Palanquin carrying Sikh scripture to move to Pak Tuesday
One of the released said he may resume jihad. Probably from US or Afghanistan.
The 26 prisoners include two each from Delhi and Punjab, 11 from Gujarat, one each from Haryana, Maharashtra and Nagaland, five from Rajasthan and three from Jammu and Kashmir.
Hundreds of bodies are still buried under the debris and people rendered homeless are spending the night in the open in freezing conditions.
The 533, along with 35 other Indian prisoners who have completed their jail terms, will be handed over to Indian officials at the Wagah border on Monday.
Easing the visa norms that more people could travel across the borders with lesser restrictions.
'Patriotism isn't (or shouldn't) be an unquestioning love for one's nation.' 'It is love for a nation in throes of change, love with a heart full of questions,' says Geetanjali Krishna.
The shooting occured close to Wagah.
After spending 7 years in a Pakistani prison, Radhay Shyam is finally home.
Pakistan has been routinely releasing Indian fishermen through the land border but retaining their boats, the only source of their livelihood.
Of those released, 371 are fishermen and 64 other civilian prisoners.
Foreign office spokesman Naeem Khan said Sarabjit's family will be issued Visas according to law.
Pakistan on Saturday expelled a senior Indian diplomat after holding him under detention and ordered him to leave the country within 48 hours.
The first Lahore-Amritsar bus has crossed the Joint Check Post at the Wagah border.
Setting aside security concerns, state-run Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited has signed MoUs with India's telecom giant Reliance Infocomm to provide cable link between the two countries through the Wagah border
The delegates from both sides will discusses issues, including connectivity at the Zero Point and the number of pilgrims to be allowed.
Pakistan on Thursday released 113 Indian fishermen lodged in a jail in Karachi in a goodwill gesture, days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi called up his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif to greet him on the holy month of Ramzan amid a war of words between the two countries.
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.
In yet another historic step, India and Pakistan Friday opened the third road link between the two countries as the first Lahore-Amritsar bus crossed the Joint Check Post at the Indo-Pak border in Wagah.
Pakistan will hold the trial run of its bus on December 13.
Ill-fated Kirpal from Gurdaspur has reportedly been acquitted of bomb blast charges by the Lahore high court but his death sentence could not be commuted because of unknown reasons.
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They have been charged with overstaying in India after the expiry of their visas, police said.
In the meeting, which was held in makeshift tents at the Zero point, both the sides discussed timing of completion of bridge, alignment of roads and other engineering aspects of the proposed crossing points.
Pakistan had released them as a goodwill gesture a The release of prisoners from the Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore coincided with Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amrinder Singh's four-day visit to Pakistan.
Alamdin (14) and Shakeel Ahmed (12) had inadvertently crossed over to the Pakistan side from Kupwara border.
Pakistan would discuss with the Indian government whether it would permit export of 5000 cows and buffalos, instead of meat through the Wagah border to meet the domestic demand.
Sidhu said that the corridor would promote peace and erase "enmity" between India and Pakistan and create infinite possibilities between them, including the resumption of cricket ties.
