Operation Blue Star

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