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Lanka compelled to look at other options because of SAARC's failure:
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct. 4 (ANI): Asserting that failure of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to deliver acceptable results for all members would spell out a bleak future for the organisation, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that this move
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Nepal to initiate talks on holding SAARC Summit
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Oct. 1 (ANI): Nepal's Foreign Affairs Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat on Saturday said that Kathmandu would take necessary initiatives and would hold discussions with the member countries to push for holding the 19th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Summ
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Entire SAARC united against Pakistan, claims Congress
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 1 (ANI): As Sri Lanka pulled out of the 19th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit, scheduled to take place in November, the Congress on Saturday asserted that the entire diplomatic body is united against Pakistan.
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Pakistan facing global isolation due to its own deeds, says Congress
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Oct. 1 (ANI): With Sri Lanka also opting out of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit to be held in Islamabad in November, the Congress Party on Saturday said Pakistan's global isolation is of its own making.
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Sri Lanka also boycotts SAARC summit
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Sept.30 (ANI): Asserting that it condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, Sri Lanka on Friday pulled out of the 19th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit, scheduled to take place in November.
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Say no to war: Afridi tells India, Pakistan amidst escalating tensions
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept.30 (ANI): Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan after the recent surgical strikes by the Indian Army across the Line of Control (LoC), Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi has urged that two Asian neighbours to maintain peace and say no to war.
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Nepal PM inaugurates SAARC Effectiveness Conference
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Sept. 29 (ANI): Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal inaugurated the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Effectiveness Conference here on Thursday.
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Postponement of SAARC Summit in Islamabad should come as no surprise, says
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 29 (ANI): With media reports emerging that the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit scheduled to take place in Islamabad in November has been postponed, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday said that it should come as no surprise be
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AFC-AIFF taskforce meets in Goa, discuss development of football in India
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Goa [India], Sept. 28 (ANI): The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the All India Football Federation (AIFF) held their initial taskforce meeting today Goa, India and the meeting was described as 'extremely positive.'
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Hold SAARC summit elsewhere, says Congress
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 28 (ANI): The Congress on Wednesday said that instead of scrapping the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit meeting which is scheduled to be held in Pakistan in November, India should explore the possibility of holding the summit elsewhere.
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Post Uri attack, prevailing situation not conducive for SAARC summit: Bang
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 28 (ANI): With four of the eight South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations deciding to boycott the November summit in Islamabad, Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem on Wednesday said the prevailing situation was not conducive for
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Pakistan stands last in South Asia in global competitiveness, India jump 1
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Sept. 28 (ANI): Pakistan has been ranked at 122, last amongst its South Asian neighbours, in the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
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