<p>Nepal's lower house of parliament on Saturday approved a new national emblem with a controversial political map that includes strategic territories disputed with its giant neighbour India.</p>.<p>With relations between the two strained by their frontier squabble, India quickly hit back saying the action was "not tenable".</p>.<p>The two have been wrangling since India last month opened a new 80-kilometre (50-mile) road in Uttarakhand state leading up to the disputed Lipu Lekh pass.</p>.<p>Nepal condemned the move and its cabinet decided to publish a new political map that includes Lipu Lekh and contested zones in Kalapani and Limpiyadhura.</p>.<p>An amendment bill for a revised national emblem to include the new map was passed by the House of Representatives on Saturday. Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota said there were no votes against.</p>.<p>The amendment will have to be endorsed by the National Assembly and the president before it is implemented.</p>.<p>The neighbours are wrangling over a region of more than 300 square kilometres (115 square miles) where the Nepali and Indian borders touch China.</p>.<p>Nepal claims the Lipu Lekh under an 1816 treaty that sets the boundary with India along the Kali River. Disputes have arisen because neither side can agree its source.</p>.<p>Nepal claims the adjoining Kalapani region even though Indian troops have been deployed there since India and China fought a border war in 1962.</p>.<p>Nepal has since deployed security forces close to Kalapani.</p>.<p>Nepal and India have agreed to hold talks on the dispute but Kathmandu says its neighbour will not set a date.</p>.<p>"We are available for talks," Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Shiva Maya Tumbahangphe told parliament.</p>.<p>Following Saturday's vote, India's foreign ministry spokesman Anurag Srivastava said: "The artificial enlargement of claims is not based on historical fact or evidence and is not tenable.</p>.<p>"It is also violative of our current understanding to hold talks."</p>.<p>Nepal reacted angrily last month after Indian army chief General M.M. Naravane commented that Nepal's reaction might have been "at the behest of someone else", hinting at China's involvement.</p>
<p>Nepal's lower house of parliament on Saturday approved a new national emblem with a controversial political map that includes strategic territories disputed with its giant neighbour India.</p>.<p>With relations between the two strained by their frontier squabble, India quickly hit back saying the action was "not tenable".</p>.<p>The two have been wrangling since India last month opened a new 80-kilometre (50-mile) road in Uttarakhand state leading up to the disputed Lipu Lekh pass.</p>.<p>Nepal condemned the move and its cabinet decided to publish a new political map that includes Lipu Lekh and contested zones in Kalapani and Limpiyadhura.</p>.<p>An amendment bill for a revised national emblem to include the new map was passed by the House of Representatives on Saturday. Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota said there were no votes against.</p>.<p>The amendment will have to be endorsed by the National Assembly and the president before it is implemented.</p>.<p>The neighbours are wrangling over a region of more than 300 square kilometres (115 square miles) where the Nepali and Indian borders touch China.</p>.<p>Nepal claims the Lipu Lekh under an 1816 treaty that sets the boundary with India along the Kali River. Disputes have arisen because neither side can agree its source.</p>.<p>Nepal claims the adjoining Kalapani region even though Indian troops have been deployed there since India and China fought a border war in 1962.</p>.<p>Nepal has since deployed security forces close to Kalapani.</p>.<p>Nepal and India have agreed to hold talks on the dispute but Kathmandu says its neighbour will not set a date.</p>.<p>"We are available for talks," Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Shiva Maya Tumbahangphe told parliament.</p>.<p>Following Saturday's vote, India's foreign ministry spokesman Anurag Srivastava said: "The artificial enlargement of claims is not based on historical fact or evidence and is not tenable.</p>.<p>"It is also violative of our current understanding to hold talks."</p>.<p>Nepal reacted angrily last month after Indian army chief General M.M. Naravane commented that Nepal's reaction might have been "at the behest of someone else", hinting at China's involvement.</p>