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 on Sunday. ...
10:10 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
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12:16 PM, Aug 29, 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
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11:50 PM, Jun 06, 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
The Akalis have sparked off a controversy on the 28th anniversary of Operation Blue star by raising a memorial for the militants killed in the operation and honouring former chief minister Beant Singh's killer. ...
10:54 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
Chandigarh: Not learning from a dark past, on the anniversary of Operation Blue Star, a series of arrests has once again raised fears of militancy in the state. There were also reports of increasing number of youngsters from the state undergoing training in Pakistan. Provocative statements from the SAD-dominated SGPC focus only on the militant leaders, sidelining the loss of innocent lives. Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal said, "The...
08:35 AM, Jun 06, 2012
New Delhi: The country fondly remembered former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 27th death anniversary on Monday with President Pratibha Patil leading the nation in paying rich tributes to the departed leader. Patil paid floral tributes at Shakti Sthal, the memorial of Gandhi, on Monday morning. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi were also present on the occasion. Delhi...
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