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
Sources said that the price of diesel would be hiked by 40-50 paise per litre every month, and the move would be effective from Friday. ...
11:59 PM, Jan 17, 2013
Hina Rabbani Khar has suggested talks at the foreign ministry level to resolve the Indo-Pak crisis. ...
09:58 PM, Jan 17, 2013
Amidst the ongoing crisis between the Indian and Pakistani troops at the Line of Control, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Thursday said that talks had not frozen between the two countries and the Prime Minister would take decisions step by step depending on the developments. ...
03:03 PM, Jan 17, 2013
A day after Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar invited her Indian counterpart Salman Khurshid for talks to defuse the LoC tension, India has said it will be possible only after those responsible for the barbaric killings of the two Indian soldiers are brought to book. "The only problem that needs to be resolved is the inhuman behaviour of the Pakistan forces. Talks with Pakistan are possible only after Pakistan...
11:10 AM, Jan 17, 2013
Amidst rising tension between India and Pakistan, CNN Editor-at-large Fareed Zakaria said India had become too big a player for any third party to interfere in its relations with Pakistan. Speaking to CNN-IBN Senior Editor Suhasini Haidar, Zakaria went to the extent of calling Pakistan the most dangerous place on earth. ...
09:46 AM, Jan 17, 2013
As the tensions between India and Pakistan escalated with more ceasefire violations reported on Tuesday and the war of words intensifying on Wednesday, both the countries are now looking for measures to de-escalate it. While both the countries have ordered their troops to strictly honour the ceasefire agreement, Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has invited her Indian counterpart Salman Khurshid for talks. ...
07:49 AM, Jan 17, 2013
As India and Pakistan agreed to deescalate the situation along the border, Islamabad on Wednesday night offered to hold talks with New Delhi to address concerns related to the LoC and to reinforce a nine-year-old ceasefire, saying any increase in tensions would be counter-productive. ...
01:46 AM, Jan 17, 2013
Pakistan has asked its troops to maintain ceasefire strictly and exercise restraint at the LoC, even as the Indian Army denied crossing the LoC, claiming that Pakistani soldier might have been killed in retaliatory fire from our side. ...
11:58 PM, Jan 16, 2013
