1984 Operation Bluestar

Punjab BJP deletes Facebook post paying tribute to victims of 1984 Operation Blue Star

June 01, 2025 2:10 pm

On the occasion of the Operation Blue Star anniversary, BJP paid 'tribute to all the martyrs who lost their lives on the first day of the attack carried out by the Congress government on the Darbar Sahib', in the Facebook post that has now been deleted.

Knowledge Nugget of the day: Khalistan movement

October 25, 2024 5:01 pm

The Khalistan issue has created tension between India and Canada on multiple occasions. Here's everything about the Khalistan movement that you must know.

Operation Blue Star, theft of holy book: Why June 1 is an important date in Punjab politics

May 31, 2024 8:27 pm

Punjab will vote in the Lok Sabha elections on June 1. It will be the 40th anniversary of the beginning of Operation Blue Star. And then in 2015 on June 1, a copy of the Guru Granth Sahib (saroop), considered the living Guru of the Sikhs, was stolen from a gurdwara in Faridkot.

SGPC opens 1984 'Shaheedi Gallery' in Golden Temple

March 11, 2024 8:52 am

Operation Blue Star was an Indian Army operation carried out in June 1984 (Congress regime) in the Golden Temple (Amritsar) to flush out militants who were led by Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.

1,500 manuscripts of Sikh Reference Library not returned after Op Blue Star: SGPC tells High Court

June 11, 2023 2:58 pm

In a related RTI reply on August 3, 2018, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs had said, "About 4000 documents/books/files gold/gold ornaments, silver/silver ornaments, precious stone currency at sector were recovered by a central agency during Operation Blue Star in 1984. The articles and documents handed over either to SGPC or to the Government of Punjab."

From Meta launching paid verified accounts, to UGC's new innovative course: 5 stories you may have missed today

June 08, 2023 2:20 pm

As the Kolhapur violence and Jaishankar’s visit to Brampton event dominate the news cycle today, here’s a rundown of the 5 top stories you may have missed today.

39th anniversary of Operation Blue Star: Learn lessons from history, don't use history to teach a lesson

June 08, 2023 10:26 am

Decades later, it remains urgent that an alternative political discourse is nurtured to commemorate Punjab's spirit of perseverance and to reflect its innate multi-culturalism

From SGPC to political parties: 4 things to know about Operation Blue Star

June 06, 2023 4:04 pm

The controversial operation had far-reaching consequences and was followed by the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi, and the massacre of Sikhs in Delhi.

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

Explained Books: 38 years later, an insider's account of Operation Blue Star

July 09, 2022 12:07 pm

Ramesh Inder Singh’s 'Turmoil in Punjab: Before and After Op Blue Star' is an insider’s account of the events that precipitated Blue Star and also its aftermath that led to the killing of a Prime Minister, a Chief Minister and thousands of innocents.

Operation Blue Star's 33rd anniversary: Rare pictures from Express Archives

June 06, 2017 2:33 pm