/07/2016)

Let’s get together: A dialogue forum of representatives from China, India and Nepal should be formed, by Bhoj Raj Poudel (kp 19/07/2016)

Displaced Nepalis facing identity crisis in India: Massive 22-km causeway built by India submerges Nepali territory every year, by Kalendra Sejuwal (rep 18/07/2016)

Peace and friendship treaty: No change in fundamentals, say Indian stakeholders, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 16/07/2016)

Swarup mum on developments in Kathmandu: The Indian establishment  ‘perceives’ that there  exists anti-India sentiment even in the Tarai now, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 15/07/2016)

Unequal partners: The trade treaty with India has always been guided more by politics than economics, by Hari Prasad Shrestha (kp 15/07/2016)

India’s SSB ‘threatens’ Paklihawa villagers for questioning girl’s death: 15-year-old found dead on June 30 in bordering Indian village; Locals claim a Sashastra Seema Bal constable murdered her (kp 14/07/2016)

MPs urge India to expedite projects, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 11/07/2016)

Nepal-India joint commission meet: Nepal proposes August date for meeting in India (kp 07/07/2016)

Construction of integrated check post on Nepali side in limbo, by Lila Ballav Ghimire (kp 06/07/2016)

Recalibrating relations: Nepal and India need to refine future ties based on economics and border residents, by Sujeev Shakya (kp 05/07/2016)

First meeting of Nepal-India EPG: Members see opportunity for new beginning in ties, by Anil Giri and Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 04/07/2016), First meet starts, but scepticism remains: Observers lay stress on need to take the discussions beyond rhetoric, by Anil Giri (kp 05/06/2016), Nepal side broaches 1950 treaty at first EPG meet, by Nabin Khatiwada (rep 05/07/2016), First EPG meeting ends on high note: Two sides, however, have different approaches at redefining relations, by Anil Giri (kp 06/07/2016), Serious business: EPG is a welcome mechanism, as Kathmandu and Delhi have major differences to overcome (kp 07/07/2016)

Open to high-level exchanges with Nepal: India, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 02/07/2016)

Nepal-India revive bilateral engagement (ht 02/07/2016)

Talks end without major headway: Nepal-India inter-governmental committee meeting, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 02/07/2016)

India for common standards on exports (kp 30/06/2016)

Prez India visit likely in Aug (kp 29/06/2016)

India proposes Nepal for power tariff hike, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai and Bibek Subedi (kp 29/06/2016)

Eminent Persons Group to review all aspects of Nepal-India relations, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 29/06/2016)

A three-way tie: Playing one neighbour against another or inciting nationalism by inflammatory speeches would take us nowhere, by Aditya Baral (kp 29/06/2016)

Trade barriers at top of Nepal’s agenda: India has compelled Nepali tea exporters to obtain quality test certification from an Indian  laboratory each time they ship tea to India, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 28/06/2016), Nepali tea unlikely to get easy entry to India, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 29/06/2016), Trade hurdles: Nepal should make a compelling case for its proposals to India (kp 29/06/2016)

Kolkata-Jogbani railway of no use, say traders, by Binod Bhandari (kp 28/06/2016)

Three’s a crowd: Nepal’s dream of becoming a bridge between China and India may remain elusive; India’s presumptive yet perennial  allegation that Nepal often played the ‘China card’ ultimately proved self- fulfilling, albeit with the script  a bit altered, by Achyut Wagle (kp 27/06/2016)

Border pillars to have GPS devices: To be helpful in restoring Nepal-India boundary markers in cases of loss (kp 27/06/2016)

India’s road project raises flood concerns in Nepal: Nepali officials say several villages in the Tarai at risk of inundation, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 26/06/2016)

First Nepal-bound cargo from India’s Vizag port flagged off (kp 26/06/2016)

202 border pillars built in Parsa district (kp 25/06/2016)

Cross-border oil pipeline: IOC asks govt to waive taxes on equipment (kp 24/06/2016)

Leather exports to India grind to a halt, by Bhusan Yadav (kp 24/06/2016)

1950 revisited: Many Nepalis wrongly believe the 1950 treaty or the subsequent Letters of Exchange accompanying it provided for open border, by Biswas Baral (rep 23/06/2016)

Blockade by India resulted in losses totalling Rs202 billion: Impact of the embargo was felt across the  economy as imports  were stuck on the  Indian side of the border (kp 21/06/2016)

India defends policy on neighbours, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 18/06/2016), Swaraj: No bad relationship with neighbours, including Nepal (kp 20/06/2016) [Blockade was just a joke??]

Customs extend opening hours, by Shankar Acharya (kp 17/06/2016)

India planning to boost connectivity with Nepal: Scepticism remains in view of incomplete projects, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 16/06/2016)

Pokhara-Uttar Pradesh bus service from July (kp 16/06/2016)

Prosperity bridge: Geographical complexities with China and political complexities with India affect Nepal’s ‘transit diplomacy’, by Gaurav Bhattarai (kp 14/06/2016)

IOC team to survey Nepal-India petroleum pipeline (ht 14/06/2016)

Thapa seeks Indian prez’s visit to Nepal: No Indian head of state has visited Nepal after KR Narayanan made the trip in 1997, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 12/06/2016)

Nepal, India energy secretaries to hold meet on June 27, 28 (ht 11/06/2016)

Nepal-India security group meeting: India positive on loan waiver, say officials, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 10/06/2016)

Experts for amending various provisions of Nepal-India Treaty of Trade, by Sujan Dhungana (rep 10/06/2016)

DPM Thapa headed for India today (rep 10/06/2016), Thapa, Swaraj dwell on politics in Nepal, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 11/06/2016)

Nepal-India JC meet likely after mid-August, by Anil Giri (kp 09/06/2016)

Nepal-India IGC meet slated for June 28-29: The meeting is likely to discuss facilitating banking and insurance and minimising non-tariff barriers (kp 09/06/2016)

‘Nepal to request India for defence loan waiver’, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 07/06/2016)

Nepal-India trade pact: Call for effective changes in new accord (kp 07/06/2016), Private sector, experts discuss Nepal-India trade (ht 07/06/2016)

Dangerous duet: The Doval-Rae doctrine wants assurance that naturalized citizenship holders in Nepal will get to become president and prime minister, by Rohit Karki (rep 07/06/2016)

Boundary teams set date for New Delhi meeting, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 05/06/2016)

India inaugurates Raxaul ICP, by Bhusan Yadav (kp 05/06/2016), Nepal to ask India not to open Integrated Check Post yet, by Kuvera Chalise (rep 07/06/2016), Imports from India to cost additional Rs 3.6bn (ht 08/06/2016)

DPM Thapa to hold bilateral meeting with EA Minister Swaraj in New Delhi (kp 04/06/2016), DPM Thapa set for fifth India visit: Expected to resume engagement with the southern neighbour (kp 05/06/2016)

Cross-border oil pipeline project stirs back to life, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 04/06/2016)

Blockade flouted int’l treaties: Rights group (kp 04/06/2016)

Indian govt gifts cycles to girl students (kp 02/06/2016)

Birgunj-Raxaul customs point: Traders concerned about ICP operation, by Bhusan Yadav (kp 02/06/2016)

The lessons of history: Kathmandu and New Delhi both could do well to learn from their mistakes in Madhes (kp 02/06/2016)

DPM Thapa visiting India on June 10 (kp 02/06/2016)

Indian National Congress flays Modi admin for its Nepal policy, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai and Devendra Bhattarai (kp 01/06/2016)

Loosen the embrace: Symbols of unequal relations like the 1950 friendship treaty, the Koshi Barrage and the Khurdlotan Dam cannot be templates for Nepal-India ties in the 21st century, by Devendra Gautam (rep 01/06/2016)

NEA says it has no money to pay India for energy: Failure to foot the bill might lead to increase in power ourtage hours (rep 31/05/2016)

EPG meeting slated for June in Kathmandu, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai and Devendra Bhattarai (kp 29/05/2016), Eminent People’s Group to meet in Kathmandu on July 4-5 (ht 30/05/2016), EPG meeting to set tone for reviewing Nepal-India ties: Nepali team in consultation with stakeholders on the key concerns of bilateral relations (kp 31/05/2016)

Nepalgunj-Rupaidiha border point: ICP comes back online, by Thakur Singh Tharu (kp 28/05/2016)

Modi’s two years as Indian PM: Nepal, India witness see-saw relations; Both need to introspect on flawed policies: Observers, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 27/05/2016)

India concerned about construction in Susta (ht 27/05/2016)

Nepal-India irrigation meet begin (kp 27/05/2016)

India prez: One Belt, One Road initiative should reflect common interest, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai and Devendra Bhattarai (kp 25/05/2016)

China outwits India: Unless the Indian government realizes its folly and embarks on course correction China will replace India as the most influential actor in Nepal, by Trailokya Raj Aryal (rep 24/05/2016)

Naturalised citizenship: Nepali women married to Indian men wait for 7 yrs, by Devendra Bhattarai (kp 23/05/2016)

India should reflect on why their projects in Nepal are stuck in limbo, interview with Pradip Gyawali (kp 23/05/2016)

Modi needs to introspect on Nepal policy: Ex-envoy Sood, by Anil Giri (kp 20/05/2016)

Tread Carefully: The Nepal Government must consider sending a high-level special envoy to New Delhi, by Kanak Mani Dixit (nt 20/05/2016)

SSB ‘encroaches’ upon Nepal’s land in Bardiya, by Kamal Panthi (kp 20/05/2016)

EPG yet to hold first meeting 3 months after formation, by Anil Giri (kp 19/05/2016)

Government in no hurry to name new ambassador to India, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 19/05/2016)

Five Nepali teachers languishing in Indian jail, by Devendra Bhattarai (kp 17/05/2016)

Indians tilling 200 bigha Nepali land since 34 years, by Yogesh Rawal (rep 16/05/2016)

IOC reluctant to supply LP gas from Paradip refinery, by Sujan Dhungana (rep 16/05/2016)

Indian Paranoia And Nepal’s Sovereignty, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 15/05/2016)

There has been no aid cut to Nepal: India (kp 14/05/2016), No reduction in India’s aid to Nepal (ht 14/05/2016)

India to attend Buddha summit (kp 14/05/2016)

Committees to implement pacts with India, China (kp 13/05/2016)

NOC moves to set up offices at IOC depots (kp 13/05/12016)

Customs offices in limbo due to lack of buildings, by Shankar Acharya (kp 12/05/2016)

LPG shortage prolongs as supply from India continues to be erratic (ht 11/05/2016), IOC agrees to increase cooking gas supply (kp 12/05/2016)

Bungling on India: It is unfortunate the government has resorted to such petulance, in the process dealing a big blow to efforts to revitalize relations with India, by Akanshya Shah (rep 11/05/2016)

Meetings with India on track despite dip in ties, by Anil Giri (kp 10/05/2016)

Indian security agency guards Nepali Embassy (kp 09/05/2016)

Prez visit to southern neighbour put off (kp 07/05/2016), Govt to recall envoy to India, by Anil Giri (kp 07/05/2016), Prez India visit cancelled for ‘lack of preparations’ (kp 08/05/2016), Cancellation not linked to envoy’s recall: Thapa, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht 08/05/2016), ‘Govt move could deal a setback to Nepal-India ties’, by Devendra Bhattarai (kp 09/05/2016), Fast and furious: Govt went far in cancelling President’s Delhi visit and recalling Nepal envoy (kp 09/05/2016), ‘I did my best to bolster ties’, interview with Deep Kumar Upadhyay (kp 10/05/2016), Former envoy Upadhyay dares accusers: Prove allegations (kp 16/05/2016)

India keenly following events in Nepal (ht 06/05/2016)

You are wrong Shyam Saran! Saran’s observations are thoroughly one-sided and his statements are for the most part factually incorrect, by Jainendra Jeevan (kp 01/05/2016)

Dozens of Nepali workers missing in India (ht 01/05/2016)

Nepal in 2045: Contrary to Indian expectations, Nepal is likely, when pushed to the wall, to turn to China and even have a military pact with it, by Aditya Man Shrestha (rep 28/04/2016)

Held Indian police officials released, by Mohan Budhair (kp 26/04/2016)

Rice imports from India jump to Rs13.43 billion (kp 24/04/2016)

Deuba, Swaraj discuss Nepal political situation (kp 22/04/2016)

Power Trade With India: A Long Way To Go, by Devendra Adhikari (rn 22/04/2016)

President to visit India on May 9: New Delhi is said to have expressed its desire to make it an official one (kp 20/04/2016)

Triangular connectivity: Nepal should try to gain the trust of both India and China by resolving domestic issues, by Lok Raj Baral (kp 20/04/2016)

New directions: India does not mind connecting with China, but Nepal’s linkages with the Chinese have always been a matter of concern for it, by Hari Prasad Shrestha (kp 19/04/2016)

Abducted Nepali freed safely from Indian town, by Janak Nepal (kp 17/04/2016)

Detention and demurrage charges: Shipping agents waive off around Rs3 billion fees, by Shankar Acharya (kp 16/04/2016)

Bhairahawa rising as major transit point after blockade, by Madhav Dhungana (kp 14/04/2016)

India pledges Rs116m to Kaski institutes (kp 08/04/2016)

Nepali traders seek suspension of countervailing duty in India (ht 06/04/2016)

35 Nepalis including minors held on Indian border, by Rabindra Upreti (kp 01/04/2016)

EU-India statement on charter irks govt: MoFA calls it ‘uncalled for’, says interference in internal affairs of a country (kp 01/04/2016) [The new constitution has been written by the non-inclusive leaders of the big parties! They disregarded the interim constitution, the decision of the Supreme Court and the interests of the not included majority of society! They disallowed the latter's representatives in the CA to vote in the interests of their social groups, etc. How can you call this democratic?], Nepali government objects to reference to Nepal’s statute (ht 01/04/2016), Nepal strongly objects to EU-India statement on constitution (rep 01/04/2016), Joint Statement Of EU Officials And Modi, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km 01/04/2016), Govt decries EU-India statement, calls it ‘altogether inappropriate’, by Anil Giri (kp 02/04/2016), Reminder of an earlier decision: Rae (kp 02/04/2016)

Escape velocity: There should be no reason why India should tie itself in knots over Nepal seeking closer relations with China, by Rubeena Mahato (nt 01/04/2016)

‘India’s trade barriers limit Nepal’s export potential’ (kp 31/03/2016)

NOC to India: Supply extra 15k tonnes of LPG (kp 30/03/2016)

CHAs threaten to auction cargoes to recover accrued fine (ht 27/03/2016)

254 border pillars missing, by Parbat Portel (kp 25/03/2016)

Unintended Trans-Himalayan Consequences: Did New Delhi ever imagine that its coercive strategy would backfire this badly?, by Kanak Mani Dixit (nt 25/03/2016)

Nepal, India likely to finalise soft loan conditions soon (ht 24/03/2016)

Nepal free to explore transit routes: India (kp 23/03/2016)

Indian aid for Tanahun schools (kp 22/03/2016), Rs 1 billion Indian aid for education (rep 22/03/2016)

Nepal-India meet on border security issues (ht 22/03/2016)

Nepal has failed to attract bigger FDI from India: Rae (kp 22/03/2016), Rae urges trade expansion between Nepal and India (ht 22/03/2016)

Opening date for Integrated Check Post pushed back, by Lila Ballav Ghimire (kp 21/03/2016)

National Insecurity States: For reasons grounded in geopolitics of Cold War, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan have always been national security states despite multiple regime changes, by CK Lal (rep 21/03/2016)

Three friends: Fear of Chinese influence has placed Nepal at the receiving end of many reactions by New Delhi, by Saugat Bikram Karki (kp 20/03/2016)

Swaraj meets Prime Minister Oli (ht 17/03/2016), Madhes crisis: Swaraj enquires about progress; n Geneva, Indian mission calls for ‘definite timeframe’, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 18/03/2016)

India for resolving issues through talks (kp 16/03/2016), Jaishankar meets PM, UDMF leaders, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht 16/03/2016)

Indian authorities build road inside no-man’s-land: The black-topped road extends from Bhitthamod to Pokharvinda in Bihar, India, by Laxmi Sah (kp 12/03/2016)

Delay in delivery of imported goods from Kolkata port: Importers forced to pay high detention charges (kp 10/03/2016)

Fuel supply from India normalising (ht 10/03/2016)

100 border pillars in Kapilvastu repaired (kp 09/03/2016)

Group of Eminent Persons: More questions than answers, by Birendra P. Mishra (ht 09/03/2016)

Indian government’s service tax jacks up transaction cost of goods for Nepal (ht 08/03/2016)

Benefit-sharing of Pancheshwar project to be decided within three months, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 08/03/2016)

Rising India: India today is admired by Africans, courted by the West, loved by Southeast Asians but feared by its neighbours, by Nischal Nath Pandey (kp 07/03/2016)

Madhesh and India: The Madhesh issue cast a long shadow over almost all programs Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli attended while in India, by Hari Bansh Jha (rep 05/03/2016)

Nepal–India Relations: Unexplained sufferings, by Dwarika Nath Dhungel (sp 04/03/2016)

Oli Visits India, by Tilak Rawal (sp 04/03/2016)

CPI (M) leader hits out at India over blockade (kp 04/03/2016)

Riling the juggernaut: We should understand that the historical paranoia of the angry Hindu elite is real in India, by Pramod Mishra (kp 03/03/2016)

We won’t raise fuel supply: IOC to NOC, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 03/03/2016)

India cuts annual grant to Nepal by 40 percent, by Bibek Subedi (kp 02/03/2016) [Obviously, Oli's state visit to India has been extremely successful!], Money for nothing: Instead of demanding more money, govt needs to imporove its capacity for aid utilisation (kp 03/03/2016)

Mixed signals: Modi did not spell a word about the blockade or Madhesh, the issues that had led to acrimonious relations between the two countries, by Rajesh Singh (rep 01/03/2016)

Nepal-India Relations: The Coast Is Not Still Clear, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 28/02/2016)

Agents refuse to release cargo until dues paid, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 27/02/2016) [Another proof of Oli's failed state visit to India!]

‘No joint communiqué’ as PM Oli wraps up India visit, by Anil Giri (kp 25/02/2016)

So near, yet so far: The question of Madhes lies at the heart of PM Oli’s visit to India; India is still sceptical of Oli, and it would be difficult to overcome this scepticism, given  the fact that Oli’s political strength comes from “nationalistic” people who will find it difficult to become friends with India, by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal (kp 24/02/2016), PM Oli's Visit And Nepal-India Relations, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn 24/02/2016), Status Quo Ante, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn 24/02/2016), PM's Visit Clears Some Misunderstandings, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 26/02/2016), Told India to deal directly thru govt: PM (ht 26/02/2016) [Yes, Nepal's government is most reliable and effective as its dealing of issues like quake relief and reconstruction have proved!!]

Breaking IOC monopoly: NOC holding talks with India’s Reliance; During the embargo, the Indian state-owned oil company had cut fuel supplies by as much as 90 percent, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 24/02/2016)

Pancheshwar daydream: India has dragged its feet on the Mahakali-based multi-purpose project with a strong hydropower component, by Ramesh Khatry (kp 23/02/2016)

Hand in hand, eyes on mending ties, by Devendra Bhattarai (kp 21/02/2016), India forms Eminent Persons Group (kp 21/02/2016), Nepal, India seal nine agreements in New Delhi: Deals related to earlier pledges such as energy, trade, transit facilities and culture, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 21/02/2016), Nepal’s new constitution a significant achievement, says Indian PM Modi (kp 21/02/2016), Nepal, India sign crucial agreements (ht 21/02/2016), Oli: Visit successful in clearing the air: India calls for addressing grievances in Nepal in line with assurances (kp 22/02/2016) [???], Not so easy: PM Oli’s visit has been able to restore ties that were on dangerous free fall (kp 22/02/2016), A twist in the pipeline: Nepal’s energy dependence on India will continue to constrain its ability to negotiate bilateral issues, by Bibek Raj Kandel (kp 22/02/2016), PM for partnerships with India, China (kp 23/02/2016), India welcomes Nepal’s amended constitution (ht 23/02/206), Trade experts seek simplification of transit procedures in negotiation (ht 23/02/2016), Prime Mnister Oli In India, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km 23/02/2016)

Nepal allowed to use Vizag port (kp 21/02/2016)

New Delhi rolls out red carpet for Oli (kp 20/02/2016), PM kicks off India visit, meeting with Modi today:  ‘The visit aims to strengthen bilateral relations’, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 20/02/2016), India supplying just 60pc of LPG demand, says NOC (kp 20/02/2016), FNCCI delegation leaves for India (ht 20/02/2016), Oli to hold high-level talks in Delhi today (rep 20/02/2016), Oli’s India Visit Can He Redefine Relations?, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 21/02/2016) [No, he can't!]

A reset for India and Nepal: Foreign relations among culturally similar states cannot be left to raw emotions and one-upmanship games, by Sreeram Chaulia (kp 19/02/2016), Setting A New Course For Nepal-India Relations, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn 19/02/2016)

India not to inject fresh funds into Postal Road, by Devendra Bhattarai and Bhushan Yadav (kp 19/02/2016)

Four MoUs expected to be signed in Delhi, by Anil Giri (kp 18/02/2016), Ties to normalise after visit: Rae (kp 18/02/2016), Postal Road tops agenda for Oli’s New Delhi visit, by Devendra Bhattarai (kp 18/02/2016), Delhi-bound: Instead of making grand new pronouncements, Prime Minister Oli should take a long and hard look in understanding the nuances of policies and focus on implementing past agreements (kp 18/02/2016), Oli’s test: PM Oli has promised not to sign any treaties against national interests; He will be tested, by Dipendra Adhikari (rep 18/02/2016), What to expect: It is in Nepal's interest to offer India the right things, by Binayak Basnyat (rep 18/02/2016), My visit has no agenda except to mend ties: Oli (kp 19/02/2016), We want friendly ties with India: PM, by Lekhanath Pandey (kp 19/02/2016),
PM says won’t sign any deal of long-term significance (rep 19/02/2016)

Mahottari youth in critical condition after SSB thrashing (ht 17/02/2016)

It was a de facto blockade after statute promulgation: Thapa (ht 17/02/2016)

Interaction on Nepal-India bilateral trade begins (ht 17/02/2016)

Oli to lead 60-member delegation to New Delhi, by Anil Giri (kp 16/02/2016), 46 to accompany PM Oli to Delhi: Deputy Prime Minister Thapa ready to go to India with prime minister (kp 17/02/2016), India visit for forging understanding: Oli, by Prakash Acharya (ht 17/02/2016), Jumbo delegation to accompany PM to Delhi (ht 17/02/2016)

Indian border police ‘harass’ Nepali migrants (kp 16/02/2016)

Sending foreign secy to Kathmandu at last moment was not good, says Singh (kp 13/02/2016)

Divergent views appear ahead of Oli’s Delhi trip: Foreign Ministry makes a strong pitch for improving bilateral relations; Other line ministries present list of goodies that can be brought home, by Anil Giri (kp 12/02/2016), Prime Minister’s Visit To India, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km 12/02/2016), FM Thapa ‘reluctant’ to accompany Oli, by Anil Giri (kp 15/02/2016), We should focus on implementing past agreements with India, interview with Nishchal Nath Pandey (kp 15/02/2016), PM Oli's India Visit And Our Sufferings, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn 15/02/2016)

Power import turns uncertain over tariff issue: PTC had proposed selling electricity to Nepal at Rs5.5 per unit, but NTPS has now demanded Rs8.8 per unit, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 11/02/2016), NVVN agrees to sell electricity to NEA at Rs 5.5 per unit (ht 15/02/2016)

FinMin seeks India assistance to build two hydropower projects, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 11/02/2016)

Nepali woman languishing in Indian jail for eight months (kp 11/02/2016)

Swaraj, all-party Indian delegation meet Prez, PM (kp 10/02/2016)

A time for caution: Nepal should not make hasty decisions when it comes to revaluating the 1950 treaty, by Lok Raj Baral (kp 08/02/2016)

NOC writes to IOC to scrap tanker rerouting (kp 08/02/2016)

FM Poudel to leave for India today: To prepare ground for PM’s visitnIndian aid, line of credit, Fast Track and hydel projects to be discussed (kp 07/02/2016), FinMin to discuss reconstruction projects during India visit (ht 07/02/2016), Stalled bilateral ties ‘moving forward’: In preparation for PM’s Delhi visit, FinMin Poudel meets Indian ministers, by Devendra Bhattarai (kp 08/02/2016), Rebuild trust: End of border blockade calls for more dialogue, not less (kp 08/02/2016), FinMin holds talks on reconstruction projects (ht 08/02/2016)

Ready to boost oil supply to Nepal: Indian minister, by Devendra Bhattarai (kp 05/02/2015)

Shipping liners waive 25pc to 40pc detention charges (ht 05/02/2016)

Govt objects to Indian leaders’ statements (kp 03/02/2016)

CoAS Chettri meets senior figures in India: Indian president will decorate CoAS Chhetri amid a special programme on Wednesday (kp 03/02/2016) [??], CoAS gets hon rank of General of Indian Army: The neighbouring countries have a tradition of conferring honorary titles to each other’s army chiefs since 1950 (kp)

Morcha leaders meet politicians in Bihar: SSFN Chairman Yadav, Sadbhawana Chair Mahato and TMSP chief Mahendra R Yadav in Bihar ‘seeking help for Tarai agitation’, by Abdhesh Kumar Jha (kp 02/02/2016)

Awaited opportunity: The recently formed Eminent Persons Group is a golden opportunity to review the 1950 treaty, by Hari Prasad Shrestha (kp 02/02/2016)

Revive strained relations with India: Leaders (ht 02/02/2016)

PM ‘under pressure’ to visit china first if blockade stays (kp 01/02/2016)

Dependence on India for energy to worsen by 2017: Annual electricity import bill likely tp jump five-fold to Rs 50 billion per year, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 01/02/2016)

India wants to keep Nepal confined to 1950 treaty, interview with Bhekh, Bahadur Thapa (kp 01/02/2016)

Comedy of political errors: Every drop of China’s ‘free oil’ will prove to be ‘doses of opium’ for tiny Nepal, by Atul K. Thakur (kp 31/01/2016)

Pancheswar Multipurpose Project: DPR integration to complete by March, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 31/01/2016)

With vehicular movement nil, porters raking in the moolah: Local traders are forced to pay hefty amount to carriers as sit-ins continue at the major border crossing, by Bhusan Yadav (kp 31/01/2016)

February 19-23 proposed for PM’s India visit (kp 30/01/2016), PM most likely to visit India from Feb 19-23, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 30/01/2016), Agenda being set for PM’s Delhi visit (kp 31/01/2016)

Debates on Madhesh movement in Bihar and UP: Indian leaders campaigning in bordering towns to support Madhesh movement, by Mithilesh Yadav (rep 30/01/2016)

‘Nepal and India should reorient their policies towards each other’ (ht 30/01/2016)

Frosty relations headed for thaw after 4 months, by Anil Giri (kp 29/01/2016)

Shipping companies refuse to take back containers, by Shankar Acharya (kp 29/01/2016)

CoAS Chhetri leaving for maiden visit to India (ht 29/01/2016)

Mahendranagar-New Delhi bus services launched, by Chitranga Thapa (kp 29/01/2016)

Indian MEA unaware of PM’s rider to visit India (ht 29/01/2016), India finalizing date for Oli’s visit (rep 29/01/2016)

Govt forms team to strengthen Nepal-India ties (ht 28/01/2016), Govt forms EPG to review all Nepal-India treaties (rep 28/01/2016) [Only men are qualified to be eminent persons!!]

Nepal likely to import 220MW of electricity (ht 28/01/2016), Nepal-India energy secretaries to meet today (ht 28/01/2016), Nepali, Indian officials discuss implementation: Development of transmission lines for trading power, among other pertinent issues, were on the agenda of the meeting of the Joint Working Group (kp 29/01/2016), 80MW power to be imported from mid-Feb: Work to install five transmission towers in Tarai districts had been stalled due to protests in the plains, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 30/01/2016)

Modi’s myopia: If PM Modi was committed to better ties with Nepal the onus was him to try to better understand ground realities in Nepal, by Biswas Baral (rep 28/01/2016)

India gifts 48 vehicles to Nepal (kp 27/01/2016), India gifts ambulances, buses to Nepal (ht 27/01/2016)

Communication gap: It is unfortunate that ties between the best of friends Nepal and India have soured, by Achyut Wagle (kp 27/01/2016)

Official engagements to resume this week: Energy secretaries meet in Kathmandu this weekend to discuss prospects of power exchange, trade, infrastructure building (kp 27/01/2017)

Outstanding issues should be addressed: Rae (ht 26/01/2016)

FNCCI seeks consideration on detention, demurrage (ht 26/01/2016)

Birgunj border reopens: Carts loaded with goods entering Nepal from India during night (ht 25/01/2016), Obstruction continues at Birgunj-Raxaul point: Vehicles entering Nepal through other crossings, by Bhusan Yadav (kp 26/01/2016)

Nepali vehicles crossing the border: India makes entry permits mandatory, by Bhusan Yadav (kp 25/01/2016)

Things to ponder, Mr. Modi: Kathmandu has always promptly taken care of Delhi’s security interests, by Jainendra Jeevan (kp 24/01/2016)

Lingering Embargo: The Whys And The Wherefores, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 21/01/2016)

IOC refuses to boost fuel supply: IOC has refused to issue fuel from depots other than Raxaul citing inadequate stock, according to NOC (kp 21/01/2016)

FNCCI team in Kolkata to ask for port fee waiver (kp 20/01/2016)

NECHIN time: President Xi Jinping of China had first proposed the Nepal-China-India Economic Corridor, an idea supported by PM Narendra Modi of India, by Suresh Acharya (rep 20/01/2016)

PM's India, China visits: Indian, Chinese envoys call on DPM Thapa, by Anil Giri (kp 19/01/2016)

Rae suggests early political solution (kp 18/01/2016)

Stuck at India's Kolkata port: Delivery of Nepal-bound containers yet to restart, by Shankar Acharya (kp 17/01/2016)

Indian cops in Nepal to nab ‘fugitive’, by Laxmi Sah (kp 16/01/2016)

Exorcising the Indian ghost: The lesson from this blockade is that we must develop alternatives in sourcing and managing our energy supplies, by Bishal Thapa (nt 15/01/2016)

Govt ultimatum to Indian schools: Get registered in a month or face closure, by Binod Ghimire (kp 14/01/2016)

Plant of India: PM Oli should visit India first and try to take the Indian leadership into confidence that Nepal's recent efforts at expansion of trade links with China and other countries are not against Indian interests, by Biswas Baral (rep 14/01/2016)

Set priorities for India visit, says PM Oli, by Anil Giri (kp 12/01/2016) [Nothing to discuss with India?], EPG to look into Nepal-India ties ahead of PM’s Delhi visit, by Anil Giri (kp 14/01/2016), Government moots four names for EPG: Eminent Persons’ Group will review treaties with India, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 14/01/2016)

Vehicles entering India: Jogbani customs imposes fee (kp 12/01/2016)

Kolkata port halts loading of Nepal-bound cargoes, by Shankar Acharya (kp 11/01/2016)

Country seeks India’s support for waiver of demurrage charges (ht 11/01/2016)

Indian SSB digs pits around border pillars, by Kamal Panthi (kp 10/01/2016)

Mahato meets Indian minister in New Delhi (kp 09/01/2016)

India bars entry of ginger from Nepal, by Thakur Singh Tharu (kp 09/01/2016)

PM Oli likely to visit India next month (kp 07/01/2016)

Indian porters, protesters clash at Birgunj border, by Bhusan Yadav (kp 07/01/2016)

Poudel assures Swaraj, Singh of early solution, by Devendra Bhattarai (kp 07/01/2016) [How can he? He has not function is state and his party plays a veto role!]

Paddy exports barred by India’s new trade policy: Exports of paddy have been moved from the ‘free’ to the ‘restricted’ category, by Bhusan Yadav (kp 06/01/2016)

Planned meeting of Pancheshwar Dev Authority put off, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 05/01/2016)

Jaishankar ‘quizzed’ on Nepal crisis (kp 03/01/2016)

Pre-departure checklist: PM Oli could meet his predecessors and seek their counsel before going to Delhi, by Khagendra Nath Sharma (kp 03/01/2016), PM Oli likely to visit India before China (ht 03/01/2016)

Oli gives Modi a ring, dialogue raises hopes: Indian PM stresses on solution to political problems through ‘sahmati’, by Anil Giri (kp 01/01/2016)

Bilateral efforts on to resolve problems: Delhi, by Devendra Bhattarai (kp 31/12/2015)

Season of discontent: The ‘unofficial’ blockade of Nepal is a diplomatic failure of the Indian government, by Hari Prasad Shrestha (kp 31/12/2015)

Border school claims years of SSB hassle, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 30/12/2015)

‘Econ relations should not be hostage of political disputes’ (kp 30/12/2015)

The other sidePeople in India want the blockade removed and unique relationship between two countries strengthened, by Pratyush Nath Upreti (kp 28/12/2015)

India seeks convenient date for commerce secretary-level talks, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 22/12/2015)

Nepal-India relations: Tarai protests, embargo sour local-level ties, by Amrita Anamol (kp 21/12/2015)

Development works grind to halt in East (kp 20/12/2015)