July 19, 2024 17:19 pm
KATHMANDU, July 19: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent a congratulatory message to the newly appointed Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and expressed hope that there will be more coordination and cooperation between the two countries.
April 16, 2024 17:40 pm
BAITADI, April 16: The Jhulaghat transit point along the Nepal-India border in Baitadi district is to remain closed from this evening in view of the Lok Sabha election in the Uttarakhand State of India.
January 14, 2024 13:15 pm
KATHMANDU, Jan 14: A meeting of the Nepal-India Inter-Governmental Sub-Committee (IGSC) on Trade, Transit and Cooperation to Control Unauthorized Trade concluded in Kathmandu.
December 7, 2023 11:06 am
JANAKI (Banke), Dec 7: The border pillars along the Nepal-India bordering area in Jamunaha, Banke are being repaired and restored as per the cabinet decision.
December 4, 2023 15:30 pm
JHAPA, Dec 4: The repair of 317 border pillars along the Nepal-India border, spanning from Mechinagar to Gaurigunj in Jhapa, commenced today. The technical team from Bhadrapur-2 battalion of the Armed Police Force initiated the repair of Reference Border Pillar (RP) No. 91/1 under Permanent Border Pillar (PP) 55 in Mechinagar Municipality Ward-7, Satighatta, in a ceremony.
November 25, 2023 11:30 am
KATHMANDU, Nov 25: The 17th edition of Nepal-India Joint Military Exercise SURYA KIRAN has begun in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India.
October 17, 2023 13:30 pm
KATHMANDU, Oct 17: It has been agreed to reduce the height of Saptakoshi High Dam Multipurpose Project and Sunkoshi Storage Low Diversion Project.
September 6, 2023 22:02 pm
Political party leaders, foreign policy experts describe the statements as unwarranted, undiplomatic, and uncalled for.
August 12, 2023 20:53 pm
KATHMANDU, Aug 12: Nepal and India held the 10th review meeting of the line of credit (LOC) in Kathmandu on Thursday.
March 19, 2023 22:35 pm
KATHMANDU, March 19: Nepal is looking forward to constructing a dedicated transmission line via Indian land to supply its hydroelectricity to Bangladesh.
March 18, 2023 21:30 pm
KATHMANDU, March 18: India has agreed to expand transmission lines along the Nepal-India border towards the Indian side facilitating Nepal for cross-border electricity trade.
February 16, 2023 22:27 pm
KATHMANDU, Feb 16: Nepal is going to ask India to open the gateway allowing the Himalayan nation to export up to 1,200 MW of electricity to the South Asian giant.
January 29, 2023 09:00 am
Nepal engages in international trade with as many as 141 countries of the world. However, the country has a trade deficit with 113 of these countries. Neighboring India is Nepal’s biggest trade partner. However, the trade between the two countries is highly in favor of India.
September 24, 2022 18:00 pm
KATHMANDU, September 24: Nepal and India have consented to take into a final conclusion the detailed project report (DPR) of the much-awaited Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project in the next six months.
September 21, 2022 13:35 pm
KATHMANDU, Sept 21: The Joint Secretary level meeting of Nepal and India has started. The two-day meeting between the joint secretaries of the two countries started in Kathmandu on Wednesday.
August 30, 2022 19:50 pm
KATHMANDU, August 30: The Indian government is considering allowing Nepal to use two additional ports — Mundra Port in Gujarat and Dhamra Port in Odisha — by revising the bilateral transit treaty.
May 16, 2022 16:33 pm
KATHMANDU, May 16: Nepal and India have signed and exchanged six Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) and Agreements during the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Lumbini.
April 22, 2022 19:42 pm
MAHENDRANAGAR, April 22: An Indo-Nepal coordination meeting concluded at Mahendranagar of Kanchanpur today agreed to seal the Nepal-India border points in the district for 48 hours in view of the local level elections.
April 1, 2022 16:27 pm
KATHMANDU, March 1: Leading a Nepali delegation including four government ministers, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has reached New Delhi for a three-day visit to India at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
January 15, 2022 21:43 pm
KATHMANDU, Jan 15: Amid uproar in Nepal over the ongoing road construction by India in Lipulekh area, India has said that established inter-governmental mechanisms are appropriate for communication and dialogue to resolve the boundary issue.
January 10, 2022 17:50 pm
KATHMANDU, Jan 10: The ruling CPN (Unified Socialist) party has protested against the recent remarks of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the Indian government is further expanding the road to the Lipulekh area — a Nepali territory currently under Indian control.
October 16, 2021 16:40 pm
KATHMANDU, OCT 16: Nepal is taking on India in the final game of the 13th edition of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Football Championship at 8:45 PM tonight.
July 10, 2021 09:19 am
KATHMANDU, July 10: The Rail Service owned by Nepal Railway Company will now have access to Kolkata and Haldia ports of India and use Indian Rail Services to trade with third countries.
July 9, 2021 14:09 pm
DHANGADI, July 9: Nepali workers have started returning to India for employment again after two months of enforced prohibitory orders inside the country. Thousands of Nepali citizens have started flocking the Gauriphanta and Banbasa border checkpoints to enter India, blaming unemployment inside Nepal for their search for jobs in the neighboring country.
June 30, 2021 13:43 pm
Nepal is an independent and sovereign nation and can manage its own internal affairs. However, from time to time, complaints are heard that India has directly interfered in Nepal's internal affairs.
May 11, 2021 12:29 pm
KATHMANDU, May 11: The government has permitted Nepali nationals in India to enter Nepal from 13 different entry points at different places along the Nepal-India border.
February 10, 2021 16:25 pm
KATHMANDU, Feb 10: Transport fare for the Kurtha-Jaynagar railway would be determined as per the fare fixed by the government. Nepal Railway Company Limited has sent a proposal in this regard to the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport as preparation is underway to operate the railway service on Kurtha-Jayanagar sector.
January 13, 2021 08:43 am
KATHMANDU, Jan 13: Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali is visiting India on Thursday to take part in Joint Commission (JC) Meeting between India and Nepal.
December 4, 2020 10:04 am
KATHMANDU, Dec 4: Nepal and India are sitting for a talk next week to take forward the process of materializing the energy banking between two countries.
November 20, 2020 11:24 am
KATHMANDU, Nov 20: The fourth Nepal-India Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting on Railway Cooperation was held on Friday via video-conferencing.
November 4, 2020 07:20 am
Can Nepalis hope that the visit of General Naravane will be instrumental in resolving border controversies between Nepal and India? The onus is on Indian side.
November 1, 2020 04:44 am
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.
October 16, 2020 07:10 am
Nepal must work to avoid becoming a pawn at the hands of either of its two neighbors or going against them to please any powers.
September 5, 2020 11:21 am
Nepal published its revised ‘political and administrative map’ incorporating the frontiers of Lipulek-Kalapani-Limpiyadhura in May this year. The map has been approved through parliamentary voting unanimously to pave the way for replacing Nepal’s map in the national emblem with the country’s revised map. It has been authenticated by the office of the president. Ever since, the new map is in official use.
May 20, 2020 17:25 pm
When you have facts and historical evidence on your side for a piece of land that actually belongs to you, there should be no dispute on who that land belongs to. Strangely, Nepal has had to face this situation for over sixty years for over 380 square kilometres of Nepali land, which its southern neighbour claims as its own and some places of which it has been occupying as well. The Limpiyadhura-Lipu Lekh-Kalapani region in Nepal's western frontier has remained a seed of occasional discord between Nepal and India for many years now. Nepali side has always stood for resolving the issue through diplomatic and bilateral negotiations. The Indian side has not been very forthcoming about it.
May 20, 2020 14:18 pm
The government of Nepal recently endorsed a new political map of Nepal by including the Limpiadhura region. This move came days after the government of India inaugurated a road linking India to Tibet of China through Lipulek, which forms part of the Limpiadhura region.
May 10, 2020 18:35 pm
KATHMANDU, May 10: Lawmakers have demanded that the government provide information regarding its preparations to tackle the issue of the construction of a link road by the southern neighbor India upto Tibet through the Nepali territory of Lipulekh.
March 31, 2020 14:30 pm
BANKE, March 31: Nepali migrant workers coming from various places of India are found illegally entering Nepal through clandestine routes, posing health risks amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 25, 2020 09:00 am
KATHMANDU, March 25: The government has decided to allow Nepali nationals stranded along the Nepal-India border because of the lock down to enter Nepal for just this once on Tuesday.
March 23, 2020 00:05 am
KATHMANDU, March 22: The government has announced that all types of passenger movement would be suspended through the Nepal-India and Nepal-China border points from tomorrow morning to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
November 16, 2019 15:15 pm
PALPA, Nov 16: Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali has said that the government is all committed to safeguarding every inch of Nepali territory.
November 10, 2019 03:00 am
Indian officials often complain, in conversations with Nepali media, that despite doing so much for Nepal, Nepalis still hold anti-India sentiments. At times, they tend to suggest that Nepal has been an ungrateful neighbor. No doubt, with India, Nepal has had historical cultural, social and people-to-people ties.
September 10, 2019 13:07 pm
KATHMANDU, Sept 10: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi jointly inaugurated the Motihari—Amalekhgunj cross-border petroleum pipeline via a video conference from their respective offices on Tuesday afternoon.
August 21, 2019 18:33 pm
KATHMANDU, Aug 21: The fifth Nepal-India Joint Commission meeting began in Kathmandu on Wednesday evening.
July 8, 2019 18:00 pm
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June 22, 2019 17:37 pm
KATHMANDU, June 22: India's Ministry of External Affairs has said that there are discussions taking place between India and Nepal to hold the fifth Joint Commission Meeting at the foreign minister level.
June 1, 2019 12:33 pm
KATHMANDU, June 1: Nepal has urged India to hold the fifth meeting of the Joint Commission at the foreign minister level at the earliest.
March 27, 2019 10:25 am
NEW DELHI, March 27: Nepal and China may be getting closer for mutual economic and trade gains but their emerging relationship is "not at all at the cost of India", Nepal's Ambassador to India Nilambar Acharya said Tuesday.
February 20, 2019 09:56 am
KATHMANDU, Feb 20: India and Nepal are all set to sign an agreement to cooperate on biodiversity conservation, including the transboundary conservation of species like the Indian rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis), Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris) and Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), Indian media reported on Tuesday.
February 16, 2019 10:00 am
KATHMANDU, Feb 16: The Indian government on Friday introduced transshipment procedure using the Electronic Cargo Tracking System, a new procedure facilitating the transport of Nepal bound transit containers from Kolkata/Haldia port.