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    Operation Bluestar News

    Satluj row: Khalra's wife urges Akal Takht to form 'People's Commission'

    Directed by Honey Trehan, 'Satluj' depicts the life of Khalra, who investigated the "illegal" cremation of thousands of "unidentified" bodies in Punjab between 1984 and 1994.
    India News
    Published 40 days ago

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

    Girish Mahajan, minister of Water Resources and Disaster Management, Maharashtra
    India News
    Updated 74 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)
    Cities
    Published 79 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)
    Cities
    Published 81 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)
    Cities
    Published 395 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)
    Cities
    Published 431 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)
    Cities
    Published 441 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)
    Cities
    Published 441 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)
    Cities
    Updated 442 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.
    Cities
    Published 442 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)
    Cities
    Published 442 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)
    Cities
    Published 443 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)
    Cities
    Updated 445 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.
    India News
    Published 446 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)
    Cities
    Updated 481 days ago

    Dhesi renews UK House call for Operation Bluestar inquiry

    British Sikh Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (HT File)
    Cities
    Updated 585 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)
    Cities
    Updated 693 days ago

    India demands action over controversial Indira Gandhi assassination float in Canada

    The “punishment” posters displayed during a parade in Brampton on Sunday
    World News
    Published 803 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)
    Cities
    Published 806 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)
    World News
    Published 806 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)
    Cities
    Updated 806 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)
    Cities
    Published 807 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)
    Cities
    Updated 807 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.
    Cities
    Updated 807 days ago

    Revisiting Golden Temple 40 years after Op Bluestar

    The Akal Takht after the army’s Operation Bluestar in 1984. (HT photo)
    Cities
    Updated 807 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.
    Cities
    Updated 810 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)
    World News
    Published 811 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)
    Cities
    Updated 821 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)
    Cities
    Updated 895 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)
    Cities
    Updated 896 days ago
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