New Delhi | 12 days ago
Kashmir not an obstacle in India-Pakistan ties: Nawaz Sharif
New Delhi, May 6 - Kashmir was not an obstacle in India-Pakistan ties but a very important issue which needs to be resolved peacefully to the satisfaction of both countries and the Kashmiri people, Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said Monday.It's a very important issue. This issue needs to be resolved peacefully. Resolved to the satisfaction of not only both the countries but also to ... read more

Chennai | 5 months ago
Effective deterrence must to protect nation: Pranab Mukherjee
Chennai, Dec 18 - Achievement of India's foreign policy goal of peace is based on the its defence policy of effective deterrence which, in turn, necessitates maintenance of a force to protect the country's sovereignty, President Pranab Mukherjee said Tuesday.Mukherjee was speaking at a function at the Indian Air Force's - station at Sulur near Coimbatore to present the Presidential Standard to the ... read more

New Delhi | 2 years ago
Delhi hospital admits treating Pakistani 'suicide' attacker
New Delhi, Dec 14 - A Pakistani patient, owned up as a 'suicide' attacker and an operative of the Inter-Services Intelligence - by his country's army, was indeed treated in Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, where he died three years ago, enquiries by IANS have revealed.According to hospital sources, a Pakistani patient named Zulfiqar Ahmed was admitted in the multi-speciality private medical facili ... read more

New Delhi | 2 years ago
Delhi hospital admits treating Pakistani 'suicide' attacker
New Delhi, Dec 14 - A Pakistani patient, owned by his country's army as a 'matryr' and 'suicide' attacker and an operative of the Inter-Services Intelligence -, was indeed treated in Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, where he died three years ago, enquiries by IANS have revealed.According to hospital sources, a Pakistani patient named Zulfiqar Ahmed was admitted in the multi-speciality private medic ... read more

New Delhi | 2 years ago
Owning suicide bomber exposes Pakistan: Indian Army chief
New Delhi, Dec 14 - Army chief General V.K. Singh said Tuesday the Pakistan Army had exposed its 'intentions' by owning up and hailing as a 'martyr' an ISI suicide bomber who died in an Indian hospital in 2007.'I have nothing to say on what they - has put up on its website. But if it has, then it clearly show what their intentions and ways are and what their next move will be,' Singh told report ... read more

Islamabad | 2 years ago
Musharraf responsible for Kargil conflict: Ex-ISI chief
Islamabad, Oct 31 - Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf and his close associates were responsible for the 1999 Kargil conflict between India and Pakistan, the then chief of Pakistani army's Inter-Services Intelligence - said Sunday.The retired general Ziauddin Butt, who is now the chairman of chief minister's inspection team in Pakistan's Punjab province, has demanded a thorough probe int ... read more

New Delhi | 2 years ago
India's Territorial Army turns 62
New Delhi, Oct 9 - The Territorial Army, popularly known as citizens army, Saturday celebrated 61 years of its existence after having ably served the nation in battles within and those waged by neighbours.To commemorate its 61st raising day, various events were organized throughout the country including blood donations camps. As part of adventure activities and awareness programmes, a trans-India ... read more

New Delhi | 2 years ago
Parliament adjourned after obituary references
New Delhi, July 26 - Both houses of parliament were adjourned on the first day of the monsoon session Monday after obituary references and paying of tributes.The Rajya Sabha, before being adjourned, saw the swearing in of 52 of the 54 newly-elected and re-elected members. Two members -- Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh and BJP member from Chhattisgarh Nand Kumar Sai -- were absent. Among those s ... read more

New Delhi | 2 years ago
Lok Sabha adjourned for day
New Delhi, July 26 - The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day on the first day of the monsoon session of parliament Monday.The lower house assembled at 11 p.m., which was followed by Speaker Meira Kumar leading the members in paying tribute to deceased former vice president Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and former union minister and Bihar MP Digvijay Singh. The speaker also remembered the victims of vari ... read more

3 years ago
Chidambaram refuses to comment on Musharraf's Kargil remarks
Hoshiarpur -, July 25 - Home Minister P. Chidambaram Saturday refused to comment on former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf's remarks that the Kargil conflict in 1999 was a 'big success' for Pakistan as it forced India to start talks on the Kashmir issue. 'No comments,' was the blunt reply of the Indian home minister when asked about Musharraf's comments made in an interview to a TV news cha ... read more