Six people died in Mumbai on Friday morning after a fire broke out in a slum area near Mahim. Eight others who received serious injuries are recovering in hospital. ...
12:43 PM, Jan 25, 2013
Notwithstanding lukewarm response from India following heightened tensions, Pakistan on Thursday said it wants to resolve all issues with India, including those along the Line of Control, through talks as dialogue is the best way to address such matters. Islamabad wants to sort out all issues with New Delhi, particularly ceasefire violations along the LoC, Foreign Office spokesman Moazzam Khan told a weekly news briefing. ...
08:13 PM, Jan 24, 2013
When fire ravaged a Bangladeshi garment factory, killing 112 workers, dozens of their families did not even have a body to bury because their loved ones' remains were burned beyond recognition. Two months later, the same families have yet to receive any of the compensation they were promised - not even their relatives' last paychecks. ...
04:13 PM, Jan 24, 2013
Tensions with Pakistan along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir have reduced, Defence Minister AK Antony said Wednesday but asserted that the government will take a decision on future ties based on "ground situation". ...
03:45 AM, Jan 24, 2013
India on Wednesday said tensions on the Line of Control (LoC) have "reduced" after talks between the two countries' top military commanders but there will be no hasty decisions for normalising relations with Pakistan as it is "too early" to do so. Talking to reporters, Defence Minister AK Antony said infiltration attempts are going on even in extreme winters and wondered that "if this is the case now, what will...
06:53 PM, Jan 23, 2013
Pakistan will stick to a policy of non-escalation with India in the wake of increased tensions over a string of ceasefire violations along the Line of Control, its Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said. In the face of a call from Pakistan's leader of Opposition Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan for a "befitting" response to "propaganda from the Indian government" over the ceasefire violations, Khar reiterated her government's "commitment not...
06:45 PM, Jan 22, 2013
All Indian fishermen in Pakistani jails would be released soon, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Tuesday. Malik made the announcement after attending a meeting called by President Asif Ali Zardari at Bilawal house. ...
06:35 PM, Jan 22, 2013
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Tuesday reiterated that there was no likelihood of India allowing UN intervention in the ceasefire violations case. ...
03:51 PM, Jan 22, 2013
India on Monday suggested to the United Nations to wind up its mission on Kashmir. Participating in a debate on the UN's peacekeeping operations, India said that the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) had outlived its utility and the UN could better utilise it elsewhere. ...
08:58 AM, Jan 22, 2013
Against the backdrop of chill in relations over the beheading incident, India on Monday said ties with Pakistan can move forward in a "sensible and calibrated" way once the "dust settles". "I think it is important that we let little time go by so that the dust, as it was, settles. Then in a sensible and calibrated manner we can move forward," External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said. ...
06:18 PM, Jan 21, 2013
The Central leadership has shown "maturity" in defusing tensions along the LoC with Pakistan following the brutal killing of two Indian soldiers, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said. ...
10:33 AM, Jan 21, 2013
While speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said that the Indian government played no role in sending back Pakistani sportspersons and artistes following the recent LoC killings. ...
09:21 PM, Jan 20, 2013
In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said that the government played no role in sending back Pakistani sportspersons and artistes following the LoC killings. ...
02:26 PM, Jan 20, 2013
In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said that the government played no role in sending back Pakistani sportspersons and cancelling plays to be performed by artists from the neighbouring country following the killing of two Indian soldiers by the Pakistan army at the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. ...
08:18 AM, Jan 20, 2013
The aggression on the Line of Control has taken a toll on performing arts now with curtains being drawn on plays to be performed by Pakistani artists just hours before starting. ...
11:59 AM, Jan 19, 2013
India must have friendly relations with all countries, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday. ...
01:21 AM, Jan 19, 2013
Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf said on Friday the situation on the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir was "terrible" and the escalation of tension should be totally unacceptable to both the governments. ...
12:27 AM, Jan 19, 2013
Pakistan High Commissioner Salman Bashir on Friday ruled out a probe into the recent ceasefire violations and the killing of soldiers at the Line of Control (LoC), saying things were at very initial stages, and the need was to first create an atmosphere conducive for it. ...
05:51 PM, Jan 18, 2013
With beheading of an Indian soldier by Pakistani troops clearly weighing on her mind, Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi on Friday said India's dialogue with its immediate neighbours must be based on accepted principles of civilised behaviour. ...
04:39 PM, Jan 18, 2013
The Pakistan High Commissioner to India Salman Bashir has reiterated that Pakistan had nothing to do with the killings of the two Indian soldiers on January 8. He also said that clear instructions have been given to the Pakistani Army to observe a ceasefire. ...
08:25 AM, Jan 18, 2013
