Pilgrims on their way to Kartarpur Sahib through Dera Baba Nanak railway station will now be able to avail free Wi-Fi services introduced by RailTel.The station, not far from the new international checkpost on the Indian side of the border, leads to Kartarpur Sahib.
The opening of Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib on Guru Nanak Dev's birth anniversary celebrations has given hope of access for Nankana Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan. Punjab CM Amarinder Singh and UP CM Yogi Adityanath have joined the chorus of opening up of Nankana Sahib for pilgrims.
Encounter (between security forces & terrorists) underway at Gund in Ganderbal.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the Kartarpur corridor and flagged off the first batch of over 500 Indian pilgrims, including former prime minister Manmohan Singh and Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Gurdwara Darbar Sahib was the place where Guru Nanak is believed to have assembled the Sikh community and lived there for 18 years until his death in 1539.
The Kartarpur Gurdwara, located some 4 km from the border with India, is believed to have been built on the site where Guru Nanak died in the 16th century. It is going to be linked with the 4.2 km-long Kartarpur Sahib Corridor.
Guru Nanak's 550th birth anniversary celebrations: Pakistan on Wednesday issued a commemorative coin to mark Guru Nanak's 550th birth anniversary in November. In a Facebook post, Prime Minister Imran Khan shared a picture of the coin.
The agreement on the Kartarpur Corridor is to be inked between Pakistan and India on Wednesday or Thursday, even as PM Imran Khan announced that Pakistan will inaugurate the corridor on November 9.
Pakistan on Sunday agreed in principle to allow visa-free, year-long travel to the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara for Indian passport holders and Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card holders.
Releasing a commemorative coin as part of the 350th birth anniversary celebrations of 10th Sikh guru Guru Gobind Singh, Modi also came down on the Congress for the 1984 riots that took place following the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Asked about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comments that the corridor will act as a bridge between the people of the two countries, Singh, however, cautioned that there were many hurdles to cross before it could be achieved.
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