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Operation Blue Star: Reading between the lines of a deleted social media post by Punjab BJP
June 04, 2025 5:44 am
Tribute by party to 'all martyrs' of the operation at Golden Temple, before it took down the past, could indicate a break from the party's measured stance in the past. Rivals believe the reason more mundane: a bypoll
Military Digest: Sikh soldiers' desertions, disbandment of 9th Battalion after Operation Blue Star
June 16, 2024 2:22 pm
A court of inquiry found that on June 4, 1984, a signature campaign was initiated in the battalion to enlist volunteers willing to go to Amritsar in case the need arose.
Military Digest: 40 years of Op Blue Star -- Recalling Lt Gen Sinha's firm views on Army storming Mehta Chowk Gurdwara
June 09, 2024 4:26 pm
There has been much speculation that the resistance of Lt Gen Sinha to use his troops at Mehta Chowk Gurdwara may have cost him his appointment as Chief of Army Staff.
39 years since Operation Bluestar: What led up to it, what happened
June 06, 2023 1:34 pm
Today marks 39 years of Operation Bluestar, in which the Indian army stormed the Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out militant leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his followers.
Amritsar: Dal Khalsa takes out march on eve of Operation Blue Star anniversary, calls for bandh today
June 06, 2023 7:29 am
Operation Blue Star was carried out by the Indian Army in June 1984 in order to capture pro-Khalistan ideologue Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and flush out other militants holed up in the Golden Temple.
SGPC chief Dhami meets Amit Shah; no talks on Rs 1000-cr suit over Op Blue Star
June 04, 2023 8:53 am
In 1985, the SGPC filed a lawsuit against the Union government for having carried out Operation Blue Star a year before, for which 39th anniversary will be observed at Akal Takht on June 6.
Punjab Police conducts flag marches ahead of Op Blue Star anniversary
June 02, 2023 9:15 am
'Punjab Police will ensure peaceful observance of the Operation Bluestar Anniversary, for which foolproof arrangements are in place and adequate security has also been deployed across the state,' said Special DGP Law and Order Arpit Shukla.
The Express View: Slipping in Punjab
February 25, 2023 6:48 am
The state has no appetite for a return to the violent 1980s. State and central governments must not yield space to radical elements
Lt Gen K S Brar's remarks on Operation Blue Star spark row in Punjab
February 02, 2023 1:51 pm
The late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi 'allowed' Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale to 'become Frankenstein', Lt Gen (Retd) Kuldeep Singh Brar said in a recent interview on Operation Blue Star.
As Rahul Gandhi visits Golden Temple, Oppn parties invoke history to attack Bharat Jodo Yatra
January 11, 2023 10:01 am
While the Shiromani Akali Dal said that the Gandhi family is the 'same family which attacked Harmandir Sahib', the BJP said the Bharat Jodo Yatra will 'freshen wounds caused by Congress'.
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Operation Blue Star's 37th anniversary: Security stepped up at Golden Temple
June 06, 2021 11:25 am
Operation Bluestar was a military action ordered by then PM Indira Gandhi to flush out Sikh militants holed up in Harmandir Sahib Complex (Golden Temple) in Amritsar. It is said that nearly 3,000 Sikhs were killed during the operation.
Operation Bluestar: Rare pictures from Express archives
June 06, 2016 8:18 pm
The Operation Blue Star was planned by the Indira Gandhi government in collaboration with the Indian Army. Lasting ten days, it was carried out using tanks, helicopters and artillery.
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