Nepal
and India discuss advancing
petroleum infrastructure
projects (kh 03/12/2024)
Nepal
starts losing Indian tourists
: Officials say there are
three key factors behind this:
The stoppage of Indian entry
to Tibet, China, for the
Kailash Manasarovar Yatra, a
spate of bus and air crashes,
and rising airfares, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 02/12/2024)
Nepali
tea exports cause a storm in
Darjeeling teacup : Demand to
ban Nepali tea grows louder in
Darjeeling as Indian traders
fear losing market share,
by Parbat Portel (kp 26/11/2024)
Nepal’s
development lies in
India-Nepal collaboration,
by Pawan Golyan (kh 21/11/2024)
Nepal-India
military cooperation talks
scheduled for today (kh
21/11/2024)
Nepal
exports electricity worth Rs
12.72 billion to India in four
months (rn 20/11/2024)
26
Nepali diplomats and officers
to visit India from Nov 20
(rep 19/11/2024)
APF
and SSB propose to form
special task force to stop
crime across the border
(rep 18/11/2024)
India
should not have a veto on
third-party investment in
Nepal : We have absolutely no
idea what the Chinese
preferences are in the
countries in the region,
interview with Indian Political
Scientist Pratap Bhanu Mehta (kp
18/11/2024)
Military
diplomacy with India :
High-level military visits can
help address security concerns
and strengthen mutual trust,
by Suresh Sharma (kp 17/11/2024)
Nepal,
India discuss movement of
third country nationals :
Boundary, human trafficking,
curbing cross-border crimes
and coordination between two
border agencies on agenda
(kp 17/11/2024)
NICCI
holds discussion on BIS, more
issues between Nepal and India
: The participants briefed the
envoy on the various issues
being faced by the Nepali
private sector while doing
business with India (kp
17/11/2024)
APF–SSB
8th coordination meeting
begins in Kathmandu today
(kh 16/11/2024)
Requests
ignored as India’s BIS red
tape continues to stall Nepali
exports : India has tightened
Bureau of Indian Standards
clearance, aiming to block
Chinese goods via neighbouring
nations, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 15/11/2024)
New
Delhi’s flawed Kathmandu
approach, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (ae 14/11/2024)
Nepalis
can scan and pay in India
beginning next year : On March
1, Indians in Nepal were
allowed to make payments
through their mobile phones.
QR code has become easy
payment tool for Indian
tourists (kp 13/11/2024)
Two
Indian security chiefs to
visit Nepal this month :
Indian Army chief Upendra
Dwivedi is coming on November
20, and before that SSB chief
Amrit Mohan Prasad is visiting
on November 15 (kp
12/11/2024) [US and Indian
controls and influence in
Nepal before Oli's visit to
China!]
Exports
hit as India wants ‘no Chinese
component’ in Nepali goods :
Cement exports by multiple
Nepali manufacturers have
completely stopped for nearly
two months now, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 10/11/2024)
[An
extreme form of Indian
interference aimed at further
damaging Nepal's economy!
Isn't India itself working
closely with China within the
BRICS framework or is this
India's co-operation with the
USA?], New
India, old thinking :
Landlocked Nepal has no option
but to import at least some
raw materials and expertise
from China (kp 11/11/2024)
Eyes
north, ears south : Oli sets
sights on Beijing after
hearing silence from
Delhi—fine, unless it’s
reactionary, by Sanjeev
Satgainya (kp 08/11/2024), India-China
border deal marks a new
beginning : Nepal should
mobilize its diplomacy to
benefit from the ascendance of
neighbors, by Jeetendra
Dev (ae 08/11/2024)
Bamdev
proposes building wall along
Nepal-India border, enforcing
visa system (rep
31/10/2024)
Growing
smuggling exposes security
lapses at Nepal-India border
point at Krishnanagar :
Security officials point to
lack of modern tools and
equipment. Local residents say
lapses are reminiscent of the
porous border conditions a
decade ago, by Manoj
Paudel (kp 28/10/2024)
One
injured in firing at
Nepal-India border in Bardiya
: Identity of the shooter is
still under investigation,
by Kamal Panthi (kp 14/10/2024)
India
delivers prefabricated steel
bridge components to Nepal
(kh 10/10/2024)
Nepal,
India sign B2B Framework
Agreement on petroleum
infrastructure development
(kh 03/10/2024), Nepal
signs business
deal with
India on 4
fuel projects
: Nepal
promises
transition to
clean energy,
which it will
have in
abundance, but
it is building
a slew of
petroleum
projects, a
mockery of its
green policy
(kp
04/10/2024) [??]
Vive
le Népal : Though poorer,
Nepal has quietly surged ahead
of India in many respects,
by Deepak Thapa (kp 03/10/2024)
Always
good to talk : Sunday’s
meeting between Prime Minister
KP Oli and his Indian
counterpart Narendra Modi is
loaded with symbolism (kp
25/09/2024), Equality
conundrum between unequals :
It’s extremely difficult, even
if not outright impossible, to
resolve competing claims over
contested territories, by
CK Lal (kp 25/09/2024), The
sideline meet in New York,
by Gopal Khanal (ae 29/09/2024)
Nepal,
India agree to revive mechanisms for
fixing pending issues : Some topics
Nepal wanted to discuss with India
were not raised in the Oli-Modi
meeting in New York, by Anil Giri
and Jagdishor Panday (kp 24/09/2024)
PM
Oli’s petty streak : Nepal’s relations
with India have become mired in more
paradoxes, by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal
(kp 22/09/2024)
PM
Oli and India PM Modi to hold talks in New
York (kh 21/09/2024)
Don’t
make EPG report an enigma in India-Nepal
relation, by Randhir Chaudhary (ae
18/09/2024)
Oli,
Modi meeting proposed for Sept 22 : Officials
say they have received positive signals from
India and are awaiting confirmation (kp
17/09/2024)
Indian
CBI officials ‘in Nepal’, police clueless
about the visit (rep 16/09/2024)
Peoples,
missing in broader narratives : Investing in
communities will help foster more meaningful
Nepal-India ties, by Sanjeev Satgainya (kp
15/09/2024)
Oli's
India policy : Nationalist Rhetoric,
Anti-Nepal Outcomes, by Keshab Poudel (sp
13/09/2024)
Oli-Modi
and SAARC Council of Ministers New York
meetings uncertain : Indian PM will be in New
York but won’t attend UN General Assembly.
Officials are pursuing a meeting in the short
window (kp 11/09/2024)
Nepal-India
relations under Oli government, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (ae 09/09/2024)
Nepali
workers face
deadly risks
and lack of
compensation
in Kedarnath :
Many Nepalis
flock to
Uttarakhand
for seasonal
work, lured by
good income in
a short period,
by Bhawani
Bhatta (kp
02/09/2024)
How
to reboot
Nepal-India
relations :
Former Indian
ambassador in
new book says
a new
‘revolutionary
resolve’ is
needed on both
sides, by
Akanshya Shah
(nt
30/08/2024)
Alert
issued as
India prepares
to open
Dhauliganga
Dam (kh
29/08/2024)
The
subtext of the
text : As
India expands
regional
outreach,
Nepal must
pursue foreign
policy in its
own larger
interest,
by Sanjeev
Satgainya (kp
29/08/2024)
New
Era in
Nepal-India
Relations,
by Jitendra GC
(kh
29/08/2024)
Nepal
doesn’t play
one neighbour
against the
other: Oli.
Says not
everything
should be seen
through
geopolitical
lens (kp
27/08/2024) [Nepal must not play the two neighbours off against each
other, but
must strike a
clever balance
to achieve the
best for its
own interests.
This is made
more difficult
by the
overriding
geopolitical
interests of
the
interfering
USA in its
power and
economic
competition
with China!]
Rana’s
southern
sojourn : New
Delhi exuded
utmost warmth
seldom seen
during a
foreign
minister-level
visit from
Nepal, by
Achyut Wagle
(kp
27/08/2024), Amity
with all,
enmity with
none, by
Gopal Khanal
(ae
28/08/2024)
Optics
matter : How
much of the
public’s
cynicism about
our leaders’
foreign policy
initiatives is
grounded in
reality?,
by John
Narayan
Parajuli (kp
26/08/2024)
India’s
response to
new Nepal
coalition
positive, says
Foreign
Minister Rana
: Briefing her
party Nepali
Congress on
Friday, Rana
says
high-level
channel of
communication
has opened
with India
(kp
24/08/2024)
FM
Dr. Arzu Rana
Deuba’s India
Visit:
Strengthening
Diplomatic
Ties, by
Keshab Poudel
(sp
23/08/2024), Nepal-India
energy trade:
A Significant
Achievement,
by Keshab
Poudel (sp
23/08/2024)
India
raises imports
of Nepal’s
energy to
nearly 1,000
MW : The
southern
neighbour on
Monday
approved a
plan to import
an additional
251 MW from
Nepal, by
Sangam Prasain
(kp
20/08/2024)
FM
Rana meets
Modi,
Jaishankar :
Extends Oli’s
invitation to
the Indian
prime minister
for a state
visit to Nepal,
by Anil Giri
(kp
20/08/2024), Indian
PM Modi
interested in
religious
visit to Nepal
(kh
20/08/2024) [Wants to establish Hindu Rastra in Nepal?]
Foreign
Minister Rana
to visit India
from August 18
to 21 : Visit
will focus on
discussing
mutual
interests, not
on signing
agreements,
say officials,
by Anil Giri
(kp
16/08/2024)
India
gifts 66
school buses
and 35
ambulances to
Nepal (rep
15/08/2024)
India’s
Humanitarian
Aid and
Disaster
Relief
Programs in
Nepal, by
Harsh Pandey
(kh
15/08/2024)
Govt
accelerates
rescue of
Nepali workers
held captive
in India
(kh
14/08/2024)
Old
lens, new
reality :
India missed
the winds of
change in
Bangladesh. It
should not
repeat the
same mistake
in Nepal
(kp
14/08/2024)
The
curious case
of
disappearance
of Indian TV
channels : For
the past two
weeks, 72
channels under
Sony, Star,
Zee, and iCast
banners have
been stopped
in Nepal,
by Krishana
Prasain (kp
12/08/2024)
Indian
foreign
secretary
meets a host
of top
politicians in
Kathmandu :
Prime Minister
KP Sharma Oli
invites Indian
counterpart
Narendra Modi
to visit Nepal
soon, by
Purushottam
Poudel (kp
12/08/2024), Misri’s
strategic
visit to Nepal,
by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (ae
12/08/2024), Vikram
Misri heads
home after
two-day Nepal
visit : The
two sides
didn’t forge
any agreements
and
understandings
as it was the
Indian foreign
secretary’s
customary
familiarisation
trip (kp
13/07/2024)
India’s
foreign policy
misalignment :
Unless it
aligns with
democracy,
India’s
“pragmatic”
foreign policy
in South Asia
can only
deliver
short-term
gains, by
Ajaya Bhadra
Khanal (kp
11/08/2024)
Indian
foreign
secretary
visiting Nepal
on Sunday :
Kathmandu and
New Delhi
simultaneously
announced the
‘familiarisation’
visit on
Friday (kp
10/08/2024), Indian
Foreign
Secretary
Misri arrives
in Kathmandu
(kh
11/08/2024)
A
Treaty Without
Any Utility?,
by Dhruba Hari
Adhikary (rn
31/07/2024)
Nepali
doctors at
India’s AIIMS
renew their
call for
stipend :
Delhi-based
All India
Institute of
Medical
Sciences has
denied Nepali
students pay
despite orders
from court,
PM’s office
(kp
28/07/2024)
India’s
decision to
reduce import
duty on gold
likely to
increase gold
smuggling into
Nepal (rep
28/07/2024)
28
workers
rescued from
hostage
situation in
India (kh
27/07/2024)
India
increases
annual grant
for Nepal :
Allocates
Rs11.2 billion
for FY 2024-25
(kp
24/07/2024)
Nepal
will settle
Kalapani
through
diplomacy: PM
: Says the
country’s
claim will
rely on
Sugauli
Treaty,
various maps
and historical
facts and
evidence
(kp
23/07/2024) [And why did you do the opposite during your previous
failed
premiership?
By the way,
India is not
expected to
relent.
Kalapani was
just one of
many Indian
bases along
Nepal's
northern
border during
the
India-China
conflict. All
the others
were evacuated
by India in
the early
1970s. India
is well aware
of the
wrongful
situation!]
Nepal
is a priority
under India’s
‘Neighborhood
First’ policy:
Indian PM Modi
(rep
19/07/2024)
Nepal,
India and
Bangladesh to
sign
electricity
trade deal on
July 28 :
Nepal and
Bangladesh
will finalise
the deal six
years after
they reached
an
understanding
on energy
cooperation,
by Seema
Tamang (kp
18/07/2024)
Integrated
check-in
service begins
for Indian
tourists : The
new facility
opened last
Wednesday at
the Belahiya
border point,
reducing the
hassles of
Indian
tourists
driving
through.
Earlier, they
faced multiple
checks, by
Dipendra
Baduwal (kp
18/07/2024)
Bhanu Jayanti:
Nepali, a language
of shared identity,
by Dhruba Hari
Adhikary (ae
12/07/2024)
Nepal,
India expanding
infrastructure for
cross-border power
trade (ae
10/07/2024)
Economic
Impact of Indian
Labour Migration in
Nepal, by
Narayan Kumar Shrestha
(rep 24/06/2024)
UML's
Irrelevant View on
Nepal-India Open
Border : Borders
with hostile nations
should be fortified
with barbed wire;
the Nepal-India
border should
connect rather than
divide, by
Randhir Chaudhary (rep
23/06/2024)
Prioritise
cooperation over
conflict : India
should not be too
suspicious of
Nepal’s relations
with China and other
Western powers,
by Lok Raj Baral (kp
21/06/2024)
Challenges
of being on the Indian
periphery : Nepal cannot
count on the remaining
'Bharatmatako Mutu' with
Premier Modi’s Agnipath
scheme on stream, by CK
Lal (kp 19/06/2024)
400
border pillars repaired in
Parsa (rn 19/06/2024)
India’s
Polls And 'Neighbour First'
Policy, by Narad
Bharadwaj (rn 14/06/2024)
Dahal
reminds Indian leaders of
past agreements : Says he
called for activating
bilateral mechanism to
resolve border disputes.
Also discussed SAARC
rejuvenation, by
Purushottam Poudel (kp
11/06/2024)
Modi
3.0 won’t bring much change
in India’s Nepal policy:
Ex-envoy Saran : Speaking at
an event in Kathmandu, the
former Indian ambassador to
Nepal did not criticise
Modi’s foreign policy but
was cautious with his views
(kp 11/06/2024), Neighborhood-First
policy needs to reach
grassroots: Shyam Saran
(rep 11/06/2024), Will
India's Nepal Policy Change?,
by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
11/06/2024)
India’s
Lok Sabha Elections and
Hindu Nationalism in Nepal,
by Hrishita Badu (rep
10/06/2024)
PM
Dahal and Indian PM Modi hold talks
in New Delhi (kh 10/06/2024), Indian
Minister Jaishankar ensures swift
implementation of agreements with PM
Dahal (kh 10/06/2024), PM
Dahal meets Indian President
(rep 10/06/2024)
Dahal
leaving for Delhi today to attend
Indian Prime Minister Modi’s
swearing-in : A small team of
officials to accompany the prime
minister as there is no bilateral
business apart from the ceremony
(kp 09/06/2024)
Modi
3.0: All eyes on India’s Nepal,
peripheral policies : SAARC revival,
scrapping of Agnipath recruitment
scheme possible, but no apparent
change in overall Nepal policy,
by Anil Giri (kp 07/06/2024)
People
in Nepal-India border areas face
hardships : Despite having land
ownership certificates, the local
residents cannot use their land for
collateral for bank loans due to
border disputes, by Bhawani
Bhatta (kp 02/06/2024)
Nepal
delays lab test of Indian spice
brands MDH and Everest : Importers
are said to have recalled the
products from markets, but many
online shopping sites show the
spices in stock (kp 02/06/2024)
Nepal
to roll out QR code system in India by mid-July
: The central bank has suggested capping
payments made via quick QR code for Nepali
nationals in India at IRs100,000 monthly (kp
24/05/2024)
Nepal-India
relations : Dispute over new currency, by
Keshab Poudel (sp 24/05/2024)
Reimagining
India-Nepal ties: The decade that was and the
road ahead : As the current government in India
completes its second stint in power, the timing
is opportune to reflect on the trajectory that
the bilateral relationship has taken up in the
past decade, by Shivam Shekhawat (ae
21/05/2024)
#NeighborhoodFirst
is a two-way street : A week in #India-#Nepal
relations full of highlights and silence amidst
frenzy of sensationalism reminds that two
civilizationally linked—open border states must
do their homework in letter and spirit to unlock
shared potential before it’s too late and
monkeys erode their unique heritage of “Sanatan
Dharma” and people-to-people relations using
their expectation gap, by Navita Shrikant
(ae 20/05/2024)
35
Nepali workers held captive in Kashmir rescued :
Those rescued are from Mahottari, Sarlahi and
Dhanusha district (kp 16/05/2024)
Traders
happy as Nepalgunj ICP comes into operation :
India built the facility with a grant of Rs3.2
billion and handed it over to Nepal on Monday,
by Rupa Gahatraj (kp 12/05/2024)
Boundary
disputes with India will be resolved through
talks: DPM : Shrestha doesn’t comment on the
government decision to replace the map on the
100 rupee note with the new one (kp
07/05/2024)
Indian
Govt lifts ban on onion exports; imposes minimum
export price of USD 550/tonne (rep
05/05/2024), India
lifts onion export ban but traders say price in
Nepal could double : The neighbour shifted onion
export from ‘prohibited’ to ‘free’ but imposed a
minimum export price of $550 per tonne, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 06/05/2024)
Govt
approves proposal to feature new Nepal map that
includes Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura on
100 rupee note (rep 03/05/2024), Nepal
unilaterally decided to incorporate a new
political map of Nepal on 100 rupee banknotes:
Indian Foreign Minister (kh 05/05/2024)
BJP
invites five Nepali parties for election
campaign observation (kh 01/05/2024), Nepali
leaders fly to New Delhi following BJP’s
invitation (kh02/05/2024)
Neighbours
India and China make tall promises at Nepal
Investment Summit : Beijing plans to open
flights to Pokhara and Bhairahawa airports,
announces visa fee exemption for Nepali
travellers, by Sangam Prasain (kp
29/04/2024)
Ilam
by-election: Nepal-India border to be 'sealed'
from midnight today (rep 24/04/2024)
Eastern
border checkpoints remain closed for election in
India (kh 24/04/2024)
Geoeconomics
of alternative energy : Political negotiations
can help Nepal benefit from Chinese power
projects as long as India is kept out of the
arrangement, by CK Lal (kp 24/04/2024) [Be sure, this would be
contrary to US power interests!]
Nepalgunj-based
integrated customs point to begin operations in
two weeks (kh 23/04/2024)
Nepal
to test Indian spice brands for pesticides after
Hong Kong, Singapore ban : Consumer rights
activists demand immediate recall of the tainted
products, by Arjun Poudel (kp 23/04/2024), Spiked
spices : A safer food system that prioritises
the well-being of consumers is the need of the
hour (kp 26/04/2024)
India
stops tea-laden Nepali trucks on border for lab
tests : Nepali traders suspect geopolitics after
the Indian government recently ordered its
customs to sample every single batch of Nepali
tea destined for India, by Parbat Portel (kp
22/04/2024), Indian
customs releases trucks carrying Nepali tea,
halted across Kakarbhitta (rep 24/04/2024)
Nepal’s
polical crossroads: Struggles, strategies, and
Indo-Nepal equation (kh 20/04/2024)
Central
bank panel proposes monthly QR code payment
limit at IRs100,000 for Nepalis in India : But
the limit does not apply for payments to be made
for services in hotels, hospitals and chemist
shops in India, by Krishana Prasain (kp
19/04/2024)
Jhulaghat
transit point to be closed from Tuesday (kh
14/04/2024)
16
border pillars missing in Nepal-India border
Banke (kh 13/04/2024)
Enhancing
the Political and Socio Economic Ties Between
India and Nepal, by Prem Lal Joshi (rep
08/04/2024)
INC
pledges to re-establish special ties with Nepal
(ae 08/04/2024)
Indian
side vows to combat cross-border drug
trafficking (kh 07/04/2024)
Nepal
proposes mutual customs assistance with India
:Agreements will allow for exchange of
information, intelligence, and documents,
ultimately helping the countries prevent growing
customs offences (kp 07/04/2024)
Trust-building
is critical for Nepal and India : India has
become Nepal’s main source of inbound tourists
and a major contributor to the country’s tourism
industry’s earnings, by Prem Lal Joshi (ae
03/04/2024)
India
renews electricity export permission for three
months : The southern neighbour agrees to
provide 554MW whereas Nepal wants 650MW, by
Seema Tamang (kp 29/03/2024)
India
dilly-dallying on subsidy agreement for
petroleum pipeline projects with Nepal, by
Dilip Paudel (rep 26/03/2024)
India
temporarily lifts BIS quality mark requirement
for plywood imports from Nepal (rep
16/03/2024)
Nepal’s
Southern Border Has Become An Open Regional
Crossroads, by Hari Prasad Shrestha (rep
15/03/2024), Barbwire
borders : As boundary walls go up around the
world, the open Nepal-India border should be a
model, Chandra Kishore (nt 15/03/2024)
Prachanda
Is The Right Choice For India In Nepal : For
Delhi, Prachanda Is The Right Horse To Back
While Keeping Deuba In The Stable, by Ashok
K Mehta (sp 10/05/2024)
Nepal,
Bangladesh want dedicated grid. Will India
comply? As India sees power and power
infrastructure as strategic assets, it will be
hard to convince New Delhi, experts say, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 10/03/2024)
Pokhara
epicentre of Sino-Indian rivalry : The
Great Game between China and India is
being played out in this scenic tourism
capital, by Durga Rana Magar (nt
08/03/2024)
Indian
ambassador calls on Foreign Affairs Minister
Shrestha (kh 07/03/2024), India’s
policy towards Nepal remains unchanged: Envoy.
Indian Ambassador Naveen Srivastava says India
is ready to support Nepal as well as increase
its investment in the future (kp 08/03/2024)
Raisina,
Ram and Nepal : Nepali politicians old and new
are competing to pay homage to the BJP’s brand
of religious politics, by Biswas Baral (kp
04/03/2024)
Nepal
paying 29 percent higher tariff for electricity
imports from India than its exports to southern
neighbor : The NEA paid as high as Rs 16 per
unit for imported electricity in this dry season
(rep 29/02/2024)
Nepal
proposes Team of Experts’ term extension to
finalise Pancheshwar DPR : The fate of the
bilateral project hangs in the balance as the
two sides are yet to agree on issues of water
and cost-sharing, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 25/02/2024)
Foreign
Minister Saud meets Indian counterpart (kh
24/02/2024)
Foreign
Minister Saud leaving for India today (kh
21/02/2024)
Chinese
lighter smuggling thrives after Indian ban :
Since June last year, pocket lighters,
gas-fuelled, non-refillable or refillable
cigarette lighters costing below IRs20 have been
banned by India, by Parbat Portel (kp
21/02/2024)
Nepali
nationals granted access to Indian SIM cards
(kh 20/02/2024)
India
lifts ban on onion export (rep 18/02/2024)
Nepal
and India expedite preparation to start
cross-border digital payment system (rep
16/02/2024)
India
denies Nepal joint venture to build cross-border
grids on its territory : India section of the
Butwal-Gorakhpur line is being built by a joint
venture of Nepal Electricity Authority and the
Power Grid Corporation of India. The two
countries have agreed to build the 120 km power
line by March 2025, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 11/02/2024)
Resolving
border issues through dialogue : Nepalis are
curious why India is unwilling to talk about the
unresolved border issue, by Buddhi Narayan
Shrestha (kp 05/02/2024)
Electricity
trade deal with India divides stakeholders in
Nepal : Supreme Court orders the government to
explain why the 10,000 MW export agreement’s
implementation should not be halted, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 04/02/2024)
India
allocates grant of INR 6.50 billion, an
increment of INR 1 billion to Nepal for the
current FY (rep 01/02/2024)
Saud
stresses political consensus to settle India
border dispute : Ratification of 182 strip maps
remains on hold since 2007 as Nepal insists on
resolving Kalapani and Susta disputes (kp
30/01/2024)
Behind
the mega electricity deal : Will exporting
10,000 MW of hydropower to India lead to
long-term growth and prosperity in the sector?,
by Bishal Thapa (kp 26/01/2024)
Nepal-India
Relations: Search for a New Paradigm, by
Shambhu Ram Simkhada (rep 26/01/2024)
Nepal
to raise its concerns about the DPR of
Raxaul-Kathmandu railway : A team from
India’s Konkan Railway Corporation is
scheduled to visit Kathmandu later this
month to give a presentation on the
final location survey of the project,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 16/01/2024)
Weeks
after auto-renewal of trade treaty with India,
Nepal wants revision : The bilateral trade
treaty was automatically renewed in November
without addressing several of Nepal’s concerns,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 15/01/2024), Nepal-India
agree to revisit bilateral trade treaty : The
two countries have not amended the 14-year-old
clauses in the treaty (rep 16/01/2024)
India-Nepal
IGSC meeting concludes (kh 14/01/2024)
Navigating
The River of Doubts: The Evolving Dynamics Of
India-Nepal Water Relations : The specter of the
1996 Mahakali Treaty, a controversial
water-sharing agreement, casts a shadow over the
present, by Arup Rajouria (sp 12/01/2024)
Nepal
Visit of Jaishankar: Pashupatinath At The
Forefront : After finishing all of his formal
meetings and negotiations, he worshiped at
Pashupatinath Temple, emphasizing the
significance of India's cultural links with
Nepal, by Keshab Poudel (sp 12/01/2024)
A
Breakthrough : Nepal And India Have Agreed To
Increase The Capacity Of The
Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur Transmission Line (sp
12/01/2024)
UML
skeptic, RSP remains ‘assured’ over Indian grant
of Rs 20 crore, by Gyanu Ghimire (kh
12/01/2024)
All
border issues besides Kalapani, Limpiyadhura,
Lipulek, and Susta resolved: Foreign Minister
Saud (kh 12/01/2024) [The border issues mentioned have not been
clarified! Are there any others?]
hal
defends deals signed during Jaishankar’s visit :
On increased grant from India for small
projects, the prime minister says other
countries too have been spending in Nepal
similarly (kp 11/01/2024) [However, this does not
release you from your obligation to provide
citizens with detailed information!]
What
is India’s high impact development project?
(ae 08/01/2024)
Nepal’s
hydroelectricity is vital for India’s energy mix
: We must maximise hydropower generation to
replace fossil fuels in our market and help the
neighbours in their clean energy transition.,
interview with Dinesh Ghimire (kp 08/01/2024)
Onion
smuggling thrives after Indian export ban : The
staple has become expensive in Nepal. Due to the
price differences in Nepal and India, it has
become a lucrative business for smugglers,
insiders say (kp 08/04/2024)
Nepal,
India agree to strengthen power transmission
system (rep 07/01/2024), Nepal
and India to explore potential of more
high-capacity electricity transmission lines :
The move comes on the heels of the signing of a
long-term agreement under which the southern
neighbour will buy 10,000MW electricity in 10
years, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
08/01/2024)
Economic
Diplomacy: Call for a Paradigm Shift in Nepal’s
Perception of India (kh 07/01/2024)
Jaishankar
in Nepal: Some big deals—and a little
controversy : Opposition leaders rap decision to
allow Indian funding for small projects saying
that it violates constitution, by Anil Giri
(kp 06/01/2024)
India’s
export quota on non-basmati rice to Nepal comes
with slew of restrictions : Rice importers say
under the current quota arrangement, imported
rice will be dearer by over 30 percent in the
local market (kp 05/01/2024)
Indian
External Affairs Minister Jaishankar expresses
displeasure over simultaneous Chinese officials'
visit to Nepal (rep) [??? Nepal should not receive politicians
from other countries at least one week before
and after a political visit from India? What
arrogance!]
New
Nepal-India Agreement allows India to directly
fund projects up to Rs 200 million (rep
05/01/2024)
Civil
society group urges govt to exercise
caution in agreements with India
(rep 04/01/2024), Nepali
citizens express concerns about
agreements with India (with full
text) (nlt 04/01/2024), Former
PM Khanal denounces Dahal-led government’s
agreement with India as “anti-national” (kh
05/01/2024), Nepal
and India review relations, sign 10,000MW power
export deal : Delhi grants Rs10 billion for
reconstruction of structures destroyed in Nov 3
earthquake, by Anil Giri (kp 05/01/2024)
UML
may secure six seats in NA election if it backs
TRC bill (kh 04/01/2024)
Nepal,
India sign four agreements during
Joint Commission meeting (rep
04/01/2024)
Significance
of Jaishankar’s visit, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (ae 04/01/2024)
Nepal
and India ink historic pact for 10,000 megawatts
electricity exchange (kh 04/01/2024), India
unwilling to talk boundary, but Nepal plans to
bring it up : Seventh Nepal-India joint
commission meeting starts in Kathmandu today,
by Anil Giri (kp 04/01/2024), Pancheshwar
project awaits political decision : Nepal wants
India to bear the cost of water it does not use.
The neighbour has rejected the proposal,
officials say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
04/01/2024), Nepal
to seek new air route during JC meeting with
India, by Mithilesh Yadav (rep 04/01/2024)
Indian
External Affairs Minister Jaishankar arrives in
Kathmandu (nlt 04/01/2024), Indian
Foreign Minister Jaishankar’s visit to Nepal:
Uncovering the schedule (kh 04/01/2024)
Nepali
producers await India’s nod to export cement :
Manufacturers say it has been nearly a year
since India stopped issuing the IS mark to
Nepali cement citing n)o apparent reason (kp
01/01/2024)
Indian
Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar to visit Nepal on
January 4 (kh 29/12/2023)
India
allows Nepal to import rice on quota basis : On
Sunday, the supply ministry published a notice
requesting Nepali importers to approach the
Indian state-owned supplier (kp 26/12/2023)
Policy
dialogue held on small-scale aid in borderland
and cross-border ties (nlt 23/12/2023)
Indian
telco officials in Nepal to discuss payment
dispute : The Indian bandwidth providers have
threatened to cut internet services from
December 31 if Nepali ISPs failed to clear the
dues (kp 23/12/2023)
Nepal
to request India for onion supply : Officials
say they are also discussing with importers the
possibility of importing the vegetable from
China and Pakistan (kp 19/12/2023)
Nepali
tourists ranked 7th among foreign visitors to
India in 2022 (rep 19/12/2023)
Fate
of Pancheshwar project hangs in balance with
Nepal and India yet to bridge differences :
Though the two sides agreed in early June to
conclude the detailed project report (DPR) of
the multipurpose project within three months,
breakthrough continues to elude them, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 17/12/2023)
Brand
Image Of Modi And Upcoming Poll (rn
13/12/2023)
Indian
telcos threaten to suspend internet bandwidth to
Nepal : Warning follows failure of Nepali
private internet firms to clear dues with Tata
and Airtel, the bandwidth providers, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 12/12/2023)
Nepal-India
Cultural Festival in Lumbini aims to strengthen
ties: Minister Kirati (kh 09/12/2023)
India
imposes ban on onion exports until March 2024
(kh 08/12/2023), After
wheat, rice and sugar, India bans onion exports
: Friday’s ban, according to the market
observers, would send the price of the vegetable
to over Rs200 per kg in Nepal’s retail market.
It is already in short supply (kp
09/12/2023)
India
to provide 20 metric tons of rice as aid to
earthquake victims in Nepal (kh 08/12/2023)
Nepal-India
joint commission to meet next month, after a gap
of three years : S Jaishankar will visit
Kathmandu for the most important bilateral
mechanism’s meeting between two countries,
by Anil Giri (kp 07/12/2023)
Nepal
loses on auto-renewal of trade treaty with India
: According to a SAWTEE research, Nepal can’t
afford to provide tariff-free access to heavily
subsidised agricultural products from India,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 07/12/2023)
India
for hiking budget for each small project in
Nepal to Rs240 million : Proposal comes amid
growing financial aid to Nepal from China and
the US, by Anil Giri (kp 06/12/2023)
Nepal-India
border pillars repair begins in Kailali and
Kanchanpur : Nepal’s Armed Police Force is
responsible for repairing odd-numbered border
pillars while India’s Seema Suraksha Bal is
tasked with maintaining those with even numbers,
by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 06/12/2023)
Nepal-India
digital payment system launch delayed : Nepali
officials attribute the delay to Indian banks,
which have yet to update the mobile apps to
incorporate Nepal’s payment features, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 05/12/2023)
Repair
of Nepal-India border posts begins (rep
04/12/2023)
Nepal,
India hold Projects Portfolio Performance Review
Meeting (rep 01/12/2023)
India’s
Development Initiatives in Nepal: Kapilvastu
witnesses inauguration of school projects
(kh 27/11/2023)
Nepal
seeks to lower Indian content need for credit
projects : Kathmandu wants to bring down
requirement for Indian line of credit projects
to 30 percent from the existing 50 (kp
27/11/202)
Dahal’s
Delhi ‘darshan’ : Holding the decisive votes,
Dahal was the kingmaker. Delhi thought ‘they
could do business’ with him, by Biswas Baral
(kp 27/11/2023)
Politicians,
experts discuss various aspects of Nepal-India
relations : Participants said there is a trust
deficit between Nepal and India, and that there
has to be diversification and decentralization
of diplomacy (nlt 25/11/2023)
Little
progress after Prime Minister Dahal’s India
visit, say observers : Call for a pragmatic
approach to problem-solving and regular meetings
(kp 25/11/2023)
Nepal's
Inconstant Neighborhood Policy : There is
widespread perception that Nepal is on track to
losing credibility with both the neighbors,
by Hari Prasad Shrestha (rep 25/11/2023)
17th
Edition of ‘Suryakiran’: Nepal-India Joint
Military Exercise set to commence in India from
Friday (kh 22/11/2023), 17th
Edition of Nepal-India Joint Military exercise
commences in Pithoragarh (kh 25/11/2023)
India
hands over fourth tranche of earthquake relief
support to Nepal (kh 21/11/2023)
Dodhara
Chandani to be developed as a major transit hub:
Foreign Minister Saud (rep 19/11/2023)
Nepal
asks India to sit for boundary meeting : In the
fifth meeting, Nepal and India had aimed to
finish remaining border works by 2022, but
there’s been no progress (kp 18/11/2023)
Commerce
Treaty with India renewed without amendment
(rep 10/11/2023)
India
donates third tranche of over 12 tons of relief
support to earthquake victims (kh
09/11/2023)
India-Nepal
border forces hold talks, discuss ‘mutual
issues’ (kh 06/11/2023)
India
sends first consignment of relief materials for
earthquake victims : The materials worth INR 100
million arrived in Nepalgunj on Sunday
(kp06/11/2023)
New
Delhi allows export of 25,000 tonnes of sugar to
Nepal : Market insiders, however, say Nepal will
not be able to import the sweetener ahead of the
Tihar festival, which begins next week (kp
04/11/2023)
Nepali
workers on their way home robbed in India : The
Citizen Help Desk at Gaddachauki reports that
five Nepalis returning home for Dashain fell
victims to robbery in Haridwar last month,
by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 03/11/2023)
Nepal
and India may sign long-term power trade
agreement later this month : The two sides are
expected to ink the deal in the next Joint
Steering Committee meeting, by Prtihvi Man
Shrestha (kp 02/11/2023)
India's
Role in South Asia: Pathways to Regional
Prosperity and Peace, by Nabraj Lama (rep
30/10/2023)
Nepal’s
power could light more of India after new import
rule : As the energy mix is reset, imported
hydropower will count in Indian distributors’
renewable energy obligation, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 29/10/2023), India
considers allowing imported hydroelectricity
from Nepal under its renewable energy count :
The new policy of Indian government will
facilitate export of more Nepal generated
hydropower to India: Experts (rep
29/10/2023)
India
lifts ban on rice export, allows export of
95,000 tons of rice to Nepal (rep
18/10/2023), India
allows export of 95,000 tonnes of non-basmati
rice to Nepal : Nepal had formally asked the
Indian government for export quotas of 100,000
tonnes of rice and 50,000 tonnes of sugar in the
first week of August, following export curbs by
the southern neighbour (kp 19/10/2023)
Nepal,
India agree to reduce height of Saptakoshi dam :
Authorities from the two countries also reach
consensus on relocating re-regulation barrage
proposed at Sisauli., by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 16/10/2023)
Contraband
rice flows into Nepal after export ban : Young
unemployed men, women and sometimes even the
elderly act as carriers for local smugglers,
Indian media reports say, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 16/10/2023)
Five
Nepalis missing in Sikkim floods come in
contact (nlt 15/10/2023)
Indian
Prime Minister Modi visits Kalapani
region, Nepal uninformed (rep
12/10/2023) [How
about PK Dahal also visiting Kalapani?],
Nepal
takes 'note' of Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi's visit to disputed
Kalapani region (rep 13/10/2023), Uproar
in Nepal over Modi’s Kalapani visit : Indian PM
breached diplomatic norm visiting Nepali
territory without notice: Lawmakers (kp
14/10/2023)
Nepal
sells electricity to India at a premium price of
Rs 16 per unit due to Tista flooding (rep
11/10/1023)
What
does a rising India mean?, by Gopal Khanal
(ae 11/10/2023)
10
Nepalis missing in Sikkim (ae 11/10/2023)
Nepal,
India fail to finalise Pancheshwar detailed
project report : The proposed 6,480-megawatt
project has remained in limbo for three decades
since the two countries signed the Mahakali
Treaty in 1996, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
09/10/2023), Stuck
again : It is not unfair for Nepal to expect
more flexibility from India on Pancheshwar
project (kp 10/10/2023)
Agreement
signed on economic collaboration with
Bengal chamber : Nepal-India Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (NICCI and Bengal
Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI)
signed the MOU during the Indo-Pacific
Economic Conclave 2023 held in Kolkata
(nlt 30/09/2023), NICCI
and BCCI forge strategic partnership to boost
bilateral economic growth (rep 02/10/2023)
NEA
receives permission to sell electricity in
India's real-time market (rep 30/09/2023), Nepal
allowed to sell power in India’s real time
market starting Saturday midnight : NEA
officials say that Nepal’s entry into India’s
RTM, the first for a South Asian country, helps
the country manage demand and supply of
electricity properly, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 01/10/2023)
Indians,
Chinese apply to build electric vehicle plants :
Automobiles are Nepal’s second largest import
after petroleum products in terms of value,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 26/09/2023)
Exporting
electricity using Bihar’s grid to take more time
: In late June, Nepal Electricity Authority and
PTC India agreed for Nepal to sell 300MW power
in the southern market using Bihar transmission
infrastructure (kp 24/09/2023)
Implementation
of Nepal-India deals reached during PM Dahal’s
visit gains momentum (rep 24/09/2023)
Balancing
the dragon and the elephant : Nepal needs
support from all donor countries and partners
for sustained growth, by Pragya Ghimire (kp
22/09/2023)
Enforce
SC Verdict On Border Regulation, by Buddhi
Narayan Shrestha (rn 22/09/2023), Court
vs Government: Nepal-India border regulation,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae 22/09/2023)
NEA
exports power worth over Rs 5.43 billion to
India in the first two months of current FY
(rep 21/09/2023)
Nepal
waits for Indian approval to participate in
real-time power trade : NEA says it has already
applied for approval through NTPC Vidyut Vyapar
Nigam Limited, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
19/09/2023), Nepal,
India reach deal on boosting cross-border power
transmission : The two sides agree to the
optimum utilisation of high-capacity
transmission while completing under-construction
low-voltage lines, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 21/09/2023)
Nepal
exporting electricity worth Rs 110 million daily
to India (rep 17/09/2023)
Will
Nepal and India conclude Pancheshwar project
report this time? Experts from the two countries
are scheduled to meet on September 29-30. The
mega project has been under discussion for over
over three decades now., by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 16/09/2023)
Boundary
pillars missing, derelict on Nepal-India border
in Kanchanpur : Indian SSB personnel frequently
interfere with Nepali villagers when they
construct houses or cultivate farmland in the
area, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 15/09/2023),
Government
ordered to use drones, CCTV cameras on
Nepal-India border : Issuing the full text of
its April 25, 2021 verdict, the Supreme Court
stresses the need for stopping criminal
activities taking place along the bordering
areas (kp 15/09/2023)
SC
orders government to regulate Nepal-India open
border (kh 14/09/2023)
Nepal-India
digital payment system to launch in Nov
: Indian tourists will be spared the
hassle of carrying bundles of cash as
large banknotes are banned in Nepal,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 10/09/2023)
China,
India and Nepal border dispute:
Political in the time of trade supremacy,
by Jiba Raj Pokharel (ht 05/09/2023)
Indian
govt approves purchase of 10,000 MW electricity
from Nepal over 10 years (kh 05/09/2023), India
Cabinet okays plan to buy Nepal’s 10,000 MW
power : Decision follows on Modi’s announcement
during Dahal’s India visit. Nepali officials
seek to sign an agreement soon, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 06/09/2023)
India
purchasing additional 180 MW of electricity
produced in Nepal from Thursday (rep
05/09/2023)
India
opens Dhauliganga dam gate (kh 04/09/2023)
Nepal
passed over for rice export quotas : Officials
say India has not responded to Nepal's request
for export quotas of paddy, rice and sugar,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 01/09/2023)
Neighbours
snub Nepal’s new map : Both India and China have
refused to recognise the map that Nepal’s
Parliament unanimously passed in 2020, by
Anil Giri (kp 31/08/2023)
India
imposes 20 percent duty on export of ‘parboiled
rice,’ price hike of the essential feared in
Nepali market (rep 28/08/2023)
Ministry
to send team to India to study salt iodisation
process : Rise in non-communicable
diseases—hyperthyroidism and cardiovascular
conditions—are linked to high iodine intake,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 28/08/2023)
Onion
disappears from market as India slaps export tax
: Nepal imports almost all its onion requirement
from India, and the tax has created shortages in
the domestic market, by KLrishana Prasain
(kp 23/08/2023)
Nepal
exports 670 tons of tomatoes to India (ae
21/08/2023)
Joint
commission of Nepal and India to meet by Oct :
Official communication is that Minister S
Jaishankar will visit Kathmandu after the G-20
Summit in New Delhi, by Anil Giri (kp
19/08/2023)
Grain
cart upset, Nepal approaches India/As grain ban
starts to bite, Nepal approaches India (ae
17/08/2023)
Indian
parliament discusses significance of
Neighborhood First Policy, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (ae 14/08/2023)
India
likely to fund power line along Postal Highway :
Nepal Electricity Authority has sought around
$700 million of the unused $750 million line of
credit-4 that was meant for post-earthquake
reconstruction, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
13/08/2023)
Nepal
sends tomatoes to India, and asks for rice :
Since July 20, India has maintained an embargo
on non-basmati rice amid the threat of El Niño
weather disruptions, by Krishana Prasain (kp
11/08/2023)
Hindi-Chini
Bhai-Bhai lives on : Despite flare-ups,
Indo-China relations continue as usual while
India treats Nepal differently, by Deepak
Thapa (kp 10/08/2023)
Resounding
verdict: Nepalis choose India over China in
latest public opinion survey (kh 10/08/2023)
EPG
Report In Favour Of Both Nations, by Namrata
Sharma (rn 09/08/2023)
Jaishankar:
Border Indian states benefit from better
connectivity with Nepal : Indian minister claims
Modi government’s border infra push has improved
Delhi’s relations with its neighbours (kp
09/08/2023)
India
bans rice exports, Nepali consumers feel the
impact : Price of rice of non-basmati variety
has increased by up to Rs 250 per sack in Nepali
market after the government of India imposed
export ban on July 20, by Kalpana Ghimire
(nlt 08/08/2023)
Nepal
linked to India’s real-time energy trade : Bar
to hydropower projects with Chinese or Pakistani
involvement remains in place, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 07/08/2023)
Nepal
awaits India’s decision on several hydropower
procurement deals : Despite initialling a
25-year-long inter-governmental framework
agreement on selling Nepal’s electricity to the
southern neighbour, the agreement is yet to be
signed, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
06/08/2023)
Indian
PM Modi holds telephone conversation with PM
Dahal (rep 06/08/2023)
Calls
grow louder for making EPG report public, one
way or the other : Nepal members of the panel
and former foreign ministers even advise taking
the suggestions to Parliament (kp
05/08/2023), Miffed
by New Delhi’s constant demurral, stakeholders
in Kathmandu press for making EPG report public,
by Mahabir Paudyal (nlt 06/08/2023), EPG
Report Shelved Indefinitely, by Narayan
Upadhyay (rn 08/08/2023))
Nepal
seeks virus seed from India to produce lumpy
skin vaccine : More than 50,000 cattle have died
and over 1.1 million have been infected by the
viral disease in Nepal since April (kp
05/08/2023)
Nepal,
India plan ministerial-level joint commission
meeting : The joint commission is the highest
mechanism that reviews all aspects of bilateral
ties and is empowered to take decisions as well
as carve out a new blueprint (kp 01/08/2023)
Traders
hike rice prices as India orders export halt :
New Delhi said it was imposing a ban on the
export of non-Basmati white rice to keep its
food reserve intact, by Krishana Prasain (kp
30/07/2023)
Delays
of Nepal-bound freight trains worry traders :
Indian Railways now takes 25 days to transport
containers from Visakhapatnam to Birgunj,
compared to four to five days previously, by
Shankar Acharya (kp 28/07/2023)
India
and China’s ruling parties and their
relationship with Nepali parties, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (ae 27/07/2023)
India
agrees to pump more money into Pancheshwar : A
meeting of experts focuses on determining
benefits for Nepal and India, to help specify
each side’s investment, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 23/07/2023)
Foreign
Ministers Meeting (sp 21/07/2023)
India
puts up new hurdle to importing electricity from
Nepal : New Delhi has asked for financial
closure details of projects whose approval
process has remained pending for months, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 17/07/2023)
India
gifts 34 ambulances, 50 school buses to
Nepal (kh 16/07/2023)
Nepal-India
coordination meeting: Jhulaghat
checkpoint to be opened regularly from
6:00 am (kh 15/07/2023)
New
deal opens door for export of another
300MW electricity to India via Bihar :
Nepal will be able to sell 1,100
megawatts subject to approval from
Indian authorities, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha kp 13/07/2023)
Four
High Impact Community Development Projects built
with India’s financial assistance Dailekh
inaugurated (kh 06/07/2023)
Nepal
Must Focus On Sound Diplomacy, by Lok Deep
Thapa (rn 30/06/2023)
Parallel
military diplomacy : Nepal should seek to retain
the status quo with India and promote technical
cooperation with China, by Hindu Sanskriti
Karki (kp 29/06/2023)
Forging
a Stronger Nepal - India Relationship:
Overcoming Past Miscalculations, by Nabraj
Lama (rep 28/06/2023)
Nepal
to sell 200MW under 5-year deal : This is
outside the existing sales quota of 452.6MW that
India has set, officials say, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 26/06/2023)
Nepal
worries about spillages as India delays power
export approvals : Nepal is waiting for
approvals for 18 projects that were proposed to
India over the last two years, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 25/06/2023)
Unraveling
the Tapestry: The Nuanced Relations between
Nepal and India, by Nabraj Lama (rep
23/06/2023)
The
fantasy of border settlement : The
Indo-Bangladesh model that Nepali border pundits
are calling for is unrealistic and impractical,
by Lok Raj Baral (kp 21/06/2023)
Nepal
tells its envoy to take up mural issue with
India : Lawmakers in parliamentary panel raise
concerns over Tarai inundation caused by roads
across the border, by Anil Giri (kp
21/06/2023)
Building
Stability Through Collaboration Between India,
US, and Nepal, by Saurav Raj Pant (kh
20/06/2023) [???]
Nepal-India
security ties in the mutable epoch
(Part-III), by Binoj Basnyat (ae 20/06/2023)
Digital
penetration in Nepal’s geopolitics : As a
landlocked country, Nepal depends on India for
most of its broadband connection, by Shamar
SJB Rana (kp 18/06/2023)
Kathmandu
Mayor Balendra Shah urges government to stop
screening of Hindi movies unless controversial
dialogue omitted : The screening of the movie
without removal of the dialogue will cause
irreparable damage to Nepal’s nationality and
cultural unity, says Shah (kp 17/06/2023), Kathmandu
mayor announces ban on Indian film screenings in
the city : Mayor Shah says no Indian films will
be screened in the city until the
‘objectionable’ line is removed from ‘Adipurush’,
by Samuel Chhetri (kp 19/06/2023), Mayor
Sampang bans screening of controversial Indian
movie ‘Adipurush’ in Dharan (rep 19/06/2023)
Prof
Subedi urges political leaders to avoid ad hoc
statements on Nepal-India border dispute
(rep 14/06/2023)
A
Tale Of Two Maps, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
13/06/2023), ‘Akhanda
Bharat’ is an attempt of reaping political
mileage for BJP in India : South Asia, according
to the World Bank, is known as one of the least
integrated regions in the world in terms of
trade and people-to-people contact. South Asian
leaders, however, are less bothered to overcome
the situation, by Milan Jung Katuwal (nlt
13/06/2023), Maps
and more : When our government adopted a new map
of Nepal, not half an eyebrow was raised in New
Delhi, by Deepak Thapa (kp 15/06/2023)
Nepal
and India to ink long-term energy deal early
next week : The plan is to sign it in New Delhi
on June 18 when Energy Secretary Dinesh Kumar
Ghimire travels to India, by Anil Giri (kp
13/06/2023)
PM
Prachanda’s visit to India & Nepal’s
economic necessity, by Saurav Raj Pant (kh
10/06/2023)
Prachanda's
visit to India : ‘Incredible Success’, by
Keshab Poudel (sp 09/06/2023), India-Nepal
power trade agreement : Historical Landmark
(sp 09/06/2023)
Nepal-India
power play : PM Dahal’s electricity trade deal
with India will stop third country involvement
in Nepal’s hydropower, by Ramesh Kumar (nt
09/06/2023)
A
circuitous route to Beijing : Many strategists
in New Delhi often choose to ignore that China
is an integral part of South Asia, by CK Lal
(kp 07/06/2023)
India-Nepal
long-term power trade agreement: Challenges
Nepal needs to overcome to benefit from the deal
(ae 07/06/2023)
All
is not well : Genuine grievances continue to
haunt Nepal-India ties, but our institutional
lapses must be fixed first, by Anurag
Acharya (kp 07/06/2023)
Beyond
the optics : India will struggle to win Nepali
hearts unless it is seen as working in Nepal’s
interest (kp 06/06/2023)
Path
to rapprochement, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae
05/06/2023)
Dahal’s
India visit: A postscript : Mismatch of more
reliance on India and people’s desire to break
free of its embrace could turn ugly, by
Biswas Baral (kp 05/06/2023)
Dahal
claims his India visit has built trust : While
Nepal’s foreign ministry states the two prime
ministers discussed boundary matters, the Indian
ministry makes no mention of it (kp
04/06/2023)
Dahal
says land swap an option to resolve border issue
: Prime minister hints at swapping disputed area
to gain land link to Bangladesh via India,
by Anil Giri (kp 03/06/2023) [???], PM
Modi has offered to settle boundary dispute
through talks: PM Dahal : “For the first time,
an Indian prime minister has announced in a
press conference that the border issue will be
resolved through dialogue”, said Dahal (kp
03/06/2023) [interview], One-to-one
meetings with Modi helped in reaching deals with
India: Dahal. Says didn’t raise EPG report issue
not to spoil talks environment (kp
03/06/2023)
India’s
revisionist and expansionist mindset : Nepal,
whose Lumbini and Kapilvastu region have been
incorporated in the mural, has also witnessed
protests against the Indian move (nlt
03/06/2023)
Rising
Indo-Nepal Cooperation for Development (kh
03/06/2023)
Dahal’s
Delhi trip: Some hits, many misses : Energy,
connectivity deals forged under pressure. Indian
side maintains its old position on the
Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project, more positive
on power cooperation, by Umesh Chauhan and
Rajesh Mishra (kp 02/06/2023), Air
route pledge old wine in new bottle, experts say
: India had approved air entry route over
Mahendranagar for low-level flights in 2018.
Thursday’s is mere reiteration, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 02/06/2023)
Nepal-India
relations soaring to Himalayan Heights: Will PM
Dahal’s India Visit Cement PM Modi’s assertion?,
by Ishwar Dev Khanal (kh 02/06/2023)
Some
thoughts on Sagarmatha-bound ties : The Nepalis
have begun questioning if a visit to the
southern neighbor is mandatory after every
change of guard, as if to pay tribute to some
emperor, by Devendra Gautam (ae 01/06/2023)
Prachanda-Modi
meet in New Delhi: What were the talking points?
Nepal PM mentioned boundary matters and
additional air entry routes, the points
conspicuously absent in the address of Indian PM
Narendra Modi (nlt 01/06/2023)
Nepal
and India sign seven agreements to boost
cooperation in areas, including trade and energy
(kh 01/06/2023), PM
Dahal and Indian PM Modi commit to resolve
border disputes amicably through dialogue
(kh 01/06/2023) [First
of all, this does not mean anything!], Nepal and India
agree on cross-border digital payments (kh
01/06/2023), New
Butwal-Gorakhpur Transmission Line launched,
by Ramesh Lamsal (rn 01/06/2023), Two
petroleum pipelines to be constructed for smooth
supply of petroleum products, by Ramesh
Lamsal (rn 01/06/2023), Modi
announces to import 10, 000 megawatt electricity
from Nepal in next 10 years (ae 01/06/2023)
Nepali-speaking
Indians stuck in Manipur violence : Although
Nepali-speakers are not targets of the fighting
tribes, Romani Kumar Paudel was killed in
crossfire this week, by Parbat Portel (kp
01/06/2023)
Doval,
Kwatra call on Dahal; meeting with Modi today :
‘Breakthrough in boundary dispute unlikely,’
aide to prime minister says. ‘On other issues,
India will give us a good hearing’ (kp
01/06/2023), PM
Dahal's India visit: Will it be a 'historic'
one?, by Kasam Pokhrel (rep 01/06/2023)
Nepal
pins hopes on PM’s visit as airports languish :
Those in Bhairahawa and Pokhara are said to be
unfeasible without entry routes from the west,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 31/05/2023) [Does international law
really allow India to deny this right to Nepal?]
PM’s
India Visit: Prioritize resolution of border
disputes (rep 31/05/2023)
Dahal
heads for India today with a long wish list :
The prime minister says he won’t sign any
controversial agreements, by Anil Giri (kp
31/05/2023)
Dr
Bhattarai warns that bilateral relations may be
harmed as India places Nepali territory in its
‘Akhand Bharat’ mural (rep 30/05/2023)
The
new world, and Nepal-India ties,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae
30/05/2023), PM
Dahal’s India visit: What
purpose will it serve?, by
Gopal Khanal (ae 30/05/2023)
Why
PM Dahal should reconsider his India visit,
by Akhilesh Tripathi (rep 30/05/2023)
Dealing
with a new India : Nepali leaders cannot even
list five things, let alone know how to
communicate them, by Sujeev Shakya (kp
30/05/2023)
Delhi
calling, again : India often fails to show the
confidence and magnanimity of a growing regional
and global power (kp 29/05/2023)
Charting
a New Path: PM Dahal's Imperative Agenda for his
India visit, by Nabraj Lama (rep 29/05/2023)
India
clears export of 300,000 tonnes of wheat to
Nepal : Media reports say India has permitted
exports of food grains to Nepal, Indonesia,
Senegal and Gambia as part of its economic
diplomacy, by Krishana Prasain (kp
29/05/2023)
‘Nepal
PM should raise Bhutanese refugee issue with
Narendra Modi’ : On the eve of Prachanda’s
official visit to India, Global Campaign for the
Release of Political Prisoners in Bhutan has
asked him to take up refugee issue with his
Indian counterpart (nlt 29/05/2023)
Indian
Ministry of External Affairs formally informs
about PM Dahal’s visit to India (kh
27/05/2023), Prime
Minister Dahal’s India visit announced
officially, to hold talks with Indian PM Modi on
June 1 (kh 27/05/2023), New
Delhi and Kathmandu make it official: Nepal PM
to visit India from May31-June2 (nlt
27/05/2023), PM’s
India visit: Some agreements, soft-pedalling of
contentious issues : Kathmandu and New Delhi
officially announce the visit, which is Pushpa
Kamal Dahal’s first official trip since assuming
office in December last year, by Anil Giri
(kp 28/05/2023)
Several
Rituals Or One Fruitful : Instead of performing
a ritual, leadership in Nepal and India needs to
change preexisting narratives that are founded
on suspicion of one another, by Keshab
Poudel (sp 26/05/2023)
PM
Dahal likely to embark on three-day India visit
on May 31 (kh 25/05/2023), PM
Dahal’s upcoming visit to India: Energy sector
cooperation high on agenda (ae 25/05/2023),
Energy
deals expected during Dahal’s India visit, says
Foreign Minister Saud : Both sides reportedly
working to find entry route via Indian skies to
ease flights from Bhairahawa international
airport, by Anil Giri (kp 26/05/2023)
Is
the EPG report dead and buried? India has
refused to accept the report prepared by a joint
team of eight experts five years ago. Some
Indian diplomats find faults with its
recommendations, by Anil Giri (kp
25/05/2023), Travesty
of eminence : The prime ministers of Nepal and
India should have the courtesy to jointly
receive the EPG report (kp 26/05/2023)
Nepal,
India Must Exalt Bilateral Ties, by Yuba
Nath Lamsal (rn 24/05/2023)
Nepal-India
ties in the transforming world (Part-I), by
Binoj Basnyat (ae 23/05/2023)
What
should Prime Minister Dahal discuss with his
Indian counterpart? While some foreign policy
experts favour raising historical concerns,
others say it’s time to look to future, by
Anil Giri (kp 23/05/2023)
Prime
Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal to visit India from
May 31 to June 3 : Slew of agreements, MoUs, and
project ground breaking are expected. Officials
speed up preparations, by Anil Giri (kp
20/05/2023)
India-Nepal
Centre organizes “India-Nepal Economic
Partnership Summit 2023” (kh 19/05/2023)
US
report: BJP pays politicians to lobby for Hindu
Nepal : Pro-monarchy and pro-Hindu groups in the
country dismiss the Department of State claims
as baseless, by Anil Giri (kp 18/05/2023)
[see report]
[Those who turn the
multi-ethnic, multi-religious, multi-cultural
and multi-lingual state of Nepal into a
unilaterally defined state, as the monarchy once
did and as the RPP and similarly oriented groups
want to restore in an intolerant manner, are
violating basic human rights and destroying the
harmony and internal peace of the country.]
Nepal,
Bangladesh to discuss two options for dedicated
cross–border transmission lines : India’s
approval will be crucial for viability of any
connectivity between the two countries, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 15/05/2023)
Is
China planning to recruit Nepalis in PLA?
Speculative reports in Indian media say Delhi’s
new policy created void to be thus exploited,
by Anil Giri (kp 13/05/2023) [This is hardly imaginable. Why should
China recruit foreign mercenaries? This smells
of targeted Indian fake news!]
Nepali,
Indian stakeholders stress joint effort to curb
human trafficking : Human trafficking that was
rife after the 2015 earthquakes further
increased during the pandemic, by Rajesh
Mishra (kp 07/05/2023)
Nepal,
Bangladesh seek to bring India on board
to help power trade between the two
countries : Development of Sunkoshi-3
Hydropower Project and dedicated
transmission line through India are
among the issues on agenda for next
bilateral meeting, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 07/05/2023)
Himalayan
power caravan : If Nepal wants to play in the
Indian power market, it should be present in
that market, by Bishal Thapa (kp 05/05/2023)
Jamunaha
transit point to close for two days (kh
01/05/2023), Nepal-India
border along Rupandehi being sealed for local
elections in India (rep 02/05/2023)
India
prepares to halt export of sugar (rep
30/04/2023) [This is not
so bad for the health of Nepalis after all!]
NEA
to restart power export to India from third week
of May (ae 28/04/2023)
PM
Dahal’s India visit should be discussed in
House, says MP : UML’s Raghuji Pant says Nepal
should pull out of the 1950 peace and friendship
treaty if India refuses to review it (kp
26/04/2023)
Nepal
figures high in India’s ‘Neighborhood First’
policy (kh 23/04/2023)
Nepalis
finding their fortune in Shimla : The Indian
Embassy in Kathmandu estimates that nearly 8
million Nepalis live and work in India, by
Rajesh Mishra (kp 23/04/2023)
Nepal-India
border in Bara sealed for 72 hrs ahead of
by-election (nlt 21/04/2023)
Nepal,
India officials holding meeting on supply of
petroleum products, gas (rep 21/04/2023)
Undoing
status quo in Nepal’s India policy : Nepal
should avoid getting caught in the crossfire of
conflicts between big powers, by Pragya
Ghimire (kp 20/04/2023)
Indian
firms to buy 2,200MW of electricity from Nepal :
Geopolitics is the biggest obstacle to energy
cooperation between Nepal and India, say
participants of Kathmandu power summit, by
Pritvi Man Shrestha (kp 20/04/2023)
BJP
foreign affairs chief Chauthaiwale arriving in
Kathmandu today, to hold high-level meetings
(kh 17/04/2023)
Prime
Minister Dahal’s India visit deferred until May
: Railway, two-way trade, hydropower and Indian
investment in Nepal are on the agenda of
bilateral discussions, by Anil Giri (kp
16/04/2023)
Commercial
explosives imported from China after
India’s refusal : Officials say India
has been reluctant to supply explosives
to be used in projects involving Chinese
firms. The new imports are meant for a
cement factory and a hydropower project,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 11/04/2023)
Nepal
looks to India easing its wheat export
quota restriction to address domestic
shortage : Domestic suppliers may
already have started hoarding wheat,
says Nepal Flour Mills Association
executive, by Krishana Prasain (kp
11/04/2023), Nepal
requests India for 300,000 tons of wheat
(ae 11/04/2023)
Nepal
forgot Benaras Dharmashala pledge : The
then prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba
had laid the foundation amid much
fanfare a year ago, by Rajesh Mishra
(kp 11/04/2023)
Indian
security force’s entry in Nepali territory
creates distrust in security mechanism: Raghuji
Panta (kh 10/04/2023)
Nepal-India
connectivity projects gaining momentum, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae 07/04/2023)
Trade
experts suggest ending duty-free market access
to India : They also said there is no need to
grant duty-free market access to India, which is
one of the fastest-growing economies in the
world, by Krishana Prasain (kp 07/04/2023)
Govt
announces to resolve border disputes with India
diplomatically (rep 07/04/2023)
India’s
SSB creating hurdles for boat operation in
Mahakali (kh 04/04/2023)
Indian
forest officials close Gulariya-Murtiha border
point for two days, by Nirmal Ghimire (rep
04/04/2023)
Kailash
Terminals JV to operate integrated check post in
Birgunj : The facility was opened in April 2018
to facilitate trade between Nepal and India,
by Shankar Acharya (kp 03/04/2023)
India
sends revised list with reduced fuel
price : Despite reduced fuel costs, the
oil monopoly has kept prices unchanged
stating the outstanding dues it has to
pay to the IOC (kp 02/04/2023)
India
asks Nepal to help nab separatist leader
: Officials say they have no information
of Amritpal Singh hiding in Nepal, but
have asked border police posts to remain
on the lookout for him, by Anil Giri
(kp 28/03/2023)
Explosives
shortage looms over Tanahun Hydropower
Project : India’s reluctance to allow
import of explosives may affect works at
the 140MW project, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 23/03/2023)
Nepali
speakers of Sikkim reflect on
‘foreigners’ label : The ethnic Nepalis
in Sikkim raised strong objections after
the Supreme Court of India termed them
“people of foreign origin” during a
hearing on January 13 this year, by
Parbat Portel and Deepak Sapkota (kp
22/03/2023)
Flour
industry seeks increase in Indian wheat export
quota : Nepali flour producers have been urging
the government to request India to provide
200,000 tonnes of wheat, by Krishana Prasain
and Mohan Budhaair (kp 22/03/2023)
Communications
Minister requests India to reduce telephone
tariff rate (rn 22/03/2023)
Nepal
opens up the possibility to export
electricity to all but Bihar state of
India (rep 18/03/2023), Rates
of Nepal-India cross border electricity
supply hiked; India agrees allowing
Nepal to use its border based
transmission lines (rep 18/03/2023),
Nepal,
India agree to formulate modality to
supply electricity to Indian states via
Bihar : The decision is expected to open
up avenues for the Nepal Electricity
Authority to tap new markets in the
energy-deficit country (kp
19/03/2023), Bihar
Grid : Bihar Grid Will Be Used To Export
Power From Nepal To India, Says MD
Ghising (sp 24/03/2023)
'Electricity
Collaboration' Diplomacy in BBIN
Countries, by Jubeda Chowdhury (rep
10/03/2023)
Nepal
and India start construction of
Bhairahawa-Sunauli ICP after 18 years of signing
agreement (rep 07/03/2023)
India
seeks ‘end user certificate’ to supply
explosives for construction : Nepali officials
say the move is aimed at controlling their
supply to projects involving China, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 28/02/2023)
Security
officials from Nepal, India agree to control
cross border crimes (rep 26/02/2023)
Indian
officials raise concern over Upper Karnali
project : The future of the 900 MW project hangs
in balance as the Supreme Court recently sent
the dispute to the constitutional bench (ae
22/02/2023)
India
gifts dialysis machines to Nepal (kh
20/02/2023)
Nepal,
India agree to add 200 MW to
Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur transmission line : Nepal
and India to increase the power import and
export capacity from the existing 600 to 800 MW
through the first international
Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur 400 KV transmission line
(nlt 19/02/2023), Nepal,
India reach ‘milestone’ deal on trade,
transmission of electricity : Nepal to be
permitted to participate in real-time trade in
the Indian market, an upgrade from existing
day-ahead energy trade, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 20/02/2023), India
agrees to expedite construction of a number of
cross-border transmission lines to facilitate
bilateral energy trade with Nepal, by Rajesh
Khanal (rep 20/02/2023), India
assures to supply 50 MW electricity generated
from Nepal's hydropower projects to Bangladesh
(rep 20/02/2023), India
positive on Nepal's proposal to export power to
Bangladesh (ht 20/02/2023)
Former
Chief of Indian Army Naravane arriving in
Kathmandu tomorrow (kh 17/02/2023), Four
former chiefs of Indian Army in Kathmandu
(rep 18/02/2023)
Nepal
to ask India to buy 1,200 MW of locally-produced
electricity : The two countries are sitting for
bilateral energy talks on Friday and Saturday
(rep 17/02/2023)
Indian
foreign secretary’s visit: Regular rapport
building process or an attempt of political
meddling? Like in the past, the visit by Indian
Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra has ruffled
a few feathers in Kathmandu. Here is why, by
Navin Jha (nlt 16/02/2023)
Nepal
to seek end to Indian regulatory restrictions on
electricity exports at bilateral meeting this
week : The meetings of the joint secretary-level
Joint Working Group and the secretary-level
Joint Steering Committee will be held in Jaipur
on February 17-18, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 16/02/2023)
New
air-entry routes: India’s harmful dilly-dallying
(rep 16/02/2023)
Kwatra
returns, leaving everyone guessing about his
political message : Politics was not discussed,
according to some leaders, while others say
Kwatra was more in a mood to listen (kp
15/02/2023)
Nepal-India
Secretary-level meeting underway in Kathmandu
(kh 13/02/2023), Conflicting
claims on talking points during Indian foreign
secretary’s Nepal visit : While Nepal side says
that additional air entry routes and boundary
matters were among the talking points, India has
skipped these issues in its official document
(nlt 14/02/2023),
Nepal, India skip contentious issues at
Kathmandu talks : Nepal seeks new air routes.
Indian foreign secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra
inquires about Dahal’s India visit, by Anil
Giri (kp 14/02/2023), Nepal
reiterates its request to India to provide
additional air-entry routes, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep 14/02/2023), DPM
Shrestha and Indian Foreign Secy Kwatra discuss
construction of Raxaul-Kathmandu railway
(rep 14/02/2023)
Two
of 16 disappeared border pillars found buried in
sand, by Dipak Prasad Gautam (rn 11/02/2023)
Kathmandu
and Delhi announce Kwatra’s visit : This will be
the first high-level visit from India after
Pushpa Kamal Dahal became prime minister (kp
11/02/2023)
India
tax exemptions may make EVs cheaper in Nepal :
The Indian government has waived taxes on
several inputs through the budget for the fiscal
year 2023-24, by Krishana Prasain (kp
05/02/2023)
Business
community discusses connectivity and
projects between Nepal and India :
Nepal-India Chamber of Commerce and
Industry (NICCI) appraised North East
Development Finance Corporation Ltd
(NEDFi) of Sikkim about the potential of
connectivity and trade between India and
Nepal (nlt 03/02/2023), Discussion
on connectivity status and projects
between Nepal and North East India held
(ht 03/01/2023)
India
pledges grant amount of Rs 8.8 billion
to Nepal for FY 2023/24, an increase of
29.41 percent (rep 02/02/2023), Nepal
grant raised by nearly 30 percent to Rs
8.8bn (ae 02/02/2023)
Cement
makers say denial of IS mark will hurt
exports : Half a dozen Nepali cement
companies are in the final stages of
obtaining certification, making their
products eligible for export to India,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 01/02/2023)
Nepal
seeks to buy extra 90MW power from Bihar
to increase supply to Birgunj factories
: Industrialists complain about
hours-long undeclared outages, which are
affecting operations in one of the
country’s largest industrial belts,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/01/2023)
Nepal-India
relations: Time to redefine it, by
Lokendra Kumar Shrestha (ht 26/01/2023)
Nepal
to propose two new cross-border
transmission lines with India : The two
countries are scheduled to hold
bilateral meetings on energy in late
February, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 26/01/2023)
Nepal,
India discuss improving access to cross-border
payment systems : Though India is a close
neighbour of Nepal, financial transactions
between the two countries are full of hassles
(kp 25/01/2023)
Tourism
Minister requests India for extra air route
(rep 21/01/2023)
Dahal
to visit India in first foreign trip : Several
bilateral meetings will precede the sojourn that
will take place in late February or early March,
by Anil Giri (kp 15/01/2023)
Who
is comfortable with new govt?: China, India, or
both?, by Bishwo Gauchan (ht 13/01/2023)
Nepal
and Bangladesh lobby India for corridor
to trade electricity : Initially, the
two countries want to trade 40-50MW of
power via existing transmission
infrastructure of India, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 12/01/2023)
Darchula
officials, locals sit with Indian side
to ease border tension : The Nepali side
has demanded India dismantle illegal
gabion wall on Mahakali river, by
Manoj Badu (kp 12/011/2023)
Feasibility
study to be conducted for petroleum pipeline
from Amlekhgunj to Jhapa (rn 11/01/2023)
Nepal,
India to discuss new cross-border transmission
lines (ae 10/01/2023)
Concerns
in Nepal as Indian Supreme Court validates
Modi’s demonetization move, by Rajesh Khanal
(rep 03/01/2023)
Cabbage
exports to India soar as organic trend
catches on : Nepal exported 11,673
tonnes of white cabbage worth Rs136.17
million to India in the first five
months of the fiscal year, according to
customs data, by Krishana Prasain
(kp 01/01/2023)
Nepali
workers flee Punjab’s rice mill, report death
from torturous conditions : A total of 14 people
had gone to Punjab in the second week of October
to work at Mittal Rice Mill in Samana, by
Abdhesh Kumar Jha (kp 30/12/2022)
India’s
production linked incentives: How Nepal can
benefit from the scheme : The PLI can be a
source of employment opportunities for a lot of
Nepali individuals in the coming years, by
Prajjwal Dhungana (nlt (29/12/2022)
India’s
policy hurts power export prospects of Nepal:
Southern neighbour has announced waiver of
inter-state transmission charge for new Indian
hydropower projects, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 28/12/2022)
India
lifts ban on wheat export to Nepal (rep
23/12/2022)
Nepal
makes over Rs11 billion selling power to India :
The earning was the third largest from the
export of a single commodity in the fiscal year
2021-22, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
21/12/2022)
Drug
regulatory body bans import of medicines from 16
Indian companies : Among the pharmaceutical
companies the department has prohibited from
importing drugs to Nepal is one promoted by Yoga
Guru Baba Ramdev (kp 20/12/2022)
Nepali
Army and Indian Army holding joint
exercises from Friday (kh
15/12/2022)
Nepal
needs to play catch-up : India is
talking a new global language, where
technology is a matter of national
security, by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp
09/12/2022)
Indian
Intelligence Bureau obstructing
investigation of Lal Mohammed murder
case, complain Nepal Police officials,
by Tapendra Karki (rep 09/12/2022)
Neighbours
have been snubbing Nepal’s diplomatic
notes : Nepal’s concerns over disputed
Indian map, deaths of two Nepalis in
Darchula and India-China agreement on
trade route through Lipulekh have gone
unanswered, by Purushottam Poudel
(kp 08/12/2022)
Good
fences, good neighbours : Nepal should
immediately call for dialogue on border issues
with India at the highest level (kp
06/12/2022)
Nepal
sends diplomatic note to India for constructing
embankment without consent (kh 06/12/2022),
Nepal
calls for joint inspection of disputed Mahakali
site : Government sent a diplomatic note to
India after tensions in Darchula over India’s
unilateral construction of embankment on
Mahakali (kp 07/12/2022), Officials
from Nepal and India agree to course Mahakali to
its original state 07/12/2022)
Indian
envoy meets Deuba, second time in a week : Amid
discussions on new government formation, foreign
interest in who’ll be the PM is on the rise
(kp 04/12/2022) [IAttempted
Intervention?]
India
lifts three-month long ban on rice exports
(rep 01/12/2022)
What
do Nepal elections mean for India-Nepal
relations?, by Neeraj Singh Manhas (ae
24/11/2022)
Nepal
reduces power export to India as production dips
: With water levels in rivers receding, power
generation has slumped which will go down
further in the days to come, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 15/11/2022)
Nepal
and India agree to repair Koshi embankment at 35
locations : The Indian side is expected to
complete the repairs before next rainy season,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 14/11/2022)
Nepal-India
border points to be sealed before 72 hours of
voting (kh 13/11/2022)
Police
rescue 38 Indian nationals stranded in brick
factory in Rautahat, by Madan Thakur (rep
11/11/2022)
No
trifling matter : Inflaming public passion
against an important neighbour is not the best
way to regain the country’s lands (kp
07/11/2022) [India will
never return the illegally occupied territories,
no matter whether the demand is made
aggressively or diplomatically!]
Nepal-India
border to be closed from night of November 17 to
November 20 (rep 06/11/2022)
India
to import 22 megawatt more energy from Nepal
(kh 04/11/2022)
End
of rainy season, stubble burning in India worsen
Kathmandu air : Hospitals report rising cases of
respiratory illnesses, pollution has risen with
the PM2.5 level reaching 137, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 03/11/2022), A
burning issue : The violence on the environment
is a transnational problem and we need a
collective resolve to tackle it (kp
04/11/2022)
India
to export 600,000 tons of unmilled rice to Nepal
(kh 02/11/2022), India
removes 20 percent duty on paddy export to
Nepal, but conditions apply (rep 02/11/2022)
India
hands over 200 vehicles to Nepal for election
(rep 01/11/2022)
Another
border tragedy : India’s standing in Nepal will
be strengthened if New Delhi is sensitive to its
neighbour’s concerns (kp 31/10/2022)
Nepal-India
electricity trade : Request Pending, by
Keshab Poudel (sp 21/10/2022)
Nepal
notifies India on deal with Bangladesh to seek
facilitation for power trade : Nepal Electricity
Authority asks India’s NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam
for trilateral energy sale and purchase
agreement, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
16/10/2022)
Nepal
to receive first lot of 30,000 tons of chemical
fertilizers from India under G2G agreement next
month (rep 13/10/2022)
Officials
of Nepal, India agree to ensure effective border
security (rep 30/09/2022), India
pressures Nepal to stop Pakistani and Chinese
nationals at the border (rep 30/09/2022) [????]
Nepal,
India mull downsizing planned Saptakoshi high
dam : Local residents have been obstructing the
works of the joint project office fearing the
dam could cause large-scale inundation of Nepali
lands, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
27/09/2022)
Rice
eaters face rising prices after India strangles
supply : The southern neighbour initiated the
move to boost supplies and calm prices after
below-average monsoon rainfall curtailed
planting, by Krishana Prasain (kp
25/09/2022)
‘India’s
Nepal policy has not changed. There will be
shifts, but fundamentally, it’s the same foreign
policy’, interview with former Indian
foreign secretary and national security advisor
Shivshankar Menon (kp 20/09/2022)
Construction
crews rushing to finish check post by mid-Feb :
Locals believe the Nepalgunj ICP will expand
economic activities and job opportunities in the
area (kp 19/09/2022)
Foundation
stone laid for motorable bridge linking Nepal,
India (kh 19/09/2022)
India’s
SSB chief Thaosen visiting Nepal next week
(kh 17/09/2022)
Vacancies
for Nepalis under Agnipath may be withdrawn if
Nepal failed to act soon: Indian Army Chief
Pande (kh 15/09/2022) [???], Nepal
refuses to be pushed into a hasty decision on
Indian’s Agnipath scheme : Ministry says
government formed after November polls will take
a call on if Nepalis can join Indian Army’s plan,
by Purushottam Poudel (kp 16/09/2022)
Nepal-India
foreign secretaries reiterate cooperation,
connectivity and development (nlt
14/09/2022), Nepal
avoids raising disputed Agnipath scheme at
foreign secretary-level talks in New Delhi : The
meeting discussed boundary matters, energy
cooperation, trade and transit, and the
construction of LPG pipeline, among other things,
by Anil Giri (kp 15/09/2022)
Nepal,
India set for tough negotiations at next JC meet
on water resources : Pancheshwar Multipurpose
Project, Saptakoshi high dam, compensation for
people affected by two barrages and inundation
in border regions are on the agenda, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 11/09/2022)
India
increases 20 percent customs duty on the export
of rice and paddy (rep 10/09/2022), Nepali
industries hit after India taxes paddy, rice
(kh 10/09/2022) [Nepal
urgently needs to become independent from the
import of agricultural products!], India’s
export tariff on rice sparks food inflation
fears in Nepal : The paddy harvest is doubtful
as Nepal suffered a shortage of chemical
fertiliser during the transplantation period,
experts say, by Sangam Prasain and Krishana
Prasain (kp 10/09/2022)
Bangladesh
asks India for passage to buy Nepal’s energy :
The Guidelines for Import/Export (Cross Border)
of Electricity-2018 could be used for the trade
of power between Nepal and Bangladesh, Indian
authorities reportedly assured the Bangladeshi
delegation (kp 09/09/2022)
While
in Kathmandu, Nepal wants Indian Military
Chief to address concerns related to
Agnipath : Kathmandu is looking for an answer to
the question related to the Agneepath scheme
about which there are many concerns, many
controversies and many confusions (nlt
06/09/2022)
Nepal
concerned over social implications of
demobilised Agnipath returnees : While the
Gorkha recruitment process remains on hold,
Nepali envoy to India says the two countries are
discussing the issue at a high level, by
Anil Giri (kp 03/09/2022), Tripartite
Agreement on Gurkha Recruitment has lost
relevance, by Rajaram Bartaula (rep
06/09/2022)
Rationalising
Nepal-India relationship : Bilateralism is
necessary but no longer sufficient for friendly
relations in a globalised world, by CK Lal
(kp 31/08/2022)
150-year-old
suspension bridge continues connecting Nepal,
India (rn 28/08/2022)
Indian
army chief arriving in Kathmandu on a four day
visit to Nepal on October 5 (rep
25/08/2022), Indian
Army team arrives in Kathmandu for five-day
Nepal visit (kh 28/08/2022) [??]
Government
in a fix as India seeks Nepal’s position on the
Army Agnipath scheme : As India plans to recruit
Nepalis, it has asked Kathmandu for its views.
Officials say they are discussing the matter,
by Anil Giri (kp 23/08/2022), Khadka
holds talks with Indian envoy Srivastava over
Agnipath hiring row : Prime Minister Deuba seeks
immediate resolution of the matter, as today’s
recruitment from Butwal is deferred until
further decision, by Anil Giri (kp
25/08/2022), Nepal
suspends recruitment of Nepali youths in the
Indian Army under the “Agneepath” scheme (kh
25/08/2022)
Two
large hydropower projects being handed over to
India in Deuba's presence (rep 18/08/2022)
India’s
interest in Nepal’s energy sector increasing but
it’s wary of Chinese element : The southern
neighbour has been holding back from agreeing to
buy electricity generated by the Upper Tamakoshi
plant, contracted to China, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 13/08/2022)
Nepal’s
tea sector sees trouble brewing as India mulls
restrictions on imports : India’s Parliamentary
Standing Committee on Commerce has asked the
Indian government to apply stringent
requirements for the certificate of origin on
tea, by Krishana Prasain (kp 02/08/2022), In
hot water amid looming India import curbs, tea
growers seek government help : India is largest
buyer of Nepali tea and more stringent
requirements for certificate of origin would be
disastrous for domestic producers, insiders say,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 10/08/2022)
Nepal
inks deal with India to import chemical
fertilizer for five years (kh 28/07/2022)
Gold
smuggling fears after India hikes duty : Nepal’s
foreign exchange reserves could deplete further
if illegal imports rise (kp 22/07/2022)
Tourism
Minister Shrestha urges India to provide new air
route (rep 22/07/2022)
Dahal
receives warm welcome in Delhi as Nepal’s envoy
is kept cooling his heels : Officials at the
Nepali embassy say they are still awaiting
response from the Indian ministries for formal
meetings with Shankar Sharma, Kathmandu’s
ambassador to India, by Binod Ghimire (kp
18/07/2022) [Obviously,
India still does not consider Nepal as an
independent sovereign nation!]
Prachanda,
Jaishankar discuss Nepal-India ties (nlt
16/07/2022), Dahal
makes a dash for Delhi as both seek
rapprochement : Observers term Maoist chair’s
visit to India ‘political’ given high-level
meetings scheduled, including with PM Modi
(kp 16/07/2022), Prachanda
on three-day India visit: What is his real
agenda is everyone’s guess : Prachanda, a former
supreme commander of guerrilla war in Nepal,
announced the visit suddenly. Experts and
observers in Kathmandu have also raised the
issue of apparent breach of diplomatic norms
during the visit (nlt 16/07/2022), In
New Delhi, Dahal holds talks with Indian
external affairs minister : The Maoist chair,
who is in the Indian capital on a three-day
visit, at a separate interaction calls for
review of the 1950 treaty through dialogue
(kp 17/07/2022) [Talks
are always good, but one must not forget that
Dahal has no official function at all.
Therefore, lasting effects of his talks are
hardly to be expected!], Prachanda
on his way back without meeting Indian PM Modi
(kh 17/07/2022) [Why
should Modi receive a functionless Nepali
politician whose wishes he does not want to
discuss anyway?]
Paradox
of Nepal’s national interest: Every party agrees
on fundamentals, differs in practice : National
interest discourse in Nepal is largely linked
with foreign policy conducts. It is often a
matter of how Nepal should deal with neighboring
India and China and far-off powerful America,
by Mahabir Paudyal (nlt 15/07/2022)
Electricity
worth Rs 2.15 billion exported to India in last
45 days (rep 15/07/2022)
India
provides disaster relief materials to Nepal
(kh 15/07/2022)
Nepal
Oil Corporation’s outstanding dues to its Indian
supplier rise to Rs30 billion : There is,
however, optimism that the financial situation
of the national oil monopoly will improve after
petroleum prices started to decline in the
international market amid global recession fears,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 09/07/2022)
Electricity
Authority says it earned Rs1.72 billion in June
by selling power to India : Utility started
selling power in the IEX in November last year,
and expects to earn Rs5 billion through sales
this fiscal (kp 02/07/2022)
Power
utility calls off bid to sell 200MW to India
under long-term contract : Citing complications
in bidding, Nepal Electricity Authority now aims
to trade power in the day-ahead market of Indian
Energy Exchange Limited, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 01/07/2022)
India,
an untapped tourism source market : Nepal has
not been able to attract India's burgeoning
middle class in greater numbers, by Hikmat
Singh Ayer (kp 01/07/2022)
Fuel
import from Birgunj transit up by 78 percent
(kh 23/06/2022)
‘Bharat
Gaurav Tourist Train’ arriving in Janakpur on
Thursday (kh 22/06/2022)
Terrorists
are hiding in Madrasas in Nepal: India, by
Tapendra Karki (rep 20/06/2022) [???]
EPG
was formed to remove irritants. Its report risks
being a source of irritation : Plan to
unilaterally make public the report, prepared
jointly be Nepali and Indian experts, is shelved
for now, by Anil Giri (kp 13/06/2022)
Nepal
starts selling 364MW of electricity in the
Indian market : For the first time, electricity
generated by the private sector has entered
India’s energy exchange market (kp
10/06/2022)
Uncertainty
over plan to sell 200MW power to India after
bidding confusion : Manikaran Power has quoted
the highest price only for 100MW, while quoting
fifth highest for another 100MW, making it
difficult for Nepal’s power utility to make a
decision, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
08/06/2022)
Nepal
clears hurdles to import fertiliser from India
to tide it over paddy season : To fast-track the
process, the Cabinet has opened the way for a
rush shipment of vital crop nutrients, officials
say, by Sangam Prasain and Anil Giri (kp
08/06/2022), 80,
000 metric tons of fertilizers to be imported
from India, by Dilip Poudel (rep 08/06/2022)
Nepal-India
EPG dilemma: To receive or not to receive the
report : What if the Indian government continues
to refuse to receive the EPG report? Can the
Nepali side make it public unilaterally?, by
Mahabir Paudyal (nlt 07/06/2022)
India
sets up National Food Laboratory in Raxaul to
test samples of Nepal’s agricultural exports
(kh 05/06/2022)
Nepal
starts selling additional 140MW electricity to
India (kh 05/06/2022)
Why
Nepalis Hate India and How That Can Change,
by Nabraj Lama (rep 04/06/2022)
NEA
exports surplus electricity to India : The
state-owned power authority is currently
permitted to sell 364 megawatts electricity in
the Indian market (nlt 02/06/2022), Power
production exceeds demand, NEA starts supply to
India (kh 02/06/2022)
Dealing
with demi-gods due south : The demi-gods of the
Indraprastha have begun moving northwards to
build multipurpose projects, by Devendra
Gautam (ae 26/05/2022)
Nepal’s
religious diplomacy with India : There is a
strong case for avoiding the religionization of
politics and the politicization of religion,
by Pragya Ghimire (ae 19/05/2022)
Modi’s
visit to Lumibini: What he gained for India, how
Nepal saw it : China was cited as one of the
reasons by Indian media behind Modi skipping
Lumbini airport. If the Indian PM indeed fell
for this narrative, it is one more cause of
disappointment for Nepal, by Mahabir Paudyal
(nlt 19/05/2022)
Nepal
asks India to provide additional air routes
(rep 17/05/2022)
Srivastava
appointed Indian Ambassador to Nepal (nlt
17/05/2022)
India’s
Neighbourhood First policy : It strives to build
cordial and synergetic relations with the South
Asian neighbours, by Mukesh Kumar Srivastava
(kp 16/05/2022)
Indian
PM is landing in Lumbini Monday morning: What
will he do? (nlt 15/05/2022), Nepal,
India sign six Memorandums of Understanding
(with list) (nlt 16/05/2022), Nepal, India
sign MoU to construct Arun-4 hydropower project
(nlt 16/05/2022), Indian
PM Modi in Buddha’s birthplace: Here is what he
said : Narendra Modi extolled the Buddha's
teachings, appreciated age-old Nepal-India
relations and said that Lord Ram is incomplete
without Nepal (nlt 16/05/2022), Unparalleled
Nepal-India ties, by Ishwar Dev Khanal (kh
16/05/2022), Delhi
seeks to give renewed impetus to bilateral ties
with Modi visit to Lumbini : Visit to the
Buddha’s birthplace by Indian prime minister
will also strengthen Nepal’s cultural soft
power, observers say, by Anil Giri (k
16/05/2022), Narendra
Modi’s religious diplomacy, powered by agreement
on energy : The Indian prime minister makes an
hours-long trip to Lumbini, in his fifth visit
to Nepal since 2014, in a move also aimed at
improving bilateral ties, by Anil Giri (kp
17/05/2022), Modi's
Lumbini Visit Cultural Connectivity Boosts Ties,
by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 17/05/2022)
Nepalis
in the land of the Teesta : The Nepali diaspora
has long shown it does not need a state to claim
its identity, by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp
13/05/2022)
Preparations
intensified for Indian PM Modi’s Lumbini visit
(kh 11/05/2022), Nepal
to ask India to develop West Seti project that
has been idle for six decades : Deuba says
1,200MW project will be discussed with Modi, who
visits Lumbini on May 16, to seek Indian
investment, by Anil Giri and Sangam Prasain
(kp 11/05/2022), Nepal,
India jointly announce PM Modi's visit Lumbini
on the occasion of Buddha Jayanti (rep
12/05/2022), Indian
Prime Minister Modi to visit Lumbini on Monday
(nlt 12/05/2022), Indian
Prime Minister Modi arriving in Lumbini to mark
Buddha Jayanti on Monday (kh 15/05/2022)
Nepal’s
Ambassador to India presents credentials to
President of India (kh 11/05/2022)
India’s
PM Narendra Modi to visit Nepal on Buddha
Jayanti (kh 03/05/2022), Modi
to visit Nepal amid need to review relations in
the wake of geopolitical shifts : Del)hi sending
Navin Srivastava, a strong China hand, as its
new Nepal envoy ahead of the Indian prime
minister’s trip, by Anil Giri (kp
04/05/2022), India
names Naveen Srivastava as its new envoy to
Nepal, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 04/05/2022)
Roti-Beti,
Electricity, Connectivity, Security and Beyond,
by Samar SJB Rana (rep 04/05/2022)
Nepal-India
joint border patrol starts for local election
security, by Siraj Khan (rn 30/04/2022)
Nepal
steps up surveillance on the border after fresh
coronavirus spike in India : Rise in cases in
India cause for concern with uninterrupted
cross-border movement every day, doctors say,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 27/04/2022)
Nepal-India
border to remain closed 72 hours before election
(kh 20/04/2022)
Nepal
seeks India’s help to eliminate malaria
infections : Request comes as most of the
imported cases of the disease are from India,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 13/04/2022)
Foreign
Minister Khadka to fly to New Delhi (kh
11/04/2022)
Time
for Nepal to reboot ties with India and China,
by Pragya Ghimire (ae 07/04/2022)
India
to fund construction of school, health post
buildings in Darchula, irrigation project in
Dhading (kh 07/04/2022)
Deuba’s
unfulfilling Delhi trip (ae 07/04/2022)
Deuba's
India Visit A Fillip To Bilateral Relations,
by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 05/04/2022), PM
Deuba's India visit: Yet another feather in the
cap, by Jiba Raj Pokharel (ht 05/04/2022)
Once
reluctant, India now open to power trade to and
from Nepal, and beyond : Recent deal on energy
trading may come as a boon for Nepal, with
benefits for the power-starved region, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 05/04/2022)
With
Kwatra appointed foreign secretary, speculations
rife who will replace him in Nepal : At least
three names are doing rounds for New Delhi’s
ambassador to Kathmandu, by Anil Giri (kp
05/04/2022)
Prime
Minister Deuba’s India visit: What he discussed,
what he missed? (nlt 04/04/2022), Deuba
returns home from India trip with pilgrimage to
Kashi : Visit may be trust-building bid but many
view it differently amid geopolitical flux and
evolving Nepal-India relations, by Anil Giri
(kp 04/04/222)
On
boundary row, brief talk with no concrete
resolution : Deuba and Modi renew commitment to
better bilateral ties and enhance cooperation on
energy, connectivity. Experts term the visit a
confidence booster, by Anil Giri (kp
03/04/2022)
Nepal,
India agree to expand power cooperation under
BBIN framework : The sub-regional architecture
works in water resource management, and
connectivity of power, transport and
infrastructure, by Anil Giri (kp
03/04/2022), Nepal-India
common vision in energy sector expands power
trade prospects (rep 03/04/2022), Nepal’s
import constraints to stay despite energy price
cap in India : India’s Central Electricity
Regulatory Commission has instructed power
exchange to limit maximum bidding amount to IRs
12 per unit, by Prithvi Narayan Shrestha (kp
04/04/2022)
PM
Deuba visited BJP office as NC president, not as
PM: Foreign Minister Khadka (kh 03/04/2022)
Arzu
Deuba requests AIIMS for collaboration in safe
motherhood and child health (nlt
03/04/2022), PM
Deuba urges Indian entrepreneurs to invest in
Nepal (kh 03/04/2022)
Nepal,
India sign four agreements (nlt 02/04/2022),
PM
Deuba meets Indian PM Modi in New Delhi (nlt
02/04/2022), PM
Deuba, Indian PM Modi flag off Kurtha-Jayanagar
railway (nlt 02/04/2022), PM
Deuba and his Indian counterpart Modi jointly
inaugurate Janakpur-Jayanagar Railway, Solu
Corridor Transmission Line (rep 02/04/2022),
Nepal,
India agree to expand power cooperation under
BBIN framework : The sub-regional architecture
works in areas like water resources management,
connectivity of power, transport, and
infrastructure, by Anil Giri (kp
02/04/2022), PM
Deuba Urges To Solve Border Issues Through
Bilateral Mechanism (rn 02/04/2022), PM
Deuba's Request To Provide Three Air Routes
(rn 02/04/2022)
Deuba-BJP
powwow: Something to read but not much,
observers say : Nepali Congress president’s
meeting with the leader of India’s ruling party
comes as a surprise, but what makes the
difference is how Nepal-India ties move forward,
by Anil Giri (kp 02/04/2022)
Deuba
leaving for Delhi today with eye on rebooting
bilateral relations : Some deals plus
inauguration of railway on the cards as the
prime minister seeks to put ties back on track,
by Anil Giri (kp 01/04/2022)
Nepal's
2nd Int’l Airport Ready for Opening Amid Air
Route Issues with India, by Hari Prasad
Shrestha (rep 31/03/2022) [India denies Nepal its due international
rights at every opportunity!]
From
Darchula to Dharchula, every day for work :
Hundreds of Nepalis cross the Mahakali border
every day looking for work in India's Dharchula.
There are no jobs in Nepal, they say, by Jag
Bahadur Budha (rec 31/03/2022)
A
big test of PM Deuba and Nepal-India ties as he
goes on official visit to India : When PM Deuba
returns home he should have something solid to
show in matters of resolving outstanding issues
so that he can proudly announce what he gained
for Nepal, by Mahabir Paudyal (nlt
31/03/2022), Cabinet
decision: Four ministers to accompany PM Deuba
to India (kh 31/03/2022)
Nepal
should take initiation to reduce trade deficit
with India, interview with Laxman Phuyal,
former ambassador to India (kh 31/03/2022)
Prime
Minister Deuba’s visit will further solidify
Nepal-India ties, interview with Lok Raj
Baral (lh 30/03/2022)
Fraying
ties of bread and bride . Other than pilgrims,
politicos and plutocrats, few travel between
India and Nepal regularly, by CK Lal (kp
30/03/2022)
Deals
on energy, connectivity on the cards during
Deuba’s India visit : Deuba is visiting Delhi on
April 1-3 in his first official foreign outing
since assuming office, by Anil Giri (kp
29/03/2022)
Foreign
Minster Dr. Khadka meets Indian counterpart
Jaishankar in Colombo (kh 29/03/2022)
Deuba
to visit India on April 1-3 in first official
foreign trip since taking office : The prime
minister set to leave for Delhi immediately
after the Chinese foreign minister concludes his
Nepal visit, by Anil Giri (kp 24/03/2022), Prime
Minister Deuba to visit India from April 1 to 3
(kh 28/03/2022)
NEA
to purchase electricity from India paying up to
Rs 38 per unit (kh 24/03/2022)
Indian
Embassy holds one-day conclave Connect [IN] in
Kathmandu to boost India-Nepal economic growth
(kh 24/03/2022)
India
unilaterally building embankment along bordering
Mahakali River in Darchula (rep 21/03/2022)
Will
India’s new BJP wave impact Nepal? Adityanath,
emerging as a powerful BJP leader is a vocal
supporter for the reinstatement of Nepal’s Hindu
state, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae
17/03/2022)
Talks
with India underway for electricity export:
Minister Bhusal (kh 17/03/2022)
Govt’s
silence over unilateral construction in Darchula
by India shameful: Bhim Rawal (rep
13/03/2022)
Completion
deadline of Nepalgunj check post extended till
January : The facility being built on the
Indo-Nepal border will house customs and
immigration under one roof to streamline trade
between the two countries, by Thakur Singh
Tharu (kp 07/03/2022)
Nepal
asks India for cooperation to rescue Nepalis
from Ukraine (kh 05/03/2022)
Can
Nepal be a reliable energy provider? India will
buy electricity only from the projects developed
by the exporting country or by Indian investors.
Only a few Nepali projects qualify, by Nihar
R Nayak (ae 03/03/2022)
India’s
SJVN signs papers to get Rs101 billion loan for
Arun-3 hydro project : The consortium, led by
SBI India and PNB, has Exim Bank and Canara UBI
India of India and Everest Bank and Nabil Bank
of Nepal as members (kp 01/03/2022)
Nepal,
India sign agreement for supply of fertilizers
(nlt 28/02/2022), Nepal
signs deal with India to procure chemical
fertiliser : The government-to-government
contract bypasses the lengthy global tendering
process to avoid scarcities during the main
growing season, by Sangam Prasain (kp
01/03/2022)
Nepal-India
border to remain closed for 3 days (kh
25/02/2022)
India
assures Nepal there will be no power spillage in
monsoon, officials say : A two-nation team will
identify large hydel projects for joint
development, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
25/02/2022)
Indian
Army gifts 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to
Nepali Army (kh 24/02/2022)
Nepal-India
energy JSC meeting starting from today (kh
23/02/2022), Power
Secretary of India calls on PM Deuba as
Nepal-India 9th energy meeting on power trade,
transmission line kicks off (kh 23/02/2022)
Nepal
presents fresh list of power projects to India
for exporting electricity during monsoon :
Electricity export, transmission lines upgrade
and joint investment in hydropower projects are
on agenda of Nepal-India meetings taking place
this week, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
23/02/2022)
Nepal
gives Indian travellers digital payment access :
The move would be of huge relief to the Indian
people travelling north as there are
restrictions on the use of high denomination IC
notes in Nepal, by Krishana Prasain (kp
19/02/2022)
Good
times end for Nepali palm oil exporters : India
has slashed import duty on crude palm oil making
it cheaper for Indian refiners to import crude
palm oil, by Krishana Prasain (kp
16/02/2022)
PM
Deuba and India’s PM Modi to jointly inaugurate
rail service from Jayanagar to Dhanusha (kh
04/02/2022), Janakpur-Jayanagar
Railway to come into operation by February third
week (rep 04/02/2022)
Over
1,000 Nepal-bound consignments stuck at Vizag
Port due to dilly-dallying by shipping and
railway service companies (rep 02/02/2022)
Nine
Border Pillars In Kailali Found Swept Away,
by Krit Bahadur Bista (rn 02/02/2022)
India
allocates ₹7.5 billion to Nepal for fiscal
2022/23 (kh 01/02/2022), Impact
of New Indian Budget on Nepal: Some Observations,
by Shankar Man Singh (rep 03/02/2022)
Nepal,
India sign MoU to build bridge across Mahakali
river in Darchula : Construction will begin soon
and the bridge will be ready in three years,
according to Indian officials (kp
01/02/2022)
Lack
of integrated customs check post hampering
business (kh 29/01/2022)
District
administration bans movement through Gaddachauki
border transit point (rep 24/01/2022)
No
China involvement is India’s caveat for buying
power from Nepali plants : The southern
neighbour has but one concern about buying
electricity—who is helping develop projects in
Nepal, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
20/01/2022) [Interference
by both India and the U.S. in the context of
their own anti-China interests!]
Experts
call for bringing India, China on board to
resolve Kalapani row : Modi statement on
Lipulekh has created fresh uproar, with Delhi,
Kathmandu issuing statements one after another,
by Anil Giri (kp 18/01/2022)
Workers
return home after losing jobs in India : Around
1,000 people are entering Nepal through the
Trinagar border point in Kailali on a daily
basis, by Mohan Bushaair (kp 16/01/2022)
Indian
Embassy in Kathmandu responds to India-Nepal
border dispute (kh 15/01/2022), India
stresses boundary talks with Nepal through
established mechanisms : Statement by the Indian
embassy in Kathmandu comes amid uproar over
Modi’s recent remarks on Lipulekh (kp
15/01/2022), Nepal-India
border dispute: India stresses on dialogues,
communication in the spirit of ‘close and
friendly bilateral relations’ : A statement
issued by the spokesperson of the Indian Embassy
in Kathmandu states that the Government of
India’s position on the India-Nepal boundary is
well known, consistent and unambiguous (nlt
15/01/2022), Government
reiterates Limpiyadhura, Kalapani and Lipulekh
belong to Nepal (kh 16/01/2022), Lipulekh,
Limpiyadhura and Kalapani integral parts of
Nepal: Government : Nepal government has been
requesting Indian government to stop unilateral
construction/expansion of any road that goes via
Nepali territory, Minister Karki says (kp
16/1/2022)
Nepal’s
ruling party Nepali Congress asks New Delhi to
immediately stop road construction in the
Lipulekh area : Nepali Congress has
categorically claimed that Lipulek, Limpiyadhura
and Kalapani are Nepal’s territory and India
should respect historical evidence (nlt
15/01/2022), Lipulekh
road expansion: Maoist Center urges India to
abide by Panchasheel (kh 15/01/2022), Calls
grow in ruling parties for Deuba to speak up on
Lipulekh : Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is
under pressure to respond to Modi’s statement on
India’s road expansion through the territory
that Nepal has included in its map, by Anil
Giri (kp 15/01/2022), RPP
expresses concerns over road construction in
Lipulekh by India; says govt’s silence
‘mysterious’ (rep 15/01/2022)
Ambivalence
of Nepali Congress about sovereignty on Kalapani
: Many Nepali Congress leaders were vocal
opponents of India’s move on Kalapani in 2019
and 2020. That was when they were in opposition.
Now, they have chosen to respond with silence,
by Mahabir Poudyal (nlt 12/01/2022), Nepali
Congress Vice President demands government
should send a diplomatic note to India : Experts
have also said that Nepal should not stay silent
over the announcement by the Indian PM that
India is constructing a road via the Nepali
territory of Lipulekh (nlt 13/01/2022)
India
should try to reach out to maximum Nepali
people: Dr Lokraj Baral (kh 12/01/2022)
(interview)
Nepal,
India firms sign first private power trade deal
of the two nations : Nepali private sector flags
concern over the new Electricity Bill, which has
envisaged granting legal permission for energy
trade, but is pending in Parliament, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 11/01/2022)
CPN-US
leader Khanal condemns road expansion in
Lipulekh (kh 10/01/2022)
Deuba
government condemned for staying mum over Modi’s
remarks on Lipulekh road (nlt 09/01/2022)
Vibrant
Gujarat Summit postponed amid rising COVID-19
cases : PM Deuba's visit "cancelled" (kh
06/01/2022), Deuba
visit cancelled as India postpones Gujarat
summit : Event deferred in the wake of rising
Covid-19 cases in the Indian state, Indian media
report (kp 07/01/2022)
Deuba
leaving for India on Sunday for four-day visit;
some deals on cards : Three memorandums of
understanding including one on chemical
fertiliser, a key issue, likely to be signed,
by Anil Giri (kp 05/01/2022)
How
Nepal’s bid to diversify trade after the
blockade fell flat : Experts say over-reliance
on the southern neighbour has rather increased
because of a lack of strong policies and failure
to implement recommended measures, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 30/12/2021)
Prime
Minister Deuba to embark on three-day India
visit on Jan 9 : Will attend Vibrant Gujarat
Global Summit and hold talks with Indian PM Modi
(kh 24/12/2021), Deuba
leaving for India on January 10 to participate
in Gujarat Global Summit : Detailed itinerary
was not immediately available. A one-on-one
meeting with Indian Prime Minister Modi on the
cards, by Anil Giri (kp 24/12/2021)
Nepal-India
security officials meet in Pithoragarh : To keep
close tabs on dual citizenship (kh
24/12/2021)
Nepal
as a bridge between India and China : No
alternative land trade route between India and
China has been identified beside the Nathu-La
Pass, which is inconvenient due to its high
altitude and recent border disputes, by Dron
Lamichhane (ae 23/12/2021)
Final
location survey for Kathmandu-Raxaul rail set to
chug along : After Nepal and India signed an MoU
on the proposed project in October, Indian side
wants to start work immediately, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 20/12/2021)
Nepal
sells USD 1.36 billion to foot import bills from
India during mid-July and mid-November (rep
20/12/2021)
Left
in the lurch, Nepali sugarcane farmers struggle
to stay in business : WTO says India violated
trade rules when it offered excessive subsidies
to the production and export of sugar and
sugarcane, by Krishana Prasain and Shiva
Puri (kp 18/12/2021)
We
won’t let ‘powers’ spoil India’s relations with
Nepal, says Indian Defense Minister Rajnath
Singh : "If we need to bow our head, we will do
it but we won't let our relations break with our
neighbor Nepal" (kh 15/12/2021)
165
persons from Sudurpaschim go missing in India
(kh 13/12/2021)
Indian
court orders authorities to compensate Durga
Prasad of Ilam who spent 40 years in West Bengal
jails despite being innocent, by Bhim
Chapagain (rep 09/12/2021)
India’s
development cooperation with Nepal is
multi-faceted and multi-dimensional: EAM
Jaishankar (kh 08/12/2021)
Nepal-India
border districts discuss measures to control
cross-border crimes (rep 29/11/2021)
Indian
consulate in Birgunj holds panel discussion on
relevance of constitution (kh 27/11/2021) [??]
Two
enumerators pass countless hurdles to reach
frontier villages : Khagendra Karki and Lokendra
Ter chase a treacherous trail abandoned for long
in the call of their duty to count Nepalis
living in the country’s north-western corner,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 27/11/2021) [India is really a true
friend of Nepal!]
Indian
Army gifts workshop trucks to Nepali Army
(kh 25/11/2021)
Diplomatic
dilemmas of the hybrid regime : It seems Indians
are as worried about US involvement as they are
about the Chinese role in the organisational
politics of Nepal, by CK Lal (kp)
24/11/2021)
Nepal,
India sign MoU to recognize each other's
COVID-19 vaccination certificates (rep
23/11/2021)
Forget
Kalapani, Nepal struggling to conduct census in
Darchula villages : Enumerators need to travel
via India to reach Tinkar and Chhangru, which
Indian authorities have yet to permit, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 18/11/2021), Census
team heads towards Darchula villages on foot
through Nepali territory : India refused to
provide entry passes for enumerators to use
Indian territory to reach Tinkar and Chhangru
(kp 19/11/2021) [India
is, as always, an extremely helpful and friendly
neighbour!]
Eminent
Persons’ Group meeting and its significance,
by Prithvi Bahadur Bogati (kh 16/11/2021)
Reconstruction
of 50,000 India- funded houses in Gorkha and
Nuwakot districts completed (rep 15/11/2021)
CAAN
offends Indian aviation authority : Its slapdash
approach could spoil things (ht 14/11/2021)
Senior
US and Indian officials visiting Nepal next week
: US assistant secretary Donald Lu will arrive
on November 17 and Indian transport minister
Nitin Gadkari on November 18, by Anil Giri
(kp 13/11/2021)
CoAS
Sharma embarking on four-day India visit (kh
08/11/2021), In
defence of military diplomacy : It is a
crucial instrument complementary to
official diplomacy, by Shantosh Bhallave
Pouyal (kp 09/11/2021) [In
many respects a doubtful statement : dipölomacy
is not the task of the army!], India’s
President to confer Honorary General title on
Nepal’s CoAS Sharma today (kh 10/11/2021)
Delhi
opens door for Nepal to sell electricity in
India’s energy exchange market : Several hundred
megawatts of electricity in Nepal are being
wasted amid low power demand in the country and
lack of market access abroad, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 02/11/2021), Delhi
opens door for Nepal to sell power in India’s
energy exchange market : Several hundred
megawatts of electricity in Nepal are being
wasted amid low power demand in the country and
lack of market access abroad, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 03/11/2021), Power
export permission: 39 MW surplus power to be
sent to India in first phase (kh 03/11/2021)
PM
Deuba meets his Indian counterpart Modi at
Glasgow (kh 02/11/2021), PM
Deuba and Indian counterpart Modi hold bilateral
talks on sidelines of COP26 (kh 02/11/2021),
Meeting
with PM Deuba “productive”: Indian PM Modi
(kh 03/11/2021), Deuba
asks Modi to open up new air routes for Nepal :
Two prime ministers also discuss Covid vaccine
and fertiliser supply on COP26 sidelines,
by Anil Giri (kp 03/11/2021)
Why
don't they like us?, by Surendra Singh Rawal
(rep 29/10/2021)
Nepal-India
Friendship Bus Service resumes (kh
29/10/2021), Nepal-India
friendly bus service resumes (kh 01/11/2021)
Activists
demand demarcation of Nepal-India border in
Susta (rep 27/10/2021)
Consult
Delhi for census in Kalapani, census bureau asks
Foreign Ministry : The Central Bureau of
Statistics has yet to decide on sending
enumerators to the region, which Nepal has
brought within its borders but India claims as
its own, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
25/10/2021)
Visiting
team of Indian Army reaches Jomson (kh
21/10/2021)
India-Nepal
Relations: Past and Present, by Rohtash
Karwasra (kh 16/10/2021)
India's
decision to slash custom duty on the import of
edible oil from third countries could hurt
Nepal’s export earnings (kh 17/10/2021), Oil
exports may suffer after India slashes import
duty : Lower taxes could prompt Indian traders
to source the products themselves and dent
Nepal’s largest export, insiders say, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 19/10/2021)
Indian
Foreign Secy Shringla bids farewell to
Ambassador of Nepal to India (kh 12/10/2021)
Misunderstanding
between close neighbors sometimes is obvious: Dr
Mahat (kh 11/10/2021)
Nepal,
India sign accord on Kathmandu-Raxaul railway :
India will prepare a detailed project report for
the proposed $3.15 billion rail line, officials
say. It will enable train travel to all Indian
cities, by Rajesh Mishra (kp 08/10/2021), Nepal,
India hold Joint Working Group meeting on cross
border railway links (kh 08/10/2021)
Indian
ignorance on Nepal : Few Indians seem aware that
China’s debt diplomacy is something endlessly
discussed in Nepal, by Viswas Baral (ae
07/10/2021)
South
Asian Values; Re-Imagining India-Nepal Political
Relation, by Sinoj S.(kh 06/10/2021)
Physical,
cultural and economic connectivity between India
and Nepal discussed (kh 06/10/2021)
Deuba
sending delegation to India as he walks
diplomatic tightrope : Congress leaders, led by
Prakash Sharan Mahat, are visiting Delhi
on Thursday and are expected to meet BJP leaders
and Jaishankar, the minister for external
affairs, by Anil Giri (kp 06/10/2021), Dr
Mahat leaves for New Delhi leading NC delegation
(kh 07/10/2021)
Biratnagar-Jogbani
border point comes into operation (kh
03/10/2021)
Indo-Nepal
Joint Exercise Surya Kiran XV concludes (kh
03/10/2021)
12
children rescued from India (ht 03/10/2021)
Nepal
reopens border to overland visitors from India :
Nepal sealed the border with India in March 2020
with the coronavirus in full rampage, only
allowing trucks carrying vital supplies to pass,
by Shankar Acharya (kp 02/10/2021)
Over
1,500 empty cargo containers stuck at Birgunj
dry port (rep 02/10/2021)
Border
points yet to open (ht 02/10/2021)
Policy
interrupted : Rather than non-alignment, Nepal’s
foreign policy represents a lack of continuity,
by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp 01/10/2021)
Nepal
and India review progress of Post-Earthquake
Reconstruction Projects in Nepal (kh
01/10/2021)
Six
school buildings reconstructed with Indian grant
assistance jointly inaugurated in Kavre (rep
29/09/2021)
Border
points open after 18 months (ht 29/09/2021)
[related to Rautahat]
New
Delhi sends its senior official to Kathmandu :
Anurag Shrivastava, head of the Northern
Division at India’s Ministry of External
Affairs, arrived on Tuesday and is set to hold a
series of meetings (kp 28/09/2021)
Unmanaged
border crossings may expose Nepal’s Achilles
heel in stemming Covid-19 : Tens of thousands of
people enter the country daily through
checkpoints set up at various land crossings
with India, by Arjun Poudel (kp 24/09/2021)
Nepalgunj
border yet to open (ht 24/09/2021)
PM
Deuba to discuss plans to open borders for
Indian passenger vehicles (rep 21/09/2021)
“Nepal
will remain an important part of India’s South
Asia policy”, interview with Harsh V. Pant
(kh 19/0/2021)
Nepal-India
joint military exercise resuming from Sept 20
(kh 17/09/2021)
Nepal-India
Bonhomie: A tree mildewed by Real Politic,
by Manan Dwivedi and Shonit Nayan (kh 14/09/2021)
Nepal,
India sign investment agreement for
Butwal-Gorakhpur Transmission line (kh
10/09/2021), Nepal,
India sign deal to build 400 kV power line : The
proposed Butwal-Gorakhpur transmission line will
have a capacity of transporting as much as 3,500
megawatts, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
11/09/2021)
After
over a month, and much criticism, Nepal writes
to India on Darchula incident : The
disappearance of a man in Mahakali river, in
which Indian security personnel are said to be
involved, has become a diplomatic headache for
Prime Minister Deuba, by Anil Giri (kp
07/09/2021), Nepal
asks India to probe border force’s involvement
in Dhami disappearance : Foreign Ministry draws
New Delhi’s attention to airspace violation by
Indian non-military helicopter in Darchula,
by Anil Giri (kp 08/09/2021)
Nepal’s
PM, too, hasn’t assertively said they have
accepted EPG report, interview with SD
Muni (kh 03/09/2021), Border
issue with China exposes Nepal’s unstable
foreign policy : When it comes to relations
with neighbours, a studied approach that is
above partisan interests is required, and
both Oli and Deuba have bungled, analysts
say, by Anil Giri (kp 03/09/2021)
Madhav
Nepal’s CPN (Unified Center)’s student union
burns effigy of Indian PM Modi (rep
03/09/2021), Home
ministry warns of legal action against
people burning effigy of Indian PM (rep
05/09/2021)
MoUs
signed for reconstruction of 14 cultural
heritage sector projects, 103 health sector
projects across Nepal (rep 03/09/2021)
Nepali
Army Major General Shrestha calls on Indian
Army Chief Naravane (kh 03/09/2021)
Nepal
spent US $ 4.54 billion to buy Indian currency
worth Rs 535.23 billion to finance imports last
year (rep 02/09/2021)
Indian
Army invites former chiefs of Nepal Army to New
Delhi (rep 02/09/2021) [??]
Coalition
partners ask Deuba to release report on Dhami
disappearance case : Prime Minister Deuba seems
to be trying to dismiss the incident in order
not to offend India, analysts say, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 31/08/2021), Living
on the margins : Dhami’s story is the story of a
democratic state failing to fulfil its
responsibility (kp 01/09/2021), Darchula
incident makes a diplomatic test case with India
for Deuba : Government has yet to make any
position on Jaya Singh Dhami’s disappearance in
Mahakali river, despite a probe committee
submitting its report, by Anil Giri (kp
02/09/2021), No
official communication on Darchula issue
from Nepal yet, India says, by Rajesh
Misdhra (kp 03/09/2021)
Construction
of integrated check post sluggish (ht
28/08/2021), Coronavirus
delays construction of integrated check
post in Nepalgunj : The Rs2.35 billion project,
being built with Indian financial aid, has made
only 12 percent progress in the last 10 months,
by Thakur Singh Tharu (kp 31/08/2021)
Indian
Embassy in Kathmandu hands over flood, landslide
relief materials worth Rs 80 mln (kh
27/08/2021)
Indian
Ambassador Kwatra hands over oxygen plant to
BPKIHS (kh 26/08/2021)
BJP
Foreign Department Chief Chauthaiwale meets UML
Chair Oli (kh 23/08/2021) [Two like-minded people?],
BJP
leader Chauthaiwale meets Mahantha Thakur
(kh 23/08/2021)
People
returning to India despite Covid-19 risks :
Around 600 migrant workers from Lumbini, Karnali
and Sudurpaschim provinces cross the Jamunaha
border point into India on a daily basis, by
Rupa Gahatraj (kp 21/08/2021)
Wrongfully
convicted man free after 24 years in jail
(rep 18/08/2021)
Nepal
and India hold 9th meeting of Oversight
Mechanism in Kathmandu (kh 16/08/2021), Nepal,
India agree to accelerate implementation of
bilateral projects (ht 17/08/2021)
Four
months old Nepali baby taken hostage by Indian
hospital after parents failed to pay treatment
costs (rep 08/08/2021)
Problematic
Nepal-India ‘special’ relations : Is there a way
to minimize Nepal’s India dependence,
irrespective of New Delhi’s wishes?, by
Biswa Baral (ae 05/08/2021)
Ignored
for three years, EPG report is losing its
relevanceEminent Persons’ Group, formd to review
various aspects of Nepal-India ties, including
the 1950 Treaty, finalised the report in
July 2018, but it continues to gather dust,
by Anil Giri (kp 05/08/2021) [Who was in political charge again in the
last three years?]
Stop
Cutting Cable Across Border, by Namrata
Sharma (rn 04/08/2021)
Signing
of Kathmandu-Raxaul Railway MoU postponed
(rep 04/08/2021)
Man
goes missing falling off tuin in Mahakali
(kh 30/07/2021), Indian
PM Modi for treating neighbors well : Remark
comes a day after a Nepali national went missing
when SSB cut a ropeway while the person was
crossing river (kh 31/07/2021), Darchula
incident exposes persisting issues between Nepal
and India, again : Probe underway’, says
Kathmandu, showing no urgency to pursue the
matter a day after a youth fell into the
Mahakali as Indian security force denies role in
dismantling cable, by Anil Giri and Manof
Madu (kp 01/08/2021)
The
India-Nepal 'Special Relations' Myth, by
Surendra Singh Rawal (rep 23/07/2021)
India
PM Modi congratulates PM Deuba : Says, “I look
forward to working with you” (kh
18/07/2021), Prime
Minister Deuba-Modi Talk: India Assures Early
Supply Of COVID-19 Vaccines (rn 19/07/2021)
India’s
Nepal policy: Time for reset : Deuba has an
opportunity to reach out to India and establish
an open and honest line of communication to
discuss all the outstanding issues, by
Pragya Ghimire (ae 15/07/2021)
Nepal
must pursue inundation issues with India year
round, observers say : It is only during
flooding in monsoon that authorities take up
this perennial problem and even then the
southern neighbour continues to ignore concerns,
by Binod Ghimire and Anil Giri (kp 11/07/2021)
Revised
railway service deal with India to facilitate
Nepal’s trade, officials say : The agreement
ends CONCOR’s monopoly over freight services and
allows transport from more Indian seaports,
by Anil Giri (kp 04/07/2021), Nepal,
India sign LoE to Nepal-India Rail Service
Agreement, Nepali rail will now have access to
Haldiya and Calcutta (rep 09/07/2021), Nepal
and India ink LoE to RSA (ht 10/07/2021)
India
lifts ban on import of palm oil till 2021 end
(rep 01/07/2021)
Unbreakable
Nepal-India Relationship: Why Cracks Occur?,
by Prakash Pokhrel (rep 30/06/2021)
APF
stops Indian dam repair efforts (ht
30/06/2021)
849
border marker pillars missing along
international border in Province 2 (kh
28/06/2021)
Nepal’s
annual soybean oil exports to India near Rs50
billion : Despite the impressive export
statistics, the soybean oil trade contributes
very little to the economy, economists say,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 25/06/2021)
How
trade spats increase poverty: the India-Nepal
Episode of 2015, by Sanjay Kathuria, TG
Srinivasan and Swarnim Wagle (rep 23/06/2021)
Nepal
writes to India over Mahakali border
construction : In a diplomatic note, it calls
for a joint inspection to assess the damage
caused by blasts carried out on the Indian side
but observers say India may not respond, by
Anil Giri (kp 20/06/2021)
Is
Oli government’s new Nepal map more about optics
than substance? As India continues to expand the
road via Lipulekh, Nepal has yet to make any
diplomatic response. Foreign Ministry says it
has asked Home Ministry to look into the matter,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 16/06/2021) [Oli's
statements are empty slogans without content! Or
does he want to build a road on Indian territory
in response?]
Indian
Army calls for applications for female military
police, including Nepalis (kh 13/06/2021)
Indian
Army provides health supplies worth Rs 240
million to Nepal Army (kh 06/06/2021)
Nepal
all set to sign fertiliser supply deal with
India ; The five-year agreement will assure
supply of 30 percent of Nepal’s annual
fertiliser requirement, officials say, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 05/06/2021)
On
Intrusive Rumbles from South, by Bikash
Sangraula (rep 04/06/2021)
A
yam between two Indias : Nepal does not just
need to balance India and China now, it has to
keep out of India’s polarised politics (nt
04/0/2021)
Indian
traders seek quota to stem influx of soya bean
oil, by Krishana Prasain (kp 02/06/2021)
COVID-19’s
Lesson : Regulate Nepal-India Open Border,
by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 30/05/2021)
Recent
political developments in Kathmandu are internal
matters of Nepal: India (rep 26/05/2021)
Nepali
doctors at AIIMS in India have not been paid for
a year, by Kunga Hyolmo (rep 09/05/2021)
Oxygen
being smuggled to India from Nepalgunj (ht
05/05/2021)
India
rehabilitates small hydro power plant at
Chandannath in Jumla (kh 05/05/2021)
Modi’s
Covid fiasco : The Bharatiya Janata Party’s
denialism is costing thousands of lives daily in
India, by Jagadish Prasad Bist (kp
02/05/2021)
Unravelling
of the Indian governance model : The structure
of the Hindu Rashtra is being erected in what
was once a raucous and yet thriving democracy,
by CK Lal (kp 28/04/2021)
Border
point in eastern part of country sans holding
centres (kh 27/04/2021)
India
gifts 39 ambulances and six school buses to govt
and not-for profit organizations in various
districts (rep 22/04/2021)
Large
number of Nepali migrant workers returning in
Sudur Paschim after losing jobs in Covid-19
seized Indian cities, by Tekendra Deuba (ht
19/04/2021)
Movement
Through Jamunaha Border Point Tightened (rn
17/04/2021)
Indian
govt allows NEA to purchase electricity under
free market mechanism through energy exchange
market (rep 16/04/2021)
Indian
ban on Remdesivir exports may not have much
impact on Nepal : Officials and experts say the
concern, however, is about possible ban on other
essential drugs as India continues to see record
high Covid-19 cases and Nepal lacks vaccines,
by Suresh Raj Neupane and Arjun Poudel (kp
12/04/2021)
As
Nepal struggles to get vaccines, two ministers
talk with Indian counterparts : Foreign and
health ministers are assured of resumption of
supplies but when the vaccines will come is not
yet clear, by Anil Giri (kp 10/04/2021)
Goods
being smuggled into eastern Nepal from India,
by Kishor Budhathoki (ae 08/04/2021)
Government
plans to hold census in Kalapani but doesn’t
know how : Sending enumerators there looks
impossible, local leaders say. Authorities are
mulling over counting residents on the
basis of past Indian census data or satellite
imagery, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
07/04/2021)
Indian
Army gifts 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to
Nepal Army (rep 30/03/2021)
Sudurpaschim
folks returning home in droves as COVID cases
surge in India (ht 27/03/2021), Migrant
workers start returning home as India reports
rise in Covid-19 cases : As least 34 people
entering Nepal from Gauriphanta border
tested positive for Covid-19 in the past five
days, by Arjun Shah (kp 28/03/2021)
Nepal
vaccination drive could be affected as India
halts exports of AstraZeneca vaccines : Of the 2
million doses for which the government has paid
for, the Serum Institute has yet to supply 1
million doses, by Arjun Poudel (kp
25/03/2021)
Nepal-India
trade, transit and logistic issues discussed
(ht 25/03/2021)
India
expresses concerns over growing export of
soybean oil from Nepal to India (rep
21/03/2021), India
asks Nepal to check rules of origin : Nepal
produces little soybean oil, but it is the
country’s largest export with shipments worth
billions annually, by Krishana Prasain (kp
22/03/2021)
Nepali
man released on bail after 40 years in Indian
prison (rep 20/03/2021) [This man seems completely psychologically
destroyed after 40 years without trial in an
Indian prison! India should be held accountable
for this. Why have Nepal's politicians and
monarchs never stood up for him? ], ‘I
was innocent’, says Timsina upon his release
after 40 years in Indian prison : The
60-year-old was jailed on charges of murdering a
woman in Darjeeling in 1980. News about him came
to light when an inmate spoke of him after his
release last October, by Parbat Portel (kp
21/03/2021), A
Nepali mother meets her son after 40 years
(rep 21/03/2021), Durga
Prasad Timsina reunites with his mother after
four decades : The 60-year-old, who had been
held in Indian prison without proper trial for
the last 40 years, meets his 85-year-old mother
and relatives at his ancestral home in Ilam,
by Biplav Bhattarai and Parbat Portel (kp
22/03/2021), Kafkaland
blues : For the poor, the marginalised and the
illiterate, the criminal justice process itself
is the punishment (kp 22/03/2021), India
court orders state to consider compensating
Timsina : Family faced hardships due to his
incarceration, the court notes, by Parbat
Portel (kp 23/03/2021)
Four
schools newly reconstructed by India in Nuwakot
inaugurated (kh 19/03/2021)
Huge
price differential triggers cross-border fuel
smuggling : Nepal and India share an 1,800-km
open border with more than three dozen motorable
crossing points, by Krishana Prasain (kp
27/02/2021)
Former
prime minister Bhattarai to visit New Delhi :
Bhattarai will seek medical treatment in the
city but leaders close to him say he might have
political meetings as well, by Anil Giri (kp
21/02/2021)
Paradigm
shift needed in Nepal-India ties : An apparent
conflict has emerged because our foreign
policies have not changed with the times, by
Ajaya Bhadra Khanal (kp 19/02/2021)
Nepal
takes up Tripura chief minister’s remarks with
Indian officials : Envoy expresses concern over
statement that Indian home minister shared
‘plans to form a BJP government in Nepal’
(kp 17/02/2021)
Nepal,
India close to signing supply contract for
fertiliser : The deal will ensure regular supply
of plant nourishers which often runs short
during critical times, officials say, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 09/02/2021)
Nepal-India
ties: Expectations and reality; It is imperative
that the two sort out their problems to reduce
other geo-political tensions, by Lok Raj
Baral (kp 04/02/2021)
India
raises Nepal grant by nearly 13 percent to
Rs15.87 billion : The increase for the fiscal
year 2021-22 comes after it had reduced by more
than 26 percent to Rs14.08 billion in 2020-21
compared to Rs19.16 in 2019-20, by Suresh
Raj Neupane (kp 01/02/2021) [In the competition with China, India is
increasingly ensnaring Nepal, but continues not
to say a word about its occupation of Nepali
territory!]
Pushpalal
highway connects Sikkim : With road
connectivity, Nepalis in border areas can easily
go buy daily essentials and sell locally
produced items in Sikkim, by Ananda Gautam
(kp 30/01/2021)
Putting
neighbours first : Nepal is among the first few
countries to receive Indian-manufactured
Covid-19 vaccines, by Vinay Mohan Kwatra (kp
29/01/2021)
How
India is using vaccine diplomacy to recalibrate
its neighbourhood first policy : Foreign policy
watchers and experts say the jabs could prove
for Delhi, which is in a bid to win over its
neighbours, a shot in the arm, by Anil Giri
(kp 26/01/2021)
India
continues to construct embankment despite
objections from local authorities : The Indian
authorities have been building an embankment on
the Mahakali river that Nepali side claims to be
an international border, by Manoj Badu (kp
22/01/2021)
India,
and Nepali constitution, by Biswas Baral (ae
22/01/2021)
Nepal
is falling into a trap of India, China and the
US : America might use its weight to obligate
Nepal to honor TPSA and get the MCC endorsed.
India might stand behind. China might warn Nepal
against doing that, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep
18/01/2021)
Gyawali’s
overhyped Delhi visit turns out to be a damp
squib : There were no concrete outcomes from the
visit on the border row or vaccine procurement.
It just marked a resumption of bilateral
engagements between Nepal and India, by Anil
Giri (kp 17/01/2021), Delhi
is still far away : The only major outcome of
Minister Gyawali's sojourn to India is the
resumption of bilateral engagement (kp
18/01/2021)
Delhi
discusses all but boundary row in talks with
Foreign Minister Gyawali : As hinted, India
showed reluctance to get into the issue despite
the Nepali side putting the matter on the table,
by Suresh Raj Neupane and Anil Giri (kp
16/01/2021), Gyawali
returning home after three-day Delhi visit; no
talks with Modi : There were expectations that
the foreign minister would be meeting with the
Indian prime minister, but it could not
materialise, by Suresh Raj Neupane (kp
16/01/2021) [Indo-Nepal
relations "normal", as could be expected!]
As
Gyawali lands in Delhi, India hints
boundary talks unlikelyJoint Commission and
boundary talks are two different mechanisms,
says India’s Ministry of External Affairs, even
as Nepal keeps the territory issue high on the
agenda, by Suresh Raj Neupane (kp
15/01/2021), ‘I
am here with the objective of making Nepal-India
relations even stronger based on trust’ : The
foreign minister on his visit to Delhi, which is
taking place not only after a long gap of
engagements but also at a time when there
is a political crisis in Kathmandu, and on his
agendas and priorities, interview with
Pradeep Gyawali (kp 15/01/2021)
People
in western Nepal heading back to India, by
Shivaraj Bhatta (ae 15/01/2021)
Has
Oli killed two birds with one stone - or two
interviews for that matter : He has earned
praise for a nationalist stance, but some say he
managed to distract Nepalis from ongoing crisis
while sending a message to Delhi he is ready to
play along, by Anil Giri (kp 13/01/2021) [Like his great inner-party
rival Dahal, the Hindu fundamentalist Oli loves
to fly his flag according to the wind. He takes
the truth just as seriously as his role model in
the White House!]
Gyawali
to fly to India on Thursday for a three-day
visit (kp 13/01/2021), Border
row on agenda, but political talks likely to get
more focus during Gyawali’s Delhi stay : The
foreign minister is travelling to India on the
heels of political turmoil caused by Prime
Minister KP Sharma Oli’s decision to dissolve
the House of Representatives and declare snap
polls for April 30 and May 10, by Anil Giri
(kp 14/01/2021)
All
eyes on Foreign Minister Gyawali’s Delhi visit
for Nepal to procure Covid-19 vaccines :
Government has placed all bets on vaccines being
manufactured in India because of logistical
issues but experts warn that other avenues must
also be explored, by Anil Giri and Arjun
Poudel (kp 11/01/2021)
PM
Oli vows to retrieve Nepali territories
encroached upon by India (rep 10/01/2021) [???]
Performing
Intricate Balancing Act, by Dev Raj Dahal
(rn 09/01/2021)
Second
cross-border petroleum pipeline project in Jhapa
moves a step closer : An Indian delegation will
arrive next week for a field study of the
proposed 50km pipeline, officials say, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 09/01/2021)
Indian
Embassy hands over cheque worth Rs 306 million
(ht 07/01/2021)
Indian
SSB removes temporary post from no-man's land
(rep 07/01/2021)
Nepal
bans poultry products from India (kh
07/01/2021)
Nepal,
India likely to ink Covid vaccine pact during
Gyawali’s visit to New Delhi : Memoranda of
understanding expected to be signed on
Pancheshwar project, border security and medical
cooperation, by Anil Giri and Suresh Raj
Neupane (kp 06/01/2021)
Why
Indo-US policies failed in Nepal : The two
powers have often bet on the wrong side,
attempting to fulfil short term interests,
by Achyut Wagle (kp 05/01/2021)
Gyawali
to travel to Delhi next month amid political
turmoil in Kathmandu : The visit to participate
in the meeting of the sixth joint commission as
foreign minister of a caretaker government
follows both neighbours’ renewed interest in
Nepal, by Anil Giri (kp 31/12/2020)
Nepal
can decide its own political fate : If India,
China and the US desire to have some show in
Nepal, it is high time they learnt to be on the
sideshows amicably, by Mahesh K Maskey (rep
31/12/2020)
Nepal
asks India to help procure 20 percent of
vaccines 72 percent of Nepalis will be
vaccinated. 20 percent through WHO may come as
early after March of 2021, officials say (kp
30/12/2020)
Domestic
steel and iron prices rise as India seeks ban :
Nepal has been majorly importing raw material
for iron and steel and finished products from
India mainly for construction purposes, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 27/12/2020)
Nepalis
are leaving for India to work—in droves : Most
migrant workers returning to India fear
political instability in Nepal may lead to an
unstable economy, pushing them to the brink of
poverty, by Mohan Budhaair (kp 25/12/2020)
Nepal
revives talks for chemical fertiliser offtake
agreement with India : The deal will eliminate
recurring shortages during the peak growing
season, officials say, by Sangam Prasain (kp
25/12/2020)
Protesters
call for border reopening, by Ajit Tiwari
(kp 21/12/2020)
Nepal-India
border dynamics, by Mahesh Kushwaha
(Setopati 20/12/2020)
Nepal,
India close to finalising regulatory modality
for power trade (kp 12/12/2020)
India's
ruling BJP leader Vijay Chauthaiwale meets PM
Oli (rep 10/12/2020), Nepal
yet to give its nod to Indian proposal to hold
minister-level talks : Although there is much on
the table to discuss, internal dispute in the
ruling party is a factor in the delay, say
ministry officials, as India’s ruling party
sends its foreign department chief to Kathmandu,
by Anil Giri (kp 11/12/2020), India’s
ruling Bharatiya Janata Party looks to expand
its ties with Nepal’s political parties : The
visit by the party’s foreign department
in-charge and his meetings with leaders from
across the political spectrum come at a time of
pro-monarchy rallies across the country, by
Anil Giri (kp 12/12/2020)
Nepal,
India to amend bilateral transit treaty to
expand trade and connectivity : A meeting on
Trade, Transit and Cooperation to Control
Unauthorised Trade was held via video conference
on Monday, by Krishana Prasain (kp
08/12/2020)
Nepali
woman charged with spying in Pune (ht
05/12/2020)
Preparing
for the clash of empires : Slew of recent visits
by Indian and Chinese military, intelligence and
diplomatic officials underscore Nepal’s new
geo-strategic status, by Bhaskar Koirala (nt
04/12/2020)
Minister
Gyawali to visit New Delhi for the sixth joint
commission meeting, by Anil Giri (kp
02/12/2020)
After
a thaw in relations, Nepal prepares wish list
for trade and transit talks with IndiaNepal
wants greater access for its agricultural
produce to the Indian market, convenience in
passage of goods through Kolkata port, and
transport of goods through waterways, among
others, by Anil Giri (kp 02/12/2020)
Foreign
Minister Pradip Gyawali to visit India in
December (kh 30/11/2020)
The
envoy and diplomacy : A saner act would be
self-introspection rather than blaming the
neighbours, by Atul K Thakur (kp
30/11/2020), Desired
results needed : It is high time Nepal and India
took up the bilateral issues seriously,
activating the joint mechanisms to get the
desired results (ht 30/11/2020), Political
quake in the offing : Collision of Indian,
Chinese political tectonic plates, by Jiba
Raj Pokharel (ht 30/11/2020)
As
Kathmandu plays host to guests from south and
north, concerns grow over geopolitical games :
Nepali leadership needs to strike a fine balance
when it comes to dealing with neighbours
and friendly nations so as to earn support for
its larger national interests, analysts say,
by Anil Giri (kp 29/11/2020)
Officials
reach Urai border point to inspect illegal trade
in the area : The team aims to keep in check
smuggling cases, set up a border security post
and inspect Chainpur-Taklakot road, by
Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 29/11/2020)
Nepal-India
border points reopen (ht 27/11/2020)
Taking
On The Himalayan Challenge, by Dhruba Hari
Adhikary (rn 27/11/2020)
Indian
Foreign Secretary arrives in Kathmandu (rep
26/11/2020), Shringla
visit: Little of substance but something amid
strained ties : Boundary issue, expected to
figure during meetings, was absent from the
agenda. But officials say the visit helps create
an atmosphere for more high-level exchanges in
future, by Anil Giri (kp 27/11/2020), Indian
foreign secy winds up Nepal visit (ht
28/11/2020)
Tourism
Ministry revives its plan to join India’s
air bubble arrangement : There have been no
commercial flights between the two neighbouring
countries since March, by Sangam Prasain (kp
25/11/2020)
Stirrings
in the wok of conspiracies : The visits and
manoeuvres of several high profile figures from
India and China should not be taken lightly,
by CK Lal (kp 25/11/2020)
Nepal
and India: Interdependence dynamics. The two
countries must consciously move towards a
relationship aimed at interdependence, by
Mahendra P Lama (kp 25/11/2020)
Reopen
Nepal-India border, stakeholders demand (ht
24/11/2020), Demonstration
in Gaur enters second week (ht 24/11/2020)
Nepal,
India jointly announce Indian Foreign Secretary
Shringla’s visit to Nepal (rep 23/11/2020),
Boundary
row and EPG report among others high on agenda
during Indian foreign secretary’s visit : Delhi
and Kathmandu officially announced on
Monday that Shringala will visit Nepal on
November 26-27, by Anil Giri (kp 24/11/2020)
Despite
COVID-19 fears, thousands of Nepalis leave for
India to earn bread and butter, by Dil
Bahadur Chhatyal (rep 23/11/2020)
Jhulaghat
border point along Nepal-India border to remain
open for five days targeting Indian pensioners,
by Bira Gadal (rep 21/11/2020)
Cross-border
travel ban extended till Dec 15 (ht
20/11/2020)
Delhi-Kathmandu-Patna
triangle : In his next, and last, tenure as
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar can deepen
cooperation with Nepal, by Akanshya Shah (nt
20/11/2020)
India’s
Foreign Secretary Shringla to visit Nepal on Nov
26-27: Preparation underway for Foreign
Minister-level visit (kh 19/11/2020) [??]
Construction
of India-funded Integrated Check Post begins in
Nepalgunj (rep 12/11/2020)
New
Delhi’s new dealings in Nepal : Imperious
ambassadors, eager princelings and invasive
spy-masters -- Kathmandu has seen, and survived,
them all, by Kanak Mani Dixit (mt
13/11/2020)
Indian
foreign secretary to visit Nepal in sign of ties
getting back on track : The visit later this
month, after visits of India’s intelligence
chief and army chief, is expected to pave the
way for Foreign Minister Gyawali’s trip to India
in December, by Anil Giri (kp 11/11/2020) [Or shall we better say: back
to Indian intervention? Several territorial
issues are still unanswered!]
Indian
Foreign Secretary Shringla’s visit to Nepal
later this month expected to restore bilateral
trust (rep 10/11/2020)
Nepal
twice asked India for talks on border, other
than Kalapani and Susta, but it hasn’t replied :
Boundary Working Group was formed in 2014 and
has been meeting every year since. Discontinuity
of meetings could lead to complexities, experts
say, by Anil Giri (kp 10/11/2020)
Three
APF border outposts set up in Parsa (ht
10/11/2020)
Make
way for connectivity projects : Nepal and India
should focus more on the strategic objective of
developing infrastructure, by Constantino
Xavier and Riya Sinha (kp 08/11/2020)
Nepal-India
border issues figure during Indian Army chief’s
courtesy call on prime minister : General
Naravane’s visit can be helpful in resuming
bilateral talks but more high-level political
and diplomatic exchanges are a must for
substantive results, analysts say, by Anil
Giri (kp 07/11/2020)
Could
Nepal be another Afghanistan? Nepal could
witness revolutions and counter-revolutions
supported by US-India or China, bringing the
superpower rivalry home to us, by Trailokya
Raj Aryal (ae 06/11/2020)
Observers
cautiously optimistic over Naravane visit :
While he may be coming to be conferred rank of
honorary general of Nepal Army, the visit will
pave the way for further thaw in relations,
officials say, by Anil Giri (kp 04/11/2020),
Naravane's
visit aims to further strengthen strategic,
defence cooperation between India and Nepal :
Indian Army (rep 04/11/2020) [Or to reactivate Indian
intervention in Nepal?]
परराष्ट्र
सम्बन्धमा सकारात्मक चिन्तन : संवादहीनताको
अन्त्यका लागि प्रधानमन्त्री मोदीको सन्देश लिएर
जोसुकै आएको भए पनि नेपालका प्रधानमन्त्रीले
भेट्नु नै उपयुक्त थियो र त्यो व्यक्तिमार्फत
आफ्नो सन्देश पनि पठाउन आवश्यक थियो ,by Surya
Prasad Subedi (ka 04/11/2020)
The
India way in an uncertain world : There is
hardly any space for a third party in the unique
ties between India and Nepal, by Atul K.
Thakur (kp 04/11/2020)
Nepal’s
troubled borders: Need of dialogue and diplomacy,
by Jiba Raj Pokharel (ht 02/11/2020)
Banking
on BIN : How Bangladesh-India-Nepal Initiative
(BIN) can trigger connectivity and prosperity
for Nepal, Bangladesh and India, by Sunil KC
(rep 02/11/2020)
A
general’s brief on Indian military strategy on
Nepal, by Prem Singh Basnyat (rep
02/11/2020)
The
origin of India’s military ties with Nepal
(kh 01/11/2020)
Assessing
military diplomacy : Naravane’s visit has been
seen as a significant event as it comes at a
time when relations between India and Nepal are
at low ends especially after Nepal issued a new
map, by Suresh Sharma (rep 01/11/2020)
Naravane’s
Nepal visit: More than a routine affair, by
Ishwar Dev Khanal (kh 31/10/2020), RAW
Chief's Rush Overshadows Naravane’s Trip, by
Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 01/11/2020)
Rumors
of political change intensify in Nepal after RAW
chief’s visit : "Is Nepal vanishing from the
global/regional strategic radar?" asks Dr
Bhattarai as Pompeo visits the Maldives, but not
Nepal, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 30/10/2020)
Naravane
visit a positive step to repair ties but has
little to do with boundary dispute, experts say
: Indian Army chief is arriving in Kathmandu
next week amid frosty relations between Nepal
and India and on the heels of the controversy
over the trip of a top Delhi spy last week,
by Anil Giri (kp 30/10/2020)
Goel
came last week. Questions remain if Delhi has
handed its Nepal policy to spiesIndia’s
intelligence chief visited Kathmandu as Modi’s
envoy, leaders close to Oli say. What analysts
find missing about the trip is envoys’ visits
are announced beforehand, by Anil Giri (kp
29/10/2020)
सत्ताको
समुद्रमा ओली र गोयल : नेपाल–भारत सम्बन्धको
निर्माण भारत र बंगलादेशको जस्तो अथवा भारत र
पाकिस्तानको जस्तो एकै मौसममा भएको होइन । यी दुई
देशबीचका ऐतिहासिक विकासक्रमका आफ्नै प्रक्रियाहरू
छन् । सामाजिक र सांस्कृतिक परिचयहरू छन् ।
भौगोलिक सामीप्य र अप्ठ्याराहरू छन् , by
Kishor Nepal (ka 29/10/2020)
India's
RAW chief Samant Kumar Goel arrives in Nepal
(rep 21/10/2020), India
intelligence chief’s sudden dash for Kathmandu
raises many an eyebrow Oli’s meeting with him
could be aimed at mending strained ties between
Nepal and India, say observers, while party
leaders disapprove saying it goes against
diplomatic norms, by Anil Giri
(kp23/10/2020)
Can
Military Diplomacy Reset Nepal-India Ties?,
by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 18/10/2020)
Nepal’s
relations with India and China are independent
of each other, by Dinesh Bhattarai (rep
16/10/2020)
Kathmandu
to host Indian army chief as India, Nepal
attempt to normalise tiesExperts say visit
symbolises an olive branch from India and will
help resume dialogue disrupted due to the border
row , by
Anil Giri (kp 15/10/2020)
Govt
decides to close down border with India until
Nov 15 to contain the spread of COVID-19
(rep 13/10/2020)
Nepal,
India discuss opening new air routes (ht
10/10/2020)
Government
indifferent to plights of Nepali workers in
India, experts say : They continue to remain out
of foreign labour policies even though Nepalis
have been going to work in India for centuries,
by Chandra Kumar Mandal (kp 0/10/2020)
Task
force suggests dialogue as basis for reclaiming
areas disputed with India : After gathering
evidence from various sources, the committee
recommends strategies that Nepal can use during
negotiations with India, by Anil Giri (kp
07/10/2020)
Expert
panel submits report on disputed border region
with India to Foreign Minister Gyawali, by
Santosh Gjimire (rep 05/10/2020)
Nepal
to join India’s‘air bubble’ to bringcitizens
home as Dashain nears : Under the scheme, fares
will be fixed and passengers need to book
tickets through embassies, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 01/10/2020)
Nepal
and India begin joint security patrol along
borderSecurity personnel from both countries
have come together to tighten checks along the
sealed border in light of rising
coronavirus cases, by Manoj Paudel (kp
21/09/2020)
Opinions
sharply divided over holding census in Kalapani,
Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura : Many say enumerators
will be barred from entering the disputed areas
by Indian forces, by Anil Giri (kp
21/09/2020)
Nepal-India
transboundary flood management (ae
18/09/2020)
New
book on Nepal’s border disputes with India shows
misplaced priority, experts say : Academicians
take issues with preface of the reference book
as well where education minister attempts to
justify the publication and how he
campaigned to ‘protect territory’, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 17/09/2020)
As
India bans onion export, prices in Nepal jump 50
percent : The restriction comes six months after
it was lifted in March as rains damaged crops in
southern India and wholesale prices there
trebled in a month amid inadequate supply,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 16/09/2020)
Managing
A Porous Frontier, by Dhruba Hari Adhikary
(rn 15/09/2020)
Foreign
investment pledges from India down 51 percent
due to red tape, by Krishana Prasain (kp
09/09/2020)
Ambassador
Acharya, India’s national security advisor meet
: The meeting has been seen as part of efforts
by Kathmandu and New Delhi to resume high-level
exchanges stalled due to a boundary dispute
between the two neighbours, by Suresh Raj
Neupane (kp 08/09/2020)
Who
is right, who is wrong on Nepal-India battle of
maps? Nepal’s claim is based on Article 5 of the
Sugauli Treaty and the maps of that time. India
would like us to rely on maps published after
the Sugauli Treaty, by Buddhi Narayan
Shrestha (rep 05/09/2020)
Determinants
in Indo-Nepal relations : Policy consequences
must be considered when determining the course
of Indo-Nepal bilateralism, by Binoj Basnyat
(kp 31/08/2020)
Shyam
Sharan’spunitive prescriptions: Perils to
Nepal-India relations, by Babu Krishna Karki
(rep 31/08/2020)
The
evolution of Kalapani border dispute between
Nepal and India, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae
28/08/2020)
Small
Indian aid projects restart after a gap of
five years, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
27/08/2020)
India’s
choice in the New World : India must work with
the neighbours to revive South Asia as a unique
integrated region, by Atul K. Thakur (kp
26/08/2020)
Nepal,
India in talks to build new oil pipelines, gas
plant and storage facilities :
Gorakhpur-Bhairahawa and Siliguri-Jhapa
pipelines are being considered as possibilities,
Nepali officials say, by Krishana Prasain
(kp 26/08/2020)
Nepal,
India discuss future areas of cooperation
(kp 23/08/2020)
After
two high-level engagements, Nepal and India look
for a boundary meetingThough Boundary Working
Group is not mandated to look into the row over
Kalapani, experts say its inputs could be
valuable for a future meeting at the foreign
secretary level, by Anil Giri (kp
20/08/2020)
India
Must Show Good Neighbourliness, by Dwarika
Pd. Shrestha (rn 18/08/2020)
Nepal,
India agree to expedite India-funded development
projects in Nepal (rep 17/08/2020), Nepal,
India officials resume dialogue: Meeting of the
mechanism to assess progress made in
India-funded projects takes place months after
the map row, by Anil Giri (kp 18/08/2020)
Nepal
and India agree to continue discussion on
bilateral issues as PM Oli holds telephone
conversation with his Indian counterpart
(rep 15/08/2020), PM
Oli, Modi express mutual solidarity in
minimizing COVID-19 impact (kh 15/08/2020),
Oli-Modi
talk seen as a step towards a thaw in
Nepal-India relations: Officials and diplomats
describe talks amid frayed ties between the two
countries over boundary issues as a positive
gesture and hope it helps set the tone for
diplomatic dialogue in near future, by Anil
Giri (kp 16/08/2020)
What
to expect from Nepal-India Oversight Mechanism
meetind: As the diplomats of the two countries
meet on August 17, Nepal will have to come up
with a clear road map in attaching
border-related issues on the list, by Rishi
Gupta and Sarita Nandmehar (rep 14/08/2020)
Nepal
and India officials to hold high-level meeting
on August 17: The meeting to discuss large
India-funded projects in Nepal has been seen as
first step towards resumption of dialogue
between the two countries, by Anil Giri (kp
11/08/2020), Table
for two: Bloated egos of a handful of
individuals should not hamper Indo-Nepal
bilateral relations (kp 12/08/2020)
Nepal-India
Border Issue A Long-Drawn Affair, by Jiba
Raj Pokharel (rn 11/08/2020)
Down
to the water: Hailing from Madhubani, I have
seen how floods have made farming and forestry
unviable livelihood options, by Atul K.
Thakur (kp 10/08/2020)
Government
is pursuing alternative channels to end impasse
with Delhi: No progress in plans for talks over
boundary dispute despite keenness from both the
countries, and leaders say ongoing standoff
within the ruling party is not helping, by
Anil Giri (kp 10/08/2020)
Nepal,
India foreign ministries clarify over Indian
external affairs minister’s remarks on Buddha: S
Jaishankar had told a virtual meeting recently
that Gautam Buddha and Mahatma Gandhi ‘are the
two greatest Indians the world remembers’
(kp 10/08/2020), Buddha
and the world: What we really need is a debate
on the enlightened one’s teachings rather than
his citizenship (kp 11/08/2020) [Neither Nepal nor India
existed as states whens Buddha lived!]
Where
are Nepal-India relations heading? The foreign
policy of the Nepal Communist Party government
has been a blanket failure, by Achyut Wagle
(kp 04/08/2020)
The
elusive dream of a land-linked Nepal: Nepal is
not economically strong and politically stable
to be a bridge between India and China, by
Neelesh Maheshwari (kp 31/07/2020)
Nepal
asks Indian authorities not to bar Nepalis from
entering Gunji, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura
(rep 29/07/2020) [This
once again sounds as if Nepal's politicians
accept that the territory belongs to India!],
Nepal
asserts claim over Kalapani: Darchula CDO writes
to Dharchula (ht 30/07/2020)
Fake
news can destroy Nepal's relations with India,
China and the US: By the time Foreign Ministry
refuted the report of land encroachment by
China, the ‘fake’ report had been circulated for
over a year and reached over millions and
millions of readers, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep
27/07/2020)
India
asks Darchula administration to bar Nepalis from
entering India-occupied Kalapani (rep
27/07/2020), India
makes Kalapani, Lipulekh off limits to Nepalis
(ht 28/07/2020)
Nepal-India-China
tri-junction: The most important elements to
settle the border issues are dialogue,
discussion, friendliness, neighbourliness and
mutual understanding, by Buddhi Narayan
Shrestha (kp 26/07/2020)
Security
personnel injured in Rautahat border clash:
Around 200 Indian nationals attacked the
security personnel and attempted to snatch away
weapons after the Armed Police Force personnel
stopped two Indian women from entering Nepal,
by Shiva Puri (kp 26/07/2020)
Energy
minister directs officials to initiate talks
with India over flood and inundation in Tarai
(rep 23/07/2020)
Is
there a China connection? It is interesting that
the other disputed area—Susta—has not been
included in Nepal's new map, by Nihar R.
Nayak (kp 19/07/2020)
Bonds
with Indian writers: Literary writers in South
Asia have always created a bond of creative
sharing and communication—no matter what the
politicians do, by Abhi Subedi (kp
19/07/2020)
A
purported Nepali man is humiliated in Indian
city of Varanasi over Oli’s Ayodhya remarks: If
bitterness at the political level has percolated
down to the people’s level, it is a matter of
grave concern, leaders and foreign policy
experts say, by Anil Giri (kp 18/07/2020) [And all this only because PM
Oli repeatedly moves on the lowest spiritual
level, only to assert his personal power
ambitions in a selfish way!]
What
can Nepal do about inaccurate reporting on
Indian media?, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae
17/07/2020)
PM
Oli’s remarks on Ayodhya ‘mind-boggling’,
‘disseminated as gymnastics of a distorted
mind’: Karan Singh (rep 15/07/2020)
Amid
soured Nepal-India ties, Oli is threatening
relations between peoples of two countries,
leaders and experts say: Foreign Ministry
scrambles for damage control after the prime
minister made unsubstantiated arguments about
Ram’s birth and accused India of cultural
aggression by creating a ‘fake’ Ayodhya, by
Anil Giri (kp 15/07/2020)
Nepal’s
PM KP Sharma Oli ‘claims’ real Ayodhya is in
Nepal: Many remark the statement is in bad taste
(ht 14/07/2020) [Is he
out of his mind? The multi-ethnic and
multi-religious state of Nepal does not need a
fake Ayodhya nor an authoritarian Hindu
fundamentalist fantasist like Oli!], India’s
BJP condemns Nepal PM’s comment on ‘real’
Ayodhya (ht 14/07/2020)
Indian
intervention causing floods in Nepal: Home
Minister Thapa; External intervention remains to
be addressed (ht 14/07/2020)
Supreme
Court asks government why Nepalis working in
India are not considered to be in ‘foreign
employment’: Petitioners say excluding work in
India from the foreign employment category is
discriminatory towards Nepali workers, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 13/07/2020)
‘Diplomatic
note’ sent to India seeking action against
dissemination of blasphemous material about
Nepal, its political leadership (rep
13/07/2020), Sending
diplomatic note to complain about Indian private
media an immature and wrong approach, experts
say: Media and foreign policy analysts say the
issues could have been easily dealt with by the
Nepali embassy in Delhi through a presser or a
statement of rebuttal or a formal complaint with
the concerned media or channel, by Anil Giri
(kp 14/07/2020), Ethical
Bankruptcy Of Indian Media, by Yubaraj
Sangroula (rn 14/07/2020)
Brawl
In The Himalaya Nepal Needs To Remain Neutral,
by Dhruba Hari Adhikary (rn 12/07/2020)
Cable
operators ban Indian news channels in response
to ‘insulting’ video about prime minister: A
baseless ‘video report’ about Oli and the
Chinese ambassador has drawn widespread
criticism, leading the government to seek legal
and political remedies, by Anil Giri and
Suresh Raj Neupane (kp 10/07/2020)
India
sends ‘diplomatic note’ protesting against
Nepal’s decision to endorse new political map
(rep 09/07/2020)
Who
is to blame?: PM Oli aggravated the standoff by
publicly blaming Modi government, Indian media
and the Indian intellectuals of trying to topple
down his government, by Umesh K. Bhattarai
(rep 06/07/2020)
The
Exchange rate system: Should Nepal revisit the
Peg with Indian Currency?, by Nitish
Shrestha (kh 03/07/2020)
Dams
built on Indian side inundate Biratnagar (ht
30/06/2020)
Breaking
the Nepal-India border impasse: It will be a
mistake for India to see Nepal only in terms of
its size and military strength. Nepal may be
small in size and military power, but it plays a
very strategic role for India’s security, by
Roger Adhikari (rep 30/06/2020)
Observers
worry Oli’s statements about an Indian
conspiracy could further damage bilateral ties:
The prime minister hinting at an Indian
conspiracy to unseat him is not befitting the
high office and could delay any diplomatic talks
over the border dispute, they say, by Anil
Giri (kp 30/06/2020), Talks
with India uncertain after Oli rhetoric? Those
who know a thing or two about diplomacy think so
(ht 30/06/2020)
A
sense of reality and possibility: The prospects
of hostile India-China relations are not
shocking for the developed world, though it is
extremely harmful to Asian economies, by
Atul K. Thakur (kp 29/06/2020)
Ruling
NCP Vice-chair Gautam wants five-meter tall wall
along Nepal-India border (rep 29/06/2020)
India
refuses to sit for talks and there is no
boundary dispute with China, foreign minister
says: Pradeep Gyawali’s clarifications on Friday
come after a number of media reports stating
India’s offer for talks and boundary disputes
with China, by Anil Giri (kp 27/06/2020)
Nepal-India
Relations At Crossroads, by Raj Kumar KC (rn
26/06/2020)
Nepal:
The danger within, by Bishal Thapa (ae
26/06/2020)
India-Nepal
relations: Time for tactful diplomacy, by
Umesh K. Bhattarai (ae 26/06/2020)
Shipments
across the eastern border resume after India
lifts restrictions: Six trucks carrying tea and
four trucks carrying large cardamom entered
India on Tuesday (kp 24/06/2020)
Origin
Of Mahakali River, by Buddhi Narayan
Shrestha (rn 23/06/2020)
Resolving
Nepal-India Stand-Off, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
23/06/2020)
Roadmap
to re-set Nepal-India relations: Both sides must
now resist making inflammatory statements or tit
for tat responses, utilizing a brief “cool down”
period to recognize the problem and change
misperceptions, by Shambhu Ram Simkhada (rep
23/06/2020)
‘Borders
between Brothers’ – India, Nepal and the China
Factor, by Subrata Mitra, Jivanta Schoettli
and Markus Pauli (kh 22/06/2020)
India
continues to halt the movement of Nepali cargo
trucks at Panitanki border point: Over twenty
trucks carrying Nepali tea and large cardamom
have been stranded over the bridge of the Mechi
River for the past five days, b y Parbat
Portel and Binod Bhandari (kp 22/06/2020)
Nepal-India
Relations Avoiding Claustrophobic Embrace,
by Dhruba Hari Adhikary (rn 21/06/2020)
Agriculture
products worth millions stuck on Indian side at
Kakarvitta border point (ht 20/06/2020)
Diplomatic
talks with India unlikely in the aftermath of
the clash between India and China: With India’s
attention focused on China following a violent
altercation at the border, boundary talks with
Nepal unlikely to take place soon, say analysts,
by Anil Giri (kp 18/06/2020)
India's
MEA reiterates its position on Nepal's new
political map (rep 18/06/2020)
Nepali
Unity Over National Sovereignty, by Namrata
Sharma (rn 17/06/2020)
Solve
Border Issue Through Quiet Diplomacy, by
Rambhakta Thakur (rn 17/06/2020)
Realignment
post COVID-19, by Shraddha More (kh
16/06/2020)
Armed
Police Force increases presence in Kalapani area
(ht 16/06/2020)
Of
maps and morals: With an amicable solution to
the current dispute, Nepal and India can forge a
new global ideal of living together peacefully
(kp 15/06/2020) [For
this, India's politicians must accept historical
facts and Nepal's politicians must end their
hypocritical outrage and admit their mistakes
publicly!]
Nepal's
claim over Kalapani, Lipu Lekh and Limpiyadhura
not based on historical fact or evidences: India
(rep 14/06/2020)
Government
move of forming a team to collect evidence on
Nepal’s boundary runs into controversy: Experts
and analysts say instead of devising a strategy
for negotiations with New Delhi, Oli
administration is moving a step back and putting
the cart before the horse, by Anil Giri (kp
13/06/2020)
Indian
Army chief softens his stance on Nepal-India
border standoff (rep 13/06/2020)
Is
this the end of the ‘special relationship’?
Anti-Indianism has fuelled Nepali politics for
seven decades. It now needs to decide the future
of bilateral ties, by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp
12/06/2020) [The special
relationship has always been misused by India
through controls and disciplinary measures,
including various economic blockades and the
refusal of transit rights to Nepal under
international law as a landlocked countr!]
Five
Indians injured after they clashed with APF
personnel along Nepal-India border in Sarlahi,
by Tanka Chhetri (rep 12/06/2020), APF
fire 15 rounds of bullets in Sarlahi after
Indian nationals try to enter Nepal (kh
12/06/2020), Indian
man dead, two others injured as Armed Police
Force open fire at Nepal-India border in
Sarlahi: Authorities say the border security
force was compelled to open fire after hundreds
of people from across the border in India
attacked the officers, by Om Prakash Thakur
(kp 13/06/2020), One
Indian killed, four others injured after they
clashed with APF personnel along Nepal-India
border in Sarlahi, by Tanka Chhetri (rep
13/06/2020)
Lower
House unanimously endorses proposal to consider
amendment to constitution to update new Nepal
map in national emblem: Government registered
the constitutional amendment proposal in
Parliament three weeks after publishing a new
map of Nepal including Kalapani, Lipulekh and
Limpiyadhura within its borders, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 10/06/2020)
Nepal-India
Relation Keep It Friendly, Not Special, by
Dhruba Hari Adhikary (rn 09/06/2020)
As
India, China talk to resolve border stand-off,
analysts question when Delhi will speak to
Nepal: The Modi government has said that dates
for talks with Kathmandu will be worked out
after Covid-19 crisis while recently holding
dialogue with Beijing over its boundary dispute,
by Anil Giri (08/06/2020)
Faults
of India’s Nepal policy: India not respecting
Nepal’s territorial integrity and sovereignty
has been the root cause to spoil the age-old
friendly relations between the two countries,
by Prem Singh Basnyat (rep 08/06/2020)
Rethinking
Nepal-India ‘special relations’, by Biswas
Baral (ae 05/06/2020), Nepal
presses claim on Kalapani, settlement still
elusive, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae
05/06/2020)
Limpiyadhura-Kalapani-Lipulekh
dispute: The only option Nepal has is to try and
resolve the issue through quiet diplomacy,
by Naresh Koirala (kp 04/06/2020) [Diplomacy is the way, but it
should not be too quiet!]
Sit
down and talk: Nepal and India should come
together and hold negotiations to resolve their
border issues, by Gyan Chandra Acharya (kp
04/06/2020)
Government
pushing constitutional amendment in Parliament
hardens positions on both sides of the border:
Once the amendment passes, the new political map
will be enshrined in the constitution, leading
India to also take up a more inflexible position
on the boundary, pundits say, by Anil Giri
(kp 02/06/2020)
Talks
Key To Solve Border Dispute, by Tirtha
Bhattarai (kp 02/06/2020)
A
Look At Sino-Indian Tensions, by P.
Kharel (rn 01/06/2020)
Where
is the roadmap? International adjudicatory
settings have traditionally been hesitant to
place legal value on maps, by Semanta Dahal
(kp 31/05/2020)
Is
Nepal Facing A Hobson’s Choice?, by Dhruba
Hari Adhikary (rn 31/05/2020)
On
boundary row, India says it’s open to engage
with Nepal on the basis of mutual sensitivity
and respect: The statement from Delhi comes just
as the Oli government is preparing to table a
constitutional amendment proposal to update the
country’s map in the national emblem, by
Anil Giri (kp 29/05/2020)
Border
dispute reaches new heights: The geopolitical
environment post-Covid-19 must be well analysed
and evaluated, considering that Sino-US and
Sino-Indo relations are not the same as before,
by Binoj Basnyat (kp 28/05/2020)
Treacherous
trail to Lipulekh: Modification of Nepal’s
political map is just the beginning of an
arduous political, administrative and diplomatic
journey, by CK Lal (kp 27/05/2020)
Let
truth, justice and peace prevail: A section of
the Indian intelligentsia sees China in
everything that happens in Nepal. Apparently,
any mention of China, for them, is like showing
a red rag to a bull, by Devendra Gautam (rep
27/05/2020)
Successive
governments have failed to ensure state’s
presence in border towns and villages, a report
by national rights body says: The four-year long
study has also pointed out the lack of basic
services like schools and health facilities in
border areas and harassment faced by locals at
the hands of Indian border security force,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 26/05/2020), Return
to the dialogue table: When governments fail to
address contemporary problems, they resort to
provocative nationalistic demagogy, by
Achyut Wagle (kp 2605/2020)
Indian
officials’ snub to envoy Acharya in New Delhi
does not bode well for talks: Nilamber Acharya
has been trying to speak to senior bureaucrats
in the Indian capital to discuss holding talks
regarding the boundary dispute but has had no
luck so far, by Anil Giri (kp 25/05/2020)
We
urge India to accept the truth, interview
with Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali (rep
24/05/2020)
Deciphering
the Kalapani-Lipulekh Conundrum, by Sumitra
Karki (kh 23/05/2020)
Nepal-India
ties in the transforming world (Part-I), by
Binoj Basnyat (ae 23/05/2023) [part
II (ae 31/05/2023)]
Nepali
and Indian ‘hackers’ attack websites over
‘boundary dispute’: Although, they claim to have
made peace, recent spate of attacks on
government websites expose their security
vulnerability, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
23/05/2020)
Government
registers constitution amendment bill to revise
Nepal’s map in national emblem: The bill seeks
to amend Schedule 3 of the constitution to
update the map in the national emblem as per a
new political map released on Wednesday (kp
23/05/2020)
With
tensions escalating on both sides, officials
recommend holding Nepal-India talks at the
earliest: As Kathmandu has been seeking
diplomatic talks over the border with India
since November, it is now up to New Delhi to
make overtures, by Anil Giri (kp
22/05/2020), Dialogue
of the deaf: Both Nepal and India have made
unilateral moves to stake their claim at the
source of the Mahakali. Now what? (kp
22/05/2020), Nepal's
Stance On Encroached Land, by Buddhi Narayan
Shrestha (rn 22/05/2020)
Stranded
Indian workers demonstrate seeking to go home:
Around 880 workers from across the border have
been stranded at various brick kilns in
Nawalparasi (East) due to the lockdown, by
Narayan Sharma (kp 22/05/2020)
Chhangru
and Tinkar locals return home as border opened
for a few hours on Thursday: Other homebound
people of both countries also crossed the
international border to go home, by Manoj
Badu (kp 22/05/2020)
With
release of new map, Nepal and India enter a
state of ‘cartographic war’, experts say: While
tensions are likely to escalate in the days to
come, the move will ultimately pave the way for
talks with India and a shift in bilateral
relations, they say, by Anil Giri (kp
21/05/2020)) [The
current position is okay, but the question
remains why Nepalese governments have sold the
Indian version as given for decades and even
included in the 2015 constitution: Incompetence
and ignorance?], Nepal
issues new political map, claiming disputed
territory its own (ht 21/05/2020), A
New Nepal Map, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km
21/05/2020)
Even
as Kathmandu protests Indian encroachment,
Darchula depends on India: For locals in
Darchula, reclaiming Nepali territory from India
will not mean much unless the state finally pays
attention to its citizens and the conditions
they live in., by Man Bahadur Basnet (kp
20/05/2020)
Re-imagining
South Asian cooperation: India and Nepal will
play the role of a catalyst in shaping the
narrative of a new regional and sub-regional
alignment, by Atul K. Thakur (kp 20/05/2020)
Nepal
endorses new political map placing Kalapani and
Limpiyadhura within its borders (rep
18/05/2020)
Matihani
municipality in Mahottari seals off its border
with India: The municipality built a fence along
the border in a bid to curb cross-border
movement, by Ajit Tiwari (kp 18/05/2020)
Indian
Army chief alluding to outside instigation in
Lipulekh dispute objectionable and
irresponsible, say analysts: The Indian Army
chief’s allusion to a Chinese role in Nepal’s
objection to an Indian road in Lipulekh could
cause more friction between Nepal and India,
they say, by Anil Giri (kp 16/05/2020)
Talks
with India over Lipulekh unlikely in near future
given technical and political factors: While the
Covid-19 is currently the prime delaying factor,
analysts say that it is in India’s interest to
bide its time and hope the issue fizzles out,
by Anil Giri (kp 15/05/2020), The
hard truth behind Kalapani, by Biswas Baral
(ae 15/05/2020), Nepal,
Lipulekh, and pragmatism, by Bhoj Raj Poudel
(kp 15/05/2020)
Bullying
Nepal, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km
15/05/2020)
Kalapani
Question: Searching Peace in Turbulent Waters,
by Aditi Paul (kh 15/05/2020)
Parliamentarians
Demand Immediate Fencing In Nepal-India Border
(rn 14/05/2020)
Reality
Of Lipulekh Imbroglio, by Gopal Khanal (rn
14/05/2020), I
Used To Patrol With Arms In Kalapani 48 Years
Ago: Nepal Police ASI Encroachment of Kalapani
border area by India, interview with Bir
Bahadur Chand (rn 14/05/2020)
Cross-party
leaders urge Oli government to hold talks with
both India and China on Lipulekh: At an
all-party meeting called to discuss India’s
opening of a road via Lipulekh, political
leaders criticised the government’s response and
asked that immediate steps be taken, by Anil
Giri (kp 14/05/2020))
Protests
go on in the time of Covid-19: Experts are
concerned that protesters have not been
maintaining physical distance as it can worsen
the situation, by Shuvam Dungana (kp
13/05/2020))
Crossing
the border: The motor vehicle agreement between
Nepal, Bangladesh and India has potential—but
it, unfortunately, may go the same route as
SAARC, by Mahendra P. Lama (kp 13/05/2020)
Nepal
makes its position clear on Lipulekh with a
diplomatic note to India: Foreign Ministry hands
over the diplomatic note to Indian envoy and
seeks talks with Delhi to resolve boundary
issues at the earliest possible date, by
Anil Giri (kp 12/05/2020), Nepal
to station APF personnel in Kalapani (ht
12/05/2020)
Security
Tightened At Borders As People Continue To Sneak
Into Nepal, by Siraj Khan and Govinda Sharma
(rn 12/05/2020)
Boundary
issues with India require a lasting solution
that addresses all disputes, say analysts: As
seeking international arbitration or deploying
armed forces could only further complicate
matters, better solution is a diplomatic
approach, they say, by Anil Giri (kp
11/05/2020), Nepal
Readies To Set Up BOP Near Kalapani (kp
11/05/2020), Internationalise
Lipulekh dispute if need be: House panel (ht
11/05/2020), MPs
press govt to reclaim Kalapani (ht
11/05/220), Janus-faced:
Border disputes may happen among friends, but
India’s reluctance to hold talks shows
insincerity (kp 11/05/2020), House
committee urges India to stop encroachment of
Nepali territory (rep 11/05/2020)
India
began construction of controversial road 12
years ago, Nepal ‘unaware’, by Dil Bahadur
Chhatyal (rep 10/05/2020)
Biplav
outfit warns of stern struggle against Indian
intervention in Lipulekh (kh 10/05/2020)
India
opening a road via Lipulekh, a territory that
Nepal claims, is a diplomatic failure: Despite
the furore in Kathmandu over the inclusion of
Kalapani on a new Indian map, the government has
done little to reclaim lands that Nepal claims
as its own, by Anil Giri (kp 09/05/2020), Govt
of Nepal responds to India’s unilateral move on
opening link road via Lipulekh (ht
09/05/2020) [Can you
hear the laughter of the Indian government?],
Nepal
strongly objects to construction of road by
India connecting Tibet via Nepali territory of
Lipulekh (rep 09/05/2020), Nepal
condemns road construction by India inside
Nepal’s territory: Calls on India to refrain
from carrying out any activity inside Nepal’s
land (kh 09/05/2020), Foreign
Ministry statement regarding Lipulekh welcome
but needs to be translated into action, say
analysts: According to foreign policy experts,
the statement is just a press release and needs
to be followed up with diplomatic notes that
assert Nepal’s claim over the disputed area,
by Anil Giri (kp 10/05/2020), Govt
opposes inauguration of link road connecting
Lipu Lekh: Indian Ministry of External Affairs
says the road has been built within Indian
territory (ht 10/05/2020)
Border
area tense for a while after SSB personnel
assault locals in Bara, by Pushpa Raj
Khatiwada (ht 06/05/2020)
Police
Open Blank Fire To Disperse Crowd At Border
(rn 05/05/2020)
18
Indians flee quarantine facility in Jhapa
(ht 04/05/2020)
183
Stranded At Border Enter Nepal, 160 To Arrive
Soon, by Chandana Acharya (rn 02/05/2020)
India
extends lockdown by two weeks: Loosens measures
in lower-risk areas (kh 01/05/2020)
Over
2,000 Nepalis Stuck In India Allowed To Return
Home, by Lokendra Prasad Joshi (rn
30/04/2020)
Security
to be beefed up at Kapilvastu border: Five
Indian nationals held for beating up police
(ht 30/04/2020)
Armed
police patrolling border areas (kht
27/04/2020)
India
and Nepal need to combat COVID-19 together,
by Shubham Singh (kh 26/04/2020)
India
gifts 23 tonnes of essential medicines to Nepal
to fight COVID-19 (rep 22/04/2020), India
provides 23 tonnes of medicines to Nepal (ht
23/04/2020)
India-funded
small development project scheme restarts after
six years: The programme had been controversial
as it allowed the embassy to provide direct
funds to local governments, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 19/04/2020)
We
need border regulation (rep 14/04/2020)
6000
APF deployed along Nepal-India border amid fear
of coronavirus (rep 13/04/2020)
China
and India respond to Nepal Army’s request for
supplying medical equipment and drugs: The
procurement unit is studying the price lists and
modes of payment, which will be forwarded to the
Cabinet on Sunday, Army official says, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 12/04/2020)
India
lifts ban on medicine export to Nepal (rep
12/04/2020)
Nepali
laborers in India facing food crisis amid
lockdown: Over a dozen people are squeezed in a
single room and proper diet and sanitation is
out of question, by Arun Bam (rep
12/04/2020)
Oli
and Modi discuss Covid-19 situation and measures
to look after stranded citizens: Oli stresses
easing the supplies and keeping them intact
(kp 11/04/2020)
India
halts all rice exports but Nepal will be fine,
say officials: Nepal imports almost all of its
fine and basmati rice from India, but traders
say there are enough stocks in-country to last
three months, by Sangam Prasain and Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 08/04/2020)
Security
personnel patrol border round the clock:
Nawalparasi (West) shares a 28 km-long border
with Maharajganj. However, there are only four
Armed Police Force posts to guard the entire
stretch, by Nabin Paudel (kp 07/04/2020)
Province
5 tightens security along border as people’s
movement continues: Nepali authorities say they
are concerned about the free movement of people
as the Kolhui Bazaar in India, which lies just
across the border, reported six Covid-19
patients on Saturday, by Madhav Dhungana (kp
06/04/2020)
Nepal,
India to care for each other's nationals headed
homeward: Won't allow cross-border movement
until lockdown is over, by Kosh Raj Koirala
(rep 01/04/2020) [??],
Local
authorities provide food and shelter to Nepalis
stranded in an Uttar Pradesh town: A local
college has been asked to provide them refuge
and a state minister has arranged food for a
group of Nepalis stranded in Rampur (kp
01/04/2020)
Security
measures stepped up in Province 2 following the
death of a man in Bihar due to Covid-19: Border
authorities on either side have banned
pedestrians and vehicles, including two-wheelers
and e-rickshaws, from crossing the border,
by Bhusan Yadav (kp 24/03/2020)
Government
requests India and China for protective gear and
medical equipment: Minister Bhatta says Nepal
will follow Chinese model to deal with Covid-19
cases, by Anil Giri (kp 23/03/2020), Government
to close down border with India and China for a
week: With calls growing to close the border
amid rising number of Covid-19 cases in India, a
Cabinet meeting decided to shut down all borders
with both neighbours, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
23/03/2020), Borders
with India, China closed for a week from today:
Movement of cargo vehicles won’t be affected,
by Ashok Dahal (rep 23/03/2020)
Gaddachauki-Banbasa
border point to close from Tuesday: A meeting of
the district coronavirus infection control
sub-committee held on Sunday decided to seal the
border point for an indefinite period, by
Bhawani Bhatta(kp 23/03/2020)
Province
2 tightens border with India as Covid-19
precautions: Only two borders—Raxaul and
Jatahi—are open for transporting goods across
the two countries, according to Koshhari
Niraula, CDO of Dhanusha district, by Ajit
Tiwari (kp 22/03/2020), Most
border points closed in Province 2 (ht
23/03/2020)
Amid
Covid-19 fears, Nepalis returning home in droves
from the south Indian state of Karnataka: Most
of the Nepali workers say they are concerned
about their safety rather than losing jobs, as
the state government declares a partial lockdown,
by Suresh Raj Neupane (kp 20/03/2020), Despite
the government’s move to close all border points
except four, small border points open for human
movement in province 5: Major border points have
health desks set up to screen footfall, most
health desks are ill-equipped and under-staffed,
by Madhav Dhungana (kp 21/03/2020)
Province-1
govt urges central govt to close border points
with India (Khabarhub 20/03/2020)
Vehicular
movement banned on Jamunaha border (ht
19/03/2020), Coronavirus
prevention and control measures weak at border
point, by Yogesh Rawal (rep 19/03/2020)
Amid
Covid-19 threat, Banbasa border sees a sudden
influx of people returning home from India:
Students are returning in droves as schools and
colleges in Dehradun are closed, by Bhawani
Bhatta (kp 18/03/2020)
Nepal-India
friendship bus service halted (ht
18/03/2020)
India
commits Rs 107millions for schools (ht
17/03/2020)
India
offers $ 10 million to fight COVID-19; We’re
assembling a rapid response team of doctors and
specialists, along with testing kits: Modi
(ht 16/03/2020)
India
restricts movement across border: Restrictions
on borders with Nepal, Bhutan applicable only to
third country nationals (ht 15/03/2020)
Nepali
orange traders unable to profit much from the
volumes reaching Indian market: Nepali oranges
reach India, illegally, due to the fruit not
being listed on India’s import list, by
Pradeep Menyangbo (kp 15/03/2020)
As
India steps up measures to control coronavirus
spread, smaller border points with Nepal likely
to be closed: Indian embassy says measures,
however, do not currently have any impact on
normal travel of Nepali nationals to India,
by Suresh Raj Neupane (kp 13/03/2020)
Multilateral
diplomacy may be the way: Nepal has several
diplomatic options for the settlement of border
issues with India, by Katak Malla (kp
13/03/2020)
India
assures Nepal of facilitating energy export
(ht 12/03/2020)
A
government team consisting of Army has been
quietly measuring Nepal’s border with India: In
response to the Kalapani fiasco with India in
November, the government had formed a team to
study the border with both India and China,
by Anil Giri (kp 11/03/2020)
New
Indian ambassador faces rising geopolitical
rivalry among India, China and the US, along
with border dispute, EPG: At a time when
geopolitical interests are rising over Nepal,
Vinay Mohan Kwatra will need to engage India’s
soft power to showcase Modi’s neighbourhood
first policy, by Anil Giri (kp 07/03/2020)
India
announces lifting ban on onion exports: Supply
has normalised with the market receiving around
70 tonnes of the vegetable daily, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 06/03/2020)
India
seeks list of essential drugs that Nepal needs,
by Umesh Poudel (ht 06/03/2020)
Newly
appointed Indian Ambassador arrives in Kathmandu
(rep 02/03/2020)
New
political map of Nepal in final stages: Minister
Aryal, by Kamal Subedi (rep 29/02/2020)
Darchula’s
border points do not have customs offices: Out
of the seven border points that are in operation
in Darchula, only one has a customs office,
by Manoj Badu (kp 27/02/2020)
10
Nepalis detained in Darjeeling: Were flying
drone above border without valid licence, by
Roshan S. Nepal (ht 20/02/2020), 10
Nepalis arrested from Darjeeling: Court extends
judicial custody till March 2, by Roshan S.
Nepal (ht 28/02/2020)
DoI
to address travellers’ concerns (ht
19/02/2020)
Indian
experts conduct survey for second oil pipeline
in Jhapa: The proposed 50-kilometre pipeline
will extend from the Charali depot to Siliguri
in West Bengal, by Parbat Portel (kp
18/02/2020)
India
allocates budget for the proposed
Raxaul-Kathmandu electrical rail blueprint: Once
the detailed project report gets finalised, it
will take five years laying the railway track
from the start date,say Nepali officials, by
Suresh Raj Neupane (kp 17/02/2020)
‘Govt
has asked India to amend its political map’
(rep 17/02/2020) [Has
this government ever heard of the People's right
to information and the government's obligation
to provide this?]
Indian
side accused of constructing infrastructure in
no man's land, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal and
Pushpa Raj Joshi (rep 17/02/2020)
India
lifts ban on imports of refined palm oil from
Nepal: Nepal exported processed oil worth Rs
11.5 billion in the first five months of the
current fiscal year, by Krishana Prasain (kp
14/02/2020)
Birgunj
ICP to operate in full capacity from mid-March,
by Ritesh Tripathi (rep 13/02/2020)
Nepali
vehicles entry to India halted (ht
11/02/2020)
The
dragon, the elephant and the yam: Sustained
economic expansion and upturn is not national
but regional in nature, by Chaitanya Mishra
(kp 09/02/2020)
India
may allow import of palm oil from Nepal (ht
06/02/2020)
Saptari
Armed Police Force starts adding border security
outposts: The outposts are are being added to
curb illegal smuggling of goods, crime, and
ensure a robust border security, by Abdesh
Kumar Jha (kp 03/02/2020)
A
tale of three countries: Nepal could turn into a
geopolitical and geostrategic playground of
India, China and the United States, by Geja
Sharma Wagle (kp 03/02/2020)
Allocation
for Nepal decreases by 33 percent in India’s
budget: Nepal to receive Rs 12.8 billion in aid
from its southern neighbour in the next fiscal
year, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
02/02/2020)
Request
to lift ban on palm oil imports remains
unanswered: Nepal shipped Rs11.5 billion worth
of palm oil in five months before the embargo,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 31/01/2020)
Terror
suspects arrested in India say they were using
Nepal as a base but security agencies are
clueless: The revelation by three suspected ISIS
operatives arrested in Delhi displays an
intelligence failure on the part of Nepal’s
security agencies, by Shuvam Dhungana and
Shashwat Pant (kp 30/01/2020)
No
progress in allowing Nepali bullets to ferry LPG
from India (ht 24/01/2020)
Biratnagar
integrated check post slated to be inaugurated
today: The facility at the Biratnagar-Jogbani
transit point was constructed with a Rs2.8
billion Indian grant, by Deo Narayan Sah (kp
21/01/2020), Fast
gateways and the customs crunch: a case for
integrated check posts: The launch of the
Biratnagar-Jogbani integrated check post is
commendable, but much more needs to be done
(kp 22/01/2020)
Exports
via Nepalgunj customs down 62%, by Arjun Oli
(rep 19/01/2020)
Government
formally asks Delhi to resume palm oil import
from Nepal (ht 18/01/2020)
India
allowed to take 173,072 kg red sandalwood home
(ht 17/01/2020)
#India
picks Vinay Mohan Kwatra as its new ambassador
to Nepal: The diplomat, currently Delhi's envoy
to France, is expected to assume office in
Kathmandu in early February, by Anil Giri
(kp 14/01/2020), New
Indian envoy to Kathmandu brings experience
working with Modi, China, SAARC: Vinay Mohan
Kwatra, the new Indian ambassador, previously
served as deputy chief of mission in Beijing and
at the SAARC Secretariat in Kathmandu, by
Anil Giri (kp 15/01/2020)
Global
Balancing for Kalapani: The Kalapani dispute is
a textbook case of an aspiring great power
militarily occupying a strategic territory of
its smaller neighbor to render diplomatic
recognition insignificant, by Robert A
Portada III and Uttam Paudel (rep13/01/2020)
New
policy for foreign non-governmental
organisations aims to address concerns raised by
India and China: The policy will discourage
organisations from running programmes that can
hamper Nepal’s relations with neighbouring
countries, Social Welfare Council officials say,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 12/01/2020)
Indian
side constructs unauthorised gate on no man’s
land on Thadi border point: Thadi is a trading
point between Nepal and India, located 18
kilometres south from Lahan, the district
headquarters of Siraha, by Bharat Jargha
Magar (kp 12/01/2020)
Nepal’s
partnership for peace with MCC and BRI: Nepal
can learn a lot from Sweden’s approach to
geopolitics to reassess its ties with India,
China and the US, by Katak Malla (kp
12/01/2020)
India
says its businesses can still buy processed palm
oil from Nepal: Local traders said the Indian
government’s statement provides relief for many
panic-stricken Nepali manufacturers, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 11/01/2020), Govt
initiates talks with India to resume palm oil
export (ht 13/01/2020)
Bardiya
locals asked to not enter Indian forests without
due process: Nepalis living along the
Nepal-India border have been frequenting the
forest on the other side of the border for
fodder for their cattle, by Thakur Singh
Tharu (kp 11/01/2019)
Negotiate
with evidence: Nepal should conduct bilateral
negotiation with India in high gear by
presenting all the available evidences to end
the border disputes, by Niranjan Mani Dixit
(rep 07/01/2020)
Nepal-India-Bangladesh
talks: Tripartite meet on energy cooperation
uncertain, by Umesh Poudel (ht 06/01/2020)
Fuel
supply through cross-border pipeline
‘temporarily’ halted (ht 06/01/2020)
ICP
delay creates chaos at Nepalgunj customs, by
Arjun Oli (rep 05/01/2020)
Govt
told to intensify bid to resolve border dispute,
by Roshan S. Nepal (ht 03/01/2020)
SC
seeks original map of Nepal (rep
02/02/2020)), Oli
‘touches on border issue’ during Modi’s New Year
call (rep 02/01/2020)
The
ambassador who set a new norm, by Mahabir
Paudyal (rep 28/12/2019)
A
month after Nepal’s diplomatic note on Kalapani
issue, India finally responds: Although details
are scarce, the note has reiterated India’s
position vis-a-vis Kalapani and has offered to
sit for talks, by Anil Giri (kp 24/12/2019),
India's
Response To Nepal’s Diplomatic Note, by
Kundan Aryal (rn 27/12/2019)
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