Durban: The UN climate summit in Durban seems to have reached a deadlock. Sources told CNN-IBN that EU has blamed India for not being a deal maker as India continues to support the old treaty i.e. Kyoto Protocol that excludes developing countries like India and China from take up any binding commitments. 'If you want mangoes, you need to like a mango tree,' that's the message Africa gave to the...
11:14 PM, Dec 05, 2011
Durban: Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan will lead the Indian delegation in the second week of negotiation at the stalled climate talks that are yet to see a forward movement on crucial questions of carbon emission reduction and legally binding commitments. The first week of talks did not see breakthroughs on key issues like reduction of carbon emissions and setting up of the Green Climate Fund, which will provide $100 billion...
03:29 AM, Dec 05, 2011
Washington: The US asked Pakistan to reconsider its decision to boycott an international conference on Afghanistan in Bonn next week, saying it is in Islamabad's interest and that its participation was "very important" for the future of the war-torn country. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton while voicing regret at Pakistan's decision hoped it would reconsider and find a "follow-up way" to take part in the talks in Germany. Eighty...
11:20 AM, Nov 30, 2011
Durban: Almost 200 nations began global climate talks on Monday with time running out to save the Kyoto Protocol aimed at cutting the greenhouse gas emissions scientists blame for rising sea levels, intense storms, drought and crop failures. Poor nations say wealthy countries became rich using coal, oil and gas and that they must be allowed to burn fossil fuels to escape poverty. Rich nations say major developing economies, such...
03:44 AM, Nov 29, 2011
New Delhi: The reported Chinese demand for cancellation of the Dalai Lama's speech at a Buddhist congregation here next week is believed to have led to the postponement of India-China border talks scheduled for Monday. The Chinese side is said to have called off the 15th round of the talks between Special Representatives (SR) of both the sides after India refused to accept their demand that the congregation which was...
07:19 PM, Nov 26, 2011
New Delhi: Shekhar Naik is a man on a mission. His team of visually impaired cricketers are all set for their Pakistan series - the first time since 26/11 that any sports team from India will be playing in Pakistan. And they're very excited. Shekhar Naik Lachma said, "We believe India and Pak are one, we want to prove that." Not only are Naik and his boys confident that they...
08:53 AM, Nov 16, 2011
Addu (Maldives): Recent measures to normalise trade between India and Pakistan are encouraging signs towards the realisation of a 'new silk road' connecting south and central Asia, a US official said on Friday. Robert O Blake the Assistant Secretary of State for Southern and Central Asian Affairs said that the concept of making Afghanistan a hub of economic activity will provide an 'alternative to insecurity and extremism'. Blake was speaking...
08:18 AM, Nov 12, 2011
Islamabad: Against the backdrop of Pakistan's flip-flop on the issue of granting the MFN status to India, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Friday held consultations with the top civil and military officials in Islamabad on the dialogue process with New Delhi. Khar "consulted all stakeholders on foreign policy issues, including the resumed dialogue process with India" during a meeting held at the Foreign Ministry, an official statement said. The...
05:13 PM, Nov 04, 2011
Guwahati: The anti-talk faction of the ULFA on Monday claimed the recent peace initiative launched by the Centre with arrested leaders of the group would prove to be a failure and any initiative should revolve around the demand for sovereignty. "The recent initiative will not be successful as the arrested leaders do not have the right to raise the demand of sovereignty," elusive ULFA 'commander-in-chief' Paresh Baruah said in an...
06:43 PM, Oct 31, 2011
Perth: Bollywood seems to be slowly growing in popularity among world leaders and this was again evident today as Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird banged on Akshay Kumar to soothe nerves of India over travel advisories. Baird, who met with External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on the sidelines of the CHOGM Foreign Ministers Meeting here, invoked the name of the film star to explain that the Canadian government had...
03:03 PM, Oct 27, 2011
New Delhi: The Centre is holding peace talks with the Arabinda Rajkhowa-led ULFA faction on Tuesday in the capital to find a solution to end Assam's three-decade-old insurgency problem. The ULFA has sought a Constitutional amendment to protect the rights of tribals. The two sides are going to discuss the surrender of arms by the banned outfit and the halting of security operations against the pro-talks faction. Top ULFA leaders...
03:26 PM, Oct 25, 2011
Islamabad: Claiming that India is being given space in Afghanistan's peace process at the cost of Pakistan, former military dictator Pervez Musharraf has said the US must realise that such a situation would be unacceptable for Islamabad. "Any result of a peace process (in Afghanistan) in favour of India would not be acceptable to Pakistan and the US must understand this," said Musharraf, who currently lives in self-exile outside Pakistan....
02:10 PM, Oct 02, 2011
United Nations: India and Pakistan are engaged in a "substantive dialogue process" that Islamabad hopes will be "uninterrupted and uninterruptable" as it looks forward to resolve all outstanding issues like the Kashmir dispute, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said on Tuesday. "I am happy to note that both Pakistan and India are now engaged in a substantive dialogue process. A dialogue process that we in Pakistan hope will be uninterrupted...
08:19 AM, Sep 28, 2011
Washington: A top US official on Monday blamed the stalemate in the Doha trade talks on India, China and other emerging nations, asserting they were unwilling to shoulder responsibilities reflecting their dramatic rise in the global economic hierarchy. Since the Doha negotiations began in 2001, the world has changed dramatically, Deputy US Trade Representative Michael Punke stated before the US Senate Finance Committee. "Above all, we've watched the dramatic rise...
11:48 AM, Sep 13, 2011
New Delhi: With the Teesta water-sharing deal not materialising during the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's recent vist to Bangladesh, Bangladeshis are now believing that India will put off the deal for long. Many foresaw PM's visit to Dhaka as the defining moment for a game-changer political relationship in the Indian subcontinent. Yet to most Bangladeshis, Manmohan Singh's maiden visit to Dhaka remains clouded by his inability to push through the...
08:34 AM, Sep 09, 2011
New Delhi: India and Pakistan on Wednesday made a fresh push for peace announcing new Kashmir-centric confidence building measures (CBMs) and politically affirming that relations were on the right track. But irritants - such as the Mumbai trial, Hafiz Saeed and Hina Rabanni Khar's meeting with the Hurriyat - also figured prominently in the talks. Behind closed doors, India protested against Islamabad for allowing Hafiz Saeed to spew venom, its...
11:55 PM, Jul 27, 2011
India's External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar met on Wednesday and agreed that fighting terror should be at the top of their agenda. Krishna said that the talks were on the right track and India was satisfied with the progress while Khar added that Pakistan was in favour of friendly relations with India. Joint Statement following meeting between the Minister of External Affairs of...
03:54 PM, Jul 27, 2011
Tonight at 10, Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts whether after 26/11 Pakistan has been more adept at diplomacy than India.
12:29 PM, Jul 27, 2011
New Delhi: Pakistan's newly-appointed young foreign minister, 34-year-old Hina Rabbani Khar arrived in Delhi on Tuesday for talks. After arriving, Khar said that India and Pakistan can move forward as good neighbours. She will meet foreign minister SM Krishna on Wednesday. Earlier on Tuesday, the Foreign Secretaries of both sides met to finalise the agenda for Wednesday's talks between the two foreign ministers. Crucial points of discussion that are likely...
07:50 PM, Jul 26, 2011
New Delhi: The Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan met on Tuesday to finalise the agenda for Wednesday's talks between both the countries' foreign ministers. Foreign Secretary of India Nirupama Rao and Foreign Secretary of Pakistan Salman Bashir reviewed the resumed dialogue last month in Islamabad and will firm up deliverables for the political leadership to announce on Wednesday, including new confidence building measures for Kashmir. "Our meeting today is...
11:55 AM, Jul 26, 2011
