5:50 pm: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Tuesday that top diplomats from Pakistan and India would meet soon to advance peace talks that have moved fitfully because of political tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals.
Sharif was in New Delhi for Monday's inauguration of India's new prime minister, Narendra Modi, with whom he had a "warm and cordial" bilateral meeting, he said.
"We agreed that our meeting in New Delhi should be a historic opportunity for both our countries," he told reporters. "This provides us the opportunity of meeting the hopes and aspirations of our peoples that we will succeed in turning a new page in our relations."
"We also agreed that the two foreign secretaries would be meeting soon to review and carry forward our bilateral agenda in the spirit of our meeting today."
5:00 pm: Nawaz Sharif says he had a constructive meeting with PM Narendra Modi.
4:55 pm: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif address reporters.
4:00 pm: Narendra Modi, told his Pakistani counterpart that Pakistan must prevent militants from using its soil to attack India, an official said following a bilateral meeting in New Delhi.
"PM underlined our concerns relating to terrorism. It was conveyed that Pakistan must abide by its commitment to prevent its territory and territory under its control from being used for terrorism against India," Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh told reporters after the meeting.
3:00 pm: Mr Modi, sources said, stressed that terror attacks must end. He reportedly told Mr Sharif that the trial in Pakistan of those accused in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks was "too slow" and no action had been taken the plotters.
4:00 pm: Narendra Modi, told his Pakistani counterpart that Pakistan must prevent militants from using its soil to attack India, an official said following a bilateral meeting in New Delhi.
"PM underlined our concerns relating to terrorism. It was conveyed that Pakistan must abide by its commitment to prevent its territory and territory under its control from being used for terrorism against India," Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh told reporters after the meeting.
3:00 pm: Mr Modi, sources said, stressed that terror attacks must end. He reportedly told Mr Sharif that the trial in Pakistan of those accused in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks was "too slow" and no action had been taken the plotters.
2:00 pm: NDTV reports: Sources say PM Modi raises issue of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack with Pak counterpart. Modi reportedly told Sharif the 26/11 trial is going too slow
1:30 pm: Narendra Modi and Nawaz Sharif's meeting lasted for 50 minutes and Sharif will now head to Rashtrapati Bhavan.
1:00 pm: After meeting Narendra Modi, Nawaz Sharif will also meet President Pranab Mukherjee and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
11:45 pm: Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai discussed attack on Indian consulate in Herat and accused Lashkar-e-Toiba for the attack, say sources.
11:00 am: The Prime Minister is scheduled to meet his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif who is offering prayers at Jama Masjid and other leaders from the SAARC countries in one of his first engagements after taking charge. The meeting will take place at 11.45 a.m. and is expected to last about 25 minutes.
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In a grand ceremony at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday evening, President Pranab Mukherjee administered oath of office and secrecy to Narendra Modi and his Cabinet ministers.
Among the Cabinet Ministers who took oath just after PM Modi were BJP chief Rajnath Singh, Leader of Opposition in the 15th Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley, former BJP chiefs Venkaiah Naidu, Nitin Gadkari, former Karnataka CM DV Sadananda Gowda, former MP Chief Minister Uma Bharti, former deputy chairperson of Rajya Sabha Najma Heptulla, former Maharashtra Deputy CM Gopinath Munde, former Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, former Uttar Pradesh Minister Kalraj Mishra, former Union Minister Maneka Gandhi, former Union Minister Ananth Kumar, former Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, senior TDP leader Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Shiv Sena leader and former Union Minister Anant Geete, Shiromani Akali Dal leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Madhya Pradesh BJP leader Narendra Singh Tomar, Odisha BJP leader and former Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram, Bihar BJP MP Radha Mohan Singh, Madhya Pradesh BJP leader Thawar Chand Gehlot, actor-turned-politician Smriti Irani and Delhi BJP leader Harsh Vardhan.
The Ministers of State who took oath on Monday included General (retired) Vijay Kumar Singh, Gurgaon MP Rao Inderjit Singh, former Union Minister Santosh Gangwar, Goa BJP leader Shripad Naik, Odisha MP Dharmendra Pradhan, Assam MP Sarbananda Sonowal, BJP spokesperson and Rajya Sabha member Prakash Javadekar, party's National Treasurer and Rajya Sabha member Piyush Goyal, Jammu and Kashmir BJP leader Dr. Jitendra Singh, BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman, Karnataka BJP leader GM Siddeswara, Ghazipur MP Manoj Sinha, Ganganagar MP Nihalchand Chauhan, Rashtriya Lok Samata Party chief Upendra Kushwaha, Kanyakumari MP Pon Radhakrishnan, Arunachal Pradesh BJP MP Kiren Rijiju, Faridabad MP Krishan Pal Gujjar, Muzaffarnagar MP Sanjeev Baliyan, Gujarat MP Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava, Maharashtra BJP MP Raosaheb Dadarao Danve, BJP MP from Raigarh in Chhattisgarh Vishnu Deo Sai and Jharkhand MP Sudarshan Bhagat.
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