Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba along with his wife Arzu Deuba and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited Samrajeswar Pashupatinath temple and offered prayers on Sunday, following their visit to Kaal Bhairav temple and Kashi Vishwanath temple. Deuba arrived in India on Friday on a three-day visit. It is his first such visit…Continue Reading
In a bid to strengthen bilateral ties, Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed a slew of agreements on Saturday. Both leaders inaugurated a cross-border railway network, a power transmission line and launched India’s RuPay payment card in Nepal. The Nepalese prime minister, accompanied by a high-level delegation, arrived…Continue Reading
During his official three-day visit to India, Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Saturday held bilateral talks with his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, in New Delhi. Issuing the India-Nepal joint vision statement on power sector cooperation, the Indian foreign ministry said both prime ministers noted the positive developments in each other’s power sectors. While…Continue Reading
India’s role in Nepal’s development projects got a fillip on Saturday with the launch of a cross-border railway link and power transmission line, besides inauguration of the ‘Joint Vision Statement on Power Sector Cooperation’ that has the potential to create a second Bhutan model in cross-border power trade. The documents for cross-border railway and power…Continue Reading
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba on Saturday jointly inaugurated cross-border passenger train services, RuPay payment system in Nepal and signed several MoUs. The leaders also held a delegation-level meeting at Hyderabad House in Delhi. “Wide-ranging talks on our multi-faceted partnership are on the agenda,” India’s Ministry of…Continue Reading
Nepal was touted as a key pillar in China’s mega Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), yet implementation of projects in the Himalayan state has been rather slow due to lack of clarity on its benefits and challenges associated with funding. During a recent visit (March 25-27) of Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi to Nepal, the…Continue Reading
Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is due to visit Varanasi next week. During his visit Deuba will pay a visit to the famous Kashi Vishwanath temple and Nepali Temple which is also known as Shri Samrajeswar Pashupatinath Mahadev Mandir. The Nepali Temple, dedicated to Hindu God Shiva is located on Lalita Ghat in Varanasi.…Continue Reading
Nepal Foreign Minister Dr Narayan Khadka on Thursday discussed the state of bilateral relations and views on further strengthening the ties between the two countries with his Indian counterpart Dr S. Jaishankar. The two foreign ministers held a telephone conversation and exchanged best wishes on the occasion of New Year 2022. They also expressed the…Continue Reading
Nepal has started issuing e-passports for the first time. Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka inaugurated the e-passport personalisation center at the Department of Passports and handed over the country’s first-ever e-passport to Satya Mohan Joshi, a 102-year-old historian, the department said in a press statement on Wednesday. E-passports will ultimately replace the machine-readable passports, which were…Continue Reading
The Energy Exchange under India’s Power Ministry on Monday granted permission to Nepal after persistent lobbying from Kathmandu, as Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is now in a position to sell its surplus energy, according to a report in The Kathmandu Post. PTI November 03, 2021 / 03:20 PM IST (Representative image) Nepal will sell its…Continue Reading