A religious body like the Akal Takht should be apolitical; aware of the dangers posed by radical elements in the religious order that could take undue advantage of faith.
From a village in Dera Baba Nanak, Chaura founded Khalistan Liberation Army & is convener of now-defunct radical think tank Akal Federation. He was radicalised in his student days in '70s.
CPI(M) Polit Bureau has flagged threats posed by Sikh separatist elements operating on Canadian soil, said Canada's allegations 'have been rejected by Govt of India'.
Dated 12 September, report by Rapid Response Mechanism Canada surfaced Thursday after screenshots were circulated on social media. Indian journalists have ridiculed it, calling it 'a joke'.
Trial against Canadian resident Anand Nath—or Adnan—began last week. Son of immigrants, the 20-year-old allegedly shot dead his friend Naim Akl in 2021 to prevent him from exposing an operation to send funds to the Islamic State in Syria.
Pro-Khalistan groups recruited ethnic-Punjabi organised crime cartels to murder secular opponents, terrorise the community and capture control of Gurudwaras.
A day earlier, US ambassador commented on alleged plot to assassinate Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on US soil, saying it's a 'red line' for govt employees to be involved in such matters.
In August last year, the Delhi Police Special Cell detained two persons from Punjab in connection with pro-Khalistan graffiti painted at more than five metro stations in Delhi.
In video, Sikhs for Justice founder Gurpatwant Singh Pannun is heard threatening Consul General of India in Vancouver Manish, who was heckled earlier this week in Abbotsford.
Protesters chanted separatist slogans & threw shoes at cutouts of Modi. Roads leading to India’s High Commission in Ottawa and consulate buildings in Toronto and Vancouver were closed.
For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.
Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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