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Indian troops killed 2 of our soldiers: Pakistan

Indian troops killed 2 of our soldiers: Pakistan

Rediff.com22 Aug 2013

The Pakistan Army has claimed that Indian troops killed two of its soldiers on the Line of Control.

Sharif's open-heart surgery in UK 'successful'

Sharif's open-heart surgery in UK 'successful'

Rediff.com31 May 2016

The 66-year-old leader was recovering after the operation at Princess Grace Hospital in London and was expected to be conscious in a few hours.

Opinion: Time to make peace with neighbours

Opinion: Time to make peace with neighbours

Rediff.com3 Jan 2011

Even as New Delhi consolidates its global standing this year with a non-permanent seat in the UN Security Council, Jyoti Malhotra feels it will be the countries in its immediate neighbourhood that will be top priority for India's foreign office.

Pompeo, Gokhale say Pak must take action against terror groups

Pompeo, Gokhale say Pak must take action against terror groups

Rediff.com12 Mar 2019

Gokhale and Pompeo expressed satisfaction over the significant progress and the quality of the India-US Strategic Partnership

Pakistan calls its envoy home; India terms it routine

Pakistan calls its envoy home; India terms it routine

Rediff.com15 Mar 2018

FO said that the Indian government failed to take notice of the increasing incidents of intimidation of Pakistani diplomats, their families and staffers by its intelligence agencies.

Pak LeT operative killed in brawl at Jaipur prison

Pak LeT operative killed in brawl at Jaipur prison

Rediff.com21 Feb 2019

Shakrullah was serving life sentence under the UAPA.

5 Pak soldiers killed in retaliatory firing by India

5 Pak soldiers killed in retaliatory firing by India

Rediff.com1 Jun 2017

A GERF labourer was killed while two others including a BSF jawan were injured in the shelling and firing on forward posts along the LoC in Rajouri and Poonch districts.

Football Focus: 'Booing players taking a knee was not racist'

Football Focus: 'Booing players taking a knee was not racist'

Rediff.com7 Dec 2020

News of all that transpired on and off the football field

PM Modi to be invited to Pakistan for SAARC summit

PM Modi to be invited to Pakistan for SAARC summit

Rediff.com27 Nov 2018

The 2016 SAARC Summit was to be held in Islamabad. But after the terrorist attack on an Indian Army camp in Uri in Jammu and Kashmir on September 18 that year, India expressed its inability to participate in the summit

Pak says 1 killed in ceasefire violation by India, summons envoy

Pak says 1 killed in ceasefire violation by India, summons envoy

Rediff.com11 May 2017

Foreign Office spokesperson tweeted that India violated the ceasefire agreement in Tandar, Sabzkot, Khuiratta, Baron, Bagsar and Khanjar areas.

'India shouldn't have problem with Pak-US ties'

'India shouldn't have problem with Pak-US ties'

Rediff.com26 Mar 2010

Rejecting India's concerns over the strategic dialogue between Pakistan and the United States, the Pakistan Foreign Office has said that New Delhi should not have any problem with Islamabad's relations with Washington.

Indian-origin UK hotelier feared kidnapped in India

Indian-origin UK hotelier feared kidnapped in India

Rediff.com21 May 2015

Ranjit Singh Power's family in Britain fears he may have been kidnapped after he uncharacteristically failed to stay in contact with them and did not catch his return flight from Amritsar on May 14.

Jadhav seemed to be under extreme pressure to parrot Pak's narrative: MEA

Jadhav seemed to be under extreme pressure to parrot Pak's narrative: MEA

Rediff.com2 Sep 2019

"We will decide a further course of action after receiving a detailed report from our Charge d' Affaires and determining the extent of conformity to the ICJ directives," said the MEA spokesperson.

ICJ to deliver verdict on Kulbhushan Jadhav today

ICJ to deliver verdict on Kulbhushan Jadhav today

Rediff.com17 Jul 2019

India based its case on two broad issues -- breach of Vienna Convention on consular access and the process of resolution.

Amid lobbying, Sharif deliberates on new Pak foreign secretary

Amid lobbying, Sharif deliberates on new Pak foreign secretary

Rediff.com25 Jan 2017

PAk's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva Tehmina Janjua was the leading choice.

Pak forced Jadhav's kin to remove bindis, mangalsutra, bangles: MEA

Pak forced Jadhav's kin to remove bindis, mangalsutra, bangles: MEA

Rediff.com27 Dec 2017

The mother of Jadhav was prevented from talking in their mother tongue.

What Pakistan plans to do with a new political map

What Pakistan plans to do with a new political map

Rediff.com8 Aug 2020

India cannot afford to be complacent about a possible Pakistan resort to military options across the LoC, warns Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency.

Want resumption of talks with India, says Pakistan

Want resumption of talks with India, says Pakistan

Rediff.com2 Aug 2018

PM Modi telephoned Imran Khan to congratulate him on his party's victory in the general elections

Why John le Carre will never die

Why John le Carre will never die

Rediff.com18 Dec 2020

He will be remembered not only as a writer but as one of the great chroniclers and interrogators of the history of our times, says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.

Pro-actively pursuing case of missing Indian clerics: Pakistan

Pro-actively pursuing case of missing Indian clerics: Pakistan

Rediff.com18 Mar 2017

Two Indian clerics, including the head priest of New Delhi's Nizamuddin Dargah, have gone missing in Pakistan

UK summons Chinese envoy over execution

UK summons Chinese envoy over execution

Rediff.com30 Dec 2009

Britain on Tuesday summoned the Chinese ambassador in London to the Foreign Office to protest the execution of a man of Pakistani-British decent convicted for drug smuggling, despite making 27 representations to China on the issue, including a last-minute appeal by Premier Gordon Brown.

Jadhavs treated with dignity, but security procedures followed: Pak

Jadhavs treated with dignity, but security procedures followed: Pak

Rediff.com28 Dec 2017

Khawaja said Pakistan has been open and transparent throughout the meeting, offered in good faith.

Pak: Jadhav won't be executed until mercy pleas exhausted

Pak: Jadhav won't be executed until mercy pleas exhausted

Rediff.com1 Jun 2017

Pak accused the Indian government of misusing the media to create a 'false impression of winning' Jadhav's case in the ICJ.

Coronavirus: PM to participate in SAARC nations' video-conference

Coronavirus: PM to participate in SAARC nations' video-conference

Rediff.com14 Mar 2020

Modi said the coming together of SAARC leaders will lead to effective outcomes and benefit citizens in the fight against coronavirus. The PM on Friday had proposed formulation of a joint strategy by the SAARC nations to fight coronavirus, a suggestion that was backed by all the member states.

Not claimed bodies of terrorists, says Pakistan

Not claimed bodies of terrorists, says Pakistan

Rediff.com11 Aug 2009

Pakistan has neither admitted that four of the nine terrorists who carried out the Mumbai terror attacks were its nationals nor has asked India for their bodies, Pakistan foreign office has said.

Pak in talks with India for bilateral meeting at UNGA

Pak in talks with India for bilateral meeting at UNGA

Rediff.com19 Sep 2018

The India-Pakistan ties nose-dived in recent years with no bilateral talks taking place. The ties between the two countries had strained after Pakistan-based terror groups launched attacks in India in 2016.

Consular access to Jadhav to be decided on basis of merit, says Pakistan

Consular access to Jadhav to be decided on basis of merit, says Pakistan

Rediff.com21 Apr 2017

Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said Pakistan and India have a bilateral agreement on consular access but all cases have to be decided on merit.

'Trump of Tropics' to be R-Day chief guest

'Trump of Tropics' to be R-Day chief guest

Rediff.com4 Nov 2019

With Donald Trump unable to make it, Modi settles for Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.

PM's remarks: Pak summons Indian envoy

PM's remarks: Pak summons Indian envoy

Rediff.com18 Aug 2009

Pakistan has lodged a protest against Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's remarks that terrorists based on Pakistani soil are planning to carry out Mumbai type attacks again on India.

Indian crew aboard Iranian oil tanker released in Gibraltar

Indian crew aboard Iranian oil tanker released in Gibraltar

Rediff.com15 Aug 2019

A spokesman for Gibraltar's government also confirmed that police proceedings against four members of the crew had ended.

Why was the army chief in Myanmar?

Why was the army chief in Myanmar?

Rediff.com13 Oct 2020

'The real significance of the visit lies in the extent of the receptivity in Myanmar of the account of Chinese perfidy given by India's military and civilian top brass and how they assess the danger to themselves of dancing with the dragon,' notes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.

Reason to smile: Geeta, stuck in Pakistan, will be home today

Reason to smile: Geeta, stuck in Pakistan, will be home today

Rediff.com26 Oct 2015

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said, "Geeta will be back in India. We have located her family. She will be handed over to them only after the DNA test."

Dr Singh to meet Pak PM on July 16

Dr Singh to meet Pak PM on July 16

Rediff.com3 Jul 2009

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will meet Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt on July 16, the Pakistan Foreign Office has said.Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said that the foreign secretaries of both countries would also meet during the summit.

India hits back at Pakistan, says 'don't need lecture on pluralism'

India hits back at Pakistan, says 'don't need lecture on pluralism'

Rediff.com13 Oct 2015

India on Tuesday lashed out at Pakistan for "lecturing" it on pluralism after Islamabad expressed concern over attempts to disrupt functions of its prominent personalities, and asserted that non-practice of terrorism was central to the betterment of the Indo-Pak relationship.

Will 'immediately' enforce sanctions imposed on Azhar: Pak

Will 'immediately' enforce sanctions imposed on Azhar: Pak

Rediff.com1 May 2019

Pak rejected the world body's move as a "victory for India and validation of its stance" as projected by the Indian media.

Chinese President Xi to visit Pakistan next week

Chinese President Xi to visit Pakistan next week

Rediff.com16 Apr 2015

Chinese President Xi Jinping will arrive in Pakistan on Monday on a two-day visit to deepen economic and strategic ties between the two "all-weather" allies.

Desperate Pak wants early hearing in Jadhav case at ICJ

Desperate Pak wants early hearing in Jadhav case at ICJ

Rediff.com23 May 2017

The request was made in view of the upcoming elections for ICJ judges, scheduled to be held in November,

Meet Tehmina Janjua, Pakistan's first woman foreign secretary

Meet Tehmina Janjua, Pakistan's first woman foreign secretary

Rediff.com13 Feb 2017

Janjua will replace incumbent foreign secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, who will be taking charge as Pakistan's new ambassador to the US, Foreign Office said on Monday night.

Son of Pakistan's ex-PM returns home after 3 years in captivity

Son of Pakistan's ex-PM returns home after 3 years in captivity

Rediff.com11 May 2016

Haider's release was the second successful instance of a dramatic rescue in a high-profile kidnapping case after slain Punjab governor Salman Taseer's son Shahbaz, who was abducted in 2011, was found in March after spending nearly five years in captivity.

3 high commission officials in Pakistan leave for India

3 high commission officials in Pakistan leave for India

Rediff.com8 Nov 2016

India on Tuesday recalled three diplomats stationed at its high commission in Islamabad after their identities were made public and Pakistan charged them with "spying".