Kartarpur Sahib
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India, Pakistan Renew Kartarpur Corridor Agreement For 5 More Years: Why Is It Important?
News | Oct 23, 2024, 03:28 PM ISTIndia-Pakistan Ties: India, Pakistan have agreed to extend the validity of the Agreement on the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor for an additional 5 years. The Agreement, signed on 24 October 2019, facilitated pilgrimages from India to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur in Pakistan.
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Why is Sri Kartarpur Sahib Corridor agreement crucial, can it be ice-breaker in India-Pakistan ties?
Explainers | Oct 23, 2024, 02:44 PM ISTThe extension of the Sri Kartarpur Sahib Corridor agreement and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's recent visit to Pakistan gave some momentum to India-Pakistan ties which have been on pause mode for a decade. However, India maintains its stand that terrorism and dialogue can't go together.
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India, Pakistan extend Sri Kartarpur Sahib Corridor Agreement for 5 years
World | Oct 23, 2024, 06:38 AM ISTAccording to the statement released by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the extension of the validity of this Agreement will ensure uninterrupted operation of the Corridor for use by pilgrims from India to visit the holy Gurdwara in Pakistan.
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Pakistan to install Maharaja Ranjit Singh's restored statue at Kartarpur Sahib
World | Jun 25, 2024, 08:03 PM ISTThe nine-foot statue of Sikh warrior Maharaja Ranjit Singh was vandalised by radical extremists in Pakistan three times in the past. The statue was restored and will be unveiled on the occasion of the Maharaja's death anniversary on June 27 (Wednesday).
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Will seek transfer of Kartarpur Sahib from Pakistan through mutual land exchange: Akali Dal chief
India | May 18, 2024, 10:51 PM ISTShiromani Akali Dal released its manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections on Saturday. Punjab has 13 Lok Sabha seats, all of which will go to polls in the seventh and last phase of elections on June 1. The results will be declared on June 4.
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EAM S Jaishankar says Pakistan imposed Kartarpur Corridor Fee, vows to slash it
News | May 11, 2024, 07:05 PM ISTExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on May 11 that Indians have to pay a fee of USD 20 to visit Kartarpur Sahib, which was imposed by Pakistan, but no fee should be charged for it. Jaishankar said this during an interactive session in Amritsar.
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Pakistan should not fight with neighbours: Maryam Nawaz while meeting Indian Sikhs at Kartarpur
World | Apr 19, 2024, 05:29 PM ISTMaryam's echo of her father Nawaz Sharif's statement is a departure from Pakistan's traditional rhetoric and signals a possible shift in Islamabad's policy on India. New Delhi has for long called on Pakistan to take action against the issue of cross-border terrorism.
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Alcohol and Meat At 'Dance Party' In Pak's Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara?
News | Nov 20, 2023, 02:45 PM ISTAlcohol and Meat At 'Dance Party' In Pak's Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara?
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Pakistan: Dance party, alcohol and meat consumption in Kartarpur Sahib sparks outrage | WATCH
World | Nov 20, 2023, 01:21 PM ISTThe Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara holds immense significance for Sikhs and the latest development has triggered a massive outrage among the community members. Many Sikh officials have demanded the Pakistan government to take action against the organisers of the alleged dance party.
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India summons Pakistani envoy over model's photoshoot at Kartarpur Sahib
India | Nov 30, 2021, 11:36 PM ISTEarlier, the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee wrote to Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, demanding him to take up with the Pakistan government the issue.
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BJP slams Congress over Navjot Singh Sidhu's 'bada bhai' address to Imran Khan
India | Nov 20, 2021, 03:52 PM ISTA purported video of Sidhu being welcomed by a Pakistani official on behalf of Khan has gone viral in which the Congress leader is heard saying Khan was like a "bada bhai" to him and that he loved him a lot.
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AAP claims its delegation 'denied' permission to visit Kartarpur Sahib
India | Nov 18, 2021, 11:00 PM ISTThe Kartarpur Corridor links Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan, the final resting place of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev, to Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur district.
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Abki Baar Kiski Sarkar : Kartarpur corridor to reopen from Nov 17
News | Nov 16, 2021, 10:00 PM ISTThe Kartarpur Corridor with Pakistan will reopen from November 17, just two days ahead of Gurupurab, the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, Union Home Minister Amit Shah posted on Twitter.
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At least 1,500 Indian pilgrims to visit Pakistan for Gurupurab from November 17 to 26: MEA
India | Nov 11, 2021, 09:18 PM ISTEarlier in this year, Pakistan has denied permission to Sikh pilgrims from India to Pakistan on two occasions in June this year; one on the martyrdom day of Guru Arjan Dev Ji and the second on the death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Ji.
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Pakistan to allow Sikh pilgrims to visit Kartarpur Sahib amid COVID wave
World | Aug 22, 2021, 12:59 PM ISTThe decision to open Kartarpur shrine was taken by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Saturday due to the approaching death anniversary of Sikhism founder Baba Guru Nanak Dev on September 22.
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India objects to Pakistan transferring Gurudwara Kartarpur Sahib management to non-Sikh body
World | Nov 05, 2020, 01:37 PM ISTIndia on Thursday registered strong objection to Pakistan transferring the management and maintenance of Gurudwara Kartarpur Sahib from Pakistan Sikh Gurudwara Prabhandhak Committee (PSGPC) to a non-sikh body. Noting the development, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the "unilateral decision" by Pakistan was "highly condemnable".
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India asks Pak to look into reasons behind collapse of domes of Kartarpur Gurudwara
World | Apr 19, 2020, 06:02 PM ISTA day after eight dooms of Pakistan's Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara collapsed in a thunderstorm, the Indian government stated that New Delhi has conveyed to Islamabad that the damage to the structures in the gurudwara has caused "great consternation" among the Sikh community.
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Akal Takht asks govt not to ban Kartapur Sahib visit
India | Mar 13, 2020, 05:48 PM ISTFearing apprehensions of travel ban on Indian devotees visiting Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara in Pakistan as a precaution against coronavirus, Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of the Sikhs, on Friday asked the government of India not to impose the ban.
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Coronavirus outbreak: Devotees screened for COVID-19 ahead of Kartarpur gurdwara visit
India | Feb 24, 2020, 05:52 PM ISTThe Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Monday that devotees travelling to Kartarpur in Pakistan to pay obeisance at the Darbar Sahib gurdwara there were screened for novel coronavirus on the India-Pakistan border.
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Guterres to visit Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib during trip to Pakistan
World | Feb 11, 2020, 01:04 PM ISTUN Chief Antonio Guterres will visit the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, the final resting place of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev, in Kartarpur during his visit to Pakistan next week. The UN Secretary-General will arrive in Islamabad on Sunday and will hold bilateral meetings with Prime Minister Imran Khan and Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on that day and speak at an event on sustainable development and climate change. Guterres will “travel to Kartarpur to visit a holy site, Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib,” Deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq told reporters here on Monday.