Samjhauta Express

India Asks Pakistan To Return Its Rake Used In Samjhauta Express

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 14, 2020

India has asked Pakistan to return the Samjhauta Express rake lying at Wagah for the past five months, following the suspension of train services due to tense relations between the two countries after nullification of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday.

India Suspends Thar Link Express To Pak That Connects Jodhpur To Karachi

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday August 16, 2019

The railways on Friday cancelled operations of Thar Link Express that connects Jodhpur in India to Karachi in Pakistan, officials said, a development that temporarily snaps all rail links between the two countries, as the services of Samjhauta Express have already been suspended.

Railways Cancels Samjhauta Express Service On Indian Side

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday August 11, 2019

The service of Samjhauta Express - which runs from Attari to Pakistan's Lahore - was stopped on the Indian side today, two days after Pakistan suspended it citing the government's Kashmir decision. The train ran on Sundays from Delhi to Attari and back. Pakistan used to run the train between Lahore and Attari. Passengers used to change trains at th...

After Trains, Pakistan Suspends 'Dosti' Bus Service Between Lahore, Delhi

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday August 10, 2019

Pakistan has suspended the Delhi-Lahore-Delhi 'Dosti' (friendship) bus service, after suspending two cross-border trains, in the wake of India's decision revoking Jammu and Kashmir's special status and bifurcating the state into two Union Territories, a senior Pakistani minister has said.

After Samjhauta, Pakistan To Halt Thar Express Over Centre's Kashmir Move

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Friday August 9, 2019

The Pakistan government today said that it will suspend the Thar Express, its last remaining train link with India, over New Delhi revoking the special status accorded to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the constitution on Monday. It had halted the Samjhauta Express, connecting national capital Delhi with the Pakistani city of Lahore, yester...

Samjhauta Express, Stopped By Pak At Wagah, Reaches Delhi 5 Hours Late

India News | ANI | Friday August 9, 2019

Samjhauta Express, the bilateral train service between India and Pakistan, reached Old Delhi railway station nearly 5 hours after its scheduled arrival time. This is because the train departed for Delhi from Attari with 117 passengers in the early hours of Friday after a delay of around five hours.

Pak Halts Samjhauta Train, Kashmir Move "Internal Affair" Says India

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday August 8, 2019

Pakistan today suspended the Samjhauta Express service with India and banned Indian films a day after it downgraded ties over New Delhi's decision to end special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Earlier today, India had urged Pakistan to review its decision to downgrade diplomatic and trade ties, saying its decision on Kashmir was an internal affair an...

Samjhauta Express Stops At Wagah As Pak Crew Refuses To Go Further

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday August 8, 2019

Passengers of the Samjhauta Express coming from Pakistan's Lahore had to wait for nearly three hours at the Wagah border today as Islamabad declared it was shutting down the train service as part of its retaliatory measures against the centre's decision on Jammu and Kashmir.

"Those Who Coined Hindu Terror Showing Devotion Now": Arun Jaitley

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Debanish Achom | Saturday March 30, 2019

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Congress has done a great disservice to the nation by inventing the term "Hindu terror", a week after an anti-terror court in Haryana acquitted a saffron-robed monk and three others in the 2007 bombing of the Samjhauta Express that left nearly 70 people dead.

In Samjhauta Case Order, Judge Expresses Anguish Over Lack Of Evidence

India News | Written by Mohammed Ghazali | Thursday March 28, 2019

The people responsible for the blast in Samjhauta Express, in which 68 people died, remained unpunished for want of credible and admissible evidence, Special judge Jagdeep Singh wrote in the 160-page order which was made public today. The four men accused in the case, including Aseemanand, a saffron-robed monk, were acquitted by the court on March ...

"No One Knows Who Killed 68 Victims": Kapil Sibal On Samjhauta Blast Case

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday March 21, 2019

A day after a special court acquitted Swami Aseemanand and three others in the Samjhauta Express blast case, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Thursday sarcastically said with a verdict that "no one knows" who killed 68 people, it must be a "proud day" for the criminal justice system.

Swami Aseemanand, 3 Others Acquitted In Samjhauta Blast Case

India News | Written by Mohammed Ghazali | Wednesday March 20, 2019

Swami Aseemanand and three others have been acquitted in the 2007 bombing of the Samjhauta Express by an anti-terror court in Haryana.

Probe Agency Adjourns Samjhauta Blast Case To March 18 

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday March 14, 2019

An anti-terror court trying the 2007 Samjhauta Express blast case Thursday adjourned its hearing to March 18 due to an ongoing strike by local lawyers.

Samjhauta Blast Case Order Reserved After Pakistan Woman Files Petition: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Monday March 11, 2019

A court in Haryana's Panchkula today reserved its order in the Samjhauta Express blast case till Thursday after a Pakistani woman filed a petition claiming she had some evidence relevant to the case. Rahila L Vakeel -daughter of one of the victims of the blast - has filed a petition to summon witnesses from Pakistan as most of the eye witnesses are...

Verdict Likely In Samjhauta Blast Case. 68 People Were Killed In 2007

India News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Monday March 11, 2019

Twelve years after blasts on board the Samjhauta Express, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Panchkula is likely to pronounce the verdict in the case today.