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Nepal President Bhandari calls all-party meeting as political rift deepens

Amid continued political rift in the Himalayan nation, Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari has called an all-party meeting on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the prevailing situation

Nepal signs peace agreement with rebel group feard for violent attacks

Nepal's government signed a peace agreement Thursday with a small communist rebel group widely feared because they were known for violent attacks, extortion and bombings. The government agreed to lift a ban on the group, release all their party members and supporters in jail and drop all legal cases against them, while the group agreed to give up all violence and resolve any issues through peaceful dialogue, the government said in a statement after peace talks. Details of the agreement would be made public at a joint ceremony Friday with Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli and the leader of the rebel group Netra Bikram Chand, who is better known by his guerrilla name, Biplav. The rebels also call themselves the Nepal Communist Party. This group is known for violence, threats and enforcing general strikes. It had split from the Maoist Communist party, which fought government troops between 1996 and 2006 when it gave up its armed revolt, agreed to UN-monitored peace talks and joined ...

Boundary issue with India will be resolved through diplomatic talks: Oli

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Monday said that the ongoing border disputes with India will be resolved through diplomatic talks

Nepal awards hydropower project to India's Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam

As per the initial study conducted by Brass Power, the installed capacity of the project can be enhanced to around 1,000 MW if it is developed as a storage-type project

One mn doses for Nepal: Kathmandu urges India for continued vaccines supply

One million doses of Oxford/Astrazenca vaccine 'Covishield' produced by the Serum Institute of India (SII) landed in Nepali capital Kathmandu on Thursday

India-Nepal relations offer limitless potential, says Rajnath Singh

On Friday, he held wide-ranging talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar covering the entire expanse of bilateral ties

Nepal drug regulator approves Covishield vaccine for emergency use

This comes ahead of signing a major Covid vaccine deal with India

EAM Jaishankar holds discussions with Nepalese counterpart Gyawali

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday held talks with his Nepalese counterpart Pradeep Kumar Gyawali with a focus on various key aspects of the bilateral relations.

In Nepal foreign minister Gyawali's visit, a signal to work with Oli govt

Gyawali is part of a caretaker government after PM K P Oli dissolved Parliament and ordered elections last month following intra-party dissensions

Nepal FM arrives in India on three-day visit, to hold talks with Jaishankar

Nepal's Foreign Minister P K Gyawali arrived here on Thursday on a three-day visit during which he will co-chair the India-Nepal Joint Commission meeting with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar

Nepal Foreign Minister Gyawali embarks on three-day India visit

Nepal's Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali will attend the 6th meeting of Nepal-India Joint Commission and discuss the entire gamut of relations with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar

Himalayan chessboard: India fishes for advantage in unstable Nepal

What will increase Indian influence in Nepal is to recognise that it is a brother nation bound by unbreakable historic, cultural, religious, and linguistic ties

Nepal government seeks to procure Covid-19 vaccine from India

The Nepal government has written to the Indian government, requesting for procurement of Covid-19 vaccine to inoculate around 20 per cent of the Nepali population

High-level China delegation in Nepal to 'take stock' of political situation

A high-level Chinese delegation led by a vice minister of the Chinese Communist Party arrived in Kathmandu on Sunday to "take stock" of Nepal's political situation after the dissolution of Parliament

China shadow looms large as India looks to consolidate ties with neighbours

The immediate proximate event is going to be the election in Nepal, due in April

Himalayan failure: Why a communist merger failed to work in Nepal

The merger of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) and the Maoist Centre two years ago has failed and Nepal is in danger precisely what it had vowed never to be - a guided democracy

Nepal's high-stakes gamble

India will need to track and anticipate developments

Oli: Remarkable journey of student communist leader to Nepal power centre

Veteran communist leader K P Sharma Oli joined politics as a student activist in his teenage and spent 14 years in jail for opposing the now-abolished monarchy

Mt Everest's joint measurement marks new milestone in Nepal ties: China

The world's highest peak is now taller by 86 centimetres, Nepal and China jointly announced on Tuesday after they remeasured Mt. Everest at 8,848.86 metres

Nepal agrees to fast-track rail connection from Kathmandu to India

The contest between India and China for strategic influence in the Himalayas has escalated with authorities in Nepal agreeing to fast-track a rail connection from Kathmandu to the Indian mainland