India, Nepal to have high-level meeting next week, the first since border row
4 years, 4 months ago

India, Nepal to have high-level meeting next week, the first since border row

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday said a meeting between Indian ambassador to Nepal, Vinay Kwatra and Nepalese Foreign Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi next week is aimed at reviewing ongoing bilateral economic and development projects and is not to be seen as a ice breaker between the two countries. The clarification from a person familiar with the development in New Delhi came after a report in the Kathmandu Post on Tuesday which said that meeting of the so called Nepal-India Oversight Mechanism is possibly the first step towards easing tense ties between the two countries triggered by a boundary dispute in May. Ties between India and Nepal have frayed since Kathmandu published a new map of the country with three areas that India says lies within its boundaries, shown as part of Nepal. The new map by Nepal followed India last year releasing a new map that showed Kalapani – claimed by Nepal as part of its territory – as Indian territory.

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'Nepal-India Problems Can Be Resolved If....': Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli Stresses Bilateral Consensus
3 months, 2 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 …

Prachanda again claims Kalapani, Limpiyadhura belong to Nepal, says PM Modi assures to resolve border issue
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Prachanda again claims Kalapani, Limpiyadhura belong to Nepal, says PM Modi assures to resolve border issue

India TV News  

Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' on Tuesday said that his government is clear and determined that all territories east of the Mahakali River, including Limpiyadhura, Kalapani and Lipu pass, come under Nepalese territories. He recalled that as per the Sugauli Treaty signed between Nepal and East India Company government in 1816, these territories belong to Nepal and a …

Book Review | How India, Nepal let each other down
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Book Review | How India, Nepal let each other down

Deccan Chronicle  

Among all its neighbours in South Asia, India perhaps enjoys the most unique relationship with Nepal. Rajan and policy professional Atul K. Thakur, marries the diplomatic skills and experience of the former Indian ambassador to Nepal with the latter’s fieldwork and independent research. It spans King Tribhuvan’s dramatic escape to India, strains in bilateral relations under Mahendra’s monarchy as India …

Kathmandu shouldn’t politicise map dispute
7 months, 1 week ago

Kathmandu shouldn’t politicise map dispute

Hindustan Times  

The Nepal government’s decision to put a map showing disputed regions along the border with India as Nepalese territory on new currency notes has triggered a row in Kathmandu, with the president’s economic advisor being forced to quit over his remarks against the move. Chiranjivi Nepal, a noted economic export, had characterised the government’s move as “inappropriate” and flagged that …

View from the Himalayas | Why Nepal’s new currency note has reignited discourse over border disputes
7 months, 2 weeks ago

View from the Himalayas | Why Nepal’s new currency note has reignited discourse over border disputes

Hindustan Times  

A raft of positive developments has recently bolstered bilateral ties between Nepal and India. Responding to the Pushpa Kamal Dahal government’s move last week, external affairs minister S Jaishankar reiterated the Indian position on the Kalapani border issue, saying, “.they unilaterally took some measures on their side. New currency note fuels political rumours in Nepal The current development comes on …

How India-Bhutan ties remain a pillar of stability despite regional challenges
1 year ago

How India-Bhutan ties remain a pillar of stability despite regional challenges

Firstpost  

The conjoining of strategic imperatives has always been the hallmark of India-Bhutan security Pakistan and China have been particularly cautious and envious of the cordiality that characterises the relationship between Bhutan and India. Protracted discussions with His Majesty King-4, the prime minister, the Cabinet Secretary, and the Chief Operations Officer in 2013 revealed to the author that the Himalayan Kingdom’s …

Nepal reacts sharply to China's new map that include Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura in India
1 year, 3 months ago

Nepal reacts sharply to China's new map that include Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura in India

India TV News  

Nepal on Friday lodged a strong protest over China's recent so-called "standard" map that did not include the Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura areas as parts of the Nepali territory and included in the Indian territory. Nepal's Parliament unanimously passes bill to redraw map incorporating 3 Indian areas Nepalese PM to discuss the issue in Beijing The latest controversy came as …

View from the Himalayas | Delhi and Kathmandu: So close yet so far
1 year, 4 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, 6 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 …

Nepal-India relations taken to new height, claims PM Prachanda after India visit
1 year, 6 months ago

Nepal-India relations taken to new height, claims PM Prachanda after India visit

Firstpost  

Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that his four-day visit to India was instrumental in elevating the two countries’ relations. Focus was laid on economic issues that would benefit the nation for a long whereas on the political side, increasing mutual trust in the coming days progressive talks would be held to solve the rising issues,” Dahal said …

Modi promises to build ‘super hit’ partnership with Nepal PM Prachanda
1 year, 6 months ago

Modi promises to build ‘super hit’ partnership with Nepal PM Prachanda

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his visiting Nepalese counterpart Pushpakamal Dahal 'Prachanda' on Thursday held wide-ranging talks focusing on boosting India-Nepal cooperation in several areas including energy, connectivity and trade. Following the meet, PM Modi said, “We will continue to strive to take India-Nepal ties to Himalayan heights” PM Prachanda and I have taken many important decisions today to make …

India’s Northeast: Gateway to connectivity with eastern neighbours
1 year, 8 months ago

India’s Northeast: Gateway to connectivity with eastern neighbours

Hindustan Times  

India’s Northeast Region can serve as a pivotal connecting space between India and its neighbours to the east in South Asia, as well as to East and Southeast Asia and beyond, enhancing the country’s diplomatic, infrastructural, and commercial engagements. India’s Northeast Region, sharing international borders in the east, has massive potential to become a vibrant link to the country’s eastern …

India's stance on Nepal boundary well known, consistent, unambiguous: Embassy
2 years, 11 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 refuses to comment on remarks made by KP Oli on territorial issue with India
3 years ago

Nepal refuses to comment on remarks made by KP Oli on territorial issue with India

Firstpost  

The former Nepal prime minister, who is also the chairman of opposition party CPN-UML, vowed to ’take back’ Indian territories of Kalapani, Limpiyadhura and Lipulekh if he returns to power New Delhi: The Embassy of Nepal in India on Saturday refused to comment on remarks made by former Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli over a territorial issue with India. …

Nepal PM Oli pledges to ‘retrieve’ Kalapani region from India through talks
3 years, 11 months ago

Nepal PM Oli pledges to ‘retrieve’ Kalapani region from India through talks

Hindustan Times  

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Sunday pledged to “retrieve” the territories of Kalapani, Limpiyadhura and Lipulekh from India, returning the focus to a border row that had taken relations between the two countries to a low last year. Oli triggered a border row last year after his government issued a new political map that showed Kalapani, Limpiyadhura and …

Nepal halts distribution of new text book with revised map incorporating Indian areas: Report
4 years, 3 months ago

Nepal halts distribution of new text book with revised map incorporating Indian areas: Report

Hindustan Times  

Nepal has stopped the distribution of a new text book that includes the country’s revised political map showing three strategically-important Indian areas as part of its territory, saying there were a number of factual errors in it, according to a media report on Tuesday. The concerned body of the India has already termed as untenable the “artificial enlargement” of the …

Nepal Halts Distribution of New Text Book with Revised Map Incorporating Indian Areas
4 years, 3 months ago

Nepal Halts Distribution of New Text Book with Revised Map Incorporating Indian Areas

News 18  

Nepal has stopped the distribution of a new text book that includes the country’s revised political map showing three strategically-important Indian areas as part of its territory, saying there were a number of factual errors in it, according to a media report on Tuesday. India has already termed as untenable the “artificial enlargement” of the territorial claims by Nepal after …

Nepal Introduces School Textbooks with Revised Map Incorporating Indian Areas
4 years, 3 months ago

Nepal Introduces School Textbooks with Revised Map Incorporating Indian Areas

News 18  

Kathmandu: Nepal has introduced new text books in the school curriculum that include the country's revised political map showing three strategically-important Indian areas as part of its territory, amidst a border dispute with New Delhi. India has already termed as untenable the "artificial enlargement" of the territorial claims by Nepal after its Parliament unanimously approved the new political map of …

India, Nepal agree to speed implementation of India-aided developmental project
4 years, 4 months ago

India, Nepal agree to speed implementation of India-aided developmental project

Live Mint  

Senior diplomats of India and Nepal on Monday held a virtual meeting during which they comprehensively reviewed the progress made on various India-aided developmental projects in the Himalayan nation and decided to expedite their implementation. The meeting came days after Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli telephoned his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to greet him on India's 74th Independence Day, …

Breaking the Logjam? India, Nepal Hold Meeting to Review Bilateral Projects After 'Map Strain'
4 years, 4 months ago

Breaking the Logjam? India, Nepal Hold Meeting to Review Bilateral Projects After 'Map Strain'

News 18  

Senior diplomats of India and Nepal on Monday held a virtual meeting to review the progress made on various India-aided developmental projects being implemented in the Himalayan nation. The meeting came days after Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli telephoned his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to greet him on India's 74th Independence Day, in the first high-level contact after …

Nepalese PM KP Sharma Oli calls up Narendra Modi to greet India on Independence Day
4 years, 4 months ago

Nepalese PM KP Sharma Oli calls up Narendra Modi to greet India on Independence Day

Firstpost  

This was the first high-level contact after ties between the two countries came under severe strain following issuance of a new political map by the Himalayan nation in May Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart KP Sharma Oli held a telephonic conversation on Saturday, in the first high-level contact after ties between the two countries came under severe …

Nepal PM extends greetings to PM Modi on India’s Independence Day
4 years, 4 months ago

Nepal PM extends greetings to PM Modi on India’s Independence Day

Hindustan Times  

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Friday extended greetings to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on India’s 74th Independence Day. Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli Taking to Twitter, Oli said, “Congratulations and greetings to Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji, the Government and people of India on the happy occasion of the 74th Independence Day. Best wishes for more progress …

Indian Envoy, Nepalese Foreign Secretary to Hold Talks on August 17: Sources
4 years, 4 months ago

Indian Envoy, Nepalese Foreign Secretary to Hold Talks on August 17: Sources

News 18  

Indian Ambassador Vinay Mohan Kwatra and Nepal's Foreign Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi are scheduled to hold talks on August 17 in Kathmandu under a bilateral framework, in first major engagement since the ties came under strain after the Himalayan nation came up with a new political map in May. Official sources said the scheduled meeting between Kwatra and the Nepalese …

'An Exercise in Political Absurdity': India Dismisses Pakistan’s New Map Claiming All of J&K, Junagadh
4 years, 4 months ago

'An Exercise in Political Absurdity': India Dismisses Pakistan’s New Map Claiming All of J&K, Junagadh

News 18  

On the eve of the anniversary of abrogation of Article 370 and in a bid to further internationalise the issue of Kashmir, Pakistan on Tuesday issued a new map showing all of Kashmir as part of its territory. India dismissed Pakistan's move as “an exercise in political absurdity”, saying it was laying untenable claims to territories in the Indian state …

Nepal will send revised map to India, international community by mid-August, says minister
4 years, 4 months ago

Nepal will send revised map to India, international community by mid-August, says minister

Firstpost  

The Nepal government had on 20 May released a revised political and administrative map incorporating the disputed territories of Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani Kathmandu: The Nepal government intends to send its recently revised map to India, Google and international community by mid-August, a minister has said. “We will be sending the updated map including Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura to various …

Nepal to send controversial \'new\' map to UN, Google
4 years, 4 months ago

Nepal to send controversial \'new\' map to UN, Google

Deccan Chronicle  

Kathmandu: Nepal government intends to send its recently revised map to India, Google and the international community by the middle of August, a minister has said. "We will be sending the updated map including Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura to various UN agencies and the international community including India. The Ministry has asked the Department of Measurement to print 4,000 copies …

Nepal Govt to Send Contentious Revised Map to India, UN Agencies & Google, Says Minister
4 years, 4 months ago

Nepal Govt to Send Contentious Revised Map to India, UN Agencies & Google, Says Minister

News 18  

The Nepal government is preparing to send the newly updated map, which includes Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura as its integral part, to the international community by mid-August, a minister said on Saturday. “We will be sending the updated map including Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura to various UN agencies and the international community including India. Aryal also said that the Nepal …

Nepal's controversial new maps claiming Indian territory not to be used or endorsed by UN
4 years, 4 months ago

Nepal's controversial new maps claiming Indian territory not to be used or endorsed by UN

India TV News  

The United Nations will not use the ‘new’ map that is being issued by the KP Sharma Oli-led Nepal government. As per the new map that Nepal is reportedly sending to India and the rest of the world, several Indian territories have been shown under Nepal sovereign boundary. All UN maps come with a disclaimer, “The boundaries and names that …

Nepal Claims India Didn't Respond Kindly to Its Proposal of Talks ahead of Redrawing Political Map
4 years, 4 months ago

Nepal Claims India Didn't Respond Kindly to Its Proposal of Talks ahead of Redrawing Political Map

News 18  

Nepal Foreign Affairs Minister Pradeep Gyawali on Friday said Kathmandu had asked New Delhi several times to start diplomatic negotiations to resolve the simmering border dispute, but that India had failed to respond to it. Nepal last month completed the process of redrawing its political map through a Constitutional amendment, incorporating strategically important Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura areas which India …

Pithoragarh: Do not create obstruction for our citizens: Nepal
4 years, 4 months ago

Pithoragarh: Do not create obstruction for our citizens: Nepal

The Hindu  

An official of Nepal’s westernmost province near the disputed Kalapani region has asked Indian authorities in the Pithoragarh district to allow free movement for Nepalese nationals to the area. The Chief District Officer of Darchula in Nepal wrote to the district officials of Dharchula in Pithoragarh asserting Nepal’s rights over the region which was included into the official map of …

India Asks Nepal to Stop 'Illegal' Movement of its Citizens in Kalapani area
4 years, 4 months ago

India Asks Nepal to Stop 'Illegal' Movement of its Citizens in Kalapani area

News 18  

India has asked Nepal to prevent its citizens from "illegally" visiting the Indian territories of Kalapani, Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Gunji, according to local media reports here. In a letter to the Nepali administration, an Indian official earlier this month said that Nepalese people in groups wanting to "illegally" enter into these Indian regions would create problems for both the countries. …

Nepal’s Upper House Passes Bill for New Map Including Indian Areas
4 years, 6 months ago

Nepal’s Upper House Passes Bill for New Map Including Indian Areas

The Quint  

On 13 June, Nepal's House of Representatives – the lower house – had passed the controversial bill introducing a new map. As per the new map under the bill, areas of Kalapani, Limpiyadhura and Lipulekh – which are on the Indian map – belong to Nepal. The bill India's Ministry of External Affairs had earlier called the move "not tenable". …

History, the standoff, and policy worth rereading
4 years, 6 months ago

History, the standoff, and policy worth rereading

The Hindu  

The deadly clashes at Galwan and the ongoing standoff between India and China on the ridges or “fingers” around the Pangong Tso are a metaphor for the wider conflict between the two countries over all the areas that Chinese strategy refers to as the “ five fingers of the Tibetan palm ”. Especially after the flight of the Dalai Lama …

Amid border row between India and Nepal, sources say onus on KP Oli government to create 'conducive atmosphere' for talks
4 years, 6 months ago

Amid border row between India and Nepal, sources say onus on KP Oli government to create 'conducive atmosphere' for talks

Firstpost  

According to India’s assessment, the release of the new political map by Nepal and obtaining a legal backing to it from the lower house of Nepalese Parliament were part of a ‘myopic’ agenda to gain mileage in domestic politics, they said. New Delhi: The onus of creating a conducive atmosphere for talks between India and Nepal on the border row …

Nepal okays map tweak, India calls it ‘untenable’
4 years, 6 months ago

Nepal okays map tweak, India calls it ‘untenable’

Hindustan Times  

Nepal’s Parliament on Saturday passed a constitutional amendment to give legal backing to a map depicting disputed areas such as Lipulekh as Nepalese territory, prompting India to say such “artificial enlargement of claims” violates an understanding to resolve boundary issues through talks. On Saturday afternoon, the House of Representatives or lower house of Nepal’s Parliament unanimously adopted the constitutional amendment …

India rejects new map of Nepal including Indian territories
4 years, 6 months ago

India rejects new map of Nepal including Indian territories

Op India  

The Ministry of External Affairs has responded to the passing of the constitutional amendment bill in Nepal’s Parliament to update the country’s political map including the areas that come under the Indian regime. The Ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava stated, “We have noted that the House of Representatives of Nepal has passed a constitution amendment bill for changing the map of …

Amid border row, Nepal Parliament passes bill redrawing its political map; ties will remain strong, says Indian Army chief General MM Naravane
4 years, 6 months ago

Amid border row, Nepal Parliament passes bill redrawing its political map; ties will remain strong, says Indian Army chief General MM Naravane

Firstpost  

The Nepal Parliament’s lower house unanimously voted on Saturday to amend the Constitution to update the country’s new political map, laying claim over the strategically key areas of Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura along the border with India The Nepal Parliament’s lower house unanimously voted on Saturday to amend the Constitution to update the country’s new political map, laying claim over …

As Nepal preps to vote on new map, a hint about India’s stance from Army chief
4 years, 6 months ago

As Nepal preps to vote on new map, a hint about India’s stance from Army chief

Hindustan Times  

Hours before Nepal’s lower house votes on a new political map of the country that includes Indian territories, Army chief General MM Naravane on Saturday underscored the strong people-to-people ties between the two countries that have lately soured over the map that depicts Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura as Nepalese territory. Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane stress on people-to-people contact …

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