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AMRITSAR NEWS: Drug Seizures From Pak Trains Irk India
AMRITSAR: Following regular seizure of drugs from the goods train coming to India from Pakistan, the Indian authorities have written to their counterparts across the border to send the train during the day time (before 4 pm) so that it can be thoroughly checked. The train has been smuggling drugs like heroin. At times,... »
AMRITSAR NEWS: Shatabdi Express Cancelled
AMRITSAR: Flooding of various areas between Delhi and Amritsar, the Shatabdi express which was to leave for New Delhi from Amritsar at 5:05 pm, was cancelled on Thursday. The Samjhauta express plying between India and Pakistan through the Attari Border arrived in India at least five hours behind schedule. Meanwhile, the road, rail traffic... »
AMRITSAR NEWS: Goof-up Causes Jatha Train To Return Empty
AMRITSAR: With the Railways failing to get permission from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to allow a Pakistan train to reach Amritsar to pick up a Sikh Jatha on Monday, Pilgrims had to travel on their own to Attari, from where they boarded Samjhauta Express to Lahore. For Sikh Jathas to travel to... »
AMRITSAR NEWS: Pak Hands Over 7-Yr-old To BSF
AMRITSAR: The seven-year-old boy who had reached Pakistan on Monday after boarding the Samjhauta Express by mistake was handed over to the Indian authorities on Tuesday. Rajat, who had reached the Attari railway station in a local train, was in tattered clothes when he boarded the Samjhauta Express stationed there. He did not have... »
AMRITSAR NEWS: Samjhauta Express On A Poor Run
AMRITSAR: Samjhauta Express, the only rail link between India and Pakistan, has witnessed a sharp decline by about 30 percent in the number of passengers in the past one year. While in 2008-09, 51,566 passengers from India and 52,725 from Pakistan boarded the train, the number of passengers in 2009-10 fell sharply to 36,303... »
AMRITSAR NEWS: Ateeq Returns Home To Pak
AMRITSAR/HOSHIARPUR: Mohammad Ateeq, the 13-year old Pakistan national who was arrested at Attari railway station on January 11 for travelling without valid documents and was since lodged at the juvenile home at Ram Colony Camp near here, was repatriated late Friday evening. »
CHANDIGARH NEWS: 12-yr-Old Pak Boy To Go Home
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government has no objection lf the 12-year-old Mohammad Ateek of Lahore, who arrived at Attari station in Amritsar by the Samjhauta Express without any travel document on February 21, is repatriated to Pakistan. »
CHANDIGARH NEWS: HC Seeks Status Report On Ateek
CHANDIGARH: A Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the Punjab government to file a status report within a week on 13-year-old Mohd Ateek, the Pakistan boy caught at Attari railway station while travelling in Samjhauta Express on February 21. Ateek apparently had an altercation with his parents after they... »
CHANDIGARH NEWS: Plea For Release Of ‘Innocent’ Pak Boy
CHANDIGARH: Coinciding with the Indo-Pak dialogue, a petition has been moved in the Punjab and Haryana High Court for the release of a 13-year-0ld Lahore boy; who it was claimed fell asleep in a stationary train at Lahore and was taken into custody when it reached Attari. »
AMRITSAR NEWS: Samjhauta Bag Limit – 40 Kg
AMRITSAR: Passengers traveling on board the Samjhauta Express will now have to book baggage in excess of 40 kg. Officials put on the job to check compliance of the rule, which the Railways say was always in place but was not implemented, on Monday were met with furious passengers who said they were not... »
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