Separatism needs to be weeded out urgently
1 year, 9 months ago

Separatism needs to be weeded out urgently

Hindustan Times  

Two terrible events occurred last week. These mahapanchayats openly threatened the Rajasthan police to not dare arrest Monu and that if any police squad tried to do so, no one in that squad would be spared. Amritpal Singh's supporters break barricades and enter the police station demanding the release of Amritpal Singh's close aide, in Ajnala near Amritsar on Thursday. Second, a sizeable group of armed Sikhs attacked the Ajnala police station in Amritsar, Punjab, protesting against the arrest of Lovepreet Toofan Singh, a close companion of Waris Punjab De head Amritpal Singh. Former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh refers to Amritpal as an Inter-Services Intelligence pawn.

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FIRs against Rahul Gandhi over statements on Sikhs in India
3 months ago

FIRs against Rahul Gandhi over statements on Sikhs in India

The Hindu  

Multiple First Information Reports have been registered against former Congress president Rahul Gandhi in various districts of Chhattisgarh over his recent statements on the Sikh community made during the leader’s recent visit to the U.S. Cases have been filed in the capital Raipur and a couple of other cities, including Bilaspur and Durg, with police sources adding that more such …

'Individuals have the right to freedom of speech': US on Sikh separatist groups
1 year, 2 months ago

'Individuals have the right to freedom of speech': US on Sikh separatist groups

Firstpost  

One such group called Sikhs for Justice is based in the United States and has been organizing an unofficial so-called ‘Khalistan Referendum’ The State Department on Tuesday said the United States respects the right to freedom of speech and assembly of individuals when asked about American factions of the movement for a Sikh separatist state that has long frustrated India. …

Why India's warnings about Sikh separatism don't get much traction in the West
1 year, 2 months ago

Why India's warnings about Sikh separatism don't get much traction in the West

NPR  

Why India's warnings about Sikh separatism don't get much traction in the West Enlarge this image toggle caption Cole Burston/AFP via Getty Images Cole Burston/AFP via Getty Images Michael Kugelman is director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. Sponsor Message In New Delhi's view, these anti-India elements are exemplified by Nijjar, a supporter of …

Indian police arrest Sikh separatist leader Amritpal Singh in Punjab after weeks on the run
1 year, 8 months ago

Indian police arrest Sikh separatist leader Amritpal Singh in Punjab after weeks on the run

ABC  

Indian police have arrested Sikh separatist Amritpal Singh after searching for him for more than a month, in a move against the revival of an independent homeland in the state of Punjab bordering Pakistan. Key points: Amritpal Singh leads a group called Waris Punjab De or the heirs of Punjab Punjab suffered a bloody insurgency in the 1980s Waris Punjab …

Questions on Amritpal saga
1 year, 8 months ago

Questions on Amritpal saga

Hindustan Times  

Thirty-seven days after he mounted a dramatic escape to slip through a Punjab Police cordon, radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh was arrested from Moga’s Rode village in the early hours of Sunday. Details of the exact sequence of events are still falling into place, but it appears that Mr Singh delivered a speech in a gurdwara before his arrest in …

Indian police arrest Sikh separatist leader after long hunt
1 year, 8 months ago

Indian police arrest Sikh separatist leader after long hunt

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Indian police on Sunday arrested a separatist leader who has revived calls for an independent Sikh homeland and the secession of India’s northern Punjab state, which has a history of violent insurgency. Ashwini Dubey, a lawyer in Punjab state, said Singh’s arrest would help police dismantle the separatist network and its supporters. Very little was known about …

Police intensify hunt for Amritpal Singh, Rajasthan-Punjab border on high alert
1 year, 8 months ago

Police intensify hunt for Amritpal Singh, Rajasthan-Punjab border on high alert

India Today  

Intensifying the hunt for Khalistani sympathiser Amritpal Singh, Rajasthan and Punjab police along with central agencies have issued a high alert along the border states. The high alert comes after Punjab Police stuck posters declaring the fugitive Khalistani sympathiser as a "wanted man" at the Batala railway station in Punjab's Gurdaspur district on Wednesday. Watch | Fugitive Amritpal Singh's aide …

Punjab — beware the Ides of March
1 year, 8 months ago

Punjab — beware the Ides of March

The Hindu  

Three decades after sectarian violence mauled Punjab, the radicalist threat appears to be raising its head again. Most important is to avoid treating all that is happening now as evidence of a foreign conspiracy — of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence and other like-minded forces — instead of facing up to the reality that this may be more than a mere emotional …

Khalistani separatist Amritpal denied shelter from religious preachers in Uttarakhand: Report
1 year, 8 months ago

Khalistani separatist Amritpal denied shelter from religious preachers in Uttarakhand: Report

India Today  

Khalistani separatist Amritpal Singh sought help and shelter from religious preachers in Uttarakhand as he continued to evade arrest. In a dramatic chase on Tuesday night, the Khalistani separatist and his aide Papalpreet Singh once again slipped through police's fingers even as the search operation continued in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district. The police said they were chasing a white coloured Innova …

Amritpal Singh: The story so far
1 year, 8 months ago

Amritpal Singh: The story so far

The Hindu  

Published : Mar 25, 2023 16:32 IST - 9 MINS READ Amritpal Singh, the hardline Sikh separatist campaigner, disappeared from public sight in Punjab’s Jalandhar district on March 18 following a 25-km police chase, a part of which was livestreamed on Facebook from Amritpal’s SUV. On March 19, the Punjab police arrested Amritpal Singh’s alleged financier Daljeet Singh Kalsi, a …

Amritpal Singh manhunt: Alert issued in Uttarakhand's 3 districts against Waris Punjab De chief
1 year, 9 months ago

Amritpal Singh manhunt: Alert issued in Uttarakhand's 3 districts against Waris Punjab De chief

India TV News  

Amritpal Singh manhunt: In the latest development to the ongoing manhunt for fugitive pro-Khalistan leader Amritpal Singh, an alert has been issued in Dehradun, Haridwar, and Udhamsinghnagar districts of the Uttarakhand as a precaution in view of the possibility of Waris Punjab De chief entering the state. Earlier on Thursday, Punjab's Inspector General of Police, Headquarters, Sukhchain Singh Gill said …

India police seek Sikh leader, arrest separatist supporters
1 year, 9 months ago

India police seek Sikh leader, arrest separatist supporters

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Indian police are searching for a separatist leader who has revived calls for an independent Sikh homeland, stirring fears of violence in northwestern Punjab state where there’s a history of bloody insurgency. Authorities have deployed thousands of paramilitary soldiers to the state and suspended mobile internet services in some areas to prevent unrest, Sukhchain Singh Gill, the …

Trouble in Punjab: on the factors of religious fanaticism, foreign-aided opportunism and a societal crisis
1 year, 9 months ago

Trouble in Punjab: on the factors of religious fanaticism, foreign-aided opportunism and a societal crisis

The Hindu  

The police action against violent separatists in Punjab is a case of better late than never. Religious fanaticism in the State has been raising its ugly head in recent years, and going out of control in recent months, with open calls for violence and threats to state functionaries including Union Ministers. The challenge appears to be daunting for the inexperienced …

Who is Khalistani leader and radical preacher Amritpal Singh?
1 year, 9 months ago

Who is Khalistani leader and radical preacher Amritpal Singh?

Hindustan Times  

Punjab police led a dramatic chase against Khalistani sympathiser Amritpal Singh on Saturday and detained 10 of his close aides. Dubbed as ‘Bhindranwale 2.0’, Amritpal Singh follows the teachings and dressing style of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, who supported the demand for Khalistan and was killed in 1984 during Operation Bluestar. He assumed charge as chief of 'Waris Punjab De', a …

Amritpal Singh on the run; huge drama as cops chase radical Sikh leader: Updates
1 year, 9 months ago

Amritpal Singh on the run; huge drama as cops chase radical Sikh leader: Updates

Hindustan Times  

Self-styled Sikh preacher, Khalistani supporter Amritpal Singh was hunted by Punjab police on Saturday for which Internet services across the state were suspended. Read | Amritpal Singh, the new face of fundamentalist fringe The 29-year-old separatist leader Amritpal Singh was chased by a heavy police force on Saturday. After the hours-long hot chase in which the cops almost arrested Amritpal …

Amritpal Singh | A radical preacher
1 year, 9 months ago

Amritpal Singh | A radical preacher

The Hindu  

On February 23, a violent mob, led by Amritpal Singh, a pro-Khalistan propagator and self-styled Sikh preacher, stormed a police station in Punjab’s Amritsar, in what he called a “show of strength”. Mr. Amritpal’s rise to fame or notoriety started last year when he took over as the head of the ‘Waris Punjab De’, a social organisation established by actor-turned-activist …

Pro-Khalistan preacher’s aide released from jail, a day after his supporters clashed with police
1 year, 10 months ago

Pro-Khalistan preacher’s aide released from jail, a day after his supporters clashed with police

The Hindu  

Accused in a kidnapping and assault case, Lovepreet Singh alias Toofan Singh — a close aide of self-styled Sikh preacher and Khalistani sympathiser Amritpal Singh — was released from jail in Punjab’s Ajnala on Friday. On Thursday, armed with swords, guns and sharp weapons, scores of supporters of Mr. Amritpal Singh, who heads the radical Waris Punjab De outfit, scuffled …

Amritpal Singh, the new face of fundamentalist fringe
1 year, 10 months ago

Amritpal Singh, the new face of fundamentalist fringe

Hindustan Times  

The sudden rise of Sikh hardliner Amritpal Singh as the new face of fundamentalist fringe in Punjab is posing a major challenge for Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party government. 'Waris Punjab De' chief Amritpal Singh speaks to media after his supporters break barricades and enter the police station demanding the release of Amritpal Singh's close aide in Ajnala near Amritsar …

Amritpal Singh: All About The Khalistan Sympathiser Who’s Trying to Rebrand Himself as Bhindranwale 2.0
1 year, 10 months ago

Amritpal Singh: All About The Khalistan Sympathiser Who’s Trying to Rebrand Himself as Bhindranwale 2.0

News 18  

High drama was reported on Thursday afternoon in Punjab’s Amritsar city when radical preacher Amritpal Singh’s supporters, carrying swords, lathi and guns, broke through barricades and stormed at the Ajnala police station complex and camped there till they were “assured” that an arrested man would be released. The protesters asked the police to cancel the FIR and also threatened that …

Why India is witnessing spike in attacks on Christians, churches
3 years ago

Why India is witnessing spike in attacks on Christians, churches

Al Jazeera  

Rights groups record more than 300 attacks on Christians and their religious places in the first nine months of this year. However, in a speech about two weeks earlier, Mohan Bhagwat, head of the far-right Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological mentor of Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, warned Hindus about religious conversions and alleged “demographic changes” in India’s northeastern states, which …

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