The Ministry of Home Affairs on Sunday issued a statement that the amid the rising number of cases, the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor will be temporarily suspended from 12 am, March 16.
The opposition SAD and AAP on Saturday slammed Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta's for his purported statement on the Kartarpur corridor and sought clarification from Chief Minister Amarinder Singh within 24 hours.
In a filmy-style act, an Indian Sikh woman visiting the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan's Kartarpur tried to go to Faisalabad city of Punjab province without a visa to meet a Pakistani man she befriended on Facebook, officials said on Tuesday.
Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Badal on Sunday slammed Sheikh Rashid for his provocative statement, saying that the Kartarpur Corridor is deeply connected to the Sikh faith but no Sikh will shy away if there is a misadventure by Pakistan.
Singh expressed serious concern over this admission by Pakistan's Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid and said in validating his stand on the issue, Rashid had completely bared the wicked design of Pakistan behind the Corridor, which India had hoped would emerge as a bridge of peace between the countries.
The opening of the historic Kartarpur corridor was the brainchild of Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and it will hurt India for ever, a top pakistani minister claimed on Saturday, contradicted his government's assertion that the idea behind the initiative was of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The number of devotees to the historic Kartarpur shrine—the final resting place of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak-- had not crossed the 700-mark per day even since the corridor was opened. Immigration officials expected further increase in the number as people were getting aware about the online process of registration.
Keeping in view the inconvenience faced by pilgrims, the Punjab Government has started a bus service from Dera Baba Nanak to the entry point of the Kartarpur corridor.
The External Affairs Ministry has expanded passport services in Punjab in the wake of rising applications for the travel document following opening up of a corridor linking the Gurudwara Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan with Gurdaspur.
Making the demand in Lok Sabha, Lalwani also urged the government to take up the issue of waiving fees for pilgrims visiting the shrine while noting that Pakistanis visiting religious places like the Sufi shrine in Ajmer are not required to pay extra fees.
Sunny Deol joined Prime minister Narendra Modi, Navjot Singh Sidhu and Manmohan Singh at the inaugural ceremony of the Kartarpur corridor in Pakistan.
Yogi Adityanath said that no one ever went back hungry from gurdwaras where 'langar' (community feast) was offered to all, irrespective of caste, class and status.
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A batch of 225 general pilgrims on Sunday crossed the Indian border via the Kartarpur Corridor and paid obeisance at the historic gurdwara in Pakistan's Narowal district.
Patra alleged that by making such remarks, Sidhu sought to show Pakistan and Khan on a higher pedestal than India.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday welcomed the opening of the Kartarpur Corridor, saying the initiative paves the way for interfaith harmony and understanding.
Kartarpur Corridor was finally inaugurated on Saturday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the historic corridor from the Indian side of the border while Pak PM Imran Khan did the same on Pakistan side of the border. IndiaTVnews.com brings to you 10 iconic photos from the Kartarpur Corridor inauguration ceremony.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday welcomed the opening of the Kartarpur Corridor, saying the initiative paves the way for interfaith harmony and understanding.
On the inaugural day, 562 pilgrims crossed over to Pakistan to offer prayers at the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur after the much-awaited corridor was opened, officials said on Saturday.
During his address at the inauguration ceremony of the Kartarpur Corridor, Sidhu said no one can deny "my friend" Imran Khan's contribution in making the opening of the corridor possible
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