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  31 years after 'Blue Star', Bhindranwale still hero for Jammu Sikhs

  India | June 07, 2015 14:19 IST

  Jammu: Thirty-one years after he was killed in ‘Operation Blue Star' in Amritsar, Punjab, separatist militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale is still regarded as a martyr and ‘sant' by Sikhs living in Jammu.Sant Tejwant Singh, the

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  Operation Bluestar anniversary: 5 injured in clash inside Golden Temple

  India | June 06, 2015 19:27 IST

  Amritsar: Five youths were injured in a clash inside Golden Temple here today when people had gathered there to mark the 31st anniversary of Operation Bluestar.  According to police, the incident took place as members

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  Modi on a two-day visit to Bangladesh; Other major events of the day

  India | June 06, 2015 10:16 IST

  1) PM Narendra Modi on a two day visit to BangladeshPrime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a two-day visit to Bangladesh beginning June 6 with an aim to inject new momentum in the bilateral

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  10 facts to know about Operation Blue Star

  India | June 01, 2015 14:55 IST

  Operation Blue Star was launched exactly 31 years ago on 1 June, 1984.Operation Blue Star was the codename used for Army action against the militants who had captured Golden Temple.The operation continued from June 1

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  Dal Khalsa calls for bandh in Amritsar to mark Operation Bluestar

  India | May 25, 2015 6:58 IST

  Amritsar: Radical Sikh outfit Dal Khalsa has called for a bandh here on June 6 in the memory of those killed during the Operation Bluestar in June 1984 in Punjab.  The outfit said to mark

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  Punjab to make efforts to bring Blue Star artefacts: CM Badal

  Politics | May 13, 2015 17:51 IST

  Rakhra (Patiala): Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said that the state government was making persistent efforts with the Centre to bring back the books, rare manuscripts and other artifacts taken away by the

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  Know the five Takhts of Sikhism

  India | December 15, 2014 10:33 IST

  New Delhi: India is known for its unity in diversity. India has always been a compilation of various religions and cultures. Various cultural architectures can be seen across the country depicting the rich cultural inheritance

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  SGPC row: Badal compares Congress to Mughals

  Politics | July 07, 2014 12:57 IST

  Chandigarh: Attacking the Haryana government's decision to announce creation of a separate committee for gurdwaras (Sikh shrines) in the state, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal called the decision "unconstitutional" and accused the Congress of

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  Gandhi statue vandalised amid Sikh protests over Operation Bluestar

  World | June 09, 2014 9:49 IST

  London: A statue of Mahatma Gandhi has been vandalised in the UK city of Leicester apparently protesting the 1984 Operation Bluestar military raid on the Golden Temple, the holiest Sikh shrine.Graffiti saying “Never forget 84”

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  Sikhs protest at UN on 30th anniversary of Bluestar

  World | June 07, 2014 21:43 IST

  New York: Marking the 30th anniversary of ‘Operation Bluestar', Sikh men, women and children held a demonstration outside the United Nations today and announced the holding of a referendum among the Sikh diaspora in 2020

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  Operation Bluestar: AISSF demands apology from Govt

  India | June 05, 2014 18:28 IST

  Amritsar: On the eve of 30th anniversary of Operation Bluestar, the All India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF) today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during the current session of Parliament, should acknowledge wrongdoing on the government's

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  Know the untold story of Operation Blue Star

  India | December 15, 2014 10:10 IST

  New Delhi: India has witnessed many major incidents of bloodsheds ever since the independence where many lives were ruined and many houses were destroyed.One such incident is Operation Blue Star, which is known as one

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  Operation Bluestar: Britain's role 'very limited'

  World | February 05, 2014 10:02 IST

  London: The British foreign secretary William Hague on Tuesday revealed that UK had a very limited role in the Amritsar massacre of 1984.Hague informed the British MPs that Margaret Thatcher did not play any role

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  Britain to lift turban ban at high-risk workplaces

  World | January 25, 2014 22:35 IST

  London:  Britain is set to scrap a ban on turbans at high-risk workplaces next week, a move that some Sikh groups see as a “sweetener” to deal with the fallout of the Margaret Thatcher government's

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  Thatcher's letter to Gandhi raises question of Britain's support after Operation Blue Star

  World | January 16, 2014 22:30 IST

  New Delhi: A report published by a UK  newspaper says that the then British prime minister Margaret Thatcher had written a letter to her Indian counterpart Indira Gandhi after the Operation Blue Star took place.

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  Operation Blue Star: Lt Gen KS Brar denies reports of UK assistance

  India | January 15, 2014 12:09 IST

  New Delhi: Former Lieutenant General Kuldeep Singh Brar who led Operation Bluestar to flush militants from the Golden Temple in 1984 has rubbished claims that UK special forces advised and assisted the Indian. Speaking exclusively

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  Government should tell the truth on Operation Bluestar: Jaitley

  Politics | January 15, 2014 11:00 IST

  New Delhi: Asking the government to tell the truth on Operation Bluestar, BJP leader Arun Jaitley Tuesday said British documents claiming they were onsulted lends credence to the fact that the then Indian government did

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  Dal Khalsa writes to Cameron over Thatcher link to Operation Bluestar

  India | January 14, 2014 17:36 IST

  Amritsar: Radical Sikh outfit Dal Khalsa has written a letter to British Prime Minister David Cameron, expressing its pain, concern and anguish over the “revelations” that Margaret Thatcher's government might have helped Indira Gandhi plan

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  British PM orders probe into Margaret Thatcher link to Operation Bluestar

  World | January 14, 2014 10:33 IST

  London: British Prime Minister David Cameron has directed his cabinet secretary to establish the facts behind claims that Margaret Thatcher's government may have helped Indira Gandhi plan Operation Bluestar in 1984. Labour MP Tom Watson

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  Akal Takht head honours Indira Gandhi assassins

  India | January 06, 2013 19:19 IST

  Amritsar,Jan 6: Two assassins of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi were on Sunday honoured by a senior Sikh clergyman to mark the 24th anniversary of their hanging.The head of Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat