It is learnt that the personnel of the 8th battalion of SSB first arrested the citizen of New Zealand while he was trying to enter the Indian side by furnishing these forged documents.
A case in point is Asale, an area of scenic beauty, replete with an around 300-feet high waterfall, on the India-Nepal border near Mirik in Darjeeling district. The area is situated around 9km away from the Phuguri tea estate and lies near the Kharbani village under the Soureni Gram Panchayat-II in Mirik Sub Division.
Tensions between India and Nepal escalated after Kathmandu, in a surprise move, issued a new political map which included Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani, areas which have been part of the Indian territory.
Around 36 hectares of land in four districts of Nepal, which border China, have been illegally occupied by China, but so far Nepalese government is tight-lipped about it.
Minister for Water Resources, Sanjay Jha said that the Gandak barrage has 36 gates of which 18 are in Nepal and the neighbouring country has put barriers in the area where the flood-fighting material is present.
A man was killed and two others were injured on June 12 after the Armed Police Force (APF) of Nepal fired at them inside Nepalese territory adjoining Bihar’s Sitamarhi district.
In a major setback for India, the parliament of Nepal on Saturday voted in favour of the constitutional amendment bill in a special session to update the country’s map claiming key areas of Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura along the border with India.
On June 9, Nepal's House of Representative had unanimously endorsed the Constitution Amendment Bill to adopt a new map of the country which includes Indian areas of Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura.
Military-level talks between India and China continued for de-escalation in the Galwan region of eastern Ladakh on Friday with top army commanders from both sides meeting to resolve the face-off.
An Indian national, Laagan Yadav (45), has been taken into custody by the Nepal border police, officials said.
