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Ever since Amritpal Singh appeared as a self-appointed new saviour of Sikhism and then escaped a massive police dragnet to disappear again, there has been much talk about Khalistan. What shocked me most was to hear important political pundits and ‘Punjab experts’ talk about a ‘revival of the Khalistan ...

The recent attack on the Indian mission in London by a Khalistani mob when the country’s national flag was desecrated and the British police failed to provide any security despite being alerted raises questions about the host government’s commitment to the Vienna Conventions and to the ambitious goals set ...

Union minister RK Singh called Opposition's demand for a JPC on the Adani issue 'baseless', and said Rahul Gandhi should apologise or he will be expelled from Parliament. (Photo: Twitter/ @OfficeOfRKSingh)In an exclusive interview with News18, Union minister RK Singh said Pakistan has always given such radical elements patronage… ...

Indian Sikhs protesting against the pulling down of the Indian flag from the Indian High Commission building in London shout slogans outside the British High Commission as a police officer requests them to leave the area in New Delhi, India on Monday, March 20, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP ...

Amritpal Singh’s rise was rich with symbolism from the very beginning.  On February 23, a violent mob, led by Amritpal Singh, a pro-Khalistan (sovereign state for Sikhs) propagator and self-styled Sikh preacher, stormed a police station in Punjab’s Amritsar, in what he called a “show of strength”. The protesters ...

Perception management will be the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) biggest challenge in Punjab and other agrarian states after the Shiromani Akali Dal’s (SAD) decision to end their 24-year-old alliance on the controversial farm sector reforms.The BJP wouldn’t be that badly off without the SAD if it manages to set ...

India06:51 GMT 31.08.2020Get short URLhttps://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.pngSputnik Internationalhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pngSputnikhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pnghttps://sputniknews.com/india/202008311080324096-sikh-separatists-arrested-in-punjab-had-planned-to-travel-to-pakistan-for-terrorist-training-report/New Delhi (Sputnik): The Khalistan movement in the Indian state of Punjab is led by secessionists who demand a separate sovereign state, 'Khalistan', for the Sikh religious minority community in India's Punjab. Recently, the federal government also banned several sites related to these groups.The ...