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India mocks Pak at Commonwealth foreign ministers' meet for raising Kashmir

India on Wednesday lampooned Pakistan at a virtual meeting of the Commonwealth foreign ministers, calling it a promoter of state sponsored terrorism "masquerading" as an alleged victim of the menace.

Resume trade between India and Pakistan: Cong MP from Amritsar to PM

Congress MP from Amritsar Gurjit Singh Aujla urged Modi for resumption of trade between India and Pakistan and other central Asian countries and bringing a new trade policy

Pakistan flexes its muscles, adds over 50 vessels to its naval fleet

Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi said in his farewell address that the Navy will induct four Chinese frigates in the next few years and as many Turkish medium-class ships between 2023 and 2025

Pakistan reopens Kartarpur Corridor as 'coronavirus situation improves'

Pakistan government has announced that the Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib Corridor on its side has been reopened as COVID-19 situation in the country has improved.As per the notification issued by Pakistan Ministry of religious affairs on Friday, Indian visitors are allowed to come daily from dawn to dusk as per the bilateral agreement made in 2019 between India and Pakistan, The News reported.Kartarpur Sahib Corridor, a 4.7-kilometre-long passage that connects Dera Baba Nanak Sahib in India's Gurdaspur and Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan's Kartarpur. It was inaugurated last year.In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kartarpur Corridor was shut down by the Indian government in March.Pakistan's government had also imposed a ban on Pakistani nationals from travelling via the Kartarpur corridor.It was reopened briefly in June to commemorate Maharaja Ranjit Singh's death anniversary, with India rejecting Pakistan's offer and refusing to open the corridor on its side.

Pak using death of 11 Pakistani Hindus to further anti-India agenda: MEA

Pakistani establishment is exploiting the death of 11 migrant Hindus from that country in India to further its anti-India propaganda

Onus on Pakistan to create an atmosphere free of terror, violence: India

India on Thursday said it desires to have normal neighbourly relations with Pakistan in an atmosphere free of terror, hostility and violence and the onus is on Islamabad to create such an environment. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said India's efforts to step up engagement with the countries of the region are reflection of its 'Neighbourhood First policy'. "This is certainly a reflection of our Neighbourhood First policy, wherein the government is committed to developing friendly and mutually beneficial relations with our neighbours," he said at a media briefing. He said India's engagement with these countries is based on a consultative, non-reciprocal and outcome oriented approach. Srivastava was replying to a question on India's renewed efforts in the last few months to further expand ties with Bangladesh, Myanmar, the Maldives and several other countries of the region. "We have a large development cooperation footprint in these countries and we are ..

After Rohtang, focus shifts to Shinku La tunnel between Ladakh and Lahaul

The BRO is also studying the feasibility of constructing a tunnel beneath the 13.5-km-long snow avalanche-prone Shinku La like the Rohtang tunnel to avoid the majestic pass

Terrorism, nuclear trade Pak's 'only crowning glory' in 70 yrs: India at UN

The "only crowning glory" that Pakistan has to show to the world for the last seven decades is terrorism, ethnic cleansing, majoritarian fundamentalism and clandestine nuclear trade

India walks out of UN General Assembly protesting Imran's Khan diatribe

The Indian delegate at the United Nations General Assembly session on Friday walked out in protest when Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan began attacking India in his speech at the high-level meeting

India slams Pakistan's announcement to hold polls in Gilgit-Baltistan

India came down heavily on Pakistan for its decision to hold general elections in Gilgit-Baltistan and said any action to alter the status of the militarily-occupied region has no legal basis.

Import duty can't be retrospective on goods from Pakistan: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that the Centre's decision to increase import duty on goods from Pakistan by 200% in the backdrop of last year's Pulwama attack could not be applied retrospectively

Pakistan always cheated India's peace efforts, says Ramdas Athawale

Union Minister Athawale slammed former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah for suggesting talks with Pakistan

Pakistan rejects India's demand for Queen's counsel to represent Jadhav

Pakistan rejected India's demand that an Indian lawyer or a Queen's counsel should be appointed for death-row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav to ensure a free and fair trial in this country

Pak rejects demand for Queen's counsel to represent Kulbhushan Jadhav

"We have informed India that only those lawyers are allowed to appear in Pakistani courts who have a license to practice law in Pakistan"

Gilgit-Baltistan to be elevated to full-fledged province: Pakistan

India has clearly conveyed to Pakistan that the entire union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, including the areas of Gilgit and Baltistan, are an integral part of the country

Indian lawyer or Queen's counsel must represent Jadhav in Pakistan: MEA

Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said the government of Pakistan has not been able to fulfil its obligations on implementation of the ICJ judgment in letter and spirit

India slams Pakistan for persecuting Hindus, Sikhs and other minorities

India described Pakistan as an epicenter of terrorism and said no one deserves unsolicited lecture on human rights from Islamabad

Pakistan resorts to intense shelling along LoC in Rajouri sector

Pakistan used small arms firing and intense mortar shelling on Tuesday to violate ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K's Rajouri district.

Revived grass root democracy in J-K despite attempts to derail it: India

India said it has revived grass root democracy and provided a new momentum to social and economic development in Jammu and Kashmir

Possibility of more tunnels existing along India-Pakistan border: J-K DGP

Jammu and Kashmir DGP Dilbag Singh inspected the tunnel that was found last month in Samba district and said there is possibility of such tunnels existing along the India-Pakistan border