Three children were killed and one was injured in a train accident in Punjab's Kartarpur on Sunday.

Pathankot (Punjab) [India], February 16 (ANI): Launching a scathing attack at Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday slammed the Congress Government for failing to merge Kartarpur Sahib, the final resting place of Guru Nanak Dev, within India's territory during partition in 1947, or after wins in subsequent wars.

Sujanpur (Punjab) [India], February 4 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday referred to a "huge mistake" during the drawing of the country's boundary in 1947 and said Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib would have been part of India if little more effort was made.

Bathinda (Punjab) [India], January 20 (ANI): Sikka Khan(76) and Sadiq Khan(85), two brothers who got separated in 1947, were reunited for a short duration of time at Kartarpur Sahib recently.

New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI): Former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday urged the Centre to work with the Pakistan government to allow pilgrims to enter Kartarpur Sahib with an Aadhaar card.

New Delhi Nov 26 PTI The Delhi government will send senior citizens of the city on free pilgrimage to Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan on January 5 next year an official statement said on FridayKartarpur Sahib and Velankanni Church in Tamil Nadu have been added to the Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Yojna after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwals orders it saidThe first batch of pilgrims to Kartarpur Sahib will leave on January 5 2022 in a deluxe bus from Delhi and the first train for Velankanni Church will leave on January 7 next year it saidMeanwhile Delhi Revenue Minister Kailash Gahlot reviewed preparations for the pilgrimages under the scheme in a high-level meeting on FridayThe Delhi government has decided to add two more routes in addition to the existing 13 yatra routes -- Delhi-Velankanni-Delhi and Delhi-Kartarpur Sahib-Delhi -- under its Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra scheme the statement saidThe devotees will travel in AC-III tier trains on the Delhi-Velankanni-Delhi route whereas for the Kartarpur Sahib they will be given seats in air conditioned buses it saidThe statement said 15000 applicants who had applied for the yatra under the scheme in 2019 but could not avail the facility due to COVID-19 pandemic would receive SMSs informing them about the option of amending their applications for choosing Delhi-Ayodhya-Delhi routeThe Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Yojana under which senior citizens of Delhi can go on pilgrimages at the governments expense could not be held in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic outbreakA total of 1100 residents per assembly constituency can avail this facility in a year subject to the cap of total 77000 residents per yearSince its formal launch 35080 beneficiaries have travelled under the scheme the statement addedPTI VIT SRY

New Delhi Nov 20 PTI The AAP on Saturday said it is deeply worrying after Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu was heard saying in a purported video that Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is like an elder brother to himHitting out at the Congress co-in-charge of the Aam Aadmi Partys AAP political affairs in Punjab Raghav Chadha asked if Sidhu and Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi do not value the martyrdom of Indian soldiersDeeply worrying that Punjabs ruling party chief Chief Minister are professing their love for Pak PM Pakistan - a country that exports terror executes terror modules sends tiffin bombs drones armsdrugs into Punjab he said in a tweetDo Sidhu and Channi not value the martyrdom of our jawans Chadha askedThe AAPs reaction came after a purported video of Sidhu being welcomed by a Pakistani official on behalf of Khan went viral on the social media In the video the cricketer-turned-politician was heard saying Khan is like a bada bhai elder brother to him and that he loves him a lotEarlier in the day Sidhu offered prayers at the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara in Pakistan and stressed on the opening of a new friendship chapter and trade between the two countries PTI PK RC

Dera Baba Nanak (Punjab) [India], November 18 (ANI): With the reopening of Kartarpur Sahib Corridor, a 'Jatha' (group) of Punjab Cabinet and other dignitaries led by Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Thursday left for paying obeisance at Kartarpur Sahib gurudwara.

Gurdaspur (Punjab) [India], November 18 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and other state cabinet ministers reached Dera Baba Nanak on Thursday. They will visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur in Pakistan today.

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], November 18 (ANI): A fresh tussle erupted in Punjab Congress following the exclusion of State Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu from Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi-led delegation comprising of state cabinet ministers that is scheduled to visit the Kartarpur Sahib on Thursday.