A 38-year-old Sikh woman has been charged in connection with the attack on the 1984 Operation Blue Star hero KS Brar in London in September, 2012, taking to four the number of people accused in the case. ...
11:21 PM, Feb 09, 2013
Defence officers are outraged after a gurudwara in Panchkula refused to conduct prayer ceremonies for Maha Vir Chakra winner Lt General RS Dyal, who died in 2012. The gurudwara, citing his participation in Operation Bluestar of 1984, refused to hold prayers for him. ...
02:31 PM, Jan 21, 2013
London: British Police have arrested two more persons, including a woman, in connection with the assassination attempt in London on Lt Gen (retd) KS Brar, the hero of the 1984 Operation Blue Star. Brar, 78, on a private visit, was returning to his hotel with his wife when he was attacked in central London by four men on September 30 and suffered a wound on his neck and cheek. A...
11:49 AM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: Alarmed by the attack on Lt Gen (retd) KS Brar in London and the widespread condemnation of it, the Centre on Thursday decided to provide security to all the veterans of Operation Blue Star. Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) after a security review meeting on Thursday also took the decision of continuing category Z security to Lt Gen Brar. Brigadier (retd) Israr Rahim Khan, who led the assault...
04:26 PM, Oct 11, 2012
London: A 29-year-old man was arrested here on Wednesday in connection with the attack on Lt Gen KS Brar, the Operation Blue Star hero, taking to three the total number of persons in custody in the case. In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said "a further arrest has been made in connection with the investigation into the attack on Lt Gen Kuldip Singh Brar in London on September 30. "On...
08:22 PM, Oct 10, 2012
New Delhi: Britain has assured India of its determination to bring the perpetrators of attack on retired Lt General KS Brar to justice and said it will continue updating Indian officials about the investigations in the case. In a letter to External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Office William Hague conveyed his "shock" at the attack on Brar in London on September 30...
12:48 PM, Oct 07, 2012
London: Eleven more people were arrested in London on Friday in connection with the stabbing of retired Lieutenant General KS Brar, taking the total number in police custody to 15. Brar is known for leading leading 'Operation Blue Star' 28 years ago to flush out pro-Khalistani militants from the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab. On Thursday, four persons, including a woman, were arrested by the Metropolitan Police in connection with...
07:30 PM, Oct 05, 2012
London: Four persons, including a woman, have been arrested in London in connection with the stabbing of retired Lieutenant General KS Brar, who had led 'Operation Blue Star' 28 years ago to flush out pro-Khalistani militants from the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab. The four persons, including a woman, were arrested on Thursday by the Metropolitan Police in connection with the conspiracy to murder Brar, a spokesman of Scotland Yard...
03:54 AM, Oct 05, 2012
New Delhi: In the latest development in connection with the attack on Operation Blue Star hero Lt General KS Brar in London, sources have said that it was planned on June 6 in Germany. According to sources, the attack was planned at a meeting of radical Sikh outfits in Germany on the anniversary of Operation Blue Star. Sources further said that the plan was to attack the former army man...
06:19 PM, Oct 03, 2012
New Delhi: Operation Blue Star hero Lt General Kuldip Singh Brar returned to India on Wednesday but questions are now arising on whether the government did not provide enough security to him on his trip to London. The Home Ministry now has said it wasn't informed about his travel plans after allegations that his security was downgraded. Lt General Brar gets Z-category security at home, as he led Operation Blue...
03:13 PM, Oct 03, 2012
Mumbai: Retired Lt General KS Brar, who led Operation Blue Star in 1984, returned to Mumbai from London on Wednesday, two days after being attacked. Lt Gen Brar was attacked by four men with a knife in London. The Home Ministry is expecting reports from the External Affairs Ministry and RAW on the investigation. The Home Ministry has refused to comment on who could be behind the attack before the...
01:58 PM, Oct 03, 2012
New Delhi: Retired Lt General Kuldip Singh Brar who commanded Operation Blue Star is expected to return home two days after he was attacked with a knife by unknown assailants in London. The Home Ministry is expecting reports from the External Affairs Ministry and RAW on the investigation. The Home Ministry has refused to comment on who could be behind the attack before the reports are prepared. The MHA has...
08:48 AM, Oct 03, 2012
London: Scotland Yard has appealed for information from members of the public on the Sunday night assault on Lt General KS Brar, and described the four assailants as wearing dark clothing, long black jackets and having "long beards". Stating that detectives were keeping an open mind on the motivation behind the attack, the police said in a statement on Monday that they were particularly keen to speak to people who...
04:32 AM, Oct 02, 2012
London: Lt General Kuldip Singh Brar, who was attacked in London on Sunday night, has claimed that it was an assassination attempt on him. "There were lot of hate messages on net, there were online threats against me. There were pledges to kill me," said Brar, who is known for leading Operation Blue Star against Sikh terrorists in 1984. The former Army officer praised the London police for the urgency...
11:17 PM, Oct 01, 2012
London: Lt General Kuldip Singh Brar, who led the Operation Blue Star against Sikh terrorists in 1984, was attacked and injured with a sharp-edged weapon outside a hotel in London at around 10 pm on Sunday night. He is reported to be out of danger now. The incident took place at Old Quebec Street near Hyde Park when Brar was out with his wife. The couple are in London on...
08:14 PM, Oct 01, 2012
Chandigarh: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said the Centre was keeping a close watch on the situation in Punjab in the wake of a move to set up a memorial in Golden Temple for those killed during Operation Blue Star. The Home Minister said that the Centre was also keeping a tab on the incidents that took place across Punjab against the death sentence to Balwant Singh Rajoana,...
06:10 PM, Jul 13, 2012
New Delhi: The move to set up a memorial for those killed during 'Operation Blue Star' in Golden Temple has set the alarm bells ringing as the Home Ministry fears that it could resurrect militancy in Punjab. Official sources said the Ministry is keenly watching the developments in Punjab where bricks for the memorial were laid by the five Sikh head priests along with Jatehedar Akal Takht Gyani Gurbachan Singh...
12:20 PM, Jun 10, 2012
New Delhi: The BJP, which is part of the ruling alliance in Punjab, on Wednesday opposed the construction of Operation Blue Star memorial in Amritsar by radical sikhs, terming it "anti-national" and asked people to move forward and not be distracted. While senior BJP leader Balbir Punj termed the move as "anti-national", party spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy said the people of Punjab should not be distracted by such things and...
02:52 AM, Jun 08, 2012
Chandigarh: The Akalis have sparked off a controversy on the 28th anniversary of Operation Blue Star by raising a memorial for militants killed in the operation and honouring former chief minister Beant Singh's assassin Balwant Singh Rajoana. The memorial inside the Golden Temple complex glorifies militant leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and Maj Gen Shabeg Singh, among others, killed in the operation. The Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) dominated by the...
11:50 PM, Jun 06, 2012
New Delhi: Akalis on Wednesday courted controversy in Punjab after glorifying slain militants on the occasion of the 8th anniversary of Operation Blue Star. The military operation, under orders from the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, had killed separatist Jarnail Singh Bhindernwale and many others while trying to wrest back control of the Golden Temple. Earlier, the Dal Khalsa, a radical Sikh outfit, on Tuesday released a directory containing profiles...
01:52 PM, Jun 06, 2012
