Pakistan, India vow to better relations
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stood together in New Delhi on Sunday, adding weight to peace efforts by the nuclear-armed foes with the first visit by a Pakistani head of state to India in seven years, reports Reuters. Relations have warmed since Pakistan promised its neighbour most favoured nation [...]
Set a menu that goes beyond the lunch: Asif Ali Zardari and Manmohan Singh meet for lunch in India
April 4, 2012 No Comment
By: Humayun Khan and Salman Haidar India and Pakistan must ready themselves to take bold initiatives so that their relationship can rest on stable and permanent foundations. Asif Ali Zardari’s visit to India on April 8 including a luncheon meeting with Manmohan Singh may be an essentially private trip, yet the detour brings hope of [...]
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Again members of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) have beaten to death a Bangladeshi cattle trader and dumped his body on Bangladesh territory. A report on this incident was carried in this paper on Thursday. It is relevant to mention here that three Bangladeshis were killed by the BSF on 18 December at Dinajpuur [...]
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India’s army chief on Thursday said the leaking of a damning letter he wrote describing the army as unfit to fight a war was treason and urged “ruthless” treatment of the culprit. Army Chief General V.K. Singh told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the letter that India’s tanks lacked shells to fire, its air defences [...]
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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he will visit Pakistan only after some concrete steps are taken in the India-Pakistan relations. “He (Gilani) said when are you coming there (Pakistan). So, I said let us do something solid so that we can celebrate,” the Times of India quoted Singh. Speaking to media representatives after attending [...]
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Early results Tuesday from crucial state elections in India indicated a mid-term blow for the national government and a setback for the fortunes of the Gandhi political dynasty. The most important outcome from the five states which went to the polls will be from Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state and its most politically significant [...]
Continue reading …‘More work to do for Teesta’ says Manmohan to Sahara: Delhi reassures Dhaka of steps for no border firing at talks of home ministers
February 24, 2012 No Comment
By Pallab Bhattacharya India yesterday assured Bangladesh that efforts were on to bring down the incidents of Border Security Force firing along the border to zero and that the issue with the proposed treaty on Teesta water sharing would be resolved. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conveyed this to Bangladesh Home Minister Shahara Khatun, who [...]
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By Rama Lakshmi Foreign Policy Magazine NEW DELHI — India signed a significant partnership pact with Afghanistan on Tuesday, agreeing to step up cooperation in counterterrorism operations, training of security forces and trade in a move that has the potential to antagonize Pakistan at a critical juncture in the Afghanistan war. The agreement, which Afghan [...]
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by Bangladesh Chronicle Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s much anticipated visit to Dhaka, which took place on September 7th and 8th, ended with both nations signing a number of protocols, but failing ultimately to reach an accord on two crucial issues: river sharing and overland transit access. The inability to reach an agreement on these [...]
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by Mohammed Basrul Ahsan Many people I know are upset because the Indian prime minister’s visit has been a big let down for them. It was high on promise but low on delivery… or something else that’s hard to explain. Maybe they are making too much fuss about it. Maybe it was meant to be [...]
Continue reading …Transcript of PM Singh’s onboard Media Interaction En Route from Dhaka to New Delhi
September 8, 2011 No Comment
from the Press Information Bureau, Government of India Question 1: How was your visit and are you satisfied with the visit? Answer. I am very satisfied with results of this visit. For me going to Bangladesh was a sentimental affair because soon after the liberation of Bangladesh, I was asked by Prime Minister Mrs Indira [...]
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