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Up to Pakistan whether it wants to allow SAARC Summit to happen: India
India | Dec 08, 2016, 11:47 PM ISTIn a strong message to Pakistan on SAARC Charter Day, India today said it was up to Islamabad whether it wants to stop cross-border terrorism and allow the SAARC Summit to take place.
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SAARC has 'survived' not 'triumphed': Nawaz Sharif
World | Dec 08, 2016, 05:46 PM ISTPakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today said SAARC has survived but not triumphed as had been envisaged.
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‘If Pakistan blocks regional initiatives in SAARC, there is BIMSTEC’, warns India
India | Nov 22, 2016, 07:09 AM ISTIndia today slammed Pakistan’s "hugely damaging" approach of "blocking" every possible regional initiative in SAARC, saying it will force countries of the region to look for other options like BIMSTEC.
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Pakistan likely to attend regional meeting on Afghanistan in India: Report
World | Oct 24, 2016, 04:29 PM ISTPakistan may attend a key regional conference on Afghanistan in India in what appears a calculated move to offset efforts by New Delhi to isolate the country following the Uri teror attack.
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We are frustrated with Pakistan, says Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina
World | Oct 14, 2016, 11:33 AM ISTBangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that many countries, which are part of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), are frustrated with Pakistan over its policy of exporting terror and that’s why they pulled out of Islam
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Pakistan seeks bigger SAARC to counter India’s influence: Report
World | Oct 12, 2016, 12:53 PM ISTWorried over India’s controlling hold over the eight-member South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), Pakistan is now exploring the possibility of creating a greater South Asian economic alliance.
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'SAARC should ensure there is no cross-border terrorism', says Sri Lankan PM
India | Oct 06, 2016, 12:03 AM ISTSri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday said that the SAARC countries needs to address the the issue of “cross border terrorism”. Wickremesinghe, who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier in the day, said
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Nepal to talk with SAARC members to press for holding summit
World | Oct 02, 2016, 02:59 PM ISTA day after SAARC Summit host Pakistan postponed the meet following refusal of five countries to attend, Chair Nepal has said it will hold discussions with member-states and take necessary steps to hold the next summit.
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Isolated by five nations, Pakistan postpones SAARC Summit
World | Sep 30, 2016, 09:43 PM ISTAs four other member countries followed India’s footsteps and decided to skip the 19th SAARC Summit to be held in Islamabad in November this year, Pakistan today officially postponed the event. "Pakistan deplores India's decision
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SAARC Summit has to be postponed, says India; Chair Nepal urges for ‘conducive environment’
World | Sep 29, 2016, 12:07 AM ISTSAARC chair Nepal today said that it has received communications from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan and India informing their decision to not participate in the summit in Islamabad and urged for a conducive environment.
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‘From incoherent to ridiculous’: Congress picks hole in Modi govt’s strategy to isolate Pakistan
National | Sep 28, 2016, 10:39 PM ISTCongress today said that instead of boycotting the SAARC summit India should have striven for a summit of the regional grouping minus Pakistan.
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PM Modi to skip SAARC summit in Islamabad; Pakistan says decision 'unfortunate'
National | Sep 27, 2016, 11:14 PM ISTIndia today said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not attend the SAARC summit in November, which is being hosted by Islamabad.
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Mixed signals to PM Modi’s Islamabad visit to attend SAARC summit
India | Sep 23, 2016, 02:35 PM ISTWith heightening tension between India and Pakistan, the NDA government has kept the suspense alive over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Islamabad visit to attend the SAARC summit in November. Speculations earlier suggested that Modi
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Arun Jaitley to skip SAARC Finance Ministers’ meeting in Islamabad: Report
World | Aug 24, 2016, 02:20 PM ISTFinance Minister Arun Jaitley will not attend the meeting of Finance Ministers from South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries slated to be held in Islamabad on August 25-26.
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Indian journalists barred even from standing outside SAARC meet venue in Islamabad
India | Aug 07, 2016, 01:42 PM ISTIndian journalists, who went to cover the SAARC Home/Interior Ministers conference in Islamabad, were not only denied access to the inaugural function, but were also barred them from standing at the entrance of the venue.
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News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day
India | Aug 06, 2016, 08:09 PM ISTNews in Nutshell: Important stories of the day
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Pakistan committed to work with SAARC countries to combat terror: Nawaz Sharif
World | Aug 04, 2016, 06:36 PM ISTPakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today said that his country is committed to work with other SAARC member countries for fighting terrorism, corruption and organised crimes.
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One country’s terrorist cannot be another’s martyr: Full text of Rajnath Singh’s speech at SAARC meet
World | Aug 04, 2016, 06:13 PM ISTIn a stinging indictment of Pakistan over its efforts to “eulogise terrorists as martyrs”, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said in Islamabad that “mere condemnation of terrorist attacks is not enough”. Speaking a
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No ‘media blackout’ of Rajnath Singh's SAARC speech in Pakistan: Govt sources
World | Aug 04, 2016, 06:42 PM ISTPakistan on Thursday blacked out Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s address at SAARC Interior Ministers’ meet in which he gave a stern message to Islamabad on its efforts to eulogise terrorists as martyrs.
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Don’t glorify, eulogise terrorists as martyrs: Rajnath Singh talks tough on terrorism
World | Aug 04, 2016, 07:33 PM ISTUnion Home Minister Rajnath Singh today came down heavily on Pakistan for adopting a dual stand on the issue of eliminating terrorism.