Strongly rejecting Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's suggestion of allowing an OIC fact- finding mission to Jammu and Kashmir to assess rights situation there, India today said the grouping has no "locus standi" on such matters and termed suggestions to this effect by Pakistan Foreign Minister as "propagandist". ...
02:33 PM, Feb 08, 2013
A tense game is being played out on Bhutan's border with China where Beijing is demanding territorial concessions that could bring it closer to India's sensitive Siliguri Corridor. Visiting Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigme Thinley is expected to brief Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday. ...
08:14 AM, Feb 08, 2013
Goods worth over Rs 1.15 crore were traded across the Line of Control (LoC) on Thursday between Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) and Jammu and Kashmir at Chakan-Da-Bagh crossing point in Poonch, officials said. ...
07:01 PM, Feb 07, 2013
An employee of the Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment was killed and three Army jawans were injured in a snow avalanche at a forward post near the Indo-China border in the district, ITBP sources said here on February 7. ...
11:21 AM, Feb 07, 2013
The Australian captain claimed Australia's top cricket prize for the fourth time to join Ricky Ponting as the only players to do so. ...
05:11 PM, Feb 04, 2013
Shane Watson was Australia's leading run-getter and wicket-taker in Twenty20 cricket during the voting period. ...
04:31 PM, Feb 04, 2013
In this special discussion, a panel of writers from India and Pakistan talk about the growing intolerance in various section of Indian society and India-Pakistan relations. ...
11:52 AM, Jan 29, 2013
While referring to the recent border row between India and Pakistan, a panel at the Jaipur Literature Festival blamed the media for feeding people with "petty prejudices" instead of playing a positive role. The panelists, while holding discussion in the session 'Neighbours: Walls and Bridges', appealed to work on the "commonalities" present in the two countries. ...
10:25 PM, Jan 27, 2013
Defence Minister AK Antony will discuss issues relating to border management and security with Mayanmar's leaders during his visit to the country which began on Monday, an official release said. ...
12:40 AM, Jan 22, 2013
Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar accused India of engaging in "war-mongering" in the aftermath of clashes and killing of two Indian soldiers at the Line of Control(LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir. Khar also said Pakistan is "deeply disappointed" to hear statements from India that are "upping the ante" and claimed her government is creating a "precedence" of not following war-mongering. ...
11:08 AM, Jan 16, 2013
India's visa liberalisation policy for Pakistani senior citizens did not see any takers on Tuesday, due to which the policy was put on hold, according to sources in the Ministry of External Affairs. Sources say there was no change in the visa on arrival policy for Pakistan, but there could be some technical issue at the local level. ...
02:47 PM, Jan 15, 2013
Despite the tension at the Line of Control, India is continuing with its visa liberalisation to Pakistanis allowing senior citizens, to get visas on arrival at the Wagah Border. But it has been a no-show so far as no Pakistani senior citizen has crossed over from the Wagah Border. ...
02:29 PM, Jan 15, 2013
India will go ahead with it's visa liberalization policy with Pakistan and starting from Tuesday all Pakistani senior citizens will now be given a visa on arrival. ...
06:42 AM, Jan 15, 2013
The match schedule four Test-series, to be played in February-March 2013, has been revised. ...
12:56 PM, Jan 14, 2013
After the ceasefire vilolation along the LoC in Poonch sector in Jammu and Kashmir, situation has been tensed at the Indo-Pak border. As the Republic Day is drawing close, police have started patrolling highways and searching villages near the LoC. ...
09:18 AM, Jan 14, 2013
Pakistan may have given way to India's demand of holding Brigadier-level talks to discuss ceasefire violations across the border, sources said on Sunday, even as tension continued to escalate along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector in Jammu and Kashmir. The flag meet will be held on Monday in Poonch district's Chakan-Da-Bagh at 1 pm, sources added. ...
01:49 PM, Jan 13, 2013
Even as the tension between India and Pakistan continues to escalate, fresh firing has been reported from the Krishnaghati area in Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir. According to reports, the firing began after the Indian Army noticed some movement across the Line of Control (LoC) in the area. ...
11:07 PM, Jan 12, 2013
Even as the tension between India and Pakistan continues to escalate following the killing of Indian soldiers near the Line of Control (LoC), the family of one of the Indian martyrs has gone on protest demanding the remains of his body. Also, there has been no reply yet from the neighbour on holding a flag march to defuse the tension, even as India has talked tougher with Air Chief Marshal...
10:17 PM, Jan 12, 2013
A flag meeting between commanders of the BSF and Pakistan Rangers is expected to be held in February over a host of issues including ceasefire violations. Border Security Force (BSF) sources said that a "routine" border meeting between the field commanders of the force and Rangers was scheduled for January 16 on the Pakistani side at Munnabao border. ...
01:48 PM, Jan 12, 2013
Amid escalating tensions on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, a Pakistani newspaper on Wednesday urged Pakistan and India not to let the events turn into a war. Calling the recent sequence of events along the LoC as disputed, The News International pointed to the varying versions emanating from New Delhi and Islamabad. ...
11:39 AM, Jan 09, 2013
