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This is an archive article published on March 24, 1999

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1,000 Pak fans for Mohali matchCHANDIGARH: A special train would be run from Attari, near the India-Pakistan border, to Chandigarh on Mar...

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1,000 Pak fans for Mohali match

CHANDIGARH: A special train would be run from Attari, near the India-Pakistan border, to Chandigarh on March 31 to bring 1,000 spectators from Pakistan for the one-day cricket match between the arch-rivals here on April one. The Punjab Cricket Association is sending 1,000 tickets to the Pakistan Cricket Board tomorrow for sale in Pakistan and the Indian government has promised to grant visas to all the Pakistani nationals who have tickets for the match.

Film shoot in Pak

PATIALA: For the first time ever, an Indian movie will be shot in Pakistan with the Nawaz Sharif government giving consent for the shooting of a full-length Punjabi feature film, Shaheed Udham Singh. Raj Babbar plays the lead role while popular Punjabi singer Gurdas Mann has been signed to play the role of Bhagat Singh.

Dhaka bus

CALCUTTA: A team of Bangladeshi officials will arrive in India in the first week of April to finalise the protocol and other relatedmatters regarding Calcutta-Dhaka bus service. The dry run8217; of Souhardya, which will run between Calcutta and Dhaka, was done today.

Paraguay murder

ASUNCION: Gunmen armed with automatic weapons and hand grenades killed Paraguay8217;s Vice-President Luis Maria Argana in his car in Asuncion early on Tuesday.

 

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