The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the government on a public interest litigation (PIL) over killing of two Indian soldiers at the LoC by Pakistan army. The PIL raised questions over what steps the government was taking to prevent such incidents in future. ...
11:47 AM, Mar 04, 2013
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
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
Seeking to internationalise tensions along the Line of Control, Pakistan has called for an investigation into the recent incidents there by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. "We would also welcome an OIC fact-finding mission to investigate the recent incidents of ceasefire violations along the LoC," Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said while addressing a meeting of the OIC contact group on Kashmir in Cairo on February 6. ...
04:43 PM, Feb 06, 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
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
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
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
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
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 war of words between India and Pakistan at the moment is taking a toll on the range of people to people contacts between the two countries. Pakistan's hockey players have been sent back, the women's cricket team is unlikely to come for the world cup and the promised visa on arrival for senior citizens have been put in hold. So are people to people contacts between India and Pakistan ...
07:48 PM, Jan 16, 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
Indian troops killed a Pakistani soldier in Kashmir late on Tuesday, the Pakistani army claimed, the fifth fatality in hostilities between the nuclear armed neighbours since the new year. The soldier was killed at a position called Kundi during firing from the Indian side that began at 10 pm, Pakistan's army said in a statement. ...
09:12 AM, Jan 16, 2013
In a strong reaction on Tuesday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned Pakistan that there "cannot be business as usual" after last week's barbaric beheading of an Indian soldier along the LoC. ...
10:21 PM, Jan 15, 2013
A group of intellectuals and scholars from Muslim community has condemned the ghastly killing of two soldiers by Pakistani troops near the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir, terming it as "un-Islamic". At a meeting on Saturday, the Forum for Muslim Studies and Analysis (FMSA) passed a resolution describing the January 8 incident as "un-Islamic and barbaric", its secretary Jasim Mohammad said in a statement. ...
03:20 PM, Jan 12, 2013
Petroleum And Natural Gas Minister Veerappa Moily Moily on Friday said that a hike in diesel and LPG prices could be announced soon. ...
09:44 PM, Jan 11, 2013
