India Nepal Border

Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra on Thursday said Nepal occupies a very special place in India's Neighbourhood First Policy and that India's relationship with Nepal is unique and characterised by open borders and civilisational ties.

A US national was arrested in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday while trying to cross over to Nepal on fake visa and passport documents, a senior police official said.

International Borders with Nepal, Pakistan among others have been put on alert after the Centre circulated a message to the Border Security Force and the Sashastra Seema Bal considering the possibility that Amritpal Singh might escape country.

Windscreens of four trucks were damaged in Dharchula, a border town, and their drivers had to jump into Kali river to save themselves as they were attacked with stones from Nepal, officials said on Saturday.

India has reportedly closed a suspension bridge in Dharchula area of Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district connecting to Nepal since Monday morning, following Sunday's stone-throwing incident on Indian workers by Nepalese nationals.

The Uttarakhand-Nepal border will remain sealed for three days from midnight Thursday due to elections in the neighbouring country, officials here said.

The India-Nepal border will be sealed for 72 hours before the November 20 general elections in the neighbouring country to prevent the movement of anti-social elements across the boundary, a senior official said Saturday.

Three Indian nationals were among four persons arrested in connection with a shooting incident in Nepal's Madhesh province, bordering India, according to a media report on Thursday.

A cloudburst in a border village of Nepal triggered a flash flood in Khotila village on the Indian side as waters of the swelling Kali river rushed into homes, filling them with sludge and killing a woman.

Former Bihar MLA Ranjan Tiwary, on the run for over two decades, was arrested in Raxaul near the India-Nepal border, police said.

Two Chinese nationals, who had sneaked into Indian territory without a visa and lived for nearly a fortnight in the Delhi-NCR region, were arrested in Bihar while trying to cross over to Nepal, a senior police officer said on Monday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today reached Nepal for a day's visit. This is his first visit to the country since ties were affected due to a border dispute in 2020.

Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba returned home on Sunday after concluding his maiden visit to India during which he discussed the boundary issues with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

There was a general understanding that the boundary issue between India and Nepal needed to be addressed in a responsible manner through dialogue and its politicisation should be avoided, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Saturday.

A Nepalese government report, dated September 2021, has accused China of encroaching into Nepal's territory along their shared border.

Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra on Thursday said Nepal occupies a very special place in India's Neighbourhood First Policy and that India's relationship with Nepal is unique and characterised by open borders and civilisational ties.

A US national was arrested in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday while trying to cross over to Nepal on fake visa and passport documents, a senior police official said.

International Borders with Nepal, Pakistan among others have been put on alert after the Centre circulated a message to the Border Security Force and the Sashastra Seema Bal considering the possibility that Amritpal Singh might escape country.

Windscreens of four trucks were damaged in Dharchula, a border town, and their drivers had to jump into Kali river to save themselves as they were attacked with stones from Nepal, officials said on Saturday.

India has reportedly closed a suspension bridge in Dharchula area of Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district connecting to Nepal since Monday morning, following Sunday's stone-throwing incident on Indian workers by Nepalese nationals.

The Uttarakhand-Nepal border will remain sealed for three days from midnight Thursday due to elections in the neighbouring country, officials here said.

The India-Nepal border will be sealed for 72 hours before the November 20 general elections in the neighbouring country to prevent the movement of anti-social elements across the boundary, a senior official said Saturday.

Three Indian nationals were among four persons arrested in connection with a shooting incident in Nepal's Madhesh province, bordering India, according to a media report on Thursday.

A cloudburst in a border village of Nepal triggered a flash flood in Khotila village on the Indian side as waters of the swelling Kali river rushed into homes, filling them with sludge and killing a woman.

Former Bihar MLA Ranjan Tiwary, on the run for over two decades, was arrested in Raxaul near the India-Nepal border, police said.

Two Chinese nationals, who had sneaked into Indian territory without a visa and lived for nearly a fortnight in the Delhi-NCR region, were arrested in Bihar while trying to cross over to Nepal, a senior police officer said on Monday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today reached Nepal for a day's visit. This is his first visit to the country since ties were affected due to a border dispute in 2020.

Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba returned home on Sunday after concluding his maiden visit to India during which he discussed the boundary issues with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

There was a general understanding that the boundary issue between India and Nepal needed to be addressed in a responsible manner through dialogue and its politicisation should be avoided, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Saturday.

A Nepalese government report, dated September 2021, has accused China of encroaching into Nepal's territory along their shared border.