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42nd anniversary of Operation Blue Star passes off peacefully in Amritsar

42nd anniversary of Operation Blue Star passes off peacefully in Amritsar
chandigarh news
Updated on Jun 06, 2026 11:43 am IST

Pro-Khalistan slogans raised in Golden Temple Complex on Blue Star anniversary

Members of various hardline Sikh organisations raised pro-Khalistan slogans during the 42nd anniversary observances of Operation Blue Star at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Saturday.
india news
Updated on Jun 06, 2026 08:59 pm IST

Report: The Sacred Amritsar 2026

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Diplomat Navdeep Suri and Harinder Baweja, author, They Will Shoot You, Madam, in conversation at The Sacred Amritsar (Courtesy The Sacred Amritsar)
books
Updated on Apr 21, 2026 04:13 pm IST

HC seeks response of Army, CBI, Centre on plea regarding Sikh articles seized during Operation Blue Star

HC seeks response of Army, CBI, Centre on plea regarding Sikh articles seized during Operation Blue Star
chandigarh news
Published on Mar 31, 2026 03:03 pm IST

Remembering 1984: A year of trauma, tragedy

The Sikhs have, by and large, recovered. Their hard-working nature and never-say-die spirit have prevailed. Putting aside the trauma of 1984, they are building the nation. (HT Archive)
opinion
Published on Oct 30, 2025 09:03 pm IST

Ravneet Bittu says BJP to go solo in Punjab in 2027 on all 117 assembly seats

The SAD had parted ways with the National Democratic Alliance in 2020 over the three now-repealed farm laws issue.
india news
Published on Oct 13, 2025 10:07 pm IST

'Wonder if he's under pressure': Cong leader on Chidambaram's Blue Star remarks

Speaking at the Kushwant Singh Literary Festival in Himachal’s Kasauli, Chidambaram said that, "There was a way to retrieve and capture all the militants, but Operation Blue Star was the wrong way".
india news
Published on Oct 12, 2025 05:13 pm IST

'Op Blue Star was wrong way, Indira Gandhi paid with life for it': P Chidambaram

Chidambaram was addressing a discussion on 'They Will Shoot You, Madam: My Life Through Conflict' with author Harinder Baweja.
india news
Updated on Oct 12, 2025 01:41 pm IST

Sikh man asks Rahul Gandhi about Operation Blue Star. His reply

Rahul Gandhi said he is willing to "take responsibility for everything the Congress party has ever done wrong
india news
Updated on May 04, 2025 03:35 pm IST

Listen to rumblings in the Punjab results

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Independent candidate Amritpal Singh, 31, is the youngest candidate from Punjab to have won in this Lok Sabha elections. (ANI file)
editorials
Published on Jun 06, 2024 09:14 pm IST

Op Blue Star anniversary: Pro-Khalistan slogans raised at Golden Temple | Video

A screengrab from the visual shared by news agency ANI.
india news
Published on Jun 06, 2024 11:01 am IST

Operation Blue Star: Trauma and lessons

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Devotees look at a model of the demolished Akal Takht Sahib, regarded as the supreme seat of the Sikh religious authority during Operation Blue Star in 1984 ahead of the operation's anniversary at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on June 3, 2024. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP)
opinion
Published on Jun 05, 2024 10:00 pm IST

Keeping up with UP | Voices from the streets of Toronto

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On 23rd October 2023, Brampton, Canada witnessed the Indian Diaspora come together to watch Ramleela by Team Dhishum,
opinion
Published on Nov 08, 2023 08:41 pm IST

Keep an eye on forces set to divide country

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The 40th year of Operation Blue Star begins tomorrow
opinion
Published on Jun 04, 2023 09:01 pm IST

Punjab’s situation is more than one of law and order

Since the death of Deep Sidhu, Amritpal’s popularity in Punjab has rocketed. If the state’s home department had closed in on him then, the current situation would not have arisen.
opinion
Published on Mar 26, 2023 09:21 pm IST

HT Picks: New Reads

Stephen Hawking, a troubled chapter in the nation’s recent history, and miniature painting feature on this week’s reading list.
books
Updated on Oct 16, 2020 04:57 pm IST

Amid Covid-19 lockdown, Sikh leaders, activists stopped by police from entering Golden Temple

Religious sites and places of worship are set to reopen only from June 8 as per the order issued by the Central government.(Sameer Sehgal Hindustan Times)
india news
Updated on Jun 06, 2020 02:09 pm IST

‘I told you so… Pakistan has hidden agenda’: Amarinder Singh on Bhindranwale row

I told you so, said Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday as a video released by Pakistan on Monday to mark the opening of the Kartarpur Corridor showed posters of Khalistani separatist leaders.
india news
Updated on Jul 19, 2020 12:16 am IST

Opinion| It is time to broaden the counter-terrorism battle

Though largely dead in India now, the Khalistan movement has survived abroad among pockets of the Sikh diaspora of varying size in Canada, the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK)
columns
Updated on Jul 19, 2019 09:13 pm IST

Operation Blue Star anniversary: Swords brandished at Akal Takht as radicals clash with SGPC men, cops

There were clashes between some Sikh radicals and the SGPC men and police at Akal Takht during the anniversary of Operation Bluestar on Thursday, June 6, 2019.
chandigarh news
Published on Jun 07, 2019 10:04 am IST

SAD delegation meets home minister Amit Shah

Sukhbir Singh Badal interacting with media after calling upon Home Minister Amit Shah on June 6, 2019 in New Delhi .
india news
Updated on Jun 07, 2019 12:55 am IST

Lok Sabha election: SAD Taksali leaders campaign for Punjab Ekta Party’s Paramjit Khalra

Paramjit Kaur Khalra
chandigarh news
Updated on Apr 17, 2019 10:36 pm IST

Indira Gandhi’s two serious mistakes were Emergency, Operation Blue Star: Natwar Singh

Former-external-affairs-minister-K-Natwar-Singh--has-penned-an--autobiography-One-Life-is-not-Enough-Raj-K-Raj-HT-photo
india news
Published on Sept 16, 2018 03:45 pm IST

SC upholds decision to exonerate Army veteran who led Operation Bluestar

Supreme Court building in New Delhi on July 24.
india news
Updated on Aug 19, 2018 09:52 pm IST

Thatcher govt tried to ban Sikh protests in UK after Operation Blue Star, declassified documents reveal

People shout pro-Khalistan slogans at a demonstration marking the 34th anniversary of the Operation Blue Star, at Golden Temple in Amritsar.
india news
Updated on Jul 12, 2018 05:28 pm IST

On UK cue, SGPC wants Op Bluestar papers made public in India too

A military operation codenamed Bluestar was launched by the Indira Gandhi government against the surging Khalistani movement in Punjab on June 6, 1984.
others
Updated on Jun 14, 2018 09:48 am IST

Asaram verdict in Jodhpur court built to try Operation Blue Star militants

Self-styled godman Asaram (pictured) has been convicted of raping a 16-year-old.
jaipur news
Updated on Apr 25, 2018 03:02 pm IST
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