COVID: Entry of public at Wagah border retreat ceremony suspended again
India | January 06, 2022 10:29 ISTThe entry was resumed last November after being remained suspended for 20 months because of COVID.
The entry was resumed last November after being remained suspended for 20 months because of COVID.
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Two Pakistani nationals, who were lodged in Indian jails were sent back home through the Atari border on August 27. One of them, a juvenile, was arrested for illegally crossing the international border.
The Pakistan nationals are Abbas Ali Khan (42) and Bhag Chand (17), said Arunpal Singh, Protocol Officer, Attari border.
The Attari-Wagah border witnessed jubilant celebrations on the Independence Day. Musical band performed by the Border Security Force (BSF) troops at the border.
On the occasion of 72nd Republic Day, Beating the Retreat ceremony was organised at the Attari-Wagah border on January 26 in Punjab. Amritsar Indian Institute of Management (IIM) students performed dance at the ceremony. Lesser number of people was witnessed at Attari-Wagah border due to COVID-19 pandemic.
100 Pakistan nationals who were stranded in India due to COVID-induced lockdown, left for their home country.
Approx 198 Pakistani nationals, who got stuck in India since the lockdown have now left for their motherland. They thanked governments of both sides for assisting and helping them in returning to their homes.
In an unprecedented development in 61 years, India's Independence Day celebrations at the Attari-Wagah international border near here in Punjab on Saturday were held in the absence of spectators due to coronavirus pandemic, officials said.
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) chief SS Deswal unfurled the national flag at Attari-Wagah border in Amritsar on Independence Day.
Group of 114 Indian Nationals returned from Pakistan through Attari-Wagah Border on July 09.
Weather conditions cannot deter us' said a Border Security Force (BSF) soldier who is performing her duty under the heatwave conditions in Punjab's Amritsar.
A batch of 250 residents of Jammu and Kashmir returned from Pakistan on June 25 via the Attari-Wagah border.
Jammu and Kashmir Govt has provided 10 buses for people who have returned back from Pakistan.
BSF arrested a Bangladeshi national at Attari-Wagah Border's CP Gate on June 01. Amid lockdown, people are travelling back to their hometowns while Abdullah travelled from Kolkata to Amritsar and further reached the Wagah border to go to Karachi.
179 Pakistan nationals sent back to their home via Attari-Wagah border on May 27.
193 stranded Pakistani citizens were repatriated via Attari-Wagah border.
Eateries and small traders here are feeling the pinch as the famous beating retreat ceremony at the Attari-Wagah border has been suspended due to the coronavirus scare, stemming the flow of tourists to the area. It has also hit the hotel and tourism industry in the holy city.
The Border Security Force (BSF) Friday said people would not be allowed to attend the daily retreat ceremony between India and Pakistan at the Attari-Wagah border in Punjab in view of the coronavirus outbreak. The precautionary measure will be effective from Saturday.
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Wednesday handed down death sentence and 300 years imprisonment to three terrorists of the banned Jamaat-ul-Ahrar for their involvement in the 2014 Wagah border bombing that killed over 60 people.
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