Kathmandu/IBNS, Nov. 27 -- Nepal's central bank on Thursday introduced newly redesigned Rs 100 banknotes featuring an updated national map that includes Kalapani, Lipulekh, and Limpiyadhura-territories that India has consistently asserted are part of its domain.

The release has reignited the long-running border dispute between the two neighbours.

New Delhi had previously criticised Nepal's 2020 map revision as a "unilateral act," calling the expansion of territorial claims an "artificial enlargement" that it could not accept.

India maintains that Kalapani falls within Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district, while Nepal insists it belongs to the Dharchula region.

The new Rs 100 notes, issued by Nepal Rastra Bank, bear the signature of form...