operation blue star

Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma's refusal to recuse herself from Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia's case brings into focus whether a reasonable apprehension about bias is enough for judges to step aside

Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma's recusal controversy highlights the principle that justice must be seen to be done. Despite a litigant's concerns about potential bias due to her children practicing in the same court, the judge refused to step aside. This situation raises questions about perceptions of impartiality and the importance of maintaining public confidence in the judiciary.

We should not view the state through a ‘Khalistan’ prism. This is a diaspora obsession, which does complicate India’s international relations, but has little to do with improving livelihoods locally

A three-day hearing of the First Tier Tribunal(Information Rights) opened in London, with a bulk of the session being held in secret as Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials explained their stand that the declassification of the files posed a threat to national security and international relations with India.

The country's only woman prime minister, who died on October 31, 1984, equally regretted her another controversial decision -- imposition of Emergency -- that had shaken the country, say her close aides.

Over 25 years after the operation blue star, former Punjab Governor Lt Gen (retired) BKN Chibber said flushing out extremists had dented the Army's image and alienated it from the Punjabis, especially the rural folk.

A rights organization, planning to file a PIL against building a “martyrs memorial for operation blue star victims” in Amritsar, has sent legal notices to Punjab CM Prakash Singh Badal, his son and deputy, Sukhbir Badal, and the state chief secretary over the issue.

Amid concerns over the move to build a memorial inside the Golden Temple for the 'martyrs’ of operation blue star, the Centre decided to draw Punjab government’s attention to an existing law — that prohibits misuse of religious institutions in any manner – to maintain social harmony.

SFJ legal advisor Gurpatwant Singh Pannun said that they wanted the International community to break its silence on the 30 years long oppression of Sikhs in India.

It may be a case of history repeating itself as the defence company at the heart of parliamentary queries over Britain's involvement in operation blue star is none other than AgustaWestland, which recently lost out on a lucrative contract to supply helicopters to India over allegations of corruption.

The British government led by then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher made several attempts to ban protests by Sikhs in the country following operation blue star in 1984, according to recently declassified documents.

UK labour party leader and MP Ed Miliband said that even as his party welcomed what the British cabinet secretary revealed in his report on the allegations of UK's involvement in 'operation blue star', there are still serious questions that remain unanswered.

Punjab chief inister Parkash Singh Badal has sought an unconditional apology from the British government for secretly assisting the government of India in the dastardly act of operation blue star in 1984.

The supreme commander of operation blue star Lt General Kuldeep Singh Brar has said he has serious doubts on whether he will die a natural death.

The Union home ministry on Tuesday reviewed the security of Lt-Gen (retired) K S Brar, who escaped assassination bid in London on September 30.

Responding to a question on the central government's stand on the memorial, Shinde said that due to terrorism, India has suffered a lot – both economically and loss of human lives — and therefore "one has to introspect".

A new report by a British Sikh group has called for an independent public inquiry into the exact nature of the UK government's assistance to the Indian Army during the 1984 operation blue star, describing a previous internal review as a "whitewash".

The intelligence agencies have noted with concern the commemoration of 31st anniversary of operation blue star by hardline Sikh elements across UK, France, US, Germany, Pakistan and Malaysia, in the first week of this month.

BJP has asked the government to clarify whether operation blue star launched to flush out Khalistani terrorists from the Golden Temple was planned on the basis of British advice as suggested by declassified documents.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday said there was no evidence so far to suggest that elite British special forces played a role in the 1984 operation blue star.

The huge cache of ammunition recovered from Chapri forest in Giddi police station area of Hazaribagh district may be a part of the cartridges and rocket launchers that were snatched away by Sikh Regiment jawans in the aftermath of operation blue star 28 years ago.

A section within intelligence and security establishment views the ongoing construction of such a memorial as an attempt by some hardliners to scratch the old wounds.

Even though the attackers of operation blue star commander, Lt Gen K S Brar, are yet to be identified, agencies here suspect it might be linked to the radical elements in the Sikh diaspora, who have repeatedly disrupted Republic Day and Independence Day events of the Indian High Commission in the UK.

A 26-year-old man has been jailed for 10 years for his part in an attack on 78-year-old former Indian military general Kuldip Singh Brar while he was on holiday in London in 2012.

Harjit Kaur, from Hayes in west London, is the fourth accused to be charged in the case along with Barjinder Singh Sangha (33), Mandeep Singh Sandhu (34) and Dilbagh Singh (36).

The BJP, which is part of the ruling alliance in Punjab, on Thursday 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.

As the recent assassination attempt on Lt-Gen (retired) K S Brar in London raised safety concerns of all operation blue star veterans back home, the government has decided to restore security of Brig (retired) Israr Rahim Khan, who led the first Army troops that entered the Golden Temple in Amritsar during the operation in June, 1984.

Seeking to play down the controversy over setting up a memorial in the Golden Temple in the memory of those killed during operation blue star, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today said it would be a simple Gurdwara (sikh shrine) and nothing else.

An iconic statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the UK has been vandalized in the city of Leicester apparently in protest against the 1984 operation blue star military raid on the Golden Temple.