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.
Medical reports confirmed that the back injury was not serious and the Indian captain was advised normal rest.
Palanquin carrying Sikh scripture to move to Pak Tuesday
One of the released said he may resume jihad. Probably from US or Afghanistan.
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.
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.
Amarinder Singh told mediapersons that both Kovind and Modi had accepted the Punjab government's invitation to be part of the historic celebrations and that the modalities of their visits would be chalked out after the Kartarpur Corridor opening programme was finalised with Pakistan.
During the day, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan held a meeting to review preparedness for COVID-19 management, through video conference with health ministers, chief secretaries of all states and UTs, central ministers and representatives from the related organisations and stressed on the need for keeping testing and quarantine facilities, isolation wards, and labs in active readiness.
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.
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.
During a war, there are just four possibilities a soldier faces. One: Victorious and safe. Two: Wounded. Three: Killed in action. Four: Prisoner of War. It was my fate to face the fourth, says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd) on the year spent as a prisoner of war in Pakistan during the 1971 War.
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 fishermen were freed from Malir jail on instructions from the Interior Ministry as a goodwill gesture, jail superintendent Hasan Sehto said.
Over 100 Christians have been arrested for allegedly being part of a mob that lynched two men after Taliban suicide attacks on two churches.
'Despite the subsequent events at Kargil and the October 12, 1999 military coup in Pakistan, the Lahore initiative firmly established Vajpayee's credentials as a crusader of peace,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
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.
While India does not figure in the top 10 export destinations for Pakistani goods, it serves as a crucial channel for select goods such as leather hides and cheaper variants of fertilisers that are generally procured by importers at short notice.
Pakistan will hold the trial run of its bus on December 13.
Luggage restrictions on Samjhauta train during cricket series\n\n\n\n
They have been charged with overstaying in India after the expiry of their visas, police said.
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.
People visited their kith and kin, exchanged festive greetings and sweets while social media, including the likes of WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter, was flooded with Diwali messages as many took the virtual route to convey their wishes.
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