India and Bangladesh on Monday signed a liberalised visa agreement and a landmark extradition treaty that would pave the way for the deportation of jailed ULFA 'general secretary' Anup Chetia and other wanted "criminals". ...
05:55 PM, Jan 28, 2013
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has left for Dhaka on a two-day visit. India will sign a liberalised visa agreement and an extradition treaty with Bangladesh during Shinde's visit. ...
08:57 AM, Jan 28, 2013
Pakistan violates ceasefire again, fresh firing near LoC at Mendhar. All 9 Pakistan players to return from Hockey India League. ...
11:54 PM, Jan 15, 2013
Senior citizens from India and Pakistan will be able to obtain visa on arrival at the Atari-Wagah joint checkpost effective coming Tuesday (January 15), Daily Times reported on Friday. ...
01:18 AM, Jan 12, 2013
New Delhi: The signing of liberalised visa agreement has been hailed as a 'historic landmark' by the industry body FICCI. "The signing today of a liberalised visa agreement between India and Pakistan is a historic landmark in the normalisation of bilateral relations, which has been given a new thrust during the past one year," FICCI President RV Kanoria said. The new agreement that separates business visa from visitor's visa would...
10:51 PM, Sep 08, 2012
New Delhi: India on Thursday said a new liberalised visa regime could not be worked out with Pakistan as some internal approvals were pending there. "Some internal approvals are pending there... Pakistan wants home ministers of both the countries to sign the pact," Home Secretary RK Singh told reporters. Singh held two-day talks with his Pakistani counterpart Khwaja Siddique Akbar in Islamabad May 24-25, but a pact for relaxing the...
02:46 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Islamabad: The inconclusive India - Pakistan talks on easing visa rules have once again shown how it is the common man who gets affected the most. Sumaira Fareed runs a chain of salons and boutiques in Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Lahore. She is eager to visit India. "I really want to see the jewellery and the saris there. I want to see the Taj Mahal too," Sumaira said. Many others like...
10:21 AM, May 26, 2012
