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Tuesday, December 23, 2025
TopicIndia-Nepal Relations

Topic: India-Nepal Relations

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.  

India-Nepal set for high-level meeting on 17 August, the first since map row

The meeting between Indian Ambassador Vinay Mohan Kwatra & Nepal Foreign Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi comes months after Kathmandu issued its controversial new map.

Nepal now locks horns with India over Buddha, day after Jaishankar called him ‘Indian’

After External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar refers to Lord Buddha as one of the 'greatest Indians', Nepal Foreign Ministry says matter remains beyond doubt that he was born in Lumbini.

Nepal to send its controversial new map to UN, Google this month

The map, finalised earlier this year, shows Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani — three territories disputed with India — within Nepalese borders. 

Nepal’s ambassador to India likely to be recalled as tensions between neighbours rise

As tensions with India soar, Nepal PM K.P. Sharma Oli is facing strife within the Communist Party, with China trying hard to keep it from falling apart.

India & Nepal have an age-old friendship, Delhi committed to strengthening ties: MEA

India's assertion comes days after Nepalese PM KP Oli made critical remarks aimed at India, further straining bilateral relations already impacted over Nepal's new map.

Politics, economy, people ties, culture — how China has slowly expanded its grip over Nepal

China’s interest in Nepal is over a decade old, but the watershed moment was the 2015 Madhesi agitation and blockade, which was viewed as being India-backed.

India-Nepal friction casts shadow on proposed Pancheshwar multipurpose dam project

The project first conceived 24 years ago in 1996, had picked up pace in 2014 after the Narendra Modi-led NDA government came to power.

Kathmandu has reservations with China also on Lipulekh, Kalapani: Nepal ruling party leader

In interview to ThePrint, Bishnu Rijal of Nepal Communist Party says entire Kalapani belongs to Nepal and that while China has agreed to talk on the issue, India hasn't.

Modi said Neighbourhood First and then ranked Nepal low in India’s priority list

By not talking to Nepal for long, India has played into Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Oli’s hands and helped him promote his nationalist agenda.

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Goa’s new favourite bar isn’t chasing tourists. It’s fiercely local

A little over a year into operation, after opening in early 2024, Grumps has become one of Goa’s most coveted dining destinations.

To meet fund crunch, Karnataka to auction plots in Bengaluru, raise Rs 4,000 crore

Siddaramaiah govt’s five schemes strain finances as GST changes hit revenues; debt to jump nearly Rs 80,000 crore. State also plans to auction liquor licences & extend bar timings.

Turkiye delivers second MILGEM-class corvette Khaibar to Pakistan Navy, two others in making

Contract for construction of four MILGEM-class ships was signed in 2018. PNS Bedir is to be delivered by June 2026, while PNS Tariq is due for delivery in first quarter of 2027.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.