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Nepal has encroached on Indian territory as well: PM Balendra Shah

The Hindu · 🇮🇳 public India · · 189 words · By The Hindu Bureau
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What to know about Nepal has encroached on Indian territory as well: PM Balendra Shah

Published - June 01, 2026 10:08 am IST You are logged in Loading...

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Published - June 01, 2026 10:08 am IST You are logged in Loading...

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Claim 1: “The government later issued a clarification, citing technical factors related to shifting river boundaries.”
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While the evidence discusses the border dispute and the role of the River Kali/Mahakali, none of the provided search results explicitly mention a government clarification citing 'technical factors related to shifting river boundaries' in response to the specific uproar mentioned in Claim 0.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 3, 2026 ... The Core of the Dispute Broken Down: The Root Cause: The 1816 Treaty of Sugauli established the River Kali as the definitive western boundary ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DX6B_4ugdJ9/
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 3, 2026 ... We have established bilateral mechanisms to deal with all aspects of boundary matters. It should be clear to all concerned that there is no role ...
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/insight/nepal-pm-seeks-uk-chi…
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web search NEUTRAL — tip of Nepal on Mahakali River which forms the border of Nepal and India. In the 1980s, India government decided to build a power plant upstream of the ...
https://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles…
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Claim 2: “Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah’s remarks about border encroachment triggered a major political uproar in Parliament.”
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Three independent web search results from June 1, 2026, explicitly confirm that Prime Minister Balendra Shah's remarks regarding border encroachment triggered a major political uproar in Parliament.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Council of Ministers (Nepali: मन्त्रिपरिषद्), also known as the Federal Executive, is the highest executive body of the federal government of Nepal. It serves as the central decision-making organ …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_of_Nepal
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The minister of foreign affairs (Nepali: परराष्ट्र मन्त्री, romanized: Pararāṣṭra Mantrī, or simply, the foreign minister) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Nepal. On…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(N…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Prime Minister of Nepal (Nepali: नेपालको प्रधानमन्त्री, romanized: Nēpālakō pradhānamantrī) is the head of government of Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. The prime minister leads the Council …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Nepal
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