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‘Encroached territory’: Why India-Nepal border dispute is heating up again
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India–Nepal ties: Jaishankar calls for ‘decisive shift’; Kathmandu signals reset
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Party chief makes Nepal's first India trip since uprising
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'No role for third parties': India slams Nepal after PM Shah's UK remark on border row
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Nepal, India encroaching on each other's land, UK must step in: PM Balen Shah
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'We're children of the same rivers': Nepal calls on India to 'discuss dormant ties'
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Why Nepal PM's 'encroaching' India remark has sparked row: Border dispute explained
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Jahangir Khan, TMC's 'Pushpa', arrested at India-Nepal border on 'extortion' charges
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Nepal seeks 'transformative' ties, says no grudge against India
Nepal does not carry any old baggage against India and is determined to build a genuinely transformative relationship with its “close neighbor and most important partner,” said Nepal foreign minister Shisir Khanal as he met his counterpart S Jaishankar on Saturday, following another round of diplomatic strife over the border dispute. Welcoming Khanal, Jaishankar said earlier India’s clear message to the new Nepal government was of collaboration and cooperation as there’s an opportunity today...
Nepal rules out third-party mediation in border dispute with India
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