India-financed infrastructure projects in Nepal have a greater propensity to get delayed than projects supported by Japan, UK or organisations such as World Bank or ADB.
The decision to hold joint commission meeting between foreign ministers is believed to have been discussed when Nepal PM Oli telephoned Modi on 15 August.
Discussions took place on the ongoing projects under Nepal-India bilateral cooperation covering terai roads, hydropower project, Pancheshwar multipurpose project, among others.
The virtual meet comes after Nepal PM K P Sharma Oli called PM Narendra Modi on 15th August, the first high-level contact since ties strained due to Nepal's new political map.
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 Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli said Monday that the ‘real Ayodhya’ lies at Thori in the west of Birgunj, reportedly adding that Lord Ram wasn’t born in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.
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.
Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli said after his move to change the map of the country, plans were being hatched in New Delhi and Kathmandu to topple him.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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