Indian army chief in US for high level talks (Lead, Changing dateline)

October 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian Army chief General Deepak Kapoor Sunday embarked on a three-day visit to Myanmar in a bid to give fresh impetus to direct military-to-military ties with the eastern neighbour. "The army chief is on a three-day visit to Myanmar.

October 10th, 2009 RAWALPINDI - Pakistani security forces early Sunday launched an operation against the terrorists holding hostages at the Pakistan Army's headquarters here, a media report said. Military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said the operation against the terrorists had been launched and some hostages have been freed, Geo News reported.

October 10th, 2009 NAIROBI/ABUJA - Some 70 people were killed, many of them burnt to death, in a multiple-vehicle inferno in Nigeria caused after a fuel tanker crashed, the online edition of This Day newspaper reported Saturday. The accident in Anambra state ultimately involved nine vehicles, including the fuel tanker, six commuter buses, and passenger car and a van, the report said.

October 9th, 2009 AUCKLAND - The police in this New Zealand city are searching for Indian student Srikanth Rayadurgam who has been missing ever since he withdrew cash from an ATM here nine days back. Rayadurgam, a student of Auckland University of Technology (AUT), hails from the Indian city of Hyderabad.

October 9th, 2009 PESHAWAR - At least 10 people were killed and about 40 injured Friday in a bomb blast that ripped through a bustling market in this Pakistani city. The explosion occurred around noon at the Karachi Bazaar, close to the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) assembly.

September 27th, 2009 NEW YORK - Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi met here Sunday for crucial talks that were expected to focus on terrorism - marking the first high-level contact between the two sides in two months.

September 18th, 2009 JAMMU - The Indian Air Force (IAF) Friday opened a landing ground in the cold desert area of Ladakh near the China border to fixed wing aircraft, and the first plane to land was an AN-32 carrying two senior IAF and army officers. The Nyoma Advanced Landing Ground in Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir was until now being used only by helicopters.

September 11th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Iftaar dinner hosted by the Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabarwal here had an unusual guest, the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lieutenant General Shuja Pasha, which has rumour mills suggesting that there is some behind the curtain talks going on between India and the intelligence agency. Pasha stayed in the party, which was hosted at the maximum-security five-star Serena hotel, for 45 minutes, and shared the table with Sabharwal.

September 11th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal on Friday called on Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir at the Foreign Office to discuss the agenda for foreign secretary level talks in New York. Union External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and his Pakistan counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi in their meeting in New York are expected to discuss issues of bilateral interest, including the resumption of a composite dialogue process between the two countries and progress by Pakistan on bringing the Mumbai culprits to justice as per India's demands, The Dawn reports.

July 28th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Nawaz Sharif-led Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has urged President Asif ali Zardari to appoint a high-level commission to inquire into the Kargil issue. It said that a Supreme Court judge should head the commission.

July 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The Inter State Intelligence (ISI) and the Pakistan Army play a significant role in influencing Islamabad's policies towards New Delhi despite the fact the two have always denied any role in government's functioning, a report said. Stratfor, the global think tank, in its report said: "The ISI and the army already exert a significant influence on policy towards India, whether they have a formal seat or not".

July 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Indian Army chief, General Deepak Kapoor, has kicked off a dialogue with the top US military leadership with meetings focusing on the regional security situation. Kapoor Wednesday met with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen and his counterpart in the US Army, Gen George W.

July 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Afghanistan National Army chief General Bismillah Khan Mohammadi arrived on a four day official visit to India Monday. He will be meeting senior military and defence officials and is likely to discuss issues like training of Afghan army officers.

June 9th, 2009 GUWAHATI - A twin-engine Indian Air Force (IAF) AN-32 cargo aircraft with 12 defence personnel on board went missing Tuesday after it took off from a forward air base in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh bordering China, officials said. While the IAF has declared the plane to be "missing", no contact with it had been established with it till 10 p.m., eight hours after it went missing off the radar screens, and it is feared to have crashed, other officials said.

May 22nd, 2009 LAHORE - In what may be seen a step towards de-escalation of heightened tension between India and Pakistan, both the countries, for the time after the Mumbai terror attack, have agreed to hold talks on water-related issues. The bilateral talks would be held from May 30 to June 3 in New Delhi, The Daily Times reports.