Indian foreign secretary arrives in Kathmandu

October 9th, 2009 KABUL - Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao has arrived in Afghan capital Kabul to assess the situation arising out of Thursday's bomb blast outside the Indian embassy there, which claimed 17 lives and injured over 60. Rao will consult with senior embassy officials on the next steps for ensuring the safety and security of Indian embassy staff, sources said.

September 15th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao's Nepal visit will be followed by a meeting between the home secretaries of the two countries to discuss the 'entire gamut of bilateral security issues', underlining New Delhi's growing security concerns in Nepal, especially after the terror attacks in Mumbai last year that killed over 170 people. Rao, who concluded her two-day visit Tuesday meeting Nepal's embattled Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, has reiterated India's security concerns and the use of Nepali territory for anti-India activities.

September 14th, 2009 KATHMANDU - As new Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao Monday began her two-day visit to Nepal, 500 Indian teachers are hoping the senior official's consultations with Nepali authorities would take them closer to their dues, for which some of them have been fighting for nearly three decades. When the first schools started in Nepal, due to the lack of trained teachers, the country recruited teachers from India.

August 10th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Nepal Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala left for New Delhi on Monday morning to prepare the groundwork for the impending visit of Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal. Koirala flew to New Delhi along with Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya and Koirala's Foreign Affairs Advisor Dr Chiranjivi Nepal.

August 9th, 2009 KATHMANDU/NEW DELHI - Nepal Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala will undertake a five-day visit of India from August 10 to 14. Koirala will arrive in the Indian capital shortly before noon Monday.

July 10th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Less than a month after India sent its Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon to Nepal, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources Pawan Kumar Bansal is arriving in Kathmandu on a two-day visit Saturday. Bansal is the first Indian minister to visit Nepal since the fall of the Maoist government in August and the formation of a new coalition led by communist leader Madhav Kumar Nepal.

June 30th, 2009 KATHMANDU - An Indian man was arrested from Nepal's sole international airport in Kathmandu Tuesday. According to police, Anil Kumar Sharma, who checked in at the Tribhuvan International Airport in the morning to catch an Indian Airlines flight to New Delhi, was arrested after security forces found 140 currency notes of the denomination of Rs.1,000 each from his hand bag.

June 26th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Less than a week after India sent its Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon to Kathmandu to discuss border problems with Nepal's new government as well as the halted peace process, Pakistan is sending its foreign secretary here for talks. Salman Bashir is arriving Saturday on a three-day visit, Nepal's foreign ministry said.

June 20th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon, on a two-day visit to Nepal Saturday to give fresh impetus to the obstructed peace process and foster better ties with the new government, faced protests at the Kathmandu airport on his arrival by youths alleging India had occupied Nepal's territory. Nepal police said about seven to eight young men, seemingly students, tried to show the visiting envoy black flags as he alighted at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu.

June 14th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Separate delegations of Nepal's Constituent Assembly and Parliament have concluded that Nepal was encroached by India in Dang district. According to a Nepal News report, Amik Sherchan, chairman of the Committee for Protection of National Interest, was one of those making the claim.

June 10th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Thirty-three stranded Indian pilgrims returning from Kailash and Mansarovar have been evacuated to Nepalganj on Wednesday. With this, forty-seven pilgrims have been evacuated.

June 9th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Visiting Indian Joint Secretary Satish C. Mehta and Indian Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood met Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya on Monday and discussed Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal's visit to India.

April 21st, 2009 KATHMANDU - First, there was a steady stream of visits to Kathmandu by Mumbai's glitterati, including Shabana Azmi, Govinda, Sukhwinder Singh and Daler Mehndi. Now Nepal's tourism ministry has decided to cash in on the interest shown in Nepal by Mumbai-ites by announcing direct Kathmandu-Mumbai flights from May 1.

February 15th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Three months after he had accompanied Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee to Nepal, India's Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon is arriving in Kathmandu Tuesday on a two-day visit. The Indian envoy is scheduled to hold talks with Nepal's Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, Foreign Minister Upendra Yadav and opposition leader and former premier Girija Prasad Koirala.

January 23rd, 2009 KATHMANDU - They came to Nepal to view the shrine of Lord Pashupatinath, one of the holiest Hindu deities, and offer their prayers. However, they stayed on - and began robbing other Indian devotees who flocked to the 17th century temple in Kathmandu daily.