Jodhpur: Two additional coaches have been attached to the Thar Express that runs between India and Pakistan to meet the summer-holiday rush of passengers, a railway official said on Sunday. This was done in view of the demand made by Pakistan considering the increase in the number of people from that country arriving here.
"The number of coaches in Thar Express has been raised from 7 to 9 for two trips on June 7 and 14," spokesperson of Jodhpur Division of the NWR, Gopal Sharma said. The train with two extra coaches left with 503 passengers for Pakistan from Jodhpur's Bhagat Ki Kothi station on Friday.
Out of the 503 passengers, 368 were Muslims, 117 Hindus, two US nationals and remaining were children. Against this, a whopping 678 Muslims and 102 Hindus
reached Jodhpur from Pakistan this morning....
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11:10 PM, Jun 09, 2013
On Board PM's Special Aircraft: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday that both he and prospective Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif want to take bilateral relations forward and resolve outstanding issues peacefully. Singh said on his way back from Japan and Thailand that both leaders had invited each other to visit their countries but dates for this have not been fixed as yet. "I rang up Prime Minister Sharif...
03:15 PM, May 31, 2013
Washington: Even as there is a sense of positivity over Indo-Pak ties after the outcome of Pakistan polls, a former Pakistani diplomat believes a regime change is unlikely to bring any substantial shift in Islamabad's approach. Former Pakistan Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani noted this while giving an analysis of the post-election scenario in Pakistan. "We will have a kind of a hug-hug, embrace-embrace, but no substantial changed attitude...
09:21 AM, May 14, 2013
Indian Army Chief General Bikram Singh on Monday sent a tough message to Pakistan, saying that it should follow the ethics of engagement, returned the remains of the beheaded Indian soldier and be prepared for retaliation if India is provoked. General Singh has even claimed that the Pakistani attacks on the two Indian soldiers were pre-planned. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh also stepped in, reassuring the opposition that justice will be...
11:41 PM, Jan 14, 2013
There seems to be no end to the frosty relations between India and Pakistan following the skirmishes at the LoC in J&K and the killing of soldiers in the firing from both the sides. ...
10:16 PM, Jan 14, 2013
There seems to be no end to the frosty relations between India and Pakistan following the skirmishes at the LoC in J&K and the killing of soldiers in the firing from both the sides. ...
07:37 PM, Jan 14, 2013
There seems to be no end to the frosty relations between India and Pakistan following the skirmishes at the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir and the killing of soldiers in the firing from both the sides. While Indian Army protested the beheading of its soldier at a flag meeting of brigade commanders in Poonch and demanded that Pakistan respect the ceasefire. ...
05:46 PM, Jan 14, 2013
A day after cancelling his visit to India over his relationship with terrorist Dawood Ibrahim, former Pakistani cricketer Javed Miandad on Saturday broke his silence over the issue, saying he should be looked at as a sportsperson, and nothing else. ...
05:37 PM, Jan 05, 2013
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07:56 PM, Dec 26, 2012
Islamabad: India and Pakistan have begun implementing a new liberal visa regime following the operationalisation of a bilateral visa agreement last week, officials said on Monday. The Indian High Commission in Islamabad and the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi have started implementing provisions of the new pact related to visitor visa, business visa and pilgrim visa. The new provisions cover the facility of entering and exiting from different immigration...
09:48 PM, Dec 17, 2012
New Delhi: The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on Wednesday said the claims made by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi that Sir Creek was being "handed over" to Pakistan was "unsubstantiated" and "mischievous" as they came a day before the first phase of theassembly elections in the state. "The prime minister has received a letter dated 12th December 2012 from Narendra Modi, making unsubstantiated allegations and statements about discussions with Pakistan...
12:41 AM, Dec 13, 2012
Ahmedabad/New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hit back at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh claiming he had failed to answer the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader's questions on Sir Creek. Modi said that the Prime Minister must assure the nation on the stand taken on the issue. The Gujarat Chief Minister posted a tweet: "PM has failed to answer my questions on Sir Creek. He should assure the...
11:41 PM, Dec 12, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said India would like to see a "strong, stable and prosperous" Pakistan and that he was happy to see democracy flourish over there as he received a Parliamentary delegation from that country. Singh also told the delegation led by Chairman of Pakistan's Senate, Syed Nayyer Hussain Bokhari, that closer relations between parliaments in the two countries were necessary for strengthening bilateral relations....
08:29 PM, Dec 07, 2012
New Delhi: India has decided to issue 3,000 visas to Pakistani nationals to witness the upcoming Indo-Pak limited over cricket series beginning on December 25. For the first time, India has also agreed to issue multiple-city visa to the cricket lovers of the neighbouring country provided they show tickets for the matches, traveling tickets and hotel reservation slips. The decisions have been conveyed to Pakistan, Home Ministry sources said. Of...
06:34 PM, Nov 29, 2012
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11:13 AM, Nov 14, 2012
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06:56 PM, Oct 20, 2012
Mumbai: Former Minister of State for External Affairs and Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said that trade with Pakistan would help India create a strong constituency in the neighbouring country. "Trade with Pakistan is going to be very good for us, because if we can give Pakistan capital and interest in selling their goods in India... it will become a peace constituency in Pakistan." "So, through peace and...
11:05 PM, Aug 04, 2012
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10:25 PM, Jul 21, 2012
BCCI has announced that Pakistan will visit India in December for three ODIs and two T20s. ...
10:03 AM, Jul 17, 2012
One of cricket's greatest rivalries is all set to resume as the BCCI has invited Pakistan to travel to India for a One Day International and T-20 series in December. ...
11:04 PM, Jul 16, 2012
