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 outburst of the Sikh extremist fringe, and that it could have deeper underpinnings. Against this backdrop, it still bears mentioning that central and State intelligence agencies cannot have missed signs of growing insecurity among sections of Sikh youth and discontent prevailing among the Sikh peasantry essentially over the decline in their economic conditions, as also the threat posed to the Sikh religion from conversions to other religions, such as Christianity. Amritpal Singh’s anointment as the head of ‘Waris Punjab De’ last year again was a highly publicised event, which intelligence agencies and the authorities would have known and docketed for future consideration. However, its diplomats and intelligence agencies conspicuously failed to carry conviction about the omnipresent threat posed by Sikh extremist groups abroad, notwithstanding intelligence liaison arrangements being in place with several countries to exchange crucial intelligence.

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Kamal Davar | Strict watch on the challenge of ‘Khalistan’ is vital in Punjab
3 days, 5 hours ago

Kamal Davar | Strict watch on the challenge of ‘Khalistan’ is vital in Punjab

Deccan Chronicle  

Some weeks ago, former Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, undergoing religious penance at the holy Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar’s Golden Temple, survived an assassination attempt on his life when a former ageing “Khalistan” terrorist, Narain Singh Chaura, fired at him. It must also be accepted by our political and security establishment that there has been, in recent years, …

Attack on Badal a wake-up call
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Attack on Badal a wake-up call

Hindustan Times  

A state ravaged by militancy where passions continue to run high on hot-button religious issues. In many ways, the failed assassination bid on Shiromani Akali Dal leader and former chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal had all the makings of a perfect storm. The stroke of luck, and bravery, on display at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Wednesday should not …

Exclusive interview: 'Trump spells trouble for Khalistanis' says Sukhi Chahal, Member of Hindus for America Caucus
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Exclusive interview: 'Trump spells trouble for Khalistanis' says Sukhi Chahal, Member of Hindus for America Caucus

India Today  

In a shocking incident that has sent ripples through the Sikh community, an assassination attempt was made on Sukhbir Singh Badal, a prominent leader of the Shiromani Akali Dal, while he was performing his duties as a ‘sewadar’ at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. In an exclusive interview, Mr. Sukhi Chahal shared his insights on the escalating threat of Khalistani …

Wake-up shot: Badal hit shows Punjab sleepwalking into Khalistani encore
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Wake-up shot: Badal hit shows Punjab sleepwalking into Khalistani encore

India Today  

The failed assassination attempt on former Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Badal by a Khalistani terrorist should be a wake-up call not just for the government of India and its security agencies but also for the Punjab government and political parties in the state. The signs of the bad days returning to Punjab – over 30,000 people were killed in …

India to Seek Extradition of Canadian Terrorists: Exclusive from Intel Sources
2 months ago

India to Seek Extradition of Canadian Terrorists: Exclusive from Intel Sources

News 18  

India is set to seek the extradition of Canadian-based terrorists with three specific First Information Reports (FIRs) as part of a dossier. The details of the case will be shared on common platforms, including the United States (US), Canada, Australia, and UK. The Indian government has rejected the claims made by Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, calling them 'preposterous imputations'.

'Rahul Gandhi, Congress want to push J&K back into terrorism’: Amit Shah
3 months, 1 week ago

'Rahul Gandhi, Congress want to push J&K back into terrorism’: Amit Shah

Hindustan Times  

On the last day of campaign for the first phase of Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls, Union home minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Monday called out the Congress party and its leader Rahul Gandhi over their alleged intention to push the region ‘back into terrorism.’ Kishtwar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a public meeting ahead of …

Don’t be complacent, scale up security grid: Military experts
5 months ago

Don’t be complacent, scale up security grid: Military experts

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Complacency of the Indian security establishment, the armed forces and intelligence agencies has led to increased terrorist threats in the Jammu region, experts believe. The incremental deaths of the security personnel in the Jammu region of the Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory has led to multiple rounds of high-level meeting, including by the Home Minister Amit Shah and …

Spice, Lies and a Toxic Agenda: Unmasking the ABC's India Documentary
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Spice, Lies and a Toxic Agenda: Unmasking the ABC's India Documentary

News 18  

A 46-minute documentary, ‘Spies, secrets and threats: How the Modi regime targets people overseas’, broadcasted by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and featuring the infamous Australian journalist Avani Dias, declared its extreme antagonism towards the Hindu-centric Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Avani Dias seems to have blinded herself and the ABC viewers to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s service activities through over 120,000 projects …

Jammu and Kashmir DGP's strong response on terror attacks: 'Pak handlers making desperate attempts...'
6 months, 1 week ago

Jammu and Kashmir DGP's strong response on terror attacks: 'Pak handlers making desperate attempts...'

India TV News  

Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police, RR Swain, said on Saturday that after recent terrorist incidents in the state, attempts were made by cross-border terrorists' infiltrations to sustain terrorist networks in Kashmir despite suffering heavy losses. Days of terrorism numbered: DGP The state's police chief said, "When you talk about a danger or challenge, you see how serious or …

Terrorist attacks in the Jammu belt: Time to make Pakistan accountable
6 months, 1 week ago

Terrorist attacks in the Jammu belt: Time to make Pakistan accountable

Firstpost  

There have been a series of terrorist incidents in the Jammu belt in the past few days, spread over distances, implying that there were a couple of terrorist groups operating in the region. The Kathua encounter possibly involved a newly infiltrated team of terrorists which were eliminated, while other encounters indicate two separate groups, operating independently, South of the Pir …

‘Have to start war with Pak if…’: Union minister says Reasi terror attack was ‘deliberate’
6 months, 1 week ago

‘Have to start war with Pak if…’: Union minister says Reasi terror attack was ‘deliberate’

Hindustan Times  

A day after a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district claimed nine lives, Union minister Ramdas Athawale said that it was a “deliberately carried out” attack to spark fear on the same day when Narendra Modi took oath as the Prime Minister of India for the third consecutive term. A forensic official inspects a bus that fell into …

‘Don’t Allow Pakistani Terrorists In Kashmir…’: Firebrand Dutch Leader Wilders’ Message To India After Reasi Attack
6 months, 1 week ago

‘Don’t Allow Pakistani Terrorists In Kashmir…’: Firebrand Dutch Leader Wilders’ Message To India After Reasi Attack

News 18  

Geert Wilders, who heads the Netherlands’ right-wing PVV Freedom Party, reacted on Monday to the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Sunday where nine people died – mostly pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh – when terrorists opened fire at them. Don’t allow Pakistani terrorists in the Kashmir Valley killing Hindus.Protect your people India! #AllEyesOnReasi— Geert Wilders June 10, …

Pro-Khalistani slogans raised at Golden Temple on 40th anniversary of Operation Bluestar
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Pro-Khalistani slogans raised at Golden Temple on 40th anniversary of Operation Bluestar

India TV News  

Pro-Khalistani slogans were raised today inside the Golden Temple premises in Punjab's Amritsar on the 40th anniversary of 'Operation Bluestar', carried out by the Indira Gandhi-led government in 1984. Visuals from the incident showed protesters holding posters of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, a radical Sikh outfit Damdami Taksal leader, who was killed in the military operation ordered by then Prime Minister …

India will enter Pakistan to kill terrorists who flee there: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
8 months, 2 weeks ago

India will enter Pakistan to kill terrorists who flee there: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

India TV News  

New Delhi: Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday asserted that India will enter Pakistan to kill anyone who tries to escape in the neighbouring nation after carrying out terrorist activities in the country, a day after a report surfaced alleging that the Indian government was involved in the killings of at least 20 terrorists in Pakistan since 2020 as …

'False and malicious propaganda': India rejects allegations of targeted killings in Pakistan
8 months, 2 weeks ago

'False and malicious propaganda': India rejects allegations of targeted killings in Pakistan

India TV News  

New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs has slammed and rejected allegations of assassinating individuals in Pakistan as part of a strategy to eliminate terrorists living on foreign soil. This came after a report by the Guardian, where Indian and Pakistani intelligence operatives said India's foreign intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing, had ordered killings of terrorists in Pakistan. …

View: Is airing of Nijjar’s killing footage aimed to polarise Punjab voter?
9 months, 1 week ago

View: Is airing of Nijjar’s killing footage aimed to polarise Punjab voter?

Hindustan Times  

It has been nearly nine months since plumber turned Khalistan Tiger Force operative Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed in British Columbia but the Justin Trudeau government to date has not been able to provide a shred of evidence to substantiate the Canadian PM’s allegation that Indian government was behind the murder of the terrorist who seized control of the Guru …

Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Pannun issues threats ahead of Republic Day celebrations
11 months, 1 week ago

Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Pannun issues threats ahead of Republic Day celebrations

Hindustan Times  

Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on Tuesday issued fresh threats ahead of the 75th Republic Day celebrations, reported news agency ANI. Several photos pro-Khalistani graffiti reportedly painted across New Delhi threatening to "avenge" the death of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar surfaced on social media. Pannun has been on NIA's radar since 2019 when the probe agency lodged its first …

J&K Court Declares 23 Terrorists Operating from Pakistan Proclaimed Offenders
11 months, 3 weeks ago

J&K Court Declares 23 Terrorists Operating from Pakistan Proclaimed Offenders

Deccan Chronicle  

Srinagar: A day before Home Minister, Amit Shah, is scheduled to chair a high-level security review meeting on Jammu and Kashmir in New Delhi, a court in the Union Territory on Monday declared 23 militants from its eastern Kishtwar district proclaimed offenders. Finding them involved in offences including unleashing terror on India from the Pakistani soil, a special court designated …

Mainstreaming of radical terrorist outfits not new in Pakistan, says India
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Mainstreaming of radical terrorist outfits not new in Pakistan, says India

India TV News  

Reacting to reports of Pakistan-based UN-proscribed terrorist Hafiz Saeed's son contesting for the upcoming elections on February 8 next year, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs remarked on "radical elements and participating in elections" in the country. Former Indian navy personnel facing death penalty in Qatar Reacting to the sentences of eight ex-Indian navy personnel facing the death penalty being …

‘They can kill us’: Fear and Sikh resilience in Canada city amid India spat
11 months, 4 weeks ago

‘They can kill us’: Fear and Sikh resilience in Canada city amid India spat

Al Jazeera  

Six months after Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s assassination, his community members face threats but say they’re not defeated. “They’re very desperate right now to shut us out – and they’re willing to kill for it,” says Moninder, whose parents were born in India. The circumstances are “highly suspicious”, says Gurpreet Kaur Rai, British Columbia’s president of the World Sikh Organization of …

US warns India over plot to kill Sikh separatist in New York, report says
1 year, 1 month ago

US warns India over plot to kill Sikh separatist in New York, report says

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The alleged plot, which targeted New …

Khalistani Nihang Sikh 'Toofan Singh', previously a Muslim, issues threats to Bageshwar Dham Sarkar based on a lie: Details
1 year, 1 month ago

Khalistani Nihang Sikh 'Toofan Singh', previously a Muslim, issues threats to Bageshwar Dham Sarkar based on a lie: Details

Op India  

On 1st November, a Khalistani Nihang Sikh identified as Harmandeep Singh alias Toofan Singh released a video on his Instagram account threatening Bageshwar Dham Sarkar Dhirendra Krishna Shastri. When checked, it appears that the full video was not related to Sikhs, but Bageshwar Dham Sarkar was talking about those Christian missionaries who were running conversion campaigns in Punjab. The video …

Why is India so worried about Sikh separatist calls for Khalistan?
1 year, 2 months ago

Why is India so worried about Sikh separatist calls for Khalistan?

CNN  

CNN — In the early hours of June 23, 1985, a bomb planted in the cargo hold of Air India flight 182 traveling from Montreal to New Delhi exploded off the coast of Ireland, killing all 329 people on board. Nearly four decades on, that terrorist attack – which remains the worst in Canada’s history – and the wider history …

India mounts pressure on UK to arrest Khalistanis for insulting Tricolour during October 2 protest at London embassy
1 year, 2 months ago

India mounts pressure on UK to arrest Khalistanis for insulting Tricolour during October 2 protest at London embassy

Firstpost  

According to well-placed sources in the Indian High Commission, the MEA has reached out to its UK counterparts to goad the police for identifying Khalistani supporters from several video footages of the protest and arrest them on charges of hate crime Taking a serious view of the Khalistani protest outside the Indian High Commission in London October 2 wherein the …

NIA raids: Khalistani-gangsters nexus akin to pre-1993 Mumbai blasts era
1 year, 2 months ago

NIA raids: Khalistani-gangsters nexus akin to pre-1993 Mumbai blasts era

Hindustan Times  

Investigations into the nexus of pro-Khalistani elements and gangsters-smugglers based in several north-Indian cities and those hiding in countries such as Canada, the US, the UK, Germany, Thailand, Philippines and Australia, have so far revealed that they feed into each other. Slain Khalistan Tiger Force leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was shot dead on June 18, other Canada based gangsters-turned-Khalistanis …

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 …

The Khalistan issue: All you wanted know about
1 year, 2 months ago

The Khalistan issue: All you wanted know about

The Hindu  

Published : Sep 27, 2023 18:18 IST - 2 MINS READ India and Canada have long maintained a bilateral relationship built on shared values, including democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau subsequently accused India of involvement in Nijjar’s murder, a claim India vehemently denied, dismissing it as “absurd”. The Khalistan issue highlights the …

Unpacking India-Canada tensions amid Trudeau’s bombshell allegations
1 year, 2 months ago

Unpacking India-Canada tensions amid Trudeau’s bombshell allegations

Al Jazeera  

A week after Canada accused India of being tied to Sikh leader’s killing, fears over safety and polarisation grow. Montreal, Canada – When Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced last week that his government was investigating possible ties between India and the June killing of a Canadian Sikh leader, Moninder Singh says one of his initial feelings was “validation”. Canada …

DC Edit | Army officers, DSP pay a price
1 year, 3 months ago

DC Edit | Army officers, DSP pay a price

Deccan Chronicle  

India paid a terrible price for its eternal vigil in Jammu & Kashmir against state- Proof of Pakistan’s complicity was in abundance in the frontier Rajouri district where a cache of Pakistani arms and ammunition, besides medicines made in Pakistan, were recovered after two terrorists who had crossed the border were shot down. Members of the Indian Army and paramilitary …

No form of extremism acceptable in the UK: British PM Rishi Sunak on Khalistani issue
1 year, 3 months ago

No form of extremism acceptable in the UK: British PM Rishi Sunak on Khalistani issue

India TV News  

Allaying India's concerns over activities of pro-Khalistani elements in the UK, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak asserted on Wednesday that no form of extremism is acceptable, adding that the right to hold lawful protest does not extend to violent or threatening behaviour. Sunak also referred to a meeting between External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and UK's Security Minister Tom Tugendhat …

India not named as threat to life of murdered Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar
1 year, 4 months ago

India not named as threat to life of murdered Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar

Hindustan Times  

While separatist elements have blamed New Delhi for the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar on June 18 in Canada’s Surrey city in British Columbia, a close confidant of the Khalistani figure has said that Canadian law enforcement agencies did not mention India while briefing him on the potential threat to his life. Responding to queries over the new information that …

Amritpal Singh demands 'martyr' status for Khalistani terrorists Hardeep Singh Nijjar and Avtar Khanda
1 year, 5 months ago

Amritpal Singh demands 'martyr' status for Khalistani terrorists Hardeep Singh Nijjar and Avtar Khanda

Op India  

Pro-Khalistan separatist leader Amritpal Singh, currently lodged in Assam’s Dibrugarh Central Jail has purportedly written a letter demanding that the status of ‘martyr’ be accorded to dreaded Khalistani terrorists Hardeep Singh Nijjar and Avtar Khanda. Image source: NorthEast Now In the four-page letter, a copy of which is being widely circulated on social media, Amritpal Singh made an appeal to …

Rajnath Singh's stern message to Pakistan after India-US issue joint statement on terrorism
1 year, 5 months ago

Rajnath Singh's stern message to Pakistan after India-US issue joint statement on terrorism

India TV News  

Rajnath Singh's stern message to Pakistan: Underlining the menace of terrorism, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Jammu on Monday said that there should be concrete action against the UN-listed terrorist organisations, which include Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed and Hizbul Mujahideen. Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his state address in the US had said terrorism is an enemy of humanity and there can …

NIA raids 10 places in Punjab, Haryana in case against banned terrorist outfit Khalistan Tiger Force
1 year, 6 months ago

NIA raids 10 places in Punjab, Haryana in case against banned terrorist outfit Khalistan Tiger Force

The Hindu  

The National Investigation Agency on June 6 conducted searches at 10 locations in Punjab and Haryana in a case linked to banned terrorist organisation Khalistan Tiger Force. The raids were being conducted at nine locations in Punjab and one in Haryana in connection with a criminal conspiracy hatched to raise funds for the banned terrorist outfit and also smuggle arms, …

DC Edit | Throw the book at Amritpal; vital to ensure Punjab peace
1 year, 7 months ago

DC Edit | Throw the book at Amritpal; vital to ensure Punjab peace

Deccan Chronicle  

The incarceration of the Khalistani sympathiser and Waris Punjab De head Amritpal Singh in Dibrugarh, Assam, marks the culmination of a set of actions by the Punjab Police in bringing to heel a dangerous religious sect leader who was not only sowing discord but also planting the seeds of separatism once again. The defiance of the State in Ajnala where …

With Amritpal in Net, Khalistan Bogey Buried in Punjab; ISI May Continue to Stir Trouble Abroad
1 year, 7 months ago

With Amritpal in Net, Khalistan Bogey Buried in Punjab; ISI May Continue to Stir Trouble Abroad

News 18  

Finally, after a 36-day-long run, Amritpal Singh gave himself up to the Punjab Police in the native village of his role model and the original Khalistan mascot, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. While the failure of the Punjab Police to nab him before he reached Rode village or over the last 36 days is a matter of debate, Singh’s eight-month long sojourn …

‘He was working to save people…’: Amritpal Singh’s family to fight legal battle
1 year, 8 months ago

‘He was working to save people…’: Amritpal Singh’s family to fight legal battle

Live Mint  

Radical preacher Amritpal Singh was arrested from Moga on Sunday morning and shifted to a jail in Assam's Dibrugarh. His mother said that the fugitive had ‘surrendered like a warrior’ and announced their intention to ‘fight a legal battle’. I felt proud that he surrendered like a warrior.We will fight a legal battle and we will also go and meet …

K.C. Singh | Frozen India-Pak ties need relook amidst power shift
1 year, 8 months ago

K.C. Singh | Frozen India-Pak ties need relook amidst power shift

Deccan Chronicle  

India-Pakistan relations have virtually disappeared from the public discourse in India over the last few years. At a book release function, handled deftly by Mrs Nina Lambah, four former Indian high commissioners to Pakistan debated the issue. Having developed its nuclear deterrent, Pakistan chose to abet terror against India assuming immunity from India’s superior military power. One example of the …

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 …

Crackdown against Amritpal: Assam detainees not in illegal custody, Punjab tells HC
1 year, 8 months ago

Crackdown against Amritpal: Assam detainees not in illegal custody, Punjab tells HC

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab government on Tuesday told Punjab and Haryana high court that associates of radical Sikh preacher, Amritpal Singh, sent to Dibrugarh in Assam are detained under the National Security Act 1980 and not in illegal custody. Crackdown against Amritpal: Assam detainees not in illegal custody, Punjab tells HC Replies filed on a clutch of petitions by Amritsar senior superintendent …

Kamal Davar | Tackling Amritpal, foiling ISI designs: Delhi, Pun need to act in sync
1 year, 8 months ago

Kamal Davar | Tackling Amritpal, foiling ISI designs: Delhi, Pun need to act in sync

Deccan Chronicle  

In multi-religious and multi-ethnic nations, that are diverse in a hundred ways, inter-societal tensions do crop up periodically. Having realised the futility of war as an option for Pakistan against India’s interests, Gen. Zia and his Inter-Services Intelligence conceived of this strategy to “bleed India by a thousand cuts”, endeavouring to create mayhem and political unrest in two of India’s …

March 19 London protest face Khanda is also KLF terror chief
1 year, 8 months ago

March 19 London protest face Khanda is also KLF terror chief

Hindustan Times  

The main orchestrator of the March 19 violence at the Indian High Commission in London, Avtar Singh Khanda, apparently leads a double life in Britain. There is evidence to suggest that Avtar Singh Khanda aka Azaad, the political asylum seeker in the UK, is none other than Ranjodh Singh, the self-styled chief of the designated terror outfit Khalistan Liberation Force. …

Khalistani outfit issues threat to Assam CM over action against Amritpal, aides
1 year, 8 months ago

Khalistani outfit issues threat to Assam CM over action against Amritpal, aides

India Today  

As the hunt for Khalistani separatist Amritpal Singh continues, terrorist Gurpatwan Singh Pannu of Sikh for Justice has issued a threat against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The police crackdown on Amritpal Singh and his outfit 'Waris Punjab De' began on March 18, weeks after he and his supporters stormed the Ajnala police station near Amritsar to secure the …

Is the Khalistan movement reviving?
1 year, 8 months ago

Is the Khalistan movement reviving?

The Hindu  

After the Punjab police launched a coordinated crackdown against the Dubai-returned radical preacher, Amritpal Singh, and his associates on March 18, there is rising concern about a revival of the Khalistan movement in Punjab. The View from India | Indian diplomacy’s Khalistan problem Manish Tewari: In Punjab, there are no binaries, no black and white, it is 100 shades of …

Punjab: Paramilitary personnel, drones in place to nab 'untraceable' Amritpal Singh
1 year, 8 months ago

Punjab: Paramilitary personnel, drones in place to nab 'untraceable' Amritpal Singh

India TV News  

Amritpal Singh untraceable: Paramilitary personnel have been deployed, and drones set up in Marnaian Khurd village in Hoshiarpur district as searches are underway to nab 'Waris Punjab De' chief Amritpal Singh who is on the run since March 18. Earlier, the Punjab Police had launched a massive search operation in the Hoshiarpur village and many adjoining areas following inputs that …

Despite best efforts, radical preacher Amritpal not arrested yet, Punjab govt. tells HC
1 year, 8 months ago

Despite best efforts, radical preacher Amritpal not arrested yet, Punjab govt. tells HC

The Hindu  

The Punjab government on March 29 informed the Punjab and Haryana High Court that "despite best efforts", radical preacher Amritpal Singh has not been arrested yet. The habeas corpus plea was recently filed by Mr. Khara, claiming Amritpal Singh was in "illegal custody" of police. Multiple teams headed by senior police officers, including senior superintendent of police, have raided at …

What Amritpal Singh’s rise spells for Punjab | In Focus podcast
1 year, 8 months ago

What Amritpal Singh’s rise spells for Punjab | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

The phenomenon of Amritpal Singh has taken Punjab by storm. From a businessman in Dubai till September last year, Amritpal has become Punjab’s leading practitioner of separatist politics, telling Frontline magazine in a recent interview that he does not recognize the Indian Constitution as it doesn’t see Sikhism as a separate religion. He has inherited Waris Punjab De, an organisation …

'Have Not Been Able To Arrest Amritpal Despite Best Efforts; LOC Opened Against Him By MHA': Punjab Police Informs High Court
1 year, 8 months ago

'Have Not Been Able To Arrest Amritpal Despite Best Efforts; LOC Opened Against Him By MHA': Punjab Police Informs High Court

Live Law  

The Punjab Police today informed the Punjab And Haryana High Court that it has not been able to arrest/detain alleged Khalistani sympathizer Amritpal Singh despite best efforts, however, a Look Out Circular has been opened by the Ministry of Home Affairs against him on State Police's request.In an affidavit filed through the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Border Range, it. …

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 …

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