KATHMANDU, Aug 4: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said the problem on Nepal-India trade issues would be addressed soon.

KATHMANDU, July 31: CPN Chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has said that the bilateral mechanism was working actively to bring into effect the commitments and pacts between Nepal and India for mutual cooperation.

KATHMANDU, July 30: A one-day Nepal-India Think Tank Summit is being held in Kathmandu on Tuesday with the objective of improving bilateral relations between Nepal and India through multi-faceted collaboration among think-tanks in both the countries.

NAWALPARASI, July 27: Armed Police Force, Border Security Office, has adopted high-alertness at Nepal-India bordering areas in western Nawalparasi.

KATHMANDU, July 19: Nepal and India have agreed to address the difficulties faced by various Indian-funded projects in Nepal to ensure their timely completion.

Culture tourism, and Hindu, Buddhist, and Ramayan circuits high on agenda

KATHMANDU, July 4: A joint technical team of Nepal and India formed as per the agreement reached during the recent visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Nepal has started its works to find permanent solution of the recurring problems of flood and inundation along the bordering areas.

KATHMANDU, July 30: The Nepal-India Eminent Persons Group has agreed to update all the treaties and agreements reached in the past between Nepal and India in line with the present reality of the two countries.

BHIMDUTTANAGAR, June 8: Nepal Police with the help of the Indian Seema Suraksha Bal (Border Security Force) rescued 18 children including six minors from Gaddachauki transit point at the Nepal-India border on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, May 14: Prime Minister K P Oli has said that the recent visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Nepal has taken Nepal-India relations to a new height.

KATHMANDU, May 12: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has returned to India after concluding his two day state visit in Nepal.

MITHILESH YADAVJANAKPUR, May 11The first Nepal visit by Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi on August 3, 2014 created a buzz across the country. Modi became the talk of the town. People sang his praise. Four years later, he has made his third visit to Nepal but via a different route.

KATHMANDU, April 29 : A meeting of Nepal-India’s inter government committee (IGC) to control unauthorized trade between the two countries agreed to boost bilateral trade and investments to bolster ‘synchronized development’.

KANCHANPUR, April 29: The Nepal-India Joint Survey Team is to fix a dispute that emerged while installing electric barbed wire to ward off wild animals entering human settlement.

MAHENDRANAGAR, April 21: Surveyors from Nepal and India have started repairing border pillars in the district.

BAITADI, April 18: A total of 106 persons have been rescued from Jhulaghat of Nepal-India border in the first nine months of the current fiscal year.

KATHMANDU, April 2: Newly-appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs, Pradeep Kumar Gyawali has said that there is no alternative to excellent bilateral relations between Nepal and India, despite some hiccups in the recent past.

KATHMANDU, March 29: Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradip Gyawali has said that the bilateral relations between Nepal and India should be redefined and redesigned from the perspective of mutual economic benefits.

KATHMANDU, Feb 5: The 2nd Nepal-India Trade Fair & Tourism Festival - 2018 started in Dehradun of India from Monday.

KATHMANDU, Jan 19: Bibeksheel Sajha Party Nepal has urged the government to make public the progress on the Nepal-India border survey conducted recently by Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Jan 10: The sixth meeting of the Eminent Persons Group (EPG) on Nepal-India Relations, which was formed to review the whole gamut of bilateral issues and recommend ways to improve relations between Nepal and India, is taking place in New Delhi, India, on Thursday.

BIRGUNJ, Dec 27: The meeting between representatives of Nepal and India regarding the ongoing protest against pollution caused by transport of dusty cargo to Birgunj through Raxaul has ended inconclusively.

Nepal-India joint border patrol

December 21, 2017 13:03 pm

NAWALPARASI, Dec 21: Border security persons from Nepal and India have carried out a joint patrol of the border in west Nawalparasi.

BAITADI, Nov 21: Nepal-India border in Baitadi, a district of the Province 7, is to be sealed for three days in view of the first round of the elections to the House of Representatives and State Assemblies scheduled for November 26.

Nepal-India deal on eight agreements

August 24, 2017 15:14 pm

KATHMANDU, August 24: Nepal and India have signed eight agreements on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Aug 21: The volume of all retail medicines traded across the India-Nepal border during the blockade period between September 2015 and early February 2016 decreased by 46.5 percent compared to the same months in 2014/2015, a study report revealed.

KATHMANDU, July 23: In an effort to attract Indian investment in Nepal, Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) is planning to hold Nepal-India investment summit in October this year.

KATHMANDU, July 12: The Nepali Embassy in New Delhi and the IDSA jointly organized a workshop on Nepal-India Trade, Transit and Connectivity as part of the Embassy's economic diplomacy initiative at Vishakhapatnam, India, on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, June 26: Nepal-India border in all districts adjoining India except for those in Province 2 have been closed for at least 48 hours ahead of the second phase local elections scheduled for June 28.

NEPALGUNJ, June 22: The border point in Banke district on the Nepal-India border is to be closed for 48 hours in view of the June 28 local election.

KANCHANPUR, June 13: Nepal-India border points in Kanchanpur district are to remain closed for 48 hours during the upcoming local-level elections scheduled for June 28.

KANCHANPUR, June 13: Nepal-India border points in Kanchanpur district are to remain closed for 48 hours during the upcoming local-level elections scheduled for June 28.

Nepal-India cooperation

KATHMANDU, April 13: There is a huge mismatch between Nepal’s total imports from India and the southern neighbor’s exports to Nepal, indicating that a large volume of cross-border trade is done through informal channel.

KATHMANDU, April 6: Nepal and India have reached an understanding to revise the provisions deemed ‘unequal’ for a sovereign country in the 1950 Nepal-India Peace and Friendship Treaty.

KATHMANDU, March 10: Prime Minster Pushpa Kamal Dahal has urged for calm and peace at the Nepal-India border.

KANCHANPUR, March 6: The first Nepal-India Trade Fair and Tourism Festival kicked off Sunday at a parade ground in Dehradun, the provincial capital of Uttarakhand, India.

Nepal-India border sealed for 72 hours

February 13, 2017 12:49 pm

KANCHANPUR, Feb 13: Nepal-India border points in Kanchanpur district have been sealed for the next 72 hours from this evening in view of the Rajya Sabha election in India.

KATHMANDU, Feb 13: Nepal-India Joint Working Group (JWG) and Joint Steering Committee (JSC) meetings are beginning in Kathmandu from Monday.

BHIMDUTTANAGAR, Feb 5: Ahead of assembly elections in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh of India, the Nepal-India border in the adjoining area is to be closed for 48 hours.

KATHMANDU, Jan 25: Indian Ambassador to Nepal Ranjit Rae has said that it is a taxing job to further bolster ties between Nepal and India.

BARDIYA, Jan 22: Check points along the Nepal-India border in Utter Pradesh of India would be sealed for 48 hours to be effective from 7:00 am on January 25.

KATHMANDU, Jan 5: Although the Indian media and defense strategy community have been raising serious concerns about the proposed first-ever military drill between China and Nepal, Indian State Minister for External Affairs V K Singh on Wednesday said the drill would not create any rift between Nepal and India.

DANG, Nov 23: Seventeen-year-old Sita Pariyar of Bhauwa checkpoint along the Nepal-India border got bitten by a snake on Saturday morning.

I would not say there is anti-India sentiment among the people. But this sentiment is certainly prevalent in certain sections of the society and in some geographical areas, mainly around the capital city.

Rise in crime at Nepal-India border

November 4, 2016 02:19 am

BARDIYA, Nov  4: An unidentified group of robbers has been troubling the villagers of Bardiya district in the border areas. Incidents of looting by the group in several villages have been reported in the past few months. Police on Tuesday arrested a man related to the group.

KATHMANDU, Nov 1: The three-day state visit of Pranab Kumar Mukherjee, the 13th President of India, to Nepal at the invitation of President Bidya Devi Bhandari beginning tomorrow is believed to start a new era in the bilateral ties between the two countries.

NAWALPARASI, Oct 29: Security personnel of Nepal and India have started joint patrolling at the Nepal-India border check points in Nawalparasi to control any possible criminal activities during the Tihar festival.

KATHMANDU, Oct 27: The fourth meeting of Nepal-India Joint Commission held in New Delhi has agreed on various activities including the expeditious completion of the phase I of Tarai roads.

KATHMANDU, Oct 24: As Indian President prepares to visit Nepal after a hiatus of almost two decades, former diplomats and experts in Kathmandu see this as reflection of New Delhi's desire to improve 'troubled' relations between Nepal and India.