Pak proposes dates for Siachen talks

Pakistan has proposed to India a set of dates for talks on Sir Creek, Siachen, Wullar Barrage and other issues listed in the agenda for discussion under the third round of composite dialogue......

India, Pak may discuss new visa norms

India and Pakistan are likely to discuss, in September, a proposal to give long-duration visas to members of the business community, as also to expand the limit of visas to citizens from specific......

SAARC: Foreign Secretaries meet begins

Foreign Secretaries of seven SAARC countries on Wednesday began deliberations to finalise a broad agenda for the weekend regional grouping summit that is expected to focus on a framework for South......

SAARC must unite against terror: Shashank

Foreign Secretary Shashank arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday to participate in the seven-member South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation's foreign secretaries' meeting ahead of the summit level......

Saarc agrees on free trade zone by 2006

Foreign ministers from the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation member countries agreed to create a free trade area in the region by 2006. "An agreement was reached on the South Asian......

Pak for free trade with India

Pakistan would pursue free trade with India through the SAARC process without compromising on its stance on Kashmir, Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Riaz Khokhar said on Saturday."You must make a......

India eyes more free trade pacts

Buoyed by the success of signing the South Asian Free Trade Area agreement, India on Thursday committed to participate in free trade agreement with other nations in the region and asked the Indian......

As crisis deepens, exporters concerned about Indo-Bangladesh trade

Domestic exporters on Monday expressed concerns over the crisis in Bangladesh and said the developments in the neighbouring country would have implications on bilateral trade. Photograph: Amit......

India-ASEAN car rally begins

Beginning a new chapter in the country's relationship with South-East Asia, the inaugural India-ASEAN Car Rallyon Tuesdaykicked off from the historic Judges fieldin Guwahatiin the presence of Assam......