Regulator cautions insurers on terror fundsNovember 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Insurance Regulatory Development Authority (IRDA) has cautioned insurance companies against policy holders whose identity matches that of those on the United Nations' list of terrorists or organisations engaged in funding terror attacks. Insurance companies will immediately, and in any case within 24 hours from the time of identifying a match, inform full particulars of the insurance policies held by such a customer on their books to the ministry of home affairs (MHA), said IRDA, the sectoral regulator, in a circular to insurance firms.
PM rejects Pakistan's allegation of India funding TalibanOctober 29th, 2009 SRINAGAR - The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Thursday rejected Pakistan's allegations that India is providing funds to Taliban fighters.
Pakistan's allegation of India funding Taliban ridiculous: KrishnaOctober 28th, 2009 BANGALORE - India on Wednesday dubbed Pakistan's allegation that it was funding the Taliban as most ridiculous and rrational
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said: "India considers Taliban as a dreaded terror outfit, and wants Pakistan to take action against it along with other groups like Laskar-e-Toiba and Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD)."
"This is the most ridiculous statement I have heard," he added. "When such irrational statements are made we take up (with Pakistan) through diplomatic channels," Krishna said.
India refutes Pakistan's charge of funding Taliban fightersOctober 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Rejecting Pakistan's charges of funding Taliban fighters, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor has said that India was not a country that sought to destabilise its neighbours. "We don't believe that there is any such evidence because we know we are not a country that believes in destabilising our neighbours, and we would not be interesting in fomenting any trouble in Pakistan, that's not our style, that's not the kind of policy we conduct.
India rejects Pakistan's Taliban charge as baselessOctober 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD - India Monday rejected Pakistan's allegations of funding the Taliban to foment unrest in that country as baseless and asked it to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism targeted at New Delhi. "This is completely groundless and baseless, official sources in the external affairs ministry told IANS Monday when asked about Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik's allegation that India was funding the Taliban to destabilise his country.
Peace with India in Pakistan's self-interest: QureshiOctober 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Calling those who carried out the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks as no friends of Pakistan, its Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said it's in Islamabad's enlightened self-interest to normalise and live in peace with India. The government of Pakistan believes that terror organisations like the one behind the Mumbai attacks "have to be checked, curtailed and shut," he said at the Council of Foreign Relations, a Washington-based think tank, Wednesday.
Pakistan wants US role in resolving issues with IndiaJune 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan wants the world at large and the US in particular to play a role in resolving its disputes with India, including that of Kashmir, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Thursday. The resolution of Pakistans core issues would help it focus on the war against extremism and terrorism on its western border to ensure peace and stability in South Asia, APP news agency quoted Gilani as saying when visiting US National Security Advisor James Jones called on him here.
India to review Pakistan's actions on terror before talks: PMJune 17th, 2009 ON BOARD AIR INDIA ONE - India would review Pakistan's actions against anti-India terror outfits before deciding on resuming the composite dialogue mid-July, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday, a day after he met Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari in Russia. The prime minister said he would wait for the outcome of the talks between the foreign secretaries of the two countries, who are expected to meet within a month, before taking a decision on resuming the composite dialogue that stalled after the Mumbai terror attacks nearly seven months ago.
India rubbishes Pakistan's Balochistan allegationApril 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Thursday dimissed as 'baseless allegations' Pakistan's claims that New Delhi was backing the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), an insurgent outfit active in Pakistan's south-western province. 'These are entirely baseless allegations and we see no reason to dignify them with a response,' external affairs ministry spokesperson Vishnu Prakash told reporters.
Dismantling terror setup in Pakistan's interest, says IndiaApril 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Amid a wave of terror blasts in Pakistan, India Sunday said dismantling terrorist infrastructure was in Islamabad's own 'interest'. 'We want development and peace in neighbourhood for stability.
Pakistan rejects Indian allegations on cross-border terrorismFebruary 24th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Monday rejected the Indian allegations of its links with the Nov 26 Mumbai terror strike but said it will take the probe into the attack to its logical conclusion. 'Pakistan will try its best to take the Mumbai attack probe to its fruition, but at this stage the Indian allegations are not proving helpful,' The News quoted a foreign office spokesman as saying.
Pranab questions Pakistan's seriousness in terror warFebruary 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Friday questioned Pakistan's seriousness in the war against terror, and noted its denials that Maulana Masood Azhar and Dawood Ibrahim, the two men India sought for trial in terrorist activities, were not in the country were 'not new'. 'First, Pakistan said he (Azhar) was under house arrest.
India should take Pakistan's Mumbai probe queries seriously: MinisterFebruary 15th, 2009 MULTAN - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that India should take this country's questions seriously, otherwise it would be difficult to make further progress in investigations regarding the Mumbai terror attack, Online reported. Talking to mediapersons at Multan airport Sunday, Qureshi said India was changing its statements from time to time which was creating hurdles in the investigations.
Pakistan's Mumbai terror suspects sent to 14-day remandFebruary 14th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Six suspects, including Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror group, allegedly involved in the Mumbai terror attacks were sent to 14-day remand by a court here, Geo TV reported Sunday. Officials at Pakistan's foreign office said Saturday that the Rawalpindi anti-terrorism court has issued a 14-day physical remand of the six alleged suspects, into the custody of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).
India yet to receive Pakistan's response on 26/11: PranabFebruary 6th, 2009 KOLKATA - India is yet to receive an official response on the dossier it has given to Pakistan on the Mumbai terror strikes, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here Saturday. 'I am yet to receive any official communication from Islamabad so far,' Mukherjee told reporters.