Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday went across the international border to explore more avenues of overland trade with Pakistan's Punjab province and help change the geopolitics of the subcontinent.

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday said his government would start cultural exchange programs with Pakistan to strengthen ties between the countries.

Pakistan High Commissioner in India Salman Bashir paid a visit to the Khuda Baksh Oriental Library and went through several rare Arabic and Persian manuscripts stored there.

A visiting Pakistani parliamentary delegation on Saturday visited the 17th century monument of love Taj Mahal here.

Aiming to cater to the huge market of Punjabi audience across the border, "Ajj De Ranjhe", an upcoming romantic comedy, is all set to be released in Pakistan.

In efforts to bring the new liberalised visa agreement between India and Pakistan into effect, arrangements are being made to set up special counters at the Attari-Wagah border to grant visa to senior citizens from January 15, official sources said.

Residents of border villages in Jammu where an underground tunnel made by Pakistan has been detected are irked over the delay in dismantling the pathway saying it was affecting their crops.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said the people of Pakistan wanted a peaceful relation with India. "The people of Pakistan want a good and peaceful relationship with India," Nitish Kumar told the media soon after he returned here after his weeklong visit to Pakistan.

Violating the ceasefire yet again, Pakistan troops on Tuesday targeted five Indian posts with rockets and heavy machine gun fire along the LoC in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.

The entry point to India from Pakistan at Attari-Wagah border will be developed with modern tourism infrastructure to attract more tourists from home and abroad, Punjab Tourism Minister Sarwan Singh Phillaur on Friday said.