Kathmandu, July 23 (IANS) Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah reportedly sent his Chief Advisor, Kumar Byanjankar (Ben), to New Delhi earlier this month where he met India’s National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, the local media in Kathmandu reported on Thursday. Byanjankar has been Prime Minister Shah’s most trusted advisor since Shah served as the Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City.Local news portal Setopati.com, citing a senior Foreign Ministry source, claimed that Byanjankar met NSA Do…
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Kathmandu, July 21 (IANS) Nepal’s private sector power developers on Tuesday lauded the steady growth in Nepal-India cross-border electricity trade, noting that a majority of the electricity exported to India is generated by private sector hydropower projects, said the Indian Embassy in Nepal.The remarks were made during a meeting between the newly elected executive committee of the Independent Power Producers’ Association of Nepal (IPPAN), the umbrella body representing private sector power dev…
Kathmandu, July 16 (IANS) Additional Secretary (North) at India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Munu Mahawar, on Thursday paid courtesy calls on Nepal’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shisir Khanal, and Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai. During the meetings, both sides held productive discussions on India-Nepal cooperation across various sectors and explored ways to further strengthen the unique partnership, the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu said in a social media post.Nepal’s Ministry of F…
Kathmandu, July 9 (IANS) Nepal’s Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dol Prasad Aryal, has extended an invitation to India’s Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla, to visit the Himalayan nation, Speaker Aryal’s Secretariat said on Thursday. Following a courtesy meeting between Speaker Aryal and Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava in Kathmandu on Thursday, the Secretariat said in a press note that Aryal had invited Birla to visit Nepal.Aryal informed the Ambassador that he had invited Birla, …
Kathmandu, June 30 (IANS) The Indian Embassy in Nepal organised the second edition of the Indian Ambassador’s Cricket Tournament from June 26-28 in Kathmandu, bringing together diplomats, government officials, media professionals, former cricketers, corporate representatives, and members of the Indian diaspora in the country, the Embassy said on Tuesday. The three-day tournament featured eight teams representing the Indian Embassy in Nepal, Nepal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the diplomatic com…
Kathmandu, June 2 The Indian Embassy in Kathmandu has announced the commencement of the second cohort of the India-Nepal Startup Partnership Network (IN-SPAN) programme, aimed at providing Nepali start-up entrepreneurs with learning and collaboration opportunities within the Indian start-up ecosystem. According to the Embassy, 25 Nepali start-ups from diverse technology and innovation sectors are participating in the IN-SPAN programme, under which they will receive entrepreneurship training, Art…
Kathmandu, April 6 (IANS) India’s Ambassador to Nepal, Naveen Srivastava, on Monday called on the Himalayan nation’s Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal and discussed bilateral relations and cooperation. Khanal was appointed as Nepal’s Minister of Foreign Affairs after Balendra Shah, the parliamentary party leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Nepal on March 27.In a post on X, Nepal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, “Ambassador of India Naveen Sriv…
Kathmandu, Feb 18 (IANS) India and Nepal have signed an updated Agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters in Kathmandu, enabling the competent authorities of the two countries to cooperate in criminal investigations and legal proceedings.After years of negotiations, the agreement — which was initially agreed upon at a home secretary-level meeting in New Delhi in July last year — was signed on Tuesday, formalising cooperation to tackle financial and non-financial crimes as well a…