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Tuesday, November 11, 2025
TopicOperation Blue Star

Topic: Operation Blue Star

Pro-Khalistan slogans raised at Golden Temple on Operation Blue Star anniversary

Around 100 activists led by Imaan Singh Mann, son of Amritsar's Shiromani Akali Dal president and former MP Simranjit Singh Mann, raised the slogans at the Akal Takht.

Facebook, Instagram temporarily block #Sikh on Operation Bluestar anniversary

The hashtag was restored on Instagram soon after users raised the issue, but several users on Facebook said they continued to face issues with it.

Rashpal Singh Chandra: Why Hindus of Punjab’s Katani Kalan village hailed this Sikh militant

The anti-Hindu and anti-Congress narrative do not completely define Punjab's militancy movement. This anecdote shows why the sage of militancy is layered.

In wrong place at wrong time: Forgotten story of Operation Blue Star’s ‘Jodhpur detainees’

375 unarmed men, women & children were found in Golden Temple when Army entered on 6 June 1984. They remained in Jodhpur Central Jail for the next 4–5 years.

Giani Zail Singh, the Indira Gandhi loyalist who remains India’s only Sikh president

On his 24th death anniversary, ThePrint looks back on the life of Giani Zail Singh, from freedom fighter to President of India.

Punjab opposition joins hands to take on Rahul Gandhi’s ‘clean chit’ to party on 1984 riots

The Akali Dal has asked the Congress president to apologise for the party's role in the riots, while the AAP has challenged him to a debate.

Centre put on notice as Punjab releases its share of damages for Blue Star detainees

Amarinder Singh outmanoeuvres SAD & AAP, which attacked Congress. The move takes away an emotive poll plank from the opposition.

On his death anniversary, remembering the most interesting man I’ve met: Bhindranwale

No man in our post-Independence history has written this country’s present and future like Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. On this day, 34 years ago, died...

Once a soldier, always a soldier: The Sikh general who didn’t give Blue Star a second thought

As a division commander, Lt. Gen. K.S. Brar (Retd) led Operation Blue Star inside the Golden Temple from 3 to 7 June. He survived...

A bloody miscalculation called Blue Star

Operation Blue Star was as much a story of incompetence as it was about incredible military courage. The Indian Army generals misread and miscalculated. As did Bhindranwale.

On Camera

No more text-heavy ads, wider scope of services—ICAI’s ethics code overhaul to promote Indian CA firms

Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.