India’s `Pak Policy of Good Hope’
June 10th, 2010 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 10 (ANI): With little over a month left for the meeting between the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan, New Delhi appears keen on taking its relationship with ... Read more...
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G15 meeting begins in Tehran
May 15th, 2010 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, May 15 (IANS) Foreign ministers of the Group of 15 (G15) developing countries, including India, began their three-day meeting here Saturday, with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki expressing the hope they ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Chronology of India-Pakistan meetings since 26/11
May 11th, 2010 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The last round of talks between the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan took place Nov 26, 2008, hours before Pakistani terrorists unleashed mayhem in Mumbai, ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
US hopes for positive outcome from Indo-Pak dialogue
April 29th, 2010 - 1:51 pm ICT by ANI
Thimphu (Bhutan), Apr. 29 (ANI): The United States is hopeful of a positive outcome of the talks between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, which ... Read more...
Posted in World |
India abandoned G-77 at Copenhagen: Yashwant Sinha (Interview)
January 4th, 2010 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
By Manish Chand
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Attacking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for speaking in different voices at home and abroad on key foreign policy issues, senior Bharatiya Janata Party ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Indian, Pakistani ministers hold talks
September 27th, 2009 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Sep 27 (IANS) Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi met here Sunday for crucial talks that were expected to focus on terrorism ... Read more...
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Kashmir is the jugular vein of Pakistan: Gilani
September 20th, 2009 - 12:10 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Sep.20 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yosuf Raza Gilani is back to singing his 'K-tune' by describing Kashmir as Pakistan's jugular vein.Interacting with a group of political leaders during an Iftaar ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Pak asks India to share intelligence inputs regarding impending terror threats
September 15th, 2009 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Sep.15 (ANI): Pakistan has once again urged India to share evidence regarding its claims that certain Pakistani terror groups are planning to carry out attacks across India once again."We have ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Pak’s latest flip-flop: Admits no Baloch dossier given to India
September 12th, 2009 - 12:35 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Sep.12 (ANI): In yet another evidence of Pakistan's flip-flops, Islamabad, for the first time has admitted that it has not handed any dossier regarding Baloch insurgency to India.In an interview ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Indo-Pak Foreign Secy level talks in September: Pak FO
August 29th, 2009 - 1:14 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug.29 (ANI): The Indo-Pak Foreign Secretary level talks will be held in mid September in New York, the Pakistan Foreign Office has said.According to sources, India Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Musharraf’s trial, NRO should not be interlinked: Gilani
August 25th, 2009 - 12:42 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug.25 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) and the trial of former president General Pervez Musharraf under the Article Six of ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
BJP stages protest in Delhi against rising prices of essential commodities
August 17th, 2009 - 6:49 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 17 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here on Monday staged a protest against the rising prices of essential commodities.Holding placards and banners condemning the economic and foreign ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Zia criticises India’s Tipaimukh dam project again
August 3rd, 2009 - 12:51 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Aug 3 (IANS) The battle lines have been drawn in Bangladesh against India's proposed Tipaimukh dam with opposition leader Khaleda Zia accusing the Sheikh Hasina government of hatching "a foreign ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
US has attained little success in changing Pak’s attitude towards India: US Expert
July 31st, 2009 - 6:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 31 (ANI): A former American expert believes that the US has attained little success in changing Pakistan's attitude towards India.Former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
India willing to give more money for resettling Sri Lanka Tamils
July 30th, 2009 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is willing to give more funds, besides the Rs.500 crore (around $100 million) which India has already pledged, for resettlement of around ... Read more...
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Lok Sabha adjourned again over joint statement
July 29th, 2009 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the third time Wednesday, as soon as it convened after lunch, as opposition MPs shouted slogans against the government. Prime ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
PM to reply in Lok Sabha over Indo-Pak joint statement
July 29th, 2009 - 10:49 am ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 29 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh is expected to make a short statement before the Lok Sabha today over the Indo-Pak joint statement issued in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, ... Read more...
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Congress rallies around PM over Pakistan (Lead)
July 27th, 2009 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) With fresh disclosure of the contents of a dossier detailing action against the Mumbai attackers given by Islamabad to New Delhi, the Congress Monday came out ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Lok Sabha to discuss Indo-Pak joint statement on Wednesday
July 27th, 2009 - 6:33 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 27 (ANI): Lok Sabha will hold discussion on the Indo-Pak joint statement issued in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, earlier this month, on Wednesday.The opposition has been demanding a discussion on ... Read more...
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BJP against resumption of talks with Pakistan
July 25th, 2009 - 10:53 pm ICT by ANI
Hyderabad, July 25(ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday advised the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government against resumption of talks with Pakistan till India's foreign policy on Baluchistan was made ... Read more...
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No party-government rift over Pakistan, all answers July 29: PM (Lead)
July 25th, 2009 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Amid reports of dissent within the ruling Congress party over the India-Pakistan joint statement, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday stressed that there was no rift between ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Relevant answers on India-Pakistan joint statement July 29: PM
July 25th, 2009 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Under fire over the India-Pakistan joint statement, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday ruled out any conflict between the Congress party and the government and assured that ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Heavy diplomatic volleying on between India, Pak over Baloch ‘dossier’
July 25th, 2009 - 2:13 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 25 (ANI): While India has vehemently denied receiving any dossier from Pakistan in Egypt during the Indo-Pak talks on the sidelines of the NAM summit, Pakistan has maintained that it ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
No full-scale dialogue till Pakistan acts against terror: India
July 24th, 2009 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) India has taken "half a step" of starting a "limited dialogue" with Pakistan at the level of foreign secretaries, but has made it clear that the ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Prime Minister calls on President
July 23rd, 2009 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 23 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, called on President Pratibha Patil at Rashtrapati Bhavan today.The meeting lasted about 40 minutes.Dr. Singh briefed President Patil about ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Action against Lashkar only if proof is found: Pakistan
July 23rd, 2009 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
By Manish Chand
Phuket (Thailand), July 23 (IANS) Pakistan will take action against the Lashkar-e-Taiba if proof was found of its involvement in the Mumbai terrorist attacks, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Krishna, Qureshi say hello in Phuket, talks only in New York
July 23rd, 2009 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
By Manish Chand
Phuket (Thailand), July 23 (IANS) Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi were in this Thai island resort for Asia's security forum ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Bangladesh acting tough against anti-India militants operating from its soil
July 21st, 2009 - 6:43 pm ICT by ANI
Dhaka, July 21 (ANI): Bangladesh has started taking tough measures against militants operating from its soil and the recent arrests of Indian origin Lashkar-e-Toiba militants proves Dhaka's resolve not to allow ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Hindi only please, this is Jairam Ramesh! (Capital Buzz)
July 19th, 2009 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's admonition has evidently got under Union Minister Jairam Ramesh's skin. Having been asked to speak in Hindi, the latter stuck ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Gilani denounces Zardari’s ‘India no longer a threat’ stand
July 19th, 2009 - 12:20 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 19 (ANI) : President Zardari's statement that India no longer remains a threat to the country, were his 'personal views', Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said.Talking to ... Read more...
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Abandon Tipaimukh dam project, Khaleda Zia tells India
July 18th, 2009 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 18 (IANS) Urging India to cancel plans to build a dam in an area near the Bangladesh border, opposition leader Khaleda Zia Saturday exhorted the government of Prime Minister ... Read more...
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Pak need not worry about my India visit: Clinton
July 18th, 2009 - 1:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 18 (ANI): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said Pakistan need not worry about the outcome of her India visit.Clinton, who is on a five-day visit to India ... Read more...
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BJP protests Manmohan’s ‘capitulation’ to Pakistan (Lead)
July 17th, 2009 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Members of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) walked out of the Lok Sabha Friday to protest Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's "capitulation" to Pakistan ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
BJP stages a walkout of Parliament in protest over PM’s NAM statement
July 17th, 2009 - 5:47 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 17 (ANI): The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staged a walk out of the Lok Sabha on Friday afternoon while registering its strong protest over what it called ... Read more...
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Pak’s intriguing political ‘ping-pong’ game over Saeed’s detention continues
July 17th, 2009 - 3:51 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 17 (ANI): In the continuing game of political 'ping-pong' over Jamaat-ud-Dawaa (JuD) chief Hafeez Mohammad Saeed ,the Pakistan government has now claimed that it has enough proof against him ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
