There is no violation of any ceasefire from Pakistan or Indian sides during the last 32 months, they said, adding that as a result, the Line of Control was peaceful.
'We will achieve results maybe sooner than we expect. If resolve and flexibility are shown by the leadership, we will be able to resolve the disputes, including the Kashmir issue'
Welcoming resumption of foreign secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan, chairman of moderate faction of Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umer Farooq on Friday said the two sides should hold dialogue at the prime ministerial level to resolve the Kashmir issue.
Come September, India and Pakistan are likely to have a relaxed visa regime that will facilitate easy travel for journalists, businessmen and senior citizens of both the countries
Former Indian hockey team captain Dhanraj Pillay feels that resuming of India-Pakistan hockey test series should help both countries in regaining their foothold at the international level.
First meeting in 3 years, with agenda of stalled items needing political push.
'They (India) have no excuse for not playing in UAE. The MOU is between PCB and BCCI and it states clearly that the series will be held in the UAE or any other mutually accepted venue'
Dulat, who was advisor on Jammu and Kashmir to the central government during the tenure of former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, also advocated the need for starting a dialogue with Pakistan.
Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Shaharyar Khan and head of the PCB's executive committee Najam Sethi left for India in a bid to convince the BCCI to confirm the bilateral series in December.
Noting that terrorist groups might try to provoke conflict between India and Pakistan, United States Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday told US lawmakers that he is concerned about the current situation in Pakistan.
ICC president Zaheer Abbas has said that a Pakistan and India bilateral series is bigger than the Ashes and should be revived.
Deputy Commissioner B C Thakur flagged off the inaugural run of the resumed night bus service on Fazilka-Ferozepur-Ludhiana-Chandigarh route in Ferozepur on Tuesday night.
Singh also reviewed the situation on the border and assessed the progress in various infrastructure projects.
India should resume composite dialogue with Pakistan to resolve all outstanding issues- including the Kashmir dispute- peacefully and expeditiously, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has said.
With the incremental improvement in ties with Pakistan, the proposal to open the corridor from DBN to the Kiratpur Sahib gurdwara some 4 kilometres away on the Pakastani side, founded in memory of Sikhism's founder Nanak Bedi has once again been resurrected.
Coach Greg Chappell says Sachin Tendulkar carries a greater load of expectations than Bradman had when he went out to bat.
Pakistani troops on Tuesday opened fire and pounded several Indian posts with mortar shells in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
The talks for normalising trade had begun in November 2011.
India and Pakistan may require more than two pipeline schemes for importing gas from countries like Iran, Turkmenistan
Pakistani troops violated ceasefire by resorting to brief firing on border outposts along the International Border.
The issue of prior notification on missile tests will be high on the agenda as India and Pakistan hold their third round of expert-level talks on nuclear confidence-building measures in New Delhi from Friday.
Terrorism emanating from Pakistan's soil has complicated India's relations with that country, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said here, as he slammed Islamabad for not doing enough to crack drown on extremist elements.
The ruling Congress party on Thursday said the Hurriyat leaders' trip from occupied Kashmir to other cities of Pakistan was in violation of the understanding between the two countries and that the government should take appropriate view on it.
The regular membership of India and Pakistan, who are observers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, has been approved and they will be inducted formally next year.
Twenty-one passengers, including women, were on board the two buses that will take them to the Kaman post on the Line of Control.
"Only 24 tickets have been sold so far. We are hopeful that the others will also turn up," an official of the State Road Transport Corporation, which is running the service, said.
It was evident that no preparatory exercise for political and inter-departmental consensus-building in New Delhi before embarking on the trust-building exercise in Islamabad was undertaken.
Pakistan Interior Minister Rahman Malik underlined the need for India and Pakistan to put in place a proper system of information sharing to combat the menace of terrorism jointly. Describing the recent meeting between the two sides as "excellent" and "a step forward" for relationship, Malik said he had assured his Indian counterpart P Chidambaram that his country will positively look into the requests for voice samples of Mumbai attacks' Lashkar-e-Tayiba handlers.
The Pakistan Cricket Board on Thursday announced a 15-member women's squad for a series in New Zealand and the Asia T20 Cup in Thailand but with uncertainty still prevailing over whether India would play Pakistan in the regional event.
Umer Ayub Khan signs a petition to the World Bank raising a dispute over the Baglihar hydropower project under the Indus Waters Treaty. His grandfather and Nehru had signed the treaty.
The actress has been roped in the sequel to the 2010 film, Dunno Y Na Jaane Kyun.
