Operation Blue Star

‘Don’t play with fire’: Amarinder Singh Raja Warring slams BJP minister’s presence at Operation Blue Star anniversary event

June 09, 2026 1:48 pm

PPCC chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring accused the BJP of ‘rank opportunism’ after Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan attended an Operation Blue Star anniversary event at the Damdami Taksal headquarters.

Military Digest | 40 years of Operation Black Thunder I in Golden Temple

May 03, 2026 12:46 pm

Operation Black Thunder I saw the NSG and police clear militants from Amritsar’s Golden Temple following a Khalistan declaration by by separatists, two years after Operation Blue Star in 1984.

Notice to Centre on articles, books recovered during Op Blue Star: Why the debate persists

April 01, 2026 6:40 pm

Govt and Army have consistently maintained that books and articles recovered during the operation at Golden Temple complex have been returned either to SGPC or Punjab govt

Plea says material 'seized' during Op Blue Star 'missing', HC seeks Army, CBI reply

March 31, 2026 5:41 am

A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Ramesh Kumari, passed the direction, while a hearing of a petition filed in public interest in 2019.

Military Digest | General Krishnaswami Sundarji, a 21st-century general with a 20th-century army

March 09, 2026 8:02 am

Behind the rakish cap, the penchant for designing new uniforms, boots, ties or regimental flags lay a serious mind that had been applied to the study of operational art at every stage of his career right up to the senior-most flag ranks.

Op Blue Star was the wrong way... Indira Gandhi paid with her life for the mistake: Chidambaram

October 12, 2025 6:13 am

The former Home and Finance Minister made the comments while moderating a discussion on ‘They Will Shoot You, Madam’, a book by journalist Harinder Baweja

‘MO directorate advised Gen Vaidya not to use Army for operation in Golden Temple’

June 09, 2025 12:26 pm

General VN Sharma has made this statement in the course of an interview to a former Judge Advocate General of the Army, Maj Gen Nilendra Kumar, on a YouTube channel-Lex Consilium Foundation.

Dhumma has his way: Jathedar skips annual message

June 07, 2025 2:36 pm

Damdami Taksal chief Harnam Singh Dhumma had earlier opposed Gargajj’s appointment as the acting Jathedar of the Akal Takht saying it was in violation of 'maryada' and 'panthic traditions'.

Operation Blue Star: Reading between the lines of a deleted social media post by Punjab BJP

June 04, 2025 5:44 am

Tribute by party to “all martyrs” of the operation at Golden Temple, before it took down the past, could indicate a break from the party’s measured stance in the past. Rivals believe the reason more mundane: a bypoll

Military Digest: Sikh soldiers’ desertions, disbandment of 9th Battalion after Operation Blue Star

June 16, 2024 2:22 pm

A court of inquiry found that on June 4, 1984, a signature campaign was initiated in the battalion to enlist volunteers willing to go to Amritsar in case the need arose.

Operation Blue Star's 37th anniversary: Security stepped up at Golden Temple

June 06, 2021 11:25 am

Operation Bluestar was a military action ordered by then PM Indira Gandhi to flush out Sikh militants holed up in Harmandir Sahib Complex (Golden Temple) in Amritsar. It is said that nearly 3,000 Sikhs were killed during the operation.

Operation Bluestar: Rare pictures from Express archives

June 06, 2016 8:18 pm

The Operation Blue Star was planned by the Indira Gandhi government in collaboration with the Indian Army. Lasting ten days, it was carried out using tanks, helicopters and artillery.

Sikhs Commemorate 32nd Anniversary Of Operation Blue Star

June 06, 2016 4:00 pm