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  Up to Pakistan whether it wants to allow SAARC Summit to happen: India

  India | December 08, 2016 23:47 IST

  In 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 | December 08, 2016 17:46 IST

  Pakistan 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 | November 22, 2016 7:09 IST

  India 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 | October 24, 2016 16:29 IST

  Pakistan 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 | October 14, 2016 11:33 IST

  Bangladesh 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 | October 12, 2016 12:53 IST

  Worried 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 | October 06, 2016 0:03 IST

  Sri 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 | October 02, 2016 14:59 IST

  A 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 | September 30, 2016 21:43 IST

  As 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 | September 29, 2016 0:07 IST

  SAARC 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

  Politics | September 28, 2016 22:39 IST

  Congress 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'

  Politics | September 27, 2016 23:14 IST

  India 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 | September 23, 2016 14:35 IST

  With 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 | August 24, 2016 14:20 IST

  Finance 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 | August 07, 2016 13:42 IST

  Indian 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 | August 06, 2016 20:09 IST

  News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day

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  Pakistan committed to work with SAARC countries to combat terror: Nawaz Sharif

  World | August 04, 2016 18:36 IST

  Pakistani 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 | August 04, 2016 18:13 IST

  In 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 | August 04, 2016 18:42 IST

  Pakistan 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 | August 04, 2016 19:33 IST

  Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today came down heavily on Pakistan for adopting a dual stand on the issue of eliminating terrorism.