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☆ Why is India's Modi so worried about Sikh separatist calls for Khalistan?
  + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +11 min
Amplified calls for the creation of Khalistan date back to when India gained its independence in 1947. At the same time, some Sikh supporters of Khalistan have made comments perceived as anti-national and threatening toward India and its government. And in counterinsurgency operations, Indian security forces were accused of a multitude of human rights abuses. The first photos of the damaged Akal Takhat after the army stormed the sikh Golden Temple complex in Amritsar on June 9, 1984. “The larger [Sikh] community is standing by the statements from Trudeau and they want action upon this,” said Jasveer Singh, a British Sikh and senior press officer with the Sikh Press Association.
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☆ What is the Khalistan movement and why is it fuelling India-Canada rift?
  + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Rupam Jain Shivam Patel | Rupam Jain | Shivam Patel | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
The Sikh religion was founded in Punjab in the late 15th century and currently has about 25 million followers worldwide. Sikh separatists demand that their homeland Khalistan, meaning "the land of the pure", be created out of Punjab. The Khalistan movement is considered a security threat by the Indian government. In April this year, India arrested a self-styled preacher and Sikh separatist Amritpal Singh for allegedly reviving calls for Khalistan, sparking fears of new violence in Punjab. Canadian Trade Minister Mary Ng is postponing a planned trade mission to India.
Persons: Nanak, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Chris Helgren, Justin Trudeau, Indira Gandhi, Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Gandhi, Amritpal Singh, Narendra Modi, Trudeau, Mary Ng, Rupam Jain, Shivam Patel, YP Rajesh, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: REUTERS, Canadian, Air, Air India Boeing, Indian, India . Canadian Trade, YP, Thomson Locations: Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, DELHI, India, Punjab, New Delhi, Air India, Britain, Australia, U.S
☆ Indian police arrest radical Sikh preacher
  + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
NEW DELHI, April 23 (Reuters) - Indian police have arrested Sikh separatist Amritpal Singh after hunting for him for more than a month, a police statement said on Sunday. Police have accused Singh and his supporters of attempted murder, obstruction of law enforcement and creating disharmony and said he had been on the run since mid-March. “Amritpal Singh (has been) arrested in Moga, Punjab. Further details will be shared by Punjab Police,” the state police said on Twitter, urging the public not to spread fake news. Reporting by Manoj Kumar and Shivangi Acharya; Editing by William MallardOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ India arrests separatist leader after manhunt
  + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Reuters Editorial | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: 1 min
PoliticsIndia arrests separatist leader after manhuntPostedAfter a month-long manhunt Indian police have arrested separatist leader Amritpal Singh, who has calls for a Sikh homeland in the state of Punjab stoked fears of violence, a state police official said on Sunday (April 23). Rachel Judah has more.
☆ Indian police arrest alleged Sikh separatist leader, ending vast manhunt
  + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Sandi Sidhu | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +1 min
CNN —Police in India say they have arrested alleged Sikh separatist leader Amritpal Singh, bringing to an end a massive months-long manhunt. The news was announced in a tweet on Punjab Police India’s official Twitter account. Singh is a leading ideologue within the Waris De Punjab group, an outlawed separatist movement that seeks to establish a sovereign state called Khalistan for followers of India’s minority Sikh religion. The manhunt has revived calls for an independent Sikh homeland in India’s Punjab state, stoked fears of violence, and revived painful memories of a bloody insurgency that killed thousands. In March, while police searched for Singh, Indian authorities blocked internet access for about 27 million people in the state of Punjab, one of the country’s most extensive blackouts in recent years.
☆ India summons Canada High Commissioner, concerned over Sikh protesters
  + stars: | 2023-03-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
MUMBAI, March 26 (Reuters) - India summoned Canada's High Commissioner on Sunday to "convey strong concern" over Sikh protesters in Canada and how they were allowed to breach the security of India's diplomatic mission and consulates. According to Canadian media reports, hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the Indian consulate in Vancouver on Saturday over demands for an independent Sikh state, a simmering issue for decades recently triggered again. Canada has the highest population of Sikhs outside their home state of Punjab in India. Khalistan is the name of an independent Sikh homeland that some members of that community aspire to, both at home in India and in countries where Sikhs have settled. Reporting by M. Sriram, editing by YP Rajesh and Michael PerryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ India hunts Sikh preacher who has revived calls for homeland
  + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( Krishn Kaushik | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
Top Punjab police officer Sukhchain Gill told Reuters that Singh had set up a militia called Anandpur Khalsa Fauj. Singh has said striving for a separate country, that Sikhs call Khalistan, was not an anti-democratic and should not be taboo. Sikh militants complaining of unfair treatment on the part of the central government began agitating for a separate homeland in the 1970s. Singh had become popular through social media during drawn protests in 2020-21 by thousands of farmers from Punjab, many of them Sikh, against agricultural reforms. Sikh militants were blamed for the 1985 bombing of an Air India Boeing 747 flying from Canada to India in which all 329 people on board were killed.
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