काठमाडौं । भारतीय विदेशमन्त्री एस जयशंकरको नेपाल भ्रमणका क्रममा भएका सम्झौतामाथि सार्वजनिक रुपमा प्रश्न उठेका बेला बुधबार प्रधानमन्त्री प्रचण्डले संसदीय समितिमा उपस्थित भएर उक्त सम्झौताको प्रतिरक्षा गरे । संसदको कानुन न्याय तथा मानव अधिकार समिति बैठकमा उनले भारतीय दूतावासले नेपालमा प्रतिपरियोजना सिधै २० करोडसम्म खर्च गर्न पाउने गरी भएको सम्झौताको बचाउ गरे । नेपालको बजेटरी...
नयाँदिल्ली — नेपाल– भारत ‘सीमा सुरक्षा समन्वय बैठक’ सोमबारबाट नयाँ दिल्लीमा प्रारम्भ भएको छ । सीमा वारपार अपराध नियन्त्रणका सम्बन्धमा देखिएका चुनौतीहरूका विषयमा बैठक केन्द्रित छ । नेपाल-भारत सीमा सुरक्षा समन्वय बैठक दिल्लीमाभारतको सशस्त्र सीमा बल(एसएसबी) ले आयोजना गरेको उक्त बैठकमा नेपालका सशस्त्र प्रहरीको नेतृत्वमा अन्य सुरक्षा निकायका अधिकारीहरु सहभागी छन् । बैठकमा नेपाली टोलीको...
काठमाडौँ — भारतको पिथौरागढमा शुक्रबारदेखि हुने संयुक्त सैन्य अभ्यासमा सहभागी हुन नेपाली सेनाको एउटा टोली त्यसतर्फ प्रस्थान गरेको छ । संयुक्त अभ्यासका लागि सैनिक टोली भारत प्रस्थाननेपाली सेना र भारतीय सेनाको संयुक्त अभ्यास ‘सूर्यकिरण’को १७ औँ संस्करणमा सहभागी हुन नेपाली सेनाका प्रमुख सेनानी सुवास केसीको नेतृत्वमा तीन सय ५४ सदस्यीय फौज बुधबार त्यसतर्फ प्रस्थान गरेको...
काठमाडौँ — प्रधानसेनापति प्रभुराम शर्मा भारतको नयाँ दिल्लीमा यही असोज ८ देखि १० गतेसम्म आयोजना हुने १३औँ इण्डो–प्यासिफिक आर्मिज चिफ कन्फरेन्समा सहभागी हुन आइतबार नयाँ दिल्ली प्रस्थान गरेका छन् । प्रधानसेनापति शर्मा भारत प्रस्थानप्रधानसेनापति शर्मालाई त्रिभुवन अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थलमा बलाधिकृत रथी सरोज प्रताप राणाले बिदाइ गरेका थिए । सो अवसरमा रथीवृन्द, रक्षा मन्त्रालयका पदाधिकारीलगायत सैनिक अधिकृतहरूको...
Over the past few years, Nepal has found itself in the midst of a tug-of-war among three major global powers: India, China, and the US. Each of these countries are vying for influence in Nepal’s economic, military, ideological and technological spheres. Let’s begin with the US. The Biden administration in the US has made advancing...
With a touch of nip still in the air, New Delhi had just about the perfect weather to welcome over 3,000 delegates to the three-day Raisina Dialogue (February 21-23). Another couple of weeks, and the Taj Palace Hotel lawns could have been boiling hot. Hosted by the Observer Research Foundation in partnership with the Ministry...
Before wrapping up his 26-hour visit to Kathmandu, Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar made a meaningful remark in Kirtipur on Friday while inaugurating the Tribhuvan University’s new library building, which was funded by the government of India. “Under the leadership of Prime Minister [Narendra] Modi, the government of India is committed to continue to...
The seventh edition of the Nepal-India joint commission at foreign minister level is all set to convene in Kathmandu on Thursday. Foreign Minister NP Saud and his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar will co-chair the meeting, where the two sides will discuss over three dozen different agendas and issues of mutual interest and concern. At the...
2023 has been an interesting time for Nepali diplomacy. After the end of the Covid pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine war raged. Global affairs have been more troubled with the addition of the Israel-Hamas conflict. As Nepalis have been directly involved in both theatres, Nepal’s foreign outreach is strained. Nepal has much to do to secure the...
The government has agreed to accept an Indian proposal to increase the budget for ‘small development projects’ to be implemented by local units from the current Rs50 million to Rs200 million. The Indian side had initially proposed to jack up the budget to Rs240 million, but the Ministry of Finance had scaled it down by...