Nepal Border Tension

Amid tension along the Line of Actual Control - the de facto border between India and China - all forces guarding the country's borders have been asked to remain extra alert. The Home Ministry has called for more vigilance on the India-Nepal border and the tri-junction areas in Uttarakhand and Sikkim, sources said, and extra troops have been sent t...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday held the first joint virtual conference with his counterparts from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nepal during which he mooted a four-point plan to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, boost economic recovery and resumption of the BRI (Belt and Road Initiative) infrastructure projects.

Nepal's cable television operators have suspended Indian news channels for "objectionable" reporting on the country's Prime Minister as tensions between the neighbours rise over a border dispute.

Nepali border guards opened fire on Friday after a group of Indians crossed over in a local dispute, killing a 22-year-old man and causing tension on the India-Nepal border along a Bihar district.

Several countries across the globe have called for restraint in the light of escalating tension between India and Pakistan since Tuesday morning, when Air Force fighter jets crossed its neighbour's border to strike at a terror camp in Balakot.

Invoking the Panchsheel principles, Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today called on India to "immediately lift the undeclared blockade" imposed on Nepal that would help boost bilateral ties amid the recent political crisis over the country's new Constitution.

Nepal's Deputy Prime Minister today said the government would maintain national "dignity and sovereignty" even as the country faces an acute fuel shortage amid the continuing political crisis following the promulgation of the new Constitution.

On a day when customs points along the India-Nepal international border saw renewed tension, Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today warned India not to interfere in the Himalayan nation's internal affairs.

Amid tension along the Line of Actual Control - the de facto border between India and China - all forces guarding the country's borders have been asked to remain extra alert. The Home Ministry has called for more vigilance on the India-Nepal border and the tri-junction areas in Uttarakhand and Sikkim, sources said, and extra troops have been sent t...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday held the first joint virtual conference with his counterparts from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nepal during which he mooted a four-point plan to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, boost economic recovery and resumption of the BRI (Belt and Road Initiative) infrastructure projects.

Nepal's cable television operators have suspended Indian news channels for "objectionable" reporting on the country's Prime Minister as tensions between the neighbours rise over a border dispute.

Nepali border guards opened fire on Friday after a group of Indians crossed over in a local dispute, killing a 22-year-old man and causing tension on the India-Nepal border along a Bihar district.

Several countries across the globe have called for restraint in the light of escalating tension between India and Pakistan since Tuesday morning, when Air Force fighter jets crossed its neighbour's border to strike at a terror camp in Balakot.

Invoking the Panchsheel principles, Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today called on India to "immediately lift the undeclared blockade" imposed on Nepal that would help boost bilateral ties amid the recent political crisis over the country's new Constitution.

Nepal's Deputy Prime Minister today said the government would maintain national "dignity and sovereignty" even as the country faces an acute fuel shortage amid the continuing political crisis following the promulgation of the new Constitution.

On a day when customs points along the India-Nepal international border saw renewed tension, Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today warned India not to interfere in the Himalayan nation's internal affairs.