<ul><li><keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="India">India</keyword> and <keyword id="3001" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Pakistan">Pakistan</keyword> have come together to build a corridor stretching a few kilometres from Dera Baba Nanak, located in the Indian state of Punjab to the banks of River Ravi in Pakistan to visit gurdwara <keyword id="164246" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Darbar-Sahib">Darbar Sahib</keyword>, an iconic Sikh temple. </li><li>The corridor was first proposed by former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1999, and had been in the queue ever since but Pakistan didn’t accept the proposal. </li><li>India will inaugurate the corridor on 26 November while Pakistan’s PM Imran Khan will lay the foundation later this week and has also invited the <keyword id="81001" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sikh-community">Sikh community</keyword> to Pakistan for the occasion. </li></ul>India and Pakistan have <a href="https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/india-clears-kartarpur-corridor-till-pakistan-border-to-help-sikh-pilgrims-visit-gurdwara-darbar-sahib/story/293482.html">come together</a> to build a passage from an Indian city located just a few kilometres away from the international border with Pakistan to help Sikh pilgrims visit the iconic Sikh temple Gurdwara Darbar Sahib where revered Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, spent his final days. After weeks of internal discussions over the <keyword id="5020248" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kartarpur-Corridor">Kartarpur corridor</keyword> – a passage to the Darbar Sahib that links Punjab to the Pakistan border -- the Indian government passed the resolution on the project. The decision marks Guru Nanak’s 550th birth year celebrations this year, one of the most important festivals for the Sikh community. <a href="https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/india-clears-kartarpur-corridor-till-pakistan-border-to-help-sikh-pilgrims-visit-gurdwara-darbar-sahib/story/293482.html">Reportedly</a>, Punjab Minister, Navjot Singh Sidhu, had raised the issue to build the corridor during his recent visit to Pakistan that lead to the initiative. In response to this, Pakistan has also decided to open their side of the corridor to facilitate Sikh pilgrims. The Kartarpur corridor stretching over two kilometres on either side <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/kartarpur-corridor-open-sikh-pilgrim-india-pakistan-guru-nanak-jayanti-5460145/">will provide</a> visa-free access from India to Darbar Sahib. Rajnath Singh, India’s Union Home Minister tweeted the decision to build the corridor. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Pakistan Information and Broadcasting Minister, Fawad Chaudhry, also posted on Twitter saying that the move will help bring peace on either side of the border. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 The corridor on the Indian side will be funded by the central government under ‘integrated development project’ will all modern amenities, Hindustan Times <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-pak-to-build-corridor-for-sikh-pilgrims-to-visit-iconic-gurdwara/story-HV7Zgu8jh1VSDMNNqwbmCL.html">reported</a>. Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister, also posted a tweet calling Dera Baba Nanak Sahib &amp; Kartarpur Sahib twin pilgrimage places. 
 
 
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 The corridor was first proposed by the then India’s former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1999, and had been in the queue ever since while Pakistan wasn’t in agreement earlier.

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Dubai, Jul 5 () The Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara in Dubai re-opened after 110 days, adhering to safety rules with restricted timings for devotees to visit the shrine following lifting of the COVID-19 restrictions on places of worship in the UAE, according to a media report. It reopened on Saturday after getting clearance from Dubai's Community Development Authority, Surender Singh Kandhari, chairman of the gurdwara, was quoted as saying by the Gulf News. "We had a very nice re-opening in the morning, it was a beautiful feeling. People were very well disciplined, very well behaved. They kept the social distancing norms, they were very co-operative. "People were overwhelmed, we found some of them in tears when they entered the Gurudwara," he said. Restricted timings were put in place for the devotees to visit the Sikh shrine. They can pay obeisance from 9am-9:30am and from 6pm-6:30pm from Saturday to Thursday during which they will be allowed only a walk-through darshan, the report said. The gurdwara authorities have to follow the timings for two weeks after which officials will decide further on the matter, he said, adding it will remain closed on Friday. Around 250 people visited the gurdwara in the morning after it reopened on Saturday. Children below 12 years and people above 60 will not be allowed to enter the gurdwara until further notice, the report said. As part of the precautions, visitors will have to wear masks, gloves, use sanitisers, go through sanitising tunnels, have their temperature checked and maintain social distancing, it said. RS RS

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<img class="gwt-Image" src="/photo/34071439.cms" />NEW DELHI: BJP's prime ministerial <keyword id="53129" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="candidate">candidate</keyword> <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword> on Tuesday reacted to controversial statements by leaders like Pravin Togadia and Giriraj Singh. 
 
"Petty statements by those claiming to be BJP's well wishers are deviating the campaign from the issues of development &amp; good governance. I disapprove any such irresponsible statement and appeal to those making them to kindly refrain from doing so," Modi tweeted. 
 While Togadia had reportedly called for the forcible eviction of a Muslim family from a Hindu-dominated locality, <keyword id="266830" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Bihar-BJP">Bihar BJP</keyword> leader Giriraj Singh had said that those who oppose Modi should go to Pakistan as there will be no place for them in India. 
 
On Saturday evening, Togadia joined a group of VHP and Bajrang Dal members on a street protest in Bhavnagar outside a house purchased by a Muslim businessman near Meghani Circle. 
 
While saffron groups have been regularly organizing 'Ram Dhuns' and 'Ram Darbars' to thwart such deals, Togadia went a step further by asking the protesters to take complete control of the house and put a 'Bajrang Dal' board on it. 
 
Togadia then told the gathering that there were two ways to stop such deals. One is to pressurize the state government to bring in Disturbed Areas Act in Bhavnagar, which prevents inter-community sale of immovable property. The second is to take forcible possession of the house and fight a legal battle later which will go on for years. 
 
He gave the Muslim occupant 48 hours to vacate the house. "If he does not relent, go with stones, tyres and tomatoes to his office. There is nothing wrong in it. Killers of Rajiv Gandhi have not been hanged ... there is nothing to fear and the case will go on," Togadia told the charged-up gathering. 
 
"I have done it in the past and Muslims have lost both property and money," he had said. 
 
The Election Commission on Monday evening directed the district administration of Bhavnagar to file an FIR against Togadia for his hate speech. 
 
Gujarat's chief electoral officer Anita Karwal said, "We have inquired about the Bhavnagar incident and have directed the district administration to file an FIR in the matte 
 
Bihar leader Giriraj Singh, has also been booked for his comment that those who oppose the BJP's prime ministerial candidate have a place in Pakistan and not in India. 
 The <keyword id="1575" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Congress">Congress</keyword> was quick to reject Modi's appeal and called it 'crocodile tears'.

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