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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

Violence over Osman Hadi is about Islamist Bangladesh. India-baiting is a distraction

The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.