Kathmandu, Dec. 24 -- Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba returned from New Delhi on Monday evening, with no clarity on when Prime Minister KP Oli will make his long anticipated official visit to India. Despite Oli's eagerness to visit the southern neighbour since taking office in mid-July, efforts to secure an invitation from New Delhi have yet to succeed.

At the same time, CPN-UML deputy secretary and former foreign minister Pradeep Gyawali also returned home from New Delhi on Monday. According to officials, both the incumbent and former foreign ministers failed to make any headway in securing a date for Prime Minister Oli's India visit.

"This time, I went to India to participate in an Indo-Nepal economic summit and for a health check-up...