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Guest Column| Op Black Thunder-1: Power of persistent persuasion
This mandate of ‘no-entry’ and ‘no-fire’ towards the sanctum sanctorum applied equally to us. We had two options – to continue the siege in the hope to wear out those inside Golden Temple, or withdraw the caveat and permit NSG to proceed. In this precarious situation, then SSP SS Virk and I took a risk.

Dhesi renews UK House call for Operation Bluestar inquiry
The first demand for an independent inquiry arose a few years ago when it emerged that British military advice was given to Indian forces before Operation Bluestar

Canadian MP blasts petition seeking fresh inquiry into 1985 Kanishka bombing
A prominent Indian-origin Canadian MP has criticised a petition seeking a fresh inquiry into the bombing of Air India Flight 182 of 1985 to determine the involvement of any ‘foreign intelligence’, alleging that it promotes ‘”conspiracy theories’ of Khalistani extremists.

India demands action over controversial Indira Gandhi assassination float in Canada
The float was part of a parade in Brampton commemorating the 40th anniversary of Operation Bluestar, when the Indian Army stormed the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar to eliminate Khalistani extremists, including their leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale

Guest Column| Punjab mandate: Find way to engage, don’t alienate
Instead of seeing radicalism here through an alarmist-nationalist prism, it is better regarded as a subconscious call for dignified accommodation through legitimate democratic decentralisation. Anger must not be mistaken as an ideology.
