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  Rajnath Singh to visit Pakistan today, to get ‘presidential-level’ security

  National | August 03, 2016 9:17 IST

  Amid bilateral tensions over unrest in Kashmir, Home Minister Rajnath Singh will today travel to Pakistan to attend the seventh meeting of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Home/Interior Ministers.

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  No bilateral meetings with Pakistan during Rajnath Singh’s Islamabad visit: MEA

  National | July 29, 2016 16:08 IST

  Ministry of External Affairs today clarified that Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s visit to Islamabad is purely for the SAARC event and there will be no bilateral meetings with Pakistan during his visit next month.

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  IITs to hold entrance exam abroad for foreign students

  India | February 21, 2016 13:28 IST

  New Delhi: In a bid to attract more international talent, the prestigious IITs for the first time are planning hold their entrance tests in Singapore, UAE, Ethiopia and SAARC nations next year to select foreign

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  First time: India to host SAARC disaster management exercises

  India | November 05, 2015 17:57 IST

  New Delhi: India will host a first-ever joint disaster management exercise with SAARC nations later this month to learn best practices and skills in urban search and rescue operations.About 80 disaster managers and personnel from

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  Sushma Swaraj meets counterparts from Nepal, Sri Lanka

  World | October 01, 2015 11:36 IST

  New York : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met with her counterparts from neighbours Sri Lanka and Nepal.Sushma held bilateral talks with her Sri Lankan counterpart Mangala Samaraweera and with Nepal's Mahendra Pandey on the

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  India ready to give preferential tariffs to all SAARC members

  India | September 30, 2015 0:01 IST

  New Delhi: India is ready to give preferential duty concessions on all products to SAARC members to give a boost to free trade in the region, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today.At present, India gives

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  India to launch 23 foreign satellites

  India | September 28, 2015 14:22 IST

  Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): India has signed up contracts to launch 23 foreign satellites soon, an official of Antrix Corporation said here on Monday.Antrix Corporation is the commercial arm of Indian space agency Indian Space Research

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  US welcomes India's plan to launch SAARC satellite

  World | September 23, 2015 11:05 IST

  Washington: The US has welcomed India's plan to launch a satellite for the South Asian countries in order to expand information sharing and connectivity within the region.The announcement in this regard was made by Prime

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  Sri Lanka has given approval for SAARC satellite project

  World | September 18, 2015 18:00 IST

   New Delhi: Sri Lanka has given its approval for SAARC satellite project, one of the mandatory requirements for ITU registration before the launch even as ISRO waits for nod from other countries."We are hopeful that

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  SAARC to create economic union

  World | August 21, 2015 5:50 IST

  Kathmandu:  The finance ministers of SAARC nations on Thursday decided to create an economic union for economic integration in the region.A decision to this effect was taken at the 7th Meeting of the SAARC Finance

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  Philips launches new smartphones

  August 12, 2015 18:28 IST

  New Delhi:  Philips India on Tuesday launched two new smartphones - Xenium I908 and the S309 - priced Rs.11,799 and Rs.4,999 respectively.The electronics major said that the phones were aimed at providing youth, professionals and

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  Would've been unwise to keep India out of SCO: Chinese daily

  World | July 14, 2015 12:35 IST

  Beijing: It would have been politically unwise to keep India out of the SCO and push it towards other groups, "especially given India's increasing role in global affairs", said an opinion piece in a state-run

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  First SAARC satellite to be launched by 2016: ISRO Chairman

  India | July 13, 2015 23:12 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: ISRO Chairman A S Kiran Kumar today said the Indian space agency is planning to launch the first SAARC satellite by the end of next year.Kumar said that there was a one-day meeting with

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  Bring back terrorists from Pak on your plane: Azam Khan tells PM Modi

  India | July 13, 2015 14:23 IST

  Jhansi (UP): Senior Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring back terrorists from Pakistan with him when he goes there next year for the SAARC summit.“The Prime Minister while

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  India rejects Pakistan offer to assist in SAARC satellite project

  India | July 01, 2015 17:47 IST

  New Delhi:  India has rejected Pakistan's offer to provide "technical" and "monetary" support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious SAARC satellite project, maintaining that it was a "gift" by the country to its neighbours.During a

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  South Asia fastest growing region in world: Report

  India | June 26, 2015 8:19 IST

  New Delhi: Far from being a non-performing region, South Asia is today the fastest growing region in the world, says a new report released on Thursday.The South Asia Development and Cooperation Report 2015, brought out

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  Pakistan to participate in SAARC satellite project meeting: ISRO

  India | June 16, 2015 23:21 IST

  Ahmedabad: The SAARC countries, including Pakistan, will participate in the ambitious SAARC satellite project conceived by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, top official said today.When asked if Pakistan was giving a cold shoulder to the project,

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  India inks landmark cross border pact; more nations to join

  India | June 15, 2015 23:10 IST

  Thimpu: India today achieved a milestone with the signing of a motor vehicles pact with Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh enabling seamless transit of passenger, cargo and vehicles with the first stage of the USD-8 billion

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  'Knowledge' is the focal point of all religions, says PM Modi

  India | June 15, 2015 19:17 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that ‘knowledge' is the focal point of all religion.Modi said this while launching a book titled "Education of Muslims: An Islamic Perspective of Knowledge and Education –

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  Pakistan will not hold dialogue on India's terms: Sartaj Aziz

  World | June 16, 2015 8:37 IST

  Islamabad:  Continuing the war of words, Pakistan today said it will not hold talks with India on "Indian terms" and ruled out any dialogue if the agenda does not include "Kashmir and water issues".  Pakistan