UN: India says Pakistan must eschew terrorism before talks can begin
Oct 02, 2015, at 04:20 pm
New York, Oct 2 (IBNS): In her address at the 70th United Nations General Assembly, Sushma Swaraj, India’s Minister for External Affairs responded to Pakistan’s peace initiative underscoring that while her country remains open to dialogue, Pakistan must eschew terrorism before serious talks between the two sides could begin.
Oct 01, 2015, at 02:44 pm
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IBNS) India on Thursday said 'de-terrorizing' Pakistan is an answer to achieve peace and it cannot be attended by 'de-militarizing Kashmir'.
Our stand on Kashmir is a principled one: Pakistan
Sep 26, 2015, at 03:32 am
New Delhi, Sept 25 (IBNS) Pakistan's Ambassador to UN Maleeha Lodhi on Friday said he country's stand on the Kashmir issue is a 'principled' one.
Brigade Commander level Flag Meeting between India, Pakistan Army held to reduce border tension
Sep 21, 2015, at 11:31 pm
New Delhi, Sept 21 (IBNS) A Brigade Commander level Flag Meeting was held on Monday at Chakan-da-Bagh between the Indian Army and Pakistan Army Officers.
India-Pakistan to hold flag meeting
Sep 20, 2015, at 10:27 pm
Udhampur, Sept 20 (IBNS) India and Pakistan will hold a flag meeting at Brigade Commander level at Chakan De Bagh crossing, Poonch on Monday to address the issue of ceasefire violations on the Line of Control in ammu & Kashmir, officials said.
Navy, Coast Guard and IB to jointly probe fisherman's killing by Pakistan
Sep 19, 2015, at 05:32 pm
Ahmedabad, Sept 19 (IBNS) A day after one Indian fisherman was killed by Pakistan Navy off Gujarat coast, the coast guard, Navy and the Intelligence Bureau have begun a joint probe into the incident,reports said.
Pakistan summons Deputy High Commissioner over civilian killing
Sep 18, 2015, at 11:36 pm
Islamabad, Sept 18 (IBNS): Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday said the Indian Deputy High Commissioner JP Singh was summoned to protest against the killings of three civilians in Nikial sector 'due to the unprovoked Ceasefire violations by the Indian Security Forces' at the Line of Control.
Gujarat: Indian fisherman killed in Pakistani firing?
Sep 18, 2015, at 08:44 pm
Ahmedabad, Sept 18 (IBNS) One Indian fisherman was killed allegedly in Pakistani firing at in international waters off the Gujarat coast on Friday, media reports said.
Slain Kashmiri youths belong to Hizbul Mujahideen: Outfit chief claims
Sep 16, 2015, at 03:38 am
Srinagar, Sept 15 (IBNS): Hizbul Mujahideen and United Jihad Council Chief Syed Salahuddin, based in Pakistan on Tuesday, confirmed that the three youths, whose bullet-riddled bodies were recovered from an orchard on Monday, were alleged militants who belonged to the outfit and claimed that they had been killed in custody by the police.
Mufti welcomes Indo-Pak ceasefire agreement
Sep 16, 2015, at 03:28 am
Srinagar, Sept 15 (IBNS): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Tuesday welcomed the recent ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan.
Centre gives exemptions to minority community nationals from Bangladesh, Pakistan
Sep 08, 2015, at 04:11 am
New Delhi, Sept 7 (IBNS): The Central Government has decided, on humanitarian considerations, to exempt Bangladeshi and Pakistani nationals belonging to minority communities who have entered into India on or before Dec 31, 2014 from the relevant provisions of rules and order made under the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920 and the Foreigners Act, 1946, in respect of their entry and stay in India without such documents or after the expiry of those documents, as the case may be.
Need highest preparedness, Pak adopting new methods : Army Chief
Sep 01, 2015, at 07:05 pm
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IBNS) Calling for "highest level of preparedness all the time," Chief of the Army Staff General Dalbir Singh said on Tuesday that Pakstan has adopted "new methods" to keep Jammu and Kashmir on the boil.
Indian Army JCO killed in Pakistan firing
Aug 25, 2015, at 10:52 pm
Srinagar, Aug 25 (IBNS) : A Junior Commissioned Officer of the Army was killed in a cross-LoC firing by Pakistan troops at Nowgam sector in Kupwara district of north Kashmir on Tuesday.
First collect voice sample of Lakhvi and hand it over to us: India tells Pakistan
Aug 24, 2015, at 05:21 pm
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IBNS) The Narendra Modi government on Monday asked Pakistan to collect voice sample of 26/10 Mumbai terror attack The Ministry of External Affairs said that Pakistan first needs to collect Lakhvi's voice sample and then hand over the same to India. The MEA added that India will match his voice samples.
Rajnath calls Pakistan's decision to cancel NSA talks 'unfortunate'
Aug 23, 2015, at 08:21 pm
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said Pakistan's decision to call off the National Security Agency (NSA) level talks with India was 'unfortunate'.
Rajnath calls Pakistan's decision to cancel NSA talks 'unfortunate'
Aug 23, 2015, at 08:20 pm
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said Pakistan's decision to call off the National Security Agency (NSA) level talks with India was 'unfortunate'.
Rajnath calls Pakistan's decision to cancel NSA talks 'unfortunate'
Aug 23, 2015, at 08:19 pm
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said Pakistan's decision to call off the National Security Agency (NSA) level talks with India was 'unfortunate'.
Pakistan's decision is unfortunate: India on NSA talks
Aug 23, 2015, at 04:27 am
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS): India on Saturday said Pakistan's decision to call off the National Security Agency (NSA) level talks was 'unfortunate'.
Welcome to NSA talks, but don't involve any "third party": Sushma Swaraj tells Pakistan
Aug 22, 2015, at 11:31 pm
New Delhi/Islamabad, August 22 (IBNS) Hours after Islamabad cleared that it is ready to take part in the NSA-level talks without any pre-conditions, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday welcomed Pakistani National Security Advisor Sartaz Aziz to New Delhi with a rider that "Hurriyat or any third party" will be involved.
Pakistan blames India for ignoring Kashmir issue, but says it is ready for NSA talks
Aug 22, 2015, at 09:16 pm
Islamabad/New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS) Accusing India of failing to recognise Kashmir as the most outstanding issue, Pakistan on Saturday left the fate of the NSA-level talks to be decided by New Delhi while declaring that Islamabad is still ready to take part in the dialogues scheduled to be held from Sunday.
India to furnish evidence to Pakistan on Dawood's presence in Karachi
Aug 22, 2015, at 07:28 pm
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS) India will furnish to Pakistan fresh evidence of terror mastermind Dawood Ibrahim's presence in Karachi, If the NSA-level talks between the two countries take place on Sunday as scheduled overcoming the precarious prospect it faces till now, reports said.
Sushma Swaraj to address media on NSA talks as tension mounts
Aug 22, 2015, at 05:45 pm
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS) As the India-Pakistan talks still hang in a precarious balance over Pak invitation to Kashmiri separatists, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has called a press conference in the national capital at 4 pm on Saturday.
Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah leaves for Delhi to meet Pak NSA
Aug 22, 2015, at 04:09 pm
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS) Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah left for Delhi from Srinagar on Saturday for talks with Pakistan's National Security Advisor Sartaz Aziz as Sunday's NSA-level dialogues between India and Pakistan hangs in a precarious balance.
India advises Pakistan against meeting with Kashmiri separatists
Aug 21, 2015, at 04:05 pm
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IBNS) Ahead of Sunday's NSA-level talks that is preceded by a growing tension India and Pakistan have exchanged hard talks in keeping with their firm stand over Kashmiri separatists being invited for a meeting with Pakistan's Sartaz Aziz, reports said.
'Cross LoC points' mirror the reality of Indo-Pak relations: Mufti Sayeed
Aug 21, 2015, at 04:05 am
Srinagar, Aug 20 (IBNS): Jammu and Kashmir chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Thursday described cross-LoC trade and travel as an initiative to bring divided families closer and a big step towards promoting culture, education, business and tourism on the two sides of the international border.
Pakistan continues ceasefire violation, BSF foils infiltration bid
Aug 20, 2015, at 07:46 pm
Jammu, Aug 20 (IBNS) Pakistani troops continued to violate ceasefire as they made fresh attack in Samba sector while some terrorists made an infiltration bid in Arnia sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
India not to cancel NSA-level talks after Pak invite to Kashmiri separatists
Aug 19, 2015, at 07:57 pm
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IBNS) India will not call off next week's talks with Pakistan's National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz though he will meet with Kashmiri separatist leaders in Delhi, media reports on Wednesday said.
NIA releases sketches of two absconding terrorists who entered India with Naveed
Aug 18, 2015, at 09:01 pm
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IBNS): With Pakistani terrorist Mohammad Naveed Yakub being subjected to a polygraph or lie detector test at a facility in south Delhi on Tuesday, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has released sketches of two terror suspects who allegedly entered India along with him.
From UAE PM modi makes veiled attack on Pakistan
Aug 18, 2015, at 04:47 pm
Dubai, Aug 18 (IBNS) Without taking the name of any country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has apparently taken a swipe at Pakistan while declaring a joint statement with the United Arab Emirates in fighting terror.
Shelling by Pakistan kills 5 in Jammu and Kashmir
Aug 16, 2015, at 04:59 am
Jammu, Aug 15 (IBNS) Guns roared from the two sides of LoC on Saturday which left five civilians, including a Sarpanch and a lecturer, dead and 25 others injured.