KATHMANDU, March 10: India is working to promote a sub-regional energy hub comprising Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and India to meet its energy needs, foreign secretary of India, Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said.

KATHMANDU, Feb 16: Nepal on Tuesday objected to a recent statement by Biplab Kumar Deb, chief minister (CM) of the Indian State of Tripura, in which Deb quoted Indian Home Minister Amit Shah as saying that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would soon form its government in Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Jan 17: As Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali returned home completing his three-day India visit on Saturday afternoon, foreign relations experts in Kathmandu and New Delhi, have, citing Gyawali's failure to meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the visit, said Nepal-India relations were far from coming back to normal.

KATHMANDU, Jan 15: A meeting of the Nepal-India Joint Commission began in New Delhi on Friday morning.

KATHMANDU, Jan 14: Nepali Ambassador to India, Nilamber Acharya, called on Chief of Defense Staff of the Indian Army, General Bipin Rawat, on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Dec 11: Head of the foreign affairs cell of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Vijay Chauthaiwale, held a meeting with Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali at the latter's office in Singh Durbar on Friday.

KATHMANDU, Dec 10: Head of the foreign affairs cell of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Vijay Chauthaiwale, held a meeting with Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli at the latter's official residence in Baluwatar on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Dec 3: India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Thursday argued that India and Nepal have decided "to move ahead" although the relationship between the two countries reached its lowest point throughout the year particularly over boundary issues.

KATHMANDU, Nov 27: Wrapping up his two-day official visit to Nepal, Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla returned to New Delhi on Friday afternoon.

GORKHA, Nov 27: The visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said India was happy to support Nepal in the post-earthquake reconstruction.

KATHMANDU, Nov 27: Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, who is on a two-day official visit to Nepal, has said that his country sees Nepal as foremost friend and development partner.

KATHMANDU, Nov 26: Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla arrived in Kathmandu on Thursday morning on a two-day official visit to Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Nov 26: Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla is arriving in Kathmandu on a two-day official visit to Nepal, on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 10: Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla will pay an official visit to Nepal from November 26 to 27, an Indian media report said on Tuesday.

Visiting Indian Army Chief meets PM Oli

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KATHMANDU, Nov 6: Indian Army Chief MM Naravane who is on a three-day official visit to Nepal held a meeting with Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Friday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 5: Visiting Indian Army Chief Manoj Mukund Naravane received a guard of honor amid a ceremony held at the Army headquarters on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 4: Indian Army Chief General MM Naravane's ongoing visit to Nepal is aimed at further further strengthen strategic and defence cooperation between the two countries, the Indian Army said on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 4: Indian Army Chief Manoj Mukund Naravane arrived in Kathmandu on a three-day visit on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, Oct 14: Indian Army Chief Manoj Mukund Naravane will visit Nepal next month, the Nepal Army headquarters said in a press statement on Wednesday. The Army headquarters, however, has not disclosed the specific dates for the visit.

KATHMANDU, Oct 5: An expert panel formed by the government to gather historical evidences that support its claim that Kalapani, Lipu Lekh and Limpiyadhura currently held by Indian side originally belong to Nepal submitted its report to Minister for Foreign Affairs, Pradeep Kumar Gyawali on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Sept 22: Chief Executive Officer of National Reconstruction Authority Sushil Gyewali and Indian Ambassador to Nepal Vinay M. Kwatra jointly unveiled a dedicated website on India-assisted post-earthquake reconstruction projects in the education sector in Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Sept 17: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Thursday extended birthday wishes to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.

KATHMANDU, Sept 13: On behalf of the Government of India, Deputy Chief of Mission of the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu, Namgya C. Khampa, handed over a consignment of disaster relief material to Chanda Chaudhary, a member of parliament and president of the Nepal-India Women Friendship Society (NIWFS) on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Aug 17: Nepal and India held the 8th meeting of the Oversight Mechanism through digital video conferencing on Monday.

KATHMANDU, Aug 9: Reacting to Indian External Affairs Minister  S. Jaishankar's claim that Lord Buddha was Indian, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said on Sunday that it is a well-established and undeniable fact proven by historical and archaeological evidences that Gautam Buddha was born in Lumbini, Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Aug 9: People from various walks of life in Nepal including politicians have lambasted Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar's recent claim that the Lord Buddha was Indian.

KATHMANDU, Aug 9: The Indian Army has gifted ten ICU ventilators to the Nepal Army on Sunday in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Who is to blame?

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When relations between the two states deteriorate due to various reasons, dialogue is a tool to bring them back on track. Closing all prospects for talks means the individual state does not want to keep relations at all.

KATHMANDU, April 10: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Friday held telephone conversation in the wake of coronavirus pandemic.

KATHMANDU, March 20: Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali held a telephone conversation with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar this afternoon.

KATHMANDU, March 16: Indian Embassy in Kathmandu and the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration of Nepal signed two Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs)—one with the Mahakali Municipality, Darchula and second with the Mukhiyapatti Musharniya Rural Municipality, Dhanusha—for the construction of two new school buildings.

KATHMANDU, March 10: Indian Ambassador to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra called on speaker of the House of Representatives Agni Prasad Sapkota at the latter's office today.

KATHMANDU, March 8: Chairperson of Nepal Pariwar Dal Eknath Dhakal held separate meetings with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) General Secretary Ram Madhav and Chief Minister of New Delhi Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday.

DPM Pokhrel to inspect Kalapani area

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DARCHULA, Feb 16: Deputy Prime Minister Ishwar Pokhrel is scheduled to inspect Kalapani area in Darchula district, a disputed area between Nepal and India, today.

MUMBAI/KOLKATA, Feb 12: India, which restricted imports of refined palm oil and palmolein in January, has exempted Nepal and has started issuing licenses to import some refined palmolein from the Himalayan nation, two government officials told Reuters.

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: The financial closure of Arun III hydropower project was inked in the capital on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Jan 30: Vinay Mohan Kwatra has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Nepal, Ministry of External Affairs of India announced on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Jan 26: Indian Embassy in Kathmandu organized a program on Sunday to mark the 71st Republic Day of India.

KATHMANDU, Jan 14: India has named Vinay Mohan Kwatra, currently its ambassador to France, as its new envoy to Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Jan 1: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli held a telephonic conversation with Indian counterpart Narendra Modi today morning.

KATHMANDU, Dec 25: Experts on Nepal-India relations have stressed the need to further enhance people-to-people relations.

KATHMANDU, Dec 24: Outgoing Indian Ambassador to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri held separate meetings with President Bidya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, Dec 12: India's Ambassador to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri today said India was always ready to help with Nepal's journey to prosperity and its initiatives to take the country to socio-economic development.