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 to cost more. “Construction on the Indian side is on as per schedule, but there’s huge gap in work progress in Nepal,” AE Ahmed, Secretary said on Friday. Besides the ICPs, India is also spending over Rs 2500 crores to construct five railway lines totaling 184 km and 1400 km of roads along the border with Nepal to improve communication links.

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Will facilitate completing work on 2 cross-border rail links, Nepal tells India
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Will facilitate completing work on 2 cross-border rail links, Nepal tells India

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Nepal has assured India it will facilitate the early completion of work on remaining sections of the Jaynagar-Bijalpura-Bardibas and Jogbani-Biratnagar cross-border railway lines, which are being developed with grant assistance from New Delhi. The external affairs ministry said the Nepali side assured that necessary facilitation will be provided for early commencement and completion of the work on the …

Express routes: India’s railway connectivity with South Asia
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Express routes: India’s railway connectivity with South Asia

Hindustan Times  

Despite strong political, economic, and geostrategic motivations for cross-border railway connectivity, India’s progress in establishing a robust and thriving rail network with its neighbours has not progressed enough. This paper addresses a critical question in India’s connectivity efforts: Despite the political, economic, and geostrategic incentives driving New Delhi’s cross-border railway initiatives, why has India struggled to sustain momentum in this …

First integrated check post at India-Bhutan border inaugurated
4 months, 2 weeks ago

First integrated check post at India-Bhutan border inaugurated

Deccan Chronicle  

The first Integrated Check Post along the India-Bhutan border was inaugurated at Darranga in Assam on Thursday, a long-awaited development aimed at enhancing trade between the two nations. Developed by the Land Ports Authority of India, the check post also features inspection spaces, plant quarantine systems, and parking facilities to streamline operations. The strategic location of Darranga ensures better connectivity, …

'Nepal-India Problems Can Be Resolved If....': Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli Stresses Bilateral Consensus
6 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 …

India-Nepal border forces' talks to begin in Delhi tomorrow
1 year, 4 months ago

India-Nepal border forces' talks to begin in Delhi tomorrow

The Hindu  

Border guarding forces of India and Nepal will hold a three-day bilateral meeting in New Delhi from November 6 and discuss measures to curb trans-frontier crimes and timely sharing of intelligence inputs, an official said. The seventh edition of the annual coordination talks between the two countries is led by India's Sashastra Seema Bal director general Rashmi Shukla and the …

How India is racing to secure its borders against China
1 year, 6 months ago

How India is racing to secure its borders against China

India Today  

Indian reaction to Chinese infrastructure activity on the Line of Actual Control as well as along the McMahon Line in the Northeast has picked up over the past few years, especially since the Galwan Valley clash in eastern Ladakh between Indian and Chinese troopers in June 2020. In line with India’s continued infrastructure push at the borders, defence minister Rajnath …

How India is building up against China with 90 border infra projects
1 year, 6 months ago

How India is building up against China with 90 border infra projects

India Today  

The news that Chinese president Xi Jinping would skip the G20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi from September 9-10 dashed hopes of a bilateral meeting between him and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, where they could have further exten­ded their discussion of a fortnight ago. Meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg on August 24, Modi and Xi …

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 …

Cross-border rail link between Nepal and India becomes operational
1 year, 8 months ago

Cross-border rail link between Nepal and India becomes operational

Firstpost  

When Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal recently visited India, this part was turned over to the GoN. The 17.3 km long Kurtha-Bijalpura line has 5 stops along it The Kurtha-Bijalpura rail segment of the Jaynagar-Bijalpura-Bardibas cross-border railway between India and Nepal is now open for business as of Sunday. The Government of India is providing grant assistance for 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 …

Govt: Over 2,000 KM Road Constructed Along China Border At Rs 15,477 Crore In Last 5 Years
2 years, 7 months ago

Govt: Over 2,000 KM Road Constructed Along China Border At Rs 15,477 Crore In Last 5 Years

ABP News  

The government informed the Lok Sabha on Monday that it spent Rs 15,477 crore in the last five years to construct 2,088.57 km of roads in areas bordering China. Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt said in total, the government spent Rs 20,767 crore in constructing 3,595 km of border roads in border areas along China, Pakistan, Bangladesh and …

Launched in 2010, Indo-Nepal border road project is only 29% complete: CAG
2 years, 11 months ago

Launched in 2010, Indo-Nepal border road project is only 29% complete: CAG

India TV News  

Launched in 2010, Indo-Nepal border road project is only 29% complete: CAG CAG said that the government in November 2010 took up the construction of roads along the Indo-Nepal Border in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand at a cost of Rs 3,853 crore. It said that the construction of 1,377-km-long Indo-Nepal border road that started in 2010 is still 29 …

India, Nepal mend fences
2 years, 11 months ago

India, Nepal mend fences

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his visiting Nepalese counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba ramped up Indo-Nepal economic ties in the field of hydro-power generation and connectivity initiatives, even as the two nations reached a “general understanding” during talks that they need to address the pending border dispute between them in a “responsible manner” through dialogue and that “politicisation of …

Cross-border Terrorism in Mind, Govt to Spend Rs 7,000 Cr by 2023 to Transform, Manage 5 Key Borders
3 years ago

Cross-border Terrorism in Mind, Govt to Spend Rs 7,000 Cr by 2023 to Transform, Manage 5 Key Borders

News 18  

While cross-border terrorism and crimes remain major concerns, by 2023 the Narendra Modi-led Centre will have spent close to Rs 7,000 crore since 2020 to transform the infrastructure at and manage five key borders. In 2020, the central government approved the construction of 32 India-China Border Roads -II, measuring 683.12 km, at an estimated cost of Rs 12,434.90 crore. Similarly, …

ISI-funded mosques, madarsas on India-Nepal border raise serious security concerns
3 years, 1 month ago

ISI-funded mosques, madarsas on India-Nepal border raise serious security concerns

India TV News  

Highlights Rising numbers of ISI-funded mosques, madarsas on India-Nepal border raise serious security concerns These religious setups have mushroomed within 10 km from Nepal border and also across border This leads to demographic change in some parts of border areas in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh & West Bengal The rising number of mosques and madarsas in the last three years along …

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 …

With China's Entrenchment in Nepal, Bhutan, Time for India to Revamp Border Security
3 years, 3 months ago

With China's Entrenchment in Nepal, Bhutan, Time for India to Revamp Border Security

News 18  

India has one of the largest numbers of border guarding entities and personnel in the world. For that, either the Indian Army should solicit with the government to sanction more battalions for Assam Rifles, perhaps more than a dozen to the least, or else, the Ministry of Defence should hand over the control of the Indo-Myanmar border to any of …

Linking land borders: India’s integrated check posts
3 years, 7 months ago

Linking land borders: India’s integrated check posts

Hindustan Times  

The abysmal level of regional integration in South Asia - a mere five per cent according to the World Bank - has its roots in the lack of quality infrastructure. India’s land-based trade with its neighbours is facilitated by different kinds of border management infrastructure including, Land Customs Stations, Immigration Check Posts, and consolidated facilities like Integrated Check Posts and …

Centre clears over ₹1,100 crore for more roads on Arunachal border
4 years, 1 month ago

Centre clears over ₹1,100 crore for more roads on Arunachal border

The Hindu  

The Union government has given the go-ahead for critical infrastructure development in Arunachal Pradesh at an estimated cost of more than ₹1,100 crore. The official said most projects were earmarked in areas along the China border in north and northeast part of Arunachal. Pace of development Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju, who is a Member of Parliament from Arunachal, said …

India, Nepal launch construction of third Integrated Check Post
4 years, 4 months ago

India, Nepal launch construction of third Integrated Check Post

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: India and Nepal have launched the construction of the third Integrated Check Post between the two countries at Nepalgunj. ​Realising the constraints of existing facilities and its impact on traffic and regulatory processes India and Nepal in August 2005, agreed to develop ‘Integrated Check-Posts’ by establishing systematically planned, properly inter-connected and efficiently managed border check-posts at the authorized …

Construction of India-funded Integrated Check Post Begins in Nepalgunj in Western Nepal
4 years, 4 months ago

Construction of India-funded Integrated Check Post Begins in Nepalgunj in Western Nepal

News 18  

India's Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Nepal's Urban Development Minister Krishna Gopal Shrestha on Thursday jointly witnessed the ground-breaking ceremony to mark the beginning of the construction of an Integrated Check Post at Nepalgunj in Western Nepal, aimed at bolstering bilateral trade and people-to-people contact. Indian Ambassador Vinay Mohan Kwatra and Nepal's Minister of State for Urban Development …

Amid Standoff with China, India Builds Roads and Bridges in Eastern Ladakh for Winters
4 years, 5 months ago

Amid Standoff with China, India Builds Roads and Bridges in Eastern Ladakh for Winters

News 18  

Ligen Eliyas deftly turns the excavator’s hydraulic arm to push a huge boulder into the Zanskar river below in a cloud of dust, clearing another bit of land for a strategic highway that India is hurriedly building near the Chinese border. It highlights the efforts by India, which have been redoubled after the latest tensions, to develop key infrastructure – …

India says it has doubled budget for roads and bridges on China border
4 years, 6 months ago

India says it has doubled budget for roads and bridges on China border

Live Mint  

India has doubled the budget for vital roads and bridges along the undemarcated border with China in recent years in response to Beijing's rapid infrastructure development on its side, the Indian defence minister said on Tuesday. Troops of the two countries are locked in their most serious face-offs for years along the Line of Actual Control or informal border in …

India, Nepal agree to speed implementation of India-aided developmental project
4 years, 7 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, …

India to continue with infrastructure upgrade along the border
4 years, 8 months ago

India to continue with infrastructure upgrade along the border

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: India and China may have taken a step back from their stand-off in Ladakh, but New Delhi is pressing ahead with plans to upgrade infrastructure along the country’s borders. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh took stock of the border infrastructure development on Tuesday, a day after the two countries announced they had made preliminary headway in reducing tensions along …

After snubbing India on border clash, Nepal faces reality-check as Beijing encroaches its territory to construct roads in Tibet – Firstpost
4 years, 9 months ago

After snubbing India on border clash, Nepal faces reality-check as Beijing encroaches its territory to construct roads in Tibet – Firstpost

Firstpost  

Nepal and India’s relations have taken a turn decidedly for the worse, possibly for the first time since the ugly 2015 ‘blockade’, As Nepal is busy castigating India over ‘unilateral encroachment’ of its territory, China has been quietly changing course of rivers on Nepali land and building roads to erode Kathmandu’s territorial claims over land it deems part of Tibet. …

Amid row, Nepal plans increase in border posts
4 years, 9 months ago

Amid row, Nepal plans increase in border posts

Hindustan Times  

Nepal plans to increase the number of its border outposts along the boundary with India by 100, from the existing 121 to 221 in the next year, in a move that, while it has been in the works for some time, comes at a time when friction between the two countries is high over a new map approved by the …

Tensions build along India-China LAC in parts of Ladakh, northern Sikkim as both countries deploy additional troops
4 years, 10 months ago

Tensions build along India-China LAC in parts of Ladakh, northern Sikkim as both countries deploy additional troops

Firstpost  

Tension is gradually building up between Indian and Chinese armies in several areas in Ladakh and northern Sikkim along the un-demarcated Sino-India border with both sides bringing in additional troops, days after they were involved in two violent face-offs, authoritative sources said on Tuesday. New Delhi: Tension is gradually building up between Indian and Chinese armies in several areas in …

Govt to construct 44 'strategically important' roads along India-China border. Here's why
6 years, 2 months ago

Govt to construct 44 'strategically important' roads along India-China border. Here's why

India TV News  

The government is all set to construct 44 strategically important roads along the India-China border, a CPWD document has shown. The agency has been asked to construct 44 "strategically important" roads along the India-China border to ensure quick mobilisation of troops in case of a conflict. "The CPWD has been entrusted with construction of 44 strategically important roads along the …

KP Oli in India: Nepal PM, Narendra Modi agree to build strategic rail link between Raxaul and Kathmandu
6 years, 11 months ago

KP Oli in India: Nepal PM, Narendra Modi agree to build strategic rail link between Raxaul and Kathmandu

Firstpost  

New Delhi: India will build a strategic railway link between Raxaul in Bihar and Kathmandu in Nepal to enhance people-to-people contact and allow bulk cargo movement with the landlocked neighbour. The announcement was made after delegation-level talks between Indian and Nepalese officials chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart KP Sharma Oli, who is on a three-day …

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 …

Construction begins on a 150 KM road which will make it easier for Indian army to reach China border
7 years, 4 months ago

Construction begins on a 150 KM road which will make it easier for Indian army to reach China border

Op India  

The construction of an all weather 150 KM stretch from Tanakpur to Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand has begun, which as per reports would make it easier for the Indian armed forces to reach the Chinese border. Under this project launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in December 2016, the damaged 1100 KM long highways in the state would be turned into …

Rajnath Singh to visit China-Indian border areas in Uttarakhand, interact with ITBP personnels
7 years, 6 months ago

Rajnath Singh to visit China-Indian border areas in Uttarakhand, interact with ITBP personnels

Firstpost  

Home minister Rajnath Singh will visit the China-Indian border area in Uttarakhand this week. New Delhi: Home minister Rajnath Singh will visit the China-Indian border area in Uttarakhand this week. Singh will also visit ITBP border outposts at Rimkhim, Mana and Auli during the four-day trip beginning 28 September, a home ministry official said. The home minister is expected to …

Rajnath Singh to operationalise SSB intelligence wing along Bhutan, Nepal border on Monday
7 years, 6 months ago

Rajnath Singh to operationalise SSB intelligence wing along Bhutan, Nepal border on Monday

Firstpost  

Rajnath Singh will operationalise the Sashastra Seema Bal’s first ever intelligence wing on Monday New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will operationalise the Sashastra Seema Bal’s first ever intelligence wing on Monday, a home ministry official said. The paramilitary force guards India’s borders with Bhutan and Nepal, which are often used by criminals and Kashmiri militants returning from Pakistan. …

India-Nepal border sealed 48 hours ahead of municipal elections to ensure peaceful polling
7 years, 8 months ago

India-Nepal border sealed 48 hours ahead of municipal elections to ensure peaceful polling

Firstpost  

The India-Nepal border at Sonauli was sealed at 8 am Monday, preventing vehicles from crossing the check-post, leading to long queues of trucks on both the sides. Maharajganj : India’s border with Nepal was sealed on Monday, 48 hours before the municipal polls in the neighbouring country, to prevent anti-social elements from crossing the international boundary and vitiating the election …

Situation at border tense; Nepalese shouting anti-India slogans, pelting stones: SSB
8 years ago

Situation at border tense; Nepalese shouting anti-India slogans, pelting stones: SSB

India TV News  

The situation along the Indo-Nepal border in Lakhimpur Kheri is still "tense" and Nepalese people are shouting anti-India slogans, the SSB today said as it denied reports of firing by its men leading to the death of a Nepalese citizen on the other side. The SSB said the clashes were first triggered on Wednesday when some "Nepalese people gathered near …

China in mind, India shrinks gap with Nepal in Prez Mukherjee’s visit
8 years, 4 months ago

China in mind, India shrinks gap with Nepal in Prez Mukherjee’s visit

Hindustan Times  

Nepal is India’s next-door neighbour. When Narendra Modi visited Nepal in 2014, it was first bilateral visit by an India Prime Minister to Nepal in 17 years. The last Indian president to visit Nepal was KR Narayanan in 1997, which makes Pranab Mukherjee’s three-day visit to Nepal from November 2 an exercise again in shrinking the gap between the two. …

Himachal govt irked over slow pace of work on border roads
9 years ago

Himachal govt irked over slow pace of work on border roads

Hindustan Times  

Slow pace of work on the roads leading to China border has seemingly irked the state government, as the funds allocated to the Border Road Organisation are underutilised. The work of widening the stretch between Kaurik and Wangtoo on the national highway connecting Ferozepur to Shipkila – a village close to China border in Kinnaur — has come to a …

Nepal, India propose to build six power corridors
9 years, 1 month ago

Nepal, India propose to build six power corridors

India TV News  

Kathmandu: Nepal and India propose to construct at least six cross-border power corridors to ensure trading in energy between the two close neighbours on a long-term basis. A six-member joint technical team formed to prepare a master plan for such power corridors identified the six points on the Nepal-India border in accordance with the Power Trade Agreement signed in 2014. …

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 …

82% of the sino-indian roads are still not finished
9 years, 8 months ago

82% of the sino-indian roads are still not finished

India TV News  

In 2006-07, India approved the construction of 73 strategic Sino-Indian border roads, but 82% of these–scheduled to be ready by 2012–are unfinished. Rail plans still only plans, while China nears the border India envisages urgently building four rail lines in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu & Kashmir, stretching 1,352 km, to be built collectively by …

Govt plans to connect border areas with 5,000 road network-IndiaTV News
9 years, 10 months ago

Govt plans to connect border areas with 5,000 road network-IndiaTV News

India TV News  

Govt plans 5000km long road network 'Bharat Mala' to connect borders New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has proposed to build a 5,000 kilometres of road network along the border and coastal areas under a scheme named ‘Bharat Mala'. The proposal is a move to New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has proposed to build a 5,000 kilometres …

India mulling creating helipads along Bhutan border
10 years, 4 months ago

India mulling creating helipads along Bhutan border

India TV News  

New Delhi: India is mulling creating helipads along the open 699 km-long border with Bhutan to ease travel to difficult locations in the region and provide air support facilities for border guarding troops deployed there. Border guarding force Sashastra Seema Bal is posted along this frontier. Air support will help in easy transportation of our troops to their posts and …

China’s increasing strategic footprints in Nepal should be a wake up call for Modi
10 years, 6 months ago

China’s increasing strategic footprints in Nepal should be a wake up call for Modi

Firstpost  

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi has personal interactions and holds formal delegation-level talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the latter’s India visit, the two Asian giant neighbours’ Himalayan rivalries in Nepal should inevitably come up for discussion. But a landmark event that happened recently would ensure that China’s rapid infrastructural forays into Nepal would remain a part of Sino-Indian …

Chinese rail lines up to India border
10 years, 8 months ago

Chinese rail lines up to India border

The Hindu  

China is planning the construction of two railway lines in Tibet that will extend up to the border with India and are expected to be completed by 2020, State media reported on Thursday. A top official of the Tibet Autonomous Region government said the railway line will be further extended during the 13th five year plan period, running to two …

Border road network with Bhutan-Nepal to improve : Mamata
10 years, 9 months ago

Border road network with Bhutan-Nepal to improve : Mamata

India TV News  

Siliguri: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said the state will improve the road network with Nepal and Bhutan. “The roads to Bhutan and Nepal border points will be re-laid centering Siliguri,” the commercial hub of North-East, Banerjee said at a meeting here. This move, as part of the drive to bolster the tourism facilities in the North Bengal-Nepal/Bhutan …

No immigration centre in Nepal: India
11 years, 8 months ago

No immigration centre in Nepal: India

Hindustan Times  

India has strongly refuted news reports about New Delhi entering an agreement with the Nepal government on setting up immigration check points in Nepali territory. "There is no question whatsoever of India establishing immigration points within Nepali territory at Pashupatinagar and Lumbini," stated a release issued by the embassy on Tuesday. "The reality is that India and Nepal discussed setting …

Stronger Indo-Nepal connectivity forged
17 years, 8 months ago

Stronger Indo-Nepal connectivity forged

Hindustan Times  

With the aim to forge better connectivity between India and Nepal, New Delhi has drafted several dream plans in the Himalayan nation. Indian Railway is planning to bring in four railway lines into Nepal, India’s Ambassador to Nepal, Shiv Shankar Mukherjee said. "As better connectivity is the main agenda of the SAARC countries now, India is all set to establish …

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