It is the first meeting between officials of India and Pakistan to discuss the Kartarpur corridor issue, amid heightened tensions between the two nations over the Pulwama terror attack, followed by India's pre-emptive air strike on Jaish-e-Mohammed camps in Balakot and Pakistan's subsequent retaliation.
Officials of Border Security Forces and Pakistan Rangers in a meeting in Attari on Wednesday discussed the issue of illegal border crossing and agreed to exercise restrain with innocent civilians crossing the international border inadvertently.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's childhood friend Raja Mohammed Ali, who was in India for the past few days, on Monday crossed over to Pakistan through the Indo-Pak Attari checkpost in Attari. Raja came to India for the first time after independence on May 23 to meet Dr Singh.
'I kept my hope alive', says wife of Gajanand Sharma.
The Indian response came as Pakistan summoned India's Acting Deputy High Commissioner S Raghuram and expressed concern over the cancellation of operation of Samjhauta Express on Thursday due to farmer protest in India leaving over 200 passengers from both countries stranded.
The festival of Rakshabandhan is being celebrated across the country on Thursday.
During the meeting at a medical facility of the Indian Air Force, Varthaman is understood to have explained to Sitharaman details about his nearly 60 hour stay in Pakistan.
The Deewana incident resembles the Mumbai blasts of July 2006 in three respects -- the terrorists attacked a soft target; it was an act of mass casualty terrorism; and they chose a train as their target
"The prime minister expressed anguish and grief at the loss of lives. The culprits will be caught," a spokeperson said.
Pakistan government repatriated 172 Indian fishermen and one civil prisoner on Monday.
The Punjab government has suggested anambitious multi-crore project to the Centre.
Defence personnel from both the nations shook hands and exchanged several platters of sweets as they posed for pictures as well.
The actress got married to long time beau Rishi Attari.
The Northern Railways on Sunday cancelled the two special trains which were to be run between Attari and Chandigarh.
On this day, sisters tie a rakhi on her brother's wrist, symbolising the former's love and prayers for the latter's well-being.
Both the Oakland and San Jose police are searching for Dr Zehra Attari, missing since Monday.
The director general-level talks between border forces of India and Pakistan kicks off on Thursday days after parleys between their national security advisers were cancelled with the host nation set to flag the "most important" issue of ceasefire violations and cross-border infiltration.
Eligible Pakistanis, for the two categories, have to cross the Wagah border by foot and then obtain the visas at Attari, the entry point to India, Indian High Commission in Islamabad said.
"Hindustan jeevay, Pakistan jeevay," he chanted while reading a verse.
The Indian tennis federation on Saturday confirmed that it will approach world governing body ITF, seeking a neutral venue for the Davis Cup tie against Pakistan.
Business on both sides ready to move into a completely new era, as India and Pakistan begin freeing the genie, maybe, hopefully, irreversibly
Bharatiya Janata Party activists on Sunday held a protest demonstration at Attari along Indo-Pak border in Amritsar against the Pakistani government over the death of Sarabjit Singh in a Lahore hospital following a murderous assault on him.
Giving a new fillip to its relations with Pakistan, India has started visa on arrival facility for senior citizens of that country.
The family of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who is in coma after being brutally attacked in a Lahore jail, on Sunday crossed over to Pakistan through the border here to see him and appealed to the authorities there to allow him to come to India for treatment.
Country watchers in both India and Pakistan recognise the swampy terrain of the Slough of Despond ahead. It's no-visa season again
India's assessment is that the Kartarpur project was being implemented with alacrity and military zeal under the supervision of the Pakistan army as it has the strategic objective to use the corridor to encourage separatism in Punjab, say government sources.
Jawid said he also did not get compensation of Rs 10 lakh announced by the Centre as the DNA samples between Shabbir and his family did not match.
A Mumbai-based software engineer, who claimed to have inadvertently crossed over to Pakistan in 2007 via the Samjhauta Express and was jailed there for five years, was repatriated on Thursday. Bhavesh Parmar, 33, a resident of Ville Parle area in Mumbai, crossed over to India from Attari in Punjab. He was received by his mother Hansa Kanti and Member of Legislative Assembly Krishna Hegde, who helped the family take up the matter.
According to customs officials, the cross-border movement of trucks will drop further.
Of the 315 Indian fishermen released by Pakistan from a prison in Karachi, 215 reached in Attari in Punjab on Thursday, officials said.
'Terrorists have targeted US diplomats and diplomatic facilities in the past, and information suggests they continue to do so'
The fourth batch of Hindu families from Pakistan on Thursday crossed over to India with the members claiming that they were not seeking asylum but any move from the Indian government to help them settle down here is welcome.
Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday parried a question on Pakistan's claim that there was no proof against LeT founder Hafiz Saeed's involvement in terrorist activities in India, saying issues of disagreement should not be discussed on happy occasions.
The bus service was first started in February 1999 but suspended after the 2001 Parliament attack. It was restarted in July 2003.
Pakistan cricket board chief Shaharyar Khan was stopped by immigration officials at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata on his arrival from Dhaka for not entering India through approved route.
Celebs and their different wedding styles!
Striking a positive note ahead of the India-Pakistan talks, Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir on Monday said Islamabad would extend all required cooperation to India on the terror issue and share related information.
When Vijila Sathyanath (AIADMK) rose to speak on her zero hour mention, DMK members, led by Tiruchi Siva and Kanimozhi, objected to it, saying she should not be allowed to raise the matter as their notices on the same issue were disallowed earlier.
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