LONDON (Agencies) - Second seeds Nenad Zimonjic and Michael Llodra won a dramatic Group B match against fifth seeds Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi 7-6(6), 6-3 on Tuesday at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London. Llodra and Zimonjic, who lost their first match to Poles Mariusz ...

MIRPUR (AJK) (APP) The Jammu & Kashmir Joint Chamber of Commerce & Industry (JKJCCI), the apex representative body of the business fraternity of AJK and Indian held Kashmir, has welcomed the two-day commerce secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan, commenced in New Delhi on Monday to ...

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has said Shoaib Akhtar's autobiography might have created tension in the Indian community, but it will not affect the renewal of Pakistan-India cricket ties. The former fast-bowler had claimed in his book that Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar was ...

Noting that the recent peace talks between India and Pakistan were heartening, a US official has said that such dialogues are crucial to the security of the region. "The administration is heartened by the fact that there have now been three very significant meetings between India and Pakistan ...

An Indian leader on Sunday suspected Mossad-CIA handiwork in Mumbai serial blasts that killed 20 people and injured more than 100. In an exclusive interview with IRNA, Asif Mohd Khan, MLA of Delhi Assembly said: Israeli and American intelligence agencies connections cant be ruled out in coordinated ...

The money gambled on cricket now is astronomical, and if former International Cricket Council (ICC) CEO Malcolm Speed is to be believed, at least 500 million dollars was gambled away during the recent World Cup semi-final between India and Pakistan in Mohali, India. The Age quotes Speed as saying ...

SHARJAH (Agencies) - Legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev said he would love to see a revival of India-Pakistan duels at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in particular and UAE in general to quench the thirst of passionate followers of the game based in the Middle East. Id like to see that cricket should come ...

India Monday said the meeting between Indo-Pak Foreign Secretaries had laid a ''solid foundation'' for sustained engagement aimed at building ''bridges of trust and mutual confidence''. Arriving here in Thimphu to attend the 33rd meeting of SAARC Council of Ministers, Indian External Affairs ...

United States encourages dialogue between India and Pakistan in order to ensure stability in South Asia, the White House has said. "The President (Obama) recognizes that India is an important partner and certainly critical in the region, and that in order to ensure stability in South Asia, we ...

Keeping Saudi Arabia's close relationship with Pakistan in view, India is hoping to convince Riyadh to play the role of an interlocutor with the objective of improving ties between the two South Asian neighbours. Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor told reporters here on ...

A British MP plans to table an Early Day Motion (EDM) in the House of Commons on the resumption of peace dialogue between Pakistan and India. Paul Rowen, who represents constituency of Rochdale in north west England, informed Prof.Nazir Ahmed Shawl, Executive Director, Kashmir Centre, London, ...

The BJP on Thursday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has failed to convince anybody on the Indo-Pak joint statement and even Congress President Sonia Gandhi has preferred to remain "silent" on Balochistan and some other issues mentioned in it. Waving a text of Gandhi's speech made at the Congress ...

Indian Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday evening convened a meeting of the top party leadership to discuss the escalating controversy over the India-Pakistan statement signed in Egypt. "It's a routine meeting, but the issue will be over the joint statement with Pakistan and the opposition ...

The US on Friday termed as "positive development" the resumption of dialogue between India and Pakistan. "We are very encouraged by the positive signals coming out of these talks," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters, referring to the talks Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had ...

BJP on Friday termed as "sheer betrayal" and "U-turn" India agreeing with Pak that terrorism should not be linked to the composite dialogue process and said it was done under international pressure. "This step by India has come as a shock. It is sheer betrayal and U-turn by the government. They are ...

The foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India met here late Tuesday night on the sidelines of NAM summit in a bid to start the peace process and resolve other issues of mutual importance. Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir while briefing media after his one and a half hour long meeting with Indian ...

Foreign Secretaries of Pakistan and India will meet today in the Egyptian city of Sharm-el-Sheikh in which a number of issues, including the Indo-Pak relations and progress on Mumbai terrorist attacks investigations, will be discussed in depth. Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir and his Indian ...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has expressed the hope that dialogue between India and Pakistan would soon be resumed, a step that, she said, could result in reduction in tension between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. "Over the medium term, we hope to see a reduction of tension between ...

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged upon the resumption of Indo-Pakistan dialogue to resolve all outstanding issues including the core issue of Kashmir. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed these views after completion of his trip to India and Pakistan. While talking about the tensions ...

Amid tensions in the subcontinent following the Mumbai attacks, a group of Indian and Pakistani intellectuals have appealed to the government not to take any steps that will weaken the "bonds" developed between the civil societies of the two countries in the last several years. While emphasising ...

With Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari saying no to returning fugitives from Indian law and little sign of cooperation coming from Islamabad in the wake of Mumbai's terror attacks, India has decided to put its bilateral dialogue "on hold" till its concerns are addressed. "The talks are on hold ...

Cricket captain Shoaib Malik on Tuesday called for India's tour of his country to go ahead, saying "cricket diplomacy" would ease tensions between the rival neighbours. Shoaib Malik made his remarks amid reports that India will cancel its upcoming Pakistani tour after accusations that the ...

The Indo-Pak Joint Anti-Terror Mechanism (JATM) will meet here on Friday when the Indian side is expected to raise the issue of Kabul Embassy attack and cite evidence linking ISI to the July 7 incident. India, which has maintained that an atmosphere free of violence is a must for the dialogue ...

Indus Water Commissioners of India and Pakistan met here on Thursday in the backdrop of Islamabad's allegations that New Delhi had blocked Chenab river water flow affecting cultivation in that country. In the two-day talks which began this morning, Pakistan is expected to seek compensation for the ...