Wagah Retreat Ceremony

A recent viral video featured a group of men dressed as Pakistani army personnel showcasing the foot-stomping routine at a wedding.

Every evening, the ceremony starts at 3:30 pm, and almost 20,000 people watch it every day. "We also accommodate people otherwise. But during weekends and days of national holidays, the numbers swell up to 40,000," an official said.

The daily beating retreat and band ceremony at the Attari-Wagah border was cancelled on Friday as India waited for the return of Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman from Pakistan. The Wing Commander was captured by Pakistan after his plane went down during an aerial battle over the Line of Control on Wednesday.

Songs blaring on powerful speakers, enthusiastic people wearing patriotism on their sleeves, jingoistic slogan-shouting and the grand finale -- the foot-thumping by troopers of the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Pakistan Rangers, the bodily gestures and the glares -- all are part of the the Retreat ceremony that marks the lowering of the natio...

Anti-India slogans were raised from the Pakistani side during the retreat ceremony at the Attari-Wagah border in Punjab on Sunday, prompting the Border Security Force to register a protest with the Pak Rangers.

India and Pakistan have strengthened security at Wagah Border, where soldiers of the two countries collaborate in a widely popular retreat ceremony, after Islamabad's warning of a suicide attack around Independence Day.

For the first time ever, a Sikh Pakistani Ranger has participated in the traditional beating retreat ceremony at the Wagah Border involving Indian and Pakistani forces.

Former External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha today questioned the continuance of "ugly" beating retreat ceremony at Wagah on the India-Pakistan border being followed since 1959.

The Border Security Force or BSF is on high alert along the Indo-Pak border in Punjab after a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd across Amritsar's Wagah sector in Pakistan killing at least 55 people.

For the first time in over four decades, women personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF) have been made part of the routine Beating Retreat Ceremony at Wagah on the Indo-Pak border at Attari.The BSF, which guards the country's border with Pakistan and Bangladesh, appointed women constables last year to perform duty on the international border. B...

A recent viral video featured a group of men dressed as Pakistani army personnel showcasing the foot-stomping routine at a wedding.

Every evening, the ceremony starts at 3:30 pm, and almost 20,000 people watch it every day. "We also accommodate people otherwise. But during weekends and days of national holidays, the numbers swell up to 40,000," an official said.

The daily beating retreat and band ceremony at the Attari-Wagah border was cancelled on Friday as India waited for the return of Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman from Pakistan. The Wing Commander was captured by Pakistan after his plane went down during an aerial battle over the Line of Control on Wednesday.

Songs blaring on powerful speakers, enthusiastic people wearing patriotism on their sleeves, jingoistic slogan-shouting and the grand finale -- the foot-thumping by troopers of the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Pakistan Rangers, the bodily gestures and the glares -- all are part of the the Retreat ceremony that marks the lowering of the natio...

Anti-India slogans were raised from the Pakistani side during the retreat ceremony at the Attari-Wagah border in Punjab on Sunday, prompting the Border Security Force to register a protest with the Pak Rangers.

India and Pakistan have strengthened security at Wagah Border, where soldiers of the two countries collaborate in a widely popular retreat ceremony, after Islamabad's warning of a suicide attack around Independence Day.

For the first time ever, a Sikh Pakistani Ranger has participated in the traditional beating retreat ceremony at the Wagah Border involving Indian and Pakistani forces.

Former External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha today questioned the continuance of "ugly" beating retreat ceremony at Wagah on the India-Pakistan border being followed since 1959.

The Border Security Force or BSF is on high alert along the Indo-Pak border in Punjab after a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd across Amritsar's Wagah sector in Pakistan killing at least 55 people.

For the first time in over four decades, women personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF) have been made part of the routine Beating Retreat Ceremony at Wagah on the Indo-Pak border at Attari.The BSF, which guards the country's border with Pakistan and Bangladesh, appointed women constables last year to perform duty on the international border. B...