Krishna to visit Pakistan Sep 7-9, Jundal shadow over talks
July 24th, 2012 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Islamabad, July 24 (IANS) With the revelations by 26/11 plotter Abu Jundal casting a shadow on bilateral ties, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna will go on a three-day visit ... Read more...
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India ups pressure on Pakistan over Jundal, Hafiz Saeed (Lead)
July 8th, 2012 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, July 8 (IANS) India Sunday pressed Pakistan to act against continuing anti-India terror activities on its soil and reminded it of disclosures made by 26/11 handler Abu Jundal when ... Read more...
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BJP meet will discuss differences — within (Lead)
May 23rd, 2012 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Executive meets in Mumbai Thursday-Friday with plenty on the agenda, a key issue being how to bring peace ... Read more...
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Ahead of Zardari visit, India ups pressure over Hafiz Saeed (Roundup)
April 3rd, 2012 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Ahead of Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari's visit, India Tuesday welcomed the US announcement of a $10 million bounty for Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed ... Read more...
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India hopes Pakistan can take action against Saeed
April 3rd, 2012 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) India Tuesday hoped the US announcement of $10 million bounty for 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed will put pressure on the Pakistan government to take ... Read more...
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Bihar court acquits 11 Nepali Maoist leaders
February 3rd, 2012 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Feb 3 (IANS) A Bihar court Friday acquitted 11 Nepali Maoist leaders, including a former minister and six MPs, on a state government petition seeking to withdraw criminal cases ... Read more...
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Nepal to check fake currency influx into India
January 16th, 2012 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Nepal Monday said it won't allow anti-India activities like influx of fake currency notes, movement of terrorists and smuggling of arms and goods from its ... Read more...
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India counters Pakistan, says enough info against Hafiz Saeed
November 11th, 2011 - 12:57 am ICT by IANS
Addu (Maldives), Nov 10 (IANS) India Thursday rejected Pakistan's contention about the release of Hafiz Saeed, the suspected mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai mayhem, saying it has provided ... Read more...
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A new chapter opened in Indo-Nepal relations: Bhattarai
October 22nd, 2011 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) A day after India unveiled a $250 million line of credit for Kathmandu and signed a crucial investment pact, Nepal's Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai ... Read more...
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Bihar court seeks arrest of 11 Nepali Maoist leaders
September 15th, 2011 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 15 (IANS) A Bihar court Thursday issued arrest warrant against 11 Nepali Maoist leaders including a former minister, at least six sitting MPs and other senior leaders, a ... Read more...
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Scrap court verdict against Nepal Maoists, Bhattarai tells India
September 13th, 2011 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Sep 13 (IANS) As outrage grew in his party over an Indian court sentencing 11 of its leaders to imprisonment, Nepal's new Maoist Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai Tuesday held ... Read more...
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India says LeT threat persists
August 24th, 2011 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) As LeT founder Hafiz Saeed renewed the call for a jihad against New Delhi, the government Wednesday said there are reports that the group continues ... Read more...
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India warns US of funds misuse by Pakistan
August 3rd, 2011 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) India Wednesday said it has urged the US to devise proper benchmarks to prevent the diversion of funds provided to Pakistan for military build-up targeting ... Read more...
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Maoists deny anti-India activities, raise counter-charges (Lead)
April 22nd, 2011 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 22 (IANS) Nepal's Maoists have rejected Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna's view that they are involved in anti-India attacks, and have instead raised concerns at "obstructions" ... Read more...
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Security remains India’s prime concern in Nepal
April 21st, 2011 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 21 (IANS) Security remains India's overriding concern in Nepal with visiting Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Thursday asking for the safety of Indian diplomats and diplomatic premises ... Read more...
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Envoy protests anti-India activity by Nepal Maoists
April 16th, 2011 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 16 (IANS) Ahead of Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna's proposed visit, India has lodged protests with Nepal over the Maoist party stepping up anti-India activities, including the ... Read more...
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Nepal Maoists resume opposition to Indian investment in hydropower
April 14th, 2011 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 14 (IANS) Nepal's ruling Maoist party has resumed its opposition to Indian investment in the republic's thorny hydropower sector, saying they went against the country's national interests.The Maoists, ... Read more...
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Women’s basketball tournament held to strengthen India, Bangladesh relations
April 3rd, 2011 - 4:16 pm ICT by ANI
By Pinaki DasAgartala (Tripura), Apr 3 (ANI): Bangladeshi players participated in the maiden women's basketball tournament recently held here to strengthen relations between India and Bangladesh.The team from Bangladesh took on a ... Read more...
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India asks Pak to grasp ‘hands of friendship’
February 24th, 2011 - 8:49 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 24 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, extending hands of friendship to Pakistan, on Thursday said India is ready to discuss all outstanding issues provided the neighbouring ... Read more...
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ISI sheltering Afghan Taliban leadership in Karachi under secret programme: Report
January 20th, 2011 - 2:15 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan 20(ANI): Most of the Afghan Taliban frontier leadership had reportedly been sheltered in Karachi under a Pakistani security establishment's secret programme, the 'New Karachi Project', according to a newspaper ... Read more...
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Manmohan Singh asks Pakistan to stop exporting terror
December 20th, 2010 - 2:17 pm ICT by ANI
Burari (New Delhi), Dec 20 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Monday said friendly relations with Pakistan is possible only when it stops anti-India activities on its soil.Addressing the ... Read more...
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Meghalaya chief minister confirms ISI’s presence
November 30th, 2010 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Nov 30 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Tuesday admitted that the Garo Hills region in the state was being used as a corridor by rebel groups and operatives of Pakistan's ... Read more...
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Steps taken to counter Pakistan missions’ anti-India acts
November 24th, 2010 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Ahead of the second anniversary of the Nov 26 Mumbai terror attack, the government Wednesday said it has taken up with respective governments anti-India activities indulged in ... Read more...
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Rajasthan anti-terrorism squad arrests three Lashkar suspects
October 22nd, 2010 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI
Jaipur, Oct. 22 (ANI): Rajasthan's Anti-Terrorist squad has arrested three suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba men.They have been identified as Babu alias Nishachandra Ali of Bikaner, Arun Jain of Nagaur and Hafiz Abdul Majid of ... Read more...
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Musharraf’s Kashmir remarks widely accepted fact: India
October 6th, 2010 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) India Wednesday said former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf's reported remarks about Pakistan training militants against India in Kashmir confirmed what it has been saying all along ... Read more...
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210 SIM cards on fake identity seized, four booked
September 2nd, 2010 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 2 (IANS) As many as 210 SIM cards issued against fake identities were seized and four people were booked Thursday in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district, along the Indo-Nepal border, police ... Read more...
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Govt. deletes names of 23 foreign nationals from negative list
August 13th, 2010 - 9:54 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 13 (ANI): The Central Government has deleted the names of 23 foreign nationals from the negative list after conducting a review of the names of foreign nationals placed in ... Read more...
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India, Russia to iron out nuclear issues Monday
July 30th, 2010 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) India and Russia will try to iron out differences over liability issues in their civil nuclear cooperation when Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao holds talks with senior ... Read more...
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India reminds Britain about ISI’s Afghan role, air Taliban concerns (Lead)
July 28th, 2010 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Bangalore, July 28 (IANS) India Wednesday conveyed its concerns over Pakistani spy agency ISI's role in Afghanistan and the proposed reintegration of the Taliban when the foreign ministers of India ... Read more...
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India reminds Britain of ISI’s role in Afghanistan
July 28th, 2010 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) A day ahead of talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron, India Wednesday drew attention to leaks documenting Pakistani spy agency ISI's role in fomenting instability ... Read more...
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Will AfPak ghosts shadow Cameron’s charm India mission?
July 27th, 2010 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
By Manish Chand
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) When British Prime Minister David Cameron sits down for talks with Indian leaders Thursday, the ghosts of the unfinished Afghan war and Pakistan's ... Read more...
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Former minister likely to be reinducted in Tripura cabinet
July 26th, 2010 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 26 (IANS) Former Tripura food and minority affairs minister Sahid Chowdhury, who resigned in April 2008 following a controversy over his alleged links with a Bangladeshi arms dealer, is likely ... Read more...
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Suspected ISI agent among three held in Tripura
July 4th, 2010 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 4 (IANS) A suspected Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agent was among the three people arrested in Tripura immediately after they entered India from Bangladesh, police said here Sunday.
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India asks Canada to check Sikh extremists
June 28th, 2010 - 10:18 am ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, June 28 (IANS) Raising India's concern over Sikh extremism in this country with his host Stephen Harper Sunday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he hoped Canada will not ... Read more...
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Pakistan should not allow anti-India activities, says PM
June 7th, 2010 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday that Pakistan should not allow its territory to be used for anti-India activities to facilitate improvement of ties between the ... Read more...
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