India and China have decided to promote the resumption of the Indian pilgrims' pilgrimage Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, following years of border tensions, during a special representative meeting between the two sides. In a press release, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, “On December 18, 2024, the 23rd meeting of the Special Representatives on the China-India Boundary Question was held …
After Nepal’s parliament endorsed the political map that shows the disputed areas of Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura as part of its territory earlier this month, some Nepalese FM radio stations close to India-Nepal border in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh have started giving weather bulletins of these three areas. Locals living in the bordering areas, especially in Dharchula, said that Nepalese FM channels …
The story so far: The dispute over Kalapani, which lies on the easternmost corner of Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district, between Nepal and India was revived in November 2019 when India published a revised political map showing the newly created Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Nepal’s claims to the region is based on this river as it became the …
It is the second big Indo-Nepal border controversy since 1997, when Nepal first objected to Kalapani area being under Indian governance. Kalapani is largely a valley formed by a mess of Himalayan rivers, contributing to what is known as Kali, Mahakali or Sharda river at various points in Nepal and India. India, and earlier Britain, considers its origin in the …