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Saturday, August 23, 2025
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Topic: Sikhs

As if hounding Muslims wasn’t enough, BJP is now giving same treatment to Sikhs

By unleashing the propaganda machine against the Sikhs on Kartarpur Sahib issue, BJP is playing with fire that patriotic—and smart—Indians would rather not.

Pakistan condemns ISIS attack on Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan

"Distressed and grieved," says country's foreign office by attack that killed 19, 17 of whom belonged to minority Sikh and Hindu community.

Spate of ‘targeted killings’ has made Sikhs in Pakistan scared and angry like never before

Several killings in the last four years have raised worries that the Sikh minority in Pakistan might be the latest target of the country's religious extremist groups.

When the marginalised strike back: Lessons to learn from Shillong

Fake news, lack of decisive police action and breakdown of local institutions led to the Shillong incident. The city can ignore all this and its minorities at its peril

Fear and suspicion in Shillong: How civic and political apathy led to a fractured society

After a week of violence, calm has returned to Shillong. But for how long? The root cause of the communal flare-up is yet to be addressed.

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...

Karachi stadium hosts cricket match after 9 years but with 8,000 security guards

India to send a team of doctors to Pakistan for prisoner repatriation and Sikhs leave to visit Pakistan's religious sites.

The superior cop

K P S Gill was never armed with more than his swagger stick. Yet, he always fought to win

With Prejudice

By giving communal twist to naming of next Army chief, PIL tried to revive fears long buried until apex court threw it out.

On Camera

Swraj Paul was the original NRI powerbroker. Helped Indira’s return, shaped India Inc

When he was asked why he was so loud in his criticisms of Indian industry when his purpose could be better served by a shrewder approach, he said, “Because I am a Punjabi, not a Marwari”.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

India and France to jointly develop and manufacture 120 kN engine for homegrown AMCA

The new engine, set to be developed over the next 10 years, will power the second tranche of Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft. First set will be equipped with GE 414 engines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

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?