Liberalised Visa Agreement

• PM in China: Border pact likely, but stapled visas a sore point

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has begun talks with his Chinese counterpart premier Li Keqiang on his visit to Beijing. The two countries are expected to sign a deal on border cooperation, but there are indications that New Delhi has put the proposed visa liberalisation agreement on hold because of the stapled visa issue.

• India and Bangladesh sign extradition treaty, new visa regime

  India and Bangladesh today signed a liberalised visa agreement and a landmark extradition treaty that would pave the way for the deportation of jailed ULFA 'general secretary' Anup Chetia and other wanted "criminals".

• New visa pact, extradition treaty with Bangladesh in offing

  India is all set to sign a liberalised visa agreement and an extradition treaty with Bangladesh during Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's two-day visit to Dhaka beginning on Monday.

• Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik's visit deferred; may come on December 14

  The visit of Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik to India, for operationalisation of liberalised visa agreement between the two countries, has been deferred and he is likely to arrive in New Delhi on December 14.

• Liberalised visa agreement signed between India and Pakistan

  India and Pakistan have signed a new visa regime which will facilitate simpler travel for people across the border. The new pact, signed between External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik, replaces the old visa regime that was signed in 1974, and will pave the way for time-bound visa approval and greater peopl...

• India, Pakistan to ink liberalised visa agreement tomorrow

  India and Pakistan will sign a new liberalised visa agreement here tomorrow to boost people to people contacts while External Affairs Minister S M Krishna will hold crucial talks with his counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar, who today said that terrorism was 'mantra of the past'.

• SM Krishna meets Hina Rabbani Khar; liberalised visa agreement on cards

  A liberalised visa agreement and some cross-LOC Confidence Building Measures or CBMs for Jammu and Kashmir are expected to be announced today as External Affairs Minister SM Krishna met with his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar in Islamabad.

• SM Krishna arrives in Pak for 3-day visit; terror tops India's agenda

  Agreements on a liberalised visa regime and cultural exchanges are expected to be signed during Foreign Minister SM Krishna's three-day visit to Pakistan which began today. Mr Krishna, who has reached Pakistan, will hold talks with his counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar in Islamabad tomorrow. He is expected to meet other Pakistan leaders also.

• Indo-Pak talks: No headway in liberalised visa regime

  A widely-expected liberalised visa agreement between India and Pakistan was postponed at the Home Secretary-level talks in Islamabad today after Pakistan insisted on political participation. The agreement will provide tourist visas on arrival at the Wagah border for senior citizens and young children.

• India, Pakistan to ease visa rules for businessmen

  Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's lunch meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his day-long visit last week seems to have provided a major thrust to bilateral ties between the two nations. India and Pakistan will soon sign an agreement for a new liberalised visa regime for businessmen from both countries.