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Monday, January 26, 2026
TopicAttari-Wagah

Topic: Attari-Wagah

End the obscenity called Wagah-Attari parade. Right-wing, liberals, retd officers—all agree

Attari-Wagah border parade is just too undignified to survive. Some wounds require reverence, not a carnival.

BSF jawan held by Pakistan returned to India, days after ‘bilateral understanding’ at border

Purnam Kumar Shaw had been in Pakistan Rangers’ custody since 23 April. He was handed over to the BSF at Attari border around 10.30 am Wednesday.

Beating Retreat post Pahalgam a lot quieter. Soldiers still march in sync, but not face-to-face

The gates at Attari-Wagah border that used to open symbolically every evening—sometimes even for the exchange of sweets on festivals—are now firmly shut.

What Wagah border looked like today—children split from parents, patients straight from hospital

The Indian government suspended the SAARC Visa Exemption Scheme after the terror attack in Pahalgam. Over 500 Pakistanis have left so far.

Pakistanis queuing at Wagah curse terrorists. ‘They don’t fight wars, they destroy families’

Wagah, the once-hopeful border that tied families and friends across India and Pakistan, has now turned into one of hurried, confused, abrupt goodbyes and interrupted life plans.

India expels Pakistani defence advisers, freezes Indus Waters Treaty in diplomatic response to Pahalgam

This is the first instance where the Indian government has publicly stated that there is a cross-border link in the Pahalgam attack that left 25 Indians and a foreign national dead.

No more mad rush, book online now to watch BSF-Pak Rangers’ retreat ceremony at Attari border

Online registration begins from 1 January, 2023 to ‘smoothen the process’ for visitors; the decision is part of Centre’s digital push, says BSF.

On Camera

Mark Tully was a colossus on the Indian subcontinent. He had sources at all levels

I was in Islamabad when Mark Tully broke the news of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being hanged. I held it against him—he could have tipped me off. But he was a journalist before he was a friend.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

Shaurya Chakra for Lt Col who led op to ‘eliminate’ terror leadership along Indo-Myanmar border

President Murmu has also conferred Kirti Chakra on Major Arshdeep Singh of 1 Assam Rifles for eliminating armed cadres when patrol led by him came under fire along Indo-Myanmar Border last May.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.