Net cross-border infiltration in Jammu and Kashmir has reduced to 43 per cent in the first half of 2019 while the barbed wire fencing along the India-Pakistan border will be completed by March 2020, the Parliament was told on Tuesday.
A report in the Express Tribune on Thursday claimed that Modi and Jaishankar responded to Islamabad's renewed call for dialogue by conveying New Delhi's desire to engage with all countries, including Pakistan, for the prosperity of the region.
"We remained in touch with the Indian authorities at the border regarding letting the Pakistani train cross the border to pick the awaiting Sikh yatris but they plainly refused," Amir Hashmi, spokesperson for Evacuee Trust Property Board claimed.
India has registered a strong protest at Pakistan governments refusal to grant visa to an "official jatha" comprising 87 pilgrims who wanted to go there on the martyrdom day of Sikh Guru Arjan Dev, sources said here on Friday.
In a letter written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week, Pakistan premier Imran Khan had requested resumption of talks between the two countries to resolve all differences. But no meeting has been planned between them on the sidelines of the summit.
The officer held responsible for the accidental shooting down of a military helicopter at the height of India-Pakistan tension in February will be charged by the Indian Air Force (IAF) for culpable homicide not amounting to murder along with three others, according to reports.
In his autobiography, Shahid Afridi has slammed Gautam Gambhir, saying the former Indian opener lacked personality and has an attitude problem.
Pakistan is hoping for "re-engagement" with India after the Lok Sabha polls as structured dialogue will help the two countries understand mutual concerns, resolve disputes and build the edifice of durable peace and security, Pakistani High Commissioner Sohail Mahmood has said.
Pakistan had earlier said that Islamabad retains the right to use "anything and everything" in its self-defence, while not entirely admitting that the country's Air Force had used F-16 fighter jets against India in the February 27 aerial combat.
Talks between India and Pakistan to discuss and finalise the modalities for the Kartarpur Corridor will facilitate Indian pilgrims to visit the holy shrine of Gurudwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur.
Amid heightened tensions between India and Pakistan, officials of both the countries will meet today to finalise modalities of the corridor to the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara, with India keen for visa-free access to the pilgrims to the historic shrine across the border.
UN chief Antonio Guterres is "continually" monitoring the situation between India and Pakistan and his office is available to both parties, his spokesperson said.
The sources said that India plans to keep Pakistan under bilateral and global pressure to dismantle terror infrastructure. Since Balakot strike, India is trying to build maximum pressure on Pakistan on the issue of terrorism, they said.
Virat Kohli, who is all set to lead India out tomorrow in the first ODI of the five-match series against Australia in Hyderabad, took to Twitter to express his happiness.
Officials sources said the meeting was attended by chiefs of the three Services, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
The two days of India- Pakistan power play and the official position till now.
Commenting on the situation, a senior DMRC official said, "As advised by security agencies, a red alert has been imposed on the entire DMRC network from 6 pm onwards."
A special committee was formed for the CWC meeting, which was to discuss economic, foreign and social policies.
The chief minister said he had already directed the police and intelligence departments and other officials to take all precautionary measures.
It is unlikely that there will be any major initiative to improve ties between India and Pakistan until Lok Sabha elections are held, official sources said on Thursday.
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