Topic: India-Nepal Relations
Nepal wants India to revise the 1950 friendship treaty to reflect ‘new changes and realities’
On the unsettled boundary issue, Nepal Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali said ‘we have to explore ways to settle it based on facts and documents’.
Border ‘irritant’ shouldn’t hurt ties — Nepal Foreign Minister Gyawali reaches out to India
Pradeep Kumar Gyawali says release of new political map wasn’t a ‘unilateral’ action on part of Nepal as it was a ‘consequence’ of India first changing its political map in 2019.
Nepal foreign minister Gyawali to visit India mid-January amid crisis at home
P.K. Gyawali will be accompanied by a high-powered delegation, and is set to discuss 'all issues of bilateral importance', including the Kalapani-Lipulekh border dispute.
India, Nepal decide to resume flights under air bubble arrangement
According to sources, the service will be started with Indians and Nepalese nationals and all those having valid Indian visa except tourist ones.
Foreign Secretary Shringla in Nepal to ‘take ties forward’ after low point of Kalapani row
Kalapani-Lipulekh border issue is on the agenda as Harsh V. Shringla meets Nepalese PM & foreign minister. Visit comes amid pro-monarchy protests in Nepal.
RAW chief meets Nepal PM Oli, says India won’t allow interruption in bilateral relations
Samant Kumar Goel's visit comes ahead of the upcoming official trip of Indian Army chief General Naravane to Nepal in the first week of November.
Army chief Naravane to visit Nepal to receive honorary General rank, first trip after map row
Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari will confer honorary rank of General of the Nepali Army upon Indian Army chief M.M. Naravane at an investiture ceremony next month.
Nepal PM Oli extends birthday greetings to PM Modi, vows to strengthen bilateral ties
PM Modi replied to his Nepal counterpart's wishes over Twitter and said he looked forward to the further strengthening of India-Nepal ties based on shared culture and history.
India-Nepal meet ‘soon’ to discuss all bilateral issues, but Kalapani talks will have to wait
The meeting of Boundary Working Group of India & Nepal is likely to take place soon to discuss technical issues, including repair of boundary pillars in the border areas.
Delhi, Kathmandu must have sustained talks on all issues, not just border, says Nepal envoy
Nepal Ambassador to India Nilamber Acharya says it was a ‘positive indication’ that Modi and Oli had a telephonic conversation.
Nepal’s NCP split came after visits of India’s top brass. China is worried
As soon as Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla completed his two-day visit to Nepal on 26 November, China’s Defence Minister Wei Fenghe landed in Kathmandu.
Success of India’s indigenous nuclear reactor at Kakrapar seen boosting clean energy goal
The 700 MW reactor of Kakrapar Atomic Power Station is India’s largest domestically-built nuclear reactor and NPCIL connected it to the grid last week.
Defence
Indian military team to visit Russia for S-400 air defence systems training
Russian Ambassador Nikolay R Kudashev said the S-400 programme is one of the flagship projects in further boosting military cooperation between the two countries.
Neither ‘udta’ nor ‘padhta’ Punjab. Question is how India’s no. 1 state in 2003 fell to 13
Punjab, once India’s richest state, has slipped and fallen behind. MSP and subsidies should continue, but it needs to rediscover its entrepreneurial impulse.