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Topic1984 anti-Sikh riots

Topic: 1984 anti-Sikh riots

Rahul Gandhi rubbing salt on the wounds of 1984 riots victims: Akali Dal on Kamal Nath appointment

Shiromani Akali Dal alleged that Kamal Nath had a hand in the anti-Sikh riots that broke out in Delhi in 1984.

In a first for 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, Delhi court sentences convict Yashpal Singh to death

The court granted life term to co-convict Naresh Sherawat in the case.

4 commissions, 9 committees & 2 SITs – the long road to justice for 1984 Sikh killings

The case in which 2 men have been convicted had been closed by the police, and was only reopened by a central govt SIT set up in 2015.

SIT seeks death penalty for two convicts in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case

The Special Investigation Team said the two were part of a genocide against members of a particular community. 

Pot’s calling the kettle black

In 1984, there was shame, there was also decency. In 2002, there’s Modi.

Anti-Sikh riots of 1984 were three days of furlough given to criminals by police, Congress

One most significant fact about the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 was how dramatically it all stopped the moment the first Army units moved in.

For Rahul, 2019 bigger challenge than scaling Mount Kailash and demonetisation ‘flop show’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

A memorial for Nehru and Nehru alone, and the iconic RK Studio up for sale

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh names four Congress leaders who took part in 1984 riots

CM says he heard the names of H.K.L. Bhagat, Sajjan Kumar, Arjun Das and Dharam Das Shastri from scores of riot victims when he had rushed to Delhi.

During 1984 riots, even Manmohan Singh’s family home was about to be burnt down

Former PM’s daughter Daman Singh recalls in her book how the house in Delhi’s Ashok Vihar was saved by her brother-in-law, because he was ‘not a Sikh’.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.