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On Simla Agreement’s 53rd anniversary, 1971 war survivors remember detention days in Pak, homecoming: 'All hopes to return were lost but..'

July 03, 2025 10:20 am

During the 1971 war, hundreds of civilians from border villages in Punjab’s Fazilka district were detained by Pakistan. Decades later, their memories remain vivid, but the struggle for basic amenities continues.

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Pakistan suspends Simla Agreement: What is the pact Indira Gandhi, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto signed in 1972?

April 24, 2025 9:17 pm

The agreement signed in the wake of the 1971 war, which Pakistan lost, ought to “put an end to conflict and confrontation”, with Delhi and Islamabad vowing not to “alter the LoC unilaterally, irrespective of mutual differences and legal interpretations”

Biggest Sikh jatha in several years cross border as Pakistan approves more than double the usual number of visas

April 10, 2025 3:21 pm

Many Sikh pilgrims expressed their joy at finally being able to visit religious sites in Pakistan, including the birthplace of Guru Nanak.

June 11, 1981, Forty Years Ago: Indo-Pak Pact

June 10, 2021 11:32 pm

The joint statement was released before the Minister of External Affairs, P V Narasimha Rao, left for Lahore after having a series of formal and informal meetings with Pakistan’s foreign minister Agha Shahi.

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Pakistan summons India's Deputy High Commissioner over ceasefire violations along LoC

September 14, 2017 6:04 pm

Pakistan's Foreign Office said Dr Faisal urged the Indian side to respect the 2003 ceasefire arrangement and instruct the Indian forces to respect the ceasefire in letter and spirit and maintain peace along the Line of Control and the Working Boundary.

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May 7, 1976, Forty Years Ago: Indo-Pak Talks

May 07, 2016 12:53 am

This makes it the most wide-ranging meeting between the two countries since the signing of the Simla Agreement when Indira Gandhi and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto met in 1973.

Because Pakistan crossed the line

August 30, 2014 12:19 am

Can it demonstrate that its persistent counsel to the Hurriyat has advanced the cause of peace in Jammu and Kashmir?

‘A settlement will give the people of J&K an opportunity to seek a future’

May 14, 2014 8:15 am

Excerpts from a speech by Satinder K. Lambah, special envoy of the prime minister, at the University of Kashmir in Srinagar on May 13

Terrorism to be dealt with individually and collectively: Pranab Mukherjee

October 08, 2013 12:38 pm

He said India was against any 3rd party intervention in resolving bilateral issues with Pakistan.

HC gives Defence Ministry 2 weeks to approach ICJ

April 20, 2012 2:43 am

The Gujarat High Court on Thursday directed the Defence Ministry to comply with its order of December 23,2011 to approach the International Court of Justice against Pakistan for not releasing 54 Indian prisoners of 1971 war in breach of the Simla Agreement.