Tension rises at Nepal border, supply lines hit
9 years, 6 months ago

Tension rises at Nepal border, supply lines hit

Hindustan Times  

Every evening, protesting Tarai parties in Nepal's southern plains hold a public meeting in Biratnagar, a key urban centre. We want to thank Narendra Modi," said Dilip Dharewal of Sadbhavana Party, which has been working for the rights of the people who inhibit the Tarai area that borders India. Even as sections in Kathmandu have criticised New Delhi for alleged interference for its strong views on the new charter, India and Modi are the heroes in the border region, where lines between domestic politics and foreign policy have blurred. Over the last one month only 200 oil tankers had crossed the border, said Krishna Basnet, customs chief at Biratnagar, Nepal’s third biggest customs point.

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Why Nepal is turning towards China: Author Amish Raj Mulmi explains
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Why Nepal is turning towards China: Author Amish Raj Mulmi explains

India Today  

Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is headed to China for his first foreign visit since taking office earlier this year. India Today Global sat down with Amish Raj Mulmi, author of All Roads Lead North: Nepal’s Turn To China, to understand this development. Mulmi explains the rise of China’s presence in South Asian countries like Nepal. Mulmi explains that …

'Nepal-India Problems Can Be Resolved If....': Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli Stresses Bilateral Consensus
6 months, 3 weeks ago

'Nepal-India Problems Can Be Resolved If....': Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli Stresses Bilateral Consensus

ABP News  

Kathmandu: Nepal's Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli said on Saturday that the problems between Nepal and India could be resolved through open dialogue and warmheartedness. "There exist few problems, not many, between Nepal and India, and they can be resolved, if we maintain warm heart and open dialogue," Oli said here at the launch of former administrator Surya Nath Upadhyay's …

View from the Himalayas | Delhi and Kathmandu: So close yet so far
1 year, 7 months ago

View from the Himalayas | Delhi and Kathmandu: So close yet so far

Hindustan Times  

On July 25, Indian Parliament’s External Affairs Committee completed a report on India’s Neighbourhood First Policy based on deliberations with the external affairs ministry officials and a couple of foreign-policy experts. Though the report keeps short of offering an analysis of India’s foreign policy within the ambit of the NFP, it offers extensive details on New Delhi’s engagement with its …

India and Nepal: Redefining a relationship
1 year, 9 months ago

India and Nepal: Redefining a relationship

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 15, 2023 11:00 IST - 8 MINS READ When Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal returned to Kathmandu on June 3 after a four-day official visit to India, he expressed great satisfaction at a personal level. Highlights Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda”’s four-day India trip that ended on June 3 was a visit of appeasement …

Indo-Nepal border overtaken by mosques, madarsas and Muslim shops: Ground report
2 years, 6 months ago

Indo-Nepal border overtaken by mosques, madarsas and Muslim shops: Ground report

Op India  

Several recent reports have shown that demography is changing rapidly along India’s border with Nepal. Several mosques and madarsas are spotted on the entry to Nepal, domes visible even from the Indian border The Kapilvastu district’s Krishnanagar area begins as soon as you cross into Nepal from the Barhni border. Arif Khan, owner of a cold drink store near the …

India-Nepal Ties Finally Easing Down, But Will the Momentum Last?
2 years, 7 months ago

India-Nepal Ties Finally Easing Down, But Will the Momentum Last?

The Quint  

As a result of the recent political engagements between the prime ministers of Nepal and India, some gains are visible in the relations between the two countries, which, not very long ago, witnessed a strain in the combined aftermath of the map row, COVID-19 related problems and domestic politics in Nepal. Besides the dialogues between the two leaders during Sher …

India, Nepal vow to deepen ties as China’s clout looms large
2 years, 11 months ago

India, Nepal vow to deepen ties as China’s clout looms large

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Nepal’s prime minister met his Indian counterpart on Saturday during a three-day trip to New Delhi and signed a slew of agreements to enhance their ties, as the Himalayan nation also deepens relations with India’s rival China. Sher Bahadur Deuba met Narendra Modi in his first foreign trip since becoming Nepal’s prime minister last year after the …

India, Nepal vow to deepen ties as China's clout looms large
2 years, 11 months ago

India, Nepal vow to deepen ties as China's clout looms large

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nepal's prime minister met his …

India's stance on Nepal boundary well known, consistent, unambiguous: Embassy
3 years, 2 months ago

India's stance on Nepal boundary well known, consistent, unambiguous: Embassy

India Today  

A fresh diplomatic spat erupted between Nepal and India after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made an announcement to expand the road across the Lipulekh, an area that Nepal claims as its own. The statement of the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu came days after Nepal's main Opposition Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist urged Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to speak …

Nepal ‘still waiting for a response from India’ to resolve border dispute
4 years, 9 months ago

Nepal ‘still waiting for a response from India’ to resolve border dispute

Deccan Chronicle  

Kathmandu: Nepal’s foreign minister said Tuesday that the country was still waiting for a response from India on holding talks to resolve a border dispute that has strained relations between the South Asian neighbors. The latest border dispute between the countries began over India’s inauguration last month of a Himalayan link road built in a disputed region that lies at …

'Indefinite blockade' on Indo-Nepal border in Bihar cripples trade
5 years, 9 months ago

'Indefinite blockade' on Indo-Nepal border in Bihar cripples trade

India TV News  

An 'indefinite road blockade' by residents in Bihar's Jogbani has brought trade between India and Nepal to a halt on the Jogbani Land Customs Station for the past 48 hours. An SOS report dispatched to Union Finance Ministry said: "Non-movement of the import-export consignments on account of indefinite traffic blockade and closure of market" by the local people in border …

'Indefinite blockade' on Indo-Nepal border in Bihar cripples trade
5 years, 9 months ago

'Indefinite blockade' on Indo-Nepal border in Bihar cripples trade

The Quint  

Araria: An New Delhi, June 26 An 'indefinite road blockade' by residents in Bihar's Jogbani has brought trade between India and Nepal to a halt on the Jogbani Land Customs Station for the past 48 hours. An SOS report dispatched to Union Finance Ministry said: "Non-movement of the import-export consignments on account of indefinite traffic blockade and closure of market" …

Nepal’s territory will not be allowed to be used against India, says Nepal PM
6 years, 10 months ago

Nepal’s territory will not be allowed to be used against India, says Nepal PM

Op India  

Nepal Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli has stated that Nepal will not allow its territory to be used against India. According to reports, the Nepal PM has assured PM Modi about his country’s sensitiveness to India’s interests on the second day of his official visit today. Nepal PM KP Oli reiterated that Nepal will be sensitive to our concerns …

India, Nepal to reset ties with rail, water links
6 years, 11 months ago

India, Nepal to reset ties with rail, water links

Hindustan Times  

Moving to reset their wobbly relationship, India and Nepal on Saturday identified new areas of bilateral cooperation, including the construction of an India-funded railway line connecting Raxaul in Bihar with Kathmandu, and reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening their partnership on a framework of “quality, mutual trust and respect.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with his Nepalese counterpart Khadga Prasad …

Residents open blockaded India-Nepal border point
9 years, 1 month ago

Residents open blockaded India-Nepal border point

The Hindu  

Vehicles passed through the main border point between Nepal and India on Friday after frustrated residents forcefully removed barriers set up by Madhesi protesters who blockaded the border to demand changes in the new Constitution. Police official Hobindra Bogati said residents and businessmen removed tents and bamboo poles that were blocking the border at Birgunj, about 160 km south of …

Will Not Visit India Until Blockade is Lifted: Nepal PM
9 years, 2 months ago

Will Not Visit India Until Blockade is Lifted: Nepal PM

The Quint  

Raising a question-mark over his visit to India next month, Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Tuesday said it will not be appropriate for him to visit New Delhi as long as a blockade of the Nepal-India border continues. Most of the 41 transit and customs points along the southern portion of this open border have been besieged by …

Anger against India over blockade snowballs in Nepal
9 years, 3 months ago

Anger against India over blockade snowballs in Nepal

The Hindu  

If anger could melt ice, Mount Everest would be standing bare and brown today — so angry are the people of Nepal with India. The four-month-old blockade of its border with India has pushed the erstwhile Himalayan kingdom back to the dark ages, with the acute shortage of fuel, cooking gas and other essential supplies crippling daily life; and its …

India reiterates need for political solution to Nepal's crisis
9 years, 3 months ago

India reiterates need for political solution to Nepal's crisis

Firstpost  

With the political impasse in Nepal showing no signs of easing, India on Wednesday asked its neighbour to normalise the situation as soon as possible while asserting that it has always stood for a peaceful and prosperous Nepal which also is in India’s interest. New Delhi: With the political impasse in Nepal showing no signs of easing, India on Wednesday …

India seeks political solution to problems in Nepal
9 years, 3 months ago

India seeks political solution to problems in Nepal

India TV News  

New Delhi: India on Wednesday sought a political solution to the problems in Nepal, where protests against the new constitution have virtually closed the borders with India and led to massive shortages. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj conveyed this message when Nepal's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Kamal Thapa met her here. Sushma Swaraj reiterated the "need for urgent …

Indian envoy hopes for end to Nepal political crisis
9 years, 4 months ago

Indian envoy hopes for end to Nepal political crisis

India TV News  

Kathmandu: Indian ambassador to Nepal Ranjit Rae today expressed hope that the political deadlock in the country would soon end as talks progress between the agitating Madhesi groups and the government. Speaking at a programme on Nepal-India relations, Rae said India is ready to assist Nepal in its development process amid the ongoing political crisis. Former vice-chancellor of Kathmandu University …

Nepal to clear highways, border points
9 years, 4 months ago

Nepal to clear highways, border points

The Hindu  

Nepal on Monday decided to clear key highways and border points blockaded by Indian-origin Madhesis for over two-months, affecting the supply of essential goods to the land-locked country, a day after four protesters died in police firing. The agitating Madhesi parties have been blockading the Nepal-India border crossing points for about two months, obstructing movement of cargo vehicles creating acute …

Madhesi protest in Nepal: Why India needs to step back a little
9 years, 4 months ago

Madhesi protest in Nepal: Why India needs to step back a little

Firstpost  

he buzz among sections of Nepal’s intelligentsia is that the Modi government encouraged Madhesi protest in the Terai Region to gain electorally in Bihar elections. by Sunil Raman The buzz among sections of Nepal’s intelligentsia is that the Modi government encouraged Madhesi protest in the Terai Region to gain electorally in Bihar elections. In the last few days, after signing …

Indian killed as Nepal police clear border point; India upset
9 years, 4 months ago

Indian killed as Nepal police clear border point; India upset

India TV News  

Kathmandu/New Delhi: An Indian youth was today killed when Nepalese police opened fire on protesters near the Indo-Nepal border, prompting a "concerned" India to ask its transporters to exercise caution and not endanger their lives, in an advisory which may deepen the supply crisis in Nepal. A 19-year-old, Ashish Ram, of Raxaul in Bihar was killed after he received a …

New chapter with Nepal
9 years, 5 months ago

New chapter with Nepal

The Hindu  

By inviting Nepal’s Deputy Prime Minister Kamal Thapa to New Delhi, India has chosen wisely to begin a fresh chapter with its neighbour with a view to ending the mistrust that has marked the relationship in the past two months. Two short-term objectives — of ending the pile-up of trucks at the border in Bihar that Nepal terms an > …

‘China has filled vacuum left by India’
9 years, 5 months ago

‘China has filled vacuum left by India’

The Hindu  

After hours of brain-storming in Singha Durbar, Nepal’s new Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Kamal Thapa left for Delhi and a little later, an electricity outage reminded Nepal of the need to bring an end to the fuel blockade, which is Mr Thapa’s task in Delhi. Ramesh Nath Pandey, veteran diplomat and one of the longest serving Ministers in …

India’s Nepal Mess: Result of a Mix of Arrogance and Ineptitude
9 years, 5 months ago

India’s Nepal Mess: Result of a Mix of Arrogance and Ineptitude

The Quint  

In the United States of the early 1950s, as Mao’s Communist party regime consolidated its hold on China and marched into Tibet, exiling Washington’s favourite Generalissimo, Chiang Kai-Shek, to the island of Taiwan, the American strategic community was convulsed in a debate over “Who Lost China?” I only hope that nearly seven decades later their Indian equivalents will not be …

Keep off Nepal affairs, diplomat tells India
9 years, 5 months ago

Keep off Nepal affairs, diplomat tells India

The Hindu  

A senior Nepali diplomat based in Kolkata, rather uncharacteristically, issued a veiled threat to India on Friday, stating that his country “would not hesitate to update the bigger powers in the region about the situation” if Delhi kept mounting pressure on Kathmandu. The diplomat, who has spent quite a long time in Kolkata, said that the relations between the two …

Blame game on India and Nepal as trucks pile up
9 years, 6 months ago

Blame game on India and Nepal as trucks pile up

The Hindu  

The diplomatic confrontation between India and Nepal over its new Constitution has turned into a blame-game over the pile-up of trucks carrying goods into Nepal at three critical checkpoints along the border. According to a local customs association, about 1,500 trucks laden with fuel, civil supplies and essential foods have been held up since Wednesday on the Indian side, as …

Nepal considers fuel rationing as protesters block trucks
9 years, 6 months ago

Nepal considers fuel rationing as protesters block trucks

Live Mint  

Kathmandu/New Delhi: Nepal is considering rationing oil and fuel, a Nepal Oil Corp spokesman said on Saturday, after hundreds of trucks were held up this week at the India border when protesters against a new constitution gathered to block the road. About 900 trucks carrying food, fuel and other items were lined up on the Indian side of the Raxaul-Birgunj …

Nepal summons Indian envoy on the issue of obstruction of supplies
9 years, 6 months ago

Nepal summons Indian envoy on the issue of obstruction of supplies

India TV News  

Kathmandu, Nepal: The tension between India and Nepal over the Himalayan country's new Constitution led to the government summoning the Indian envoy to raise the issue of obstruction in the supply of essential goods coming from the Indian side. India has already voiced its concern over the new Constitution after protests by Indian-origin Madhesi community which claims that their rights …

Otherwise open India-Nepal border turns into a closed frontier
9 years, 6 months ago

Otherwise open India-Nepal border turns into a closed frontier

Hindustan Times  

The India-Nepal border, striking for its open nature and free movement of people and goods, was almost completely closed on Thursday. Mass protests by agitating Tarai parties right at the border, and security checks by Indian authorities turned what is a vibrant space to a tense frontier, when Nepal government attempted to disrupt the protests. HT had reported on Wednesday …

Ajit Doval wades into the frame as India calls its Nepal Envoy for consultations
9 years, 6 months ago

Ajit Doval wades into the frame as India calls its Nepal Envoy for consultations

Firstpost  

The Indian response has gone beyond the MEA’s usual conventional bounds and Oli’s shenanigans are now under a scanner by National Security Adviser Ajit Doval. The high-profile National Security Adviser Ajit Doval has been brought into the frame by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the recently triggered Nepal crisis as India’s worst fears have finally come true in the landlocked …

Foreign secretary lands in Kathmandu as PM’s special envoy
9 years, 6 months ago

Foreign secretary lands in Kathmandu as PM’s special envoy

Hindustan Times  

Two days after Nepal’s constituent assembly endorsed a new constitution, Indian foreign secretary S Jaishankar arrived in Kathmandu on Friday morning as a special envoy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Jaishankar will meet President Ram Baran Yadav, Prime Minister Sushil Koirala and leaders from all political outfits in a bid to take stock of the continued unrest in Madhes and …

Not just neighbours: India and Nepal have bonded significantly over the decades
9 years, 11 months ago

Not just neighbours: India and Nepal have bonded significantly over the decades

Firstpost  

More than 60 percent of Nepal’s trade is with India, most of it in imports. For the film aficionados, there is a Kancha Cheena to simultaneously respect and fear, or a Kanchi to romance, woo with classics like ‘Kanchi re kanchi re, preet meri sanchi.’ For the rest, there is always a Bahadur somewhere close by to remind how seamlessly …

Cross-border crimes topped Rajnath's Nepal visit agenda
10 years, 6 months ago

Cross-border crimes topped Rajnath's Nepal visit agenda

India TV News  

Kathmandu: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said he has held extensive discussions with Nepalese officials here to develop a mechanism to control the menace of cross-border crimes, including the smuggling of fake currency notes. “We have held extensive discussions on matters pertaining to cross border crimes and fake currency among other things during the meeting,” Singh told journalists just before …

Slow progress of check posts along Nepal border worries India
13 years, 8 months ago

Slow progress of check posts along Nepal border worries India

Hindustan Times  

Less than 15 months after work started on the integrated check post at Raxaul in Bihar on the Indo-Nepal border, New Delhi is worried about slow progress of work on the Nepal side. HT Image Work gap between Raxaul and Birganj in Nepal due to land acquisition and water management related problems has already delayed the project and is expected …

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