Sikh Activists See It as Freedom. India Calls It Terrorism.
Nov 3, 2024 · Inside India, the Sikh cause to carve out a land called Khalistan from the state of Punjab largely fizzled out decades ago. Yet the Indian government still frames the Khalistan movement as a ...
Khalistan: The outlawed Sikh separatist movement that has Indian ... - CNN
Mar 22, 2023 · CNN — A colossal police hunt for a Sikh separatist who has revived calls for an independent homeland in India’s Punjab state has stoked fears of violence and revived painful memories of a...
Khalistan: Why are some Sikhs calling for a separate homeland in ... - BBC
Dec 1, 2023 · The Khalistan movement calls for an independent homeland for Sikhs in India. The movement was at its peak in the 1980s in the Indian state of Punjab, when the area experienced a series of...
What is the Khalistan movement? How is it linked to India …
Sep 27, 2023 · The Indian government has dismissed Ottawa’s allegations as “absurd”. In this infographic series, Al Jazeera takes a look at the movement and its origins.
India raids 53 sites nationwide as crackdown on Sikh separatists ... - CNN
Sep 29, 2023 · CNN — India’s anti-terror agency has raided 53 sites across seven states and union territories in a crackdown on what it says are “terrorists” and “gangsters,” some of whom it alleges have...
Alleged Plot to Kill Sikh Separatist Highlights Thorn in India’s Side ...
Dec 1, 2023 · The charges are rooted in a decades-old dispute: the demand by some Sikhs for a sovereign state known as Khalistan carved out of northern India, which the Modi government opposes.
Why is India so worried about Sikh separatist calls for Khalistan ... - CNN
Oct 7, 2023 · Several overseas Sikh organizations say the Khalistan movement is being falsely equated with terrorism by the Indian government, and say they will continue to peacefully advocate for the...
Why India's warnings about Sikh separatism don't get much ... - NPR
Sep 28, 2023 · Indian officials accuse Nijjar of heading the Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF), a banned violent group. New Delhi formally categorized him as a terrorist in 2020. Recently leaked Indian intelligence...
Why India fears the Khalistan movement and how Canada …
Sep 20, 2023 · The notion of a “Khalistan” separate from India resurfaced in a dramatic way in the large-scale militant uprising that erupted in the Punjab in the 1980s. Many of those Sikhs who joined the ...
What is the Khalistan movement and why is it fuelling India …
Sep 19, 2023 · Sikh separatists demand that their homeland Khalistan, meaning "the land of the pure", be created out of Punjab. The demand has resurfaced many times, most prominently during a violent insurgency...
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