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Op Blue Star a ‘black day’: Maha minister Girish Mahajan's remark triggers row

Girish Mahajan, minister of Water Resources and Disaster Management, Maharashtra

Updated 33 days ago

Security tightened in Amritsar ahead of Bluestar anniversary

Punjab Police personnel outside the Golden Temple ahead of the Operation Bluestar anniversary in Amritsar on Wednesday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)

Published 38 days ago

Security amped up in Amritsar ahead of Op Bluestar anniversary

Paramilitary troops taking part in a flag march ahead of the Operation Bluestar anniversary in Amritsar on Monday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)

Published 41 days ago

Punjab needs a hero, not a leader

Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Akali Dal president Harcharan Singh Longowal in New Delhi. (KK Chawla/HT)

Published 354 days ago

Week on, Giani Gargaj addresses two events without disruption

After skipping address at the Akal Takht during the event organised to observe the 41st anniversary of Operation Bluestar on June 6 amid opposition from Harnam Singh Dhumma-led Damdami Taksal, acting jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj has delivered his speeches at the highest Sikh temporal seats twice without any disruption during the key events. (HT File)

Published 391 days ago

BJP leader Jagmohan Singh Raju writes to PM Narendra Modi for release of Sikh prisoners

BJP’s Punjab general secretary and former IAS officer Jagmohan Singh Raju wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi stating that the Sikh prisoners have served the adequate punishment for their offences and time has come now to show compassion for them. (HT File)

Published 400 days ago

Op Bluestar anniversary: To avert clash, jathedar delivers ‘sandesh during ardas

Acting jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj performs ‘ardas’ on the 41st anniversary of Operation Bluestar at the Akal Takht on Friday. (HT Photo)

Published 401 days ago

Op Bluestar anniversary: Jathedar skips ‘sandesh’ amid opposition

Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj performing’ ardas’ on the 41st anniversary of Operation Bluestar at Akal Takht in the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar on Friday. (HT Photo)

Updated 402 days ago

British Sikh MPs call for independent probe into UK role in Op Bluestar

British Sikh members of parliament reiterated their demand in the UK Parliament for an independent investigation into the involvement of the then Margaret Thatcher-led Conservative government in India’s Operation Bluestar in June 1984.

Published 402 days ago

Op Bluestar anniv: Jathedar to deliver ‘sandesh’ amid opposition by Taksal

Punjab Police personnel stand guard ahead of the 41st Operation Bluestar anniversary outside the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Thursday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)

Published 402 days ago

Security tightened ahead of Op Bluestar anniversary, 4,000 cops to guard Amritsar city

Police personnel during a flag march ahead of the Operation Bluestar anniversary in Amritsar on Wednesday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)

Published 403 days ago

Punjab: Amritsar resident arrested for sacrilege bid at Golden Temple

An Amritsar resident, Gurpreet Singh, was arrested after he tore pages of the holy gutka (collection of prayers from the Gurbani) outside the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine of the Sikhs, on Monday night, police said on Tuesday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT file)

Updated 405 days ago

Punjab BJP deletes post paying tributes to ‘martyrs’ of Operation Bluestar

The post, which was shared on Facebook as well, was deleted a few hours later.

Published 406 days ago

Guest Column| Op Black Thunder-1: Power of persistent persuasion

The persistent persuasion finally paid off. As many as 135 people came out of Golden Temple in a single-line formation, without anyone firing a shot. It was a peaceful end to a perilous situation. (File photo)

Updated 441 days ago

Dhesi renews UK House call for Operation Bluestar inquiry

British Sikh Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (HT File)

Updated 545 days ago

Canadian MP blasts petition seeking fresh inquiry into 1985 Kanishka bombing

Chandra Arya, a member of Parliament from Nepean in the House of Commons, noted that two Canadian public inquiries found Khalistan extremists responsible for the bombing of Air India flight. (HT File)

Updated 653 days ago

India demands action over controversial Indira Gandhi assassination float in Canada

The “punishment” posters displayed during a parade in Brampton on Sunday

Published 763 days ago

Guest Column| Punjab mandate: Find way to engage, don’t alienate

Voters queue up to exercise their franchise at a polling booth in Bathinda district of Punjab on June 1. (Sanjeev Kumar/HT)

Published 765 days ago

India to complain to Canada over a float displaying an effigy of late PM Indira Gandhi

A float featuring the assassination of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, in front of the Indian consulate in Vancouver, Canada on Thursday. (Supplied photo)

Published 766 days ago

Operation Bluestar anniversary: Need to promote Sikh politics instead of pleading for ‘justice’, says jathedar

Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh addressing a gathering in the Golden Temple, Amritsar, on Thursday. (HT photo)

Updated 766 days ago

Bluestar anniversary: Akal Takht jathedar asks two MP-elects to get Bandi Singhs released

Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh (fourth from left), SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami (centre) and others at the Akal Takht during the 40th anniversary of Operation Bluestar at Golden Temple in Amritsar on Thursday. (HT Photo)

Published 767 days ago

Operation Bluestar anniversary: 2,300 personnel to guard Amritsar city

Security personnel keep vigil in Ghee Mandi of Amritsar on Wednesday. (Sameer Sehgal /HT)

Updated 767 days ago

₹1,000-cr damages: Fight for justice drags on, SGPC awaits Centre’s proposal

The military action in 1984 had not only damaged the Akal Takht building but also other buildings in the Golden Temple complex, including the Teja Singh Samundri Hall, which houses the SGPC headquarters.

Updated 767 days ago

Revisiting Golden Temple 40 years after Op Bluestar

The Akal Takht after the army’s Operation Bluestar in 1984. (HT photo)

Updated 767 days ago

Operation Bluestar: SFJ calls for ‘lockdown’ of India’s Canadian missions on June 6

Gurpatwant Pannun, general counsel, Sikhs for Justice, has called for the “lockdown” of India’s High Commission in Ottawa and its consulates in Vancouver and Toronto on June 6.

Updated 770 days ago

Operation Bluestar anniversary: SFJ calls for ‘lockdown’ of India’s Canadian missions

A Canadian flag is displayed prior to the RBC Canadian Open at Hamilton Golf & Country Club on Wednesday in Hamilton, Ontario. (AFP)

Published 771 days ago

PM Modi ‘ignored’ Punjab’s issues: Ex-minister Grewal

Former cabinet minister Maheshinder Singh Grewal criticised the PM for “neglecting” Punjab’s issues. (HT File)

Updated 781 days ago

Documentaries on Operation Bluestar to be screened at Amritsar’s Shaheedi Gallery

The gallery was set up near the Golden Temple in Amritsar by the Harnam Singh Khalsa-led Sikh seminary Damdami Taksal. (HT File)

Updated 855 days ago

6 years on, ‘shaheedi gallery’ to open for devotees on March 9

The gallery has been set up by Sikh seminary Damdami Taksal in the basement of the Operation Bluestar memorial or ‘Shaheedi Yaadgar’ established in 2013 in the form of small gurdwara amid a row over putting up the picture of slain militant leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, who was killed during the operation carried out by the army to flush out the militants from the Golden Temple in June 1984. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)

Updated 856 days ago

‘Dukhant Punjab Da’: Book provides insight into Punjab’s turmoil before & after Op Bluestar

A book ‘Dukhant Punjab Da’, authored by former chief secretary of Punjab Ramesh Inder Singh, was released here on Wednesday. The book throws light on the past and present history of Punjab before and after Operation Bluestar. (HT File)

Updated 921 days ago

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