Operation Blue Star

39 years of Operation Bluestar: What happened in Punjab and the aftermath

Operation Blue Star was a military operation in which the Golden Temple was stormed by security forces to take on separatist militants

Security tightened ahead of Operation Bluestar anniversary in Punjab

Security was beefed up across Punjab on Thursday with the state police carrying out flag marches and deploying adequate number of security personnel at crucial places ahead of Operation Bluestar anniversary on June 6. The army had carried out Operation Blue Star in June 1984 to flush out hiding militants from Golden Temple in Amritsar. The Punjab Police on Thursday carried out flag marches in sensitive and vulnerable areas as a measure to instill confidence among the general public. As many as 110 flag marches were conducted covering 192 vulnerable areas across the state, an official statement said. The exercise was conducted on the directions of Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav. Special DGP (law and order) Arpit Shukla said commissioners of police and senior superintendents of police were directed to conduct flag marches in their respective districts. Police also apprehended 368 suspicious people during these flag marches. He said the exercise was aimed to boost the

Indira let Bhindranwale become Frankenstein monster: Blue Star commander

Late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had allowed militant leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale to grow into a sort of Frankenstein monster and decided to finish him off when he reached the pinnacle

Lessons from Punjab: The perils of fanaticism

The book teaches us how a hegemonic state, unchecked religious fanaticism, political arrogance and incompetence, can create a perfect storm

Satyapal Malik's 'Governorspeak' a negotiating gambit with angry farmers?

Might Malik's statements have been primed by powers-that-be to resume negotiations? His advocacy of farmers' demands may be a credibility-building exercise to take a role in facilitating negotiations

UK judge orders Operation Blue Star related files to be made public

Judge Murray Shanks, who presided over a three-day hearing of the First Tier Tribunal (Information Rights) in London rejected the UK government's argument

UK cabinet office to rule on secret Operation Blue Star files

A three-day hearing of the First Tier Tribunal (Information Rights) will open in London on Tuesday

British Sikh group calls for probe into UK role in Operation Blue Star

British involvement in the Army operation against extremists inside Golden Temple first emerged in January 2014 with the release of documents under the UK's 30-year declassification rule

Labour party asks Theresa May to clarify Britain's role in Operation Blue Star

While Foreign Office said it had merely "borrowed" files, the Labour party said the fact the files exist raise questions