In 1984, Parmar succeeded in turning his low-grade marketing campaign into a movement due to political missteps in Punjab, which empowered Bhindranwale.
An explosives test conducted by the Babbar Khalsa was mistaken to be a 'gunshot'. Surveillance was called off, X-ray screen broke down & an anonymous bag was checked in.
Purported poster of car rally addresses late Khalistani militant Talwinder Singh Parmar as 'martyr' & calls for investigating 'India’s role' in the Air India Flight 182 bombing, which killed 329.
Air power used to be the instrument of escalation, the thing a state reached for once diplomacy had failed. Increasingly, it is no longer the last resort.
Govt says surrender & withdrawal payouts accounted for 39% of total benefits in 25-26, up from 32% in 21-22, driven by affordability issues, mis-selling, changing financial circumstance.
Three Indian companies are working on Shahed-like drones. Besides IG Defence, Bengaluru-based NewSpace Research and Technologies has developed the Sheshnaag-150, while Lucknow-based Hoverit has the Divyastra.
The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.
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