Wagah Border
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Lahore-Delhi bus service restricted to Wagah
India | Jan 07, 2015, 11:09 AM ISTIslamabad: Buses being run under the Pakistan-India Dosti service from Lahore to Delhi have now been restricted to Wagah border in the light of terrorism threats, a media report said here Wednesday.Passengers leaving for India
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Over 1000 Indian Sikhs arrive in Pakistan for Guru Nanak birthday
World | Nov 04, 2014, 07:13 PM ISTLahore: Around 1,100 Sikh pilgrims arrived in Pakistan today via the Wagah border to attend the 534th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikh religion. The Sikh Pilgrims reached in a special train
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Pakistan observes Muharram amid high security
World | Nov 04, 2014, 10:16 AM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan Tuesday observed Muharram to pay homage to Imam Husain and other martyrs of Karbala amid strict security, a media report said.The local administrations placed hospitals and ambulance services on high alert, Dawn online
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Wagah retreat ceremony held on small-scale on Indian side
India | Nov 04, 2014, 07:13 AM ISTWagah Border: The iconic flag-lowering and retreat ceremony at Wagah resumed partially on Monday on the Indian side, a day after a powerful terror blast killed 61 people across this border in Pakistan.The Border Security
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In Pics: 65 killed in suicide attack at Wagah Border in Pakistan
World | Nov 04, 2014, 09:34 AM ISTNew Delhi: The death toll in the deadly bomb blast in Pakistan Wagah border rose to 65 today that include personnel of the Pakistan rangers and a small innocent child. Almost 200 others were injured
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IED found near Wagah border in Pakistan
World | Nov 03, 2014, 05:16 PM ISTIslamabad: An improvised explosive device (IED) was Monday found in the parking area of Pakistan's Wagah border where a suicide attack left some 60 people dead the previous evening.The Bomb Disposal Squad seized the IED
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Sonia Gandhi condemns suicide attack at Wagah border
National | Nov 03, 2014, 07:41 AM ISTNew Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Sunday expressed shock and dismay over the suicide attack at Wagah border in Pakistan and condemned the "extremist elements" behind such "inhuman acts".Gandhi extended her condolences to the
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Wagah attack in Pakistan a 'dastardly act of terrorism': PM Modi
India | Nov 03, 2014, 09:50 AM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight strongly condemned a suicide attack in Wagah border in Pakistan, terming it as a “shocking” and “a dastardly act of terrorism”.He expressed condolences to the families of the
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Pakistan frees 151 Indian prisoners
World | May 25, 2014, 03:53 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan Sunday released 151 Indian prisoners as a goodwill gesture ahead of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's visit to New Delhi to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Indian Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi, officials here said.Authorities
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India, Pak forces exchange sweets at Wagah border on Diwali
India | Nov 03, 2013, 04:59 PM ISTAttari: Indian and Pakistani forces at the border here exchanged sweets on the occasion of Diwali today.Border Security Force's officiating DIG, Deby Joseph, along with other officers and jawans, gifted different types of traditional Indian
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Pak Rangers offers sweets to BSF on I-Day at Wagah
India | Aug 14, 2013, 06:00 PM ISTAmritsar, Aug 14: Pakistan Rangers officials exchanged sweets with India's Border Security Force (BSF) on the occasion of Pakistan Independence Day on Wednesday (August 14). Pakistan Rangers Director General Mian Mohammad Hilal Hussain offered sweets to
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India releases 22 Pakistani prisoners at Wagah border
India | Jul 31, 2013, 08:45 AM ISTAmritsar, Jul 31: India on Tuesday released 22 Pakistani prisoners who were lodged in different prisons in northern India.They were repatriated to their homeland through the Wagah border post. Those released including aged and young
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New Indian envoy reaches Pakistan through Wagah border
World | Jul 16, 2013, 06:39 AM ISTLahore/New Delhi, July 16: India's new High Commissioner to Pakistan T.C.A. Raghavan Monday reached Lahore via the Wagah border.Addressing mediapersons in Amritsar in India before crossing over, Raghavan said he wanted to tackle the challenges
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New Indian High Commissioner arrives in Pak
World | Jul 15, 2013, 05:18 PM ISTIslamabad, July 15: T.C.A. Raghavan, a diplomat with considerable experience of Pakistan affairs, arrived in the country on Monday to take over as the new Indian High Commissioner.Mr. Raghavan, who served as Deputy High Commissioner
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Sarabjit's family gets Pakistan visas, to leave for Lahore Sunday
India | Apr 27, 2013, 08:28 PM ISTAmritsar/New Delhi, Apr 27: Four family members of Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh will cross over to Pakistan Sunday, to visit him in a Lahore hospital where he has been admitted after a brutal
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Brief history of hostilities between India and Pakistan
India | Jan 16, 2013, 02:58 PM ISTNew Delhi : Pakistan was created on August 14, 1947 by partitioning British India into two - with Pakistan having East and West Pakistan, and the rest remained with India. Since the partition in 1947,
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11 security personnel killed in attacks in Pakistan
World | Jan 15, 2013, 11:01 PM ISTIslamabad, Jan 15: At least 11 Pakistani security personnel were killed in a militant attack on a checkpost and a roadside bomb explosion in restive regions of the country, officials said today.In the first incident,
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Firing by Pak troops again at LoC near Mendhar
India | Jan 15, 2013, 10:45 PM ISTJammu, Jan 15: Pakistani troops today violated the ceasefire again as they targetted Indian posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir.Pakistani troops fired a few rounds on Indian
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Indian Army Chief's remarks 'very hostile': Hina Rabbani Khar
World | Jan 15, 2013, 10:39 PM ISTWashington, Jan 15 : The remarks made by Indian Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh following the beheading of an Indian soldier on the LoC last week were “very hostile”, Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar
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PoK-Srinagar bus returns without Pak passengers
India | Jan 14, 2013, 08:21 PM ISTSrinagar, Jan 14 : With the growing skirmish between India and Pakistan along the border, the bus, which runs between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad of Pakistan occupied Kashmir on weekly basis, today returned without a single