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  India, Pak came close to nuclear confrontation 5 times, says Pak scientist Hoodbhoy

  World | February 01, 2013 9:58 IST

  London, Feb 1 : India and Pakistan came dangerously close to  nuclear confrontation on at least five occasions in the past 20 years, according to a visiting Pakistani nuclear physicist, defence analyst and editor of

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  India demands punishment for Pak brutes who killed Indian jawans

  India | January 15, 2013 21:06 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 15:  India today demanded punishment for those responsible for the barbaric killing of two Indian soldiers by Pakistanis along the Line of Control, insisting that it was “extremely determined and serious” on

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  India hits back at Pak: visa on arrival put on hold, four Pak hockey players sent back

  India | January 15, 2013 17:03 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 15: India today put on hold the operationalisation of visa on arrival for senior citizens of Pakistan amid mounting tension on the Line of Control(LoC).Government sources said the decision was taken after

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  India to issue visa on arrival for Pak sr citizen at Wagah

  World | January 14, 2013 18:57 IST

  Islamabad, Jan 14: India today announced that Pakistani senior citizens aged over 65 would be issued visas on arrival only at the Wagah land border crossing from January 15 under a landmark liberalised visa agreement

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  Former Army Chief says, govt must harden its stand towards Pak

  India | January 12, 2013 23:38 IST

  Nagpur, Jan 12: Condemning the brutal killing of two Indian soldiers by Pakistani forces along the Line of Control, former Army Chief General V K Singh today said here that the government should harden its

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  Pak army alleges, one soldier killed in cross-LoC firing, Indian army denies

  World | January 10, 2013 23:35 IST

  Islamabad, Jan 10 : Pakistani army tonight alleged that a havildar was killed in firing by Indian troops in the Tattapani sector today. An Army press release said, Havildar Mohiyuddin was killed in the firing

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  India, Pak face off again on cricket ground

  Cricket | December 25, 2012 16:27 IST

  Bangalore, Dec 25 : Four years after Pakistani terrorists laid siege to India's financial capital of Mumbai, South Asia's two nuclear-armed neighbors are meeting again on the cricket ground, marking a gradual thaw in their

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  Pak misled India on Hafiz Saeed's arrest: Shinde

  India | December 17, 2012 15:24 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 17: Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Monday said Pakistan has been misleading India on the arrest of Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, and added that all his arrests so far have pertained

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  India, Pak sign new visa agreement : highlights

  India | December 15, 2012 7:37 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 15 :  India and Pakistan today signed a new liberalized visa agreement agreed to in September this year. The agreement was signed by Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman

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  Pak panel divided on renaming roundabout after Bhagat Singh

  World | December 14, 2012 18:50 IST

  Lahore,Dec 14: Differences have cropped up in a Pakistani committee tasked with renaming historic sites here, with some of its members backing a move not to rename a roundabout after legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.Lahore's

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  Pak confirms ratification of three agreements with India

  World | December 14, 2012 0:01 IST

  Islamabad, Dec 13 : Pakistan's Acting President Nayyar Hussain Bokhari today confirmed the government's ratification of three agreements signed with India on cooperation in custom matters, quality control and redressing trade grievances.The Cooperation and Mutual

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  Pak interior minister Rehman Malik coming on Dec 14

  India | December 10, 2012 15:21 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 10: Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik will pay a three-day visit to India from December 14 to operationalise the liberalised visa agreement between the two countries.“He (Malik) is going to Turkey on

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  Pakistan will act only if evidence against Saeed stands in court

  World | December 02, 2012 9:16 IST

  Islamabad, Dec 2: Pakistan will take action against LeT founder Hafiz Saeed -- the mastermind of the Mumbai attacks -- if India provides evidence against him that stands in court, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar

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  Pak test fires nuke capable Hatf-V ballistic missile

  World | November 28, 2012 16:31 IST

  Islamabad, Nov 28: Pakistan today tested the Hatf-V nuclear-capable ballistic missile with a range of 1,300 km, with the military saying that the launch was aimed at strengthening the country's deterrence capability.A statement from the

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  Pak will not link Sarabjit to Kasab execution, says Malik

  World | November 21, 2012 21:34 IST

  Islamabad, Nov 21: Pakistan government will not link the issue of Sarabjit Singh, death row convict presently lodged in Kot Lakhpat Jail, Lahore, to the execution of Ajmal Kasab, the Pakistani terrorist hanged in Pune

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  No request from Kasab family to bring back body: Pak

  World | November 21, 2012 21:10 IST

  Islamabad, Nov 21: Pakistan on Wednesday said it had not received any request from the family of Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, who was hanged in an Indian

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  Musharraf calls for India and Pak to 'bury the hatchet'

  India | November 18, 2012 15:36 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 18 : Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday that nuclear-armed India and Pakistan need to “bury the hatchet” and settle their differences to reduce poverty and ease tensions in the

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  India, Pak World Cup semi-final was fixed, says British journalist

  Cricket | November 11, 2012 8:46 IST

  London, Nov 11 : Ed Hawkins, a sports-betting journalist, who has spent months investigating corruption in cricket, has in his latest book "Bookie Gambler Fixer Spy" has alleged that the India v Pakistan World Cup

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  Pak to free 15 Indian fishermen

  World | November 10, 2012 13:43 IST

  Islamabad, Nov 10 :  Pakistan will free 15 Indian fishermen, who were arrested on charges of violating the country's maritime boundary, on Monday, officials said today.The fishermen, some of whom had completed their prison terms

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  India says, Pak reference to Kashmir is an attempt to divert attention

  World | November 07, 2012 14:36 IST

  United Nations, Nov 7: India has taken strong exception to Pakistan raising the issue of Kashmir at the UN, calling Islamabad's reference to Jammu and Kashmir at the world body a “blatant” attempt to divert