Lahore, Nov 11: More than 3000 Sikh pilgrims are expected to arrive in Lahore from India, mostly from Amritsar, at the Wagah Border today to commemorate the 540th birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak Dev Jee at Nankana Sahib on Thursday.
The Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) and the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee (PSGPC) are the two main authorities that deal with Sikh affairs in Pakistan.
The Madhya Pradesh Special Task Force has arrested Quayamuddin Kapadia, prime accused in the Ahmedabad serial blasts on Monday.
He was nabbed by a joint opration between Madhya Pradesh Special Task Force and Ahmedabad crime branch in Bhopal.
Quayamudin was also a suspect in the Delhi blasts.
Quayamudin has confessed to his involvement in the Ahmedabad blasts, and has admitted that he is member of Indian Mujahideen said a top officer of Ahmedabad crime branch
The Mumbai police have stepped up security outside Congress MP Gurudas Kamats residence near Diamond Garden in Chembur following reports of a possible attack by Shiv Sainiks.
Kamat had recently criticized Sena chief Bal Thackeray for defending sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and the other accused in the Malegaon blast case. He demanded that govt. should take strict action needs to be taken against both Islamic and Hindu terror outfits.
He also said that, by defending Sadhvi in public Thackrey had endorsed terror and so he also needed to be arrested.
A local court in Patiala allowed Bhangra-pop singer Daler Mehndi to use his passport for traveling abroad.
Mehndi was accused of human trafficking in September 2003. It was alleged that he was taking money to include people in his musical group and help them to migrate illegally to other countries.
Mehandi's lawyer on Monday told the court Mehndi had several stage performances in abroad and for that he requires his passport. He said that Mehndi had been attending all court hearings in Patiala. Mehendi was present in the Court on Monday.