Sikh Activists See It as Freedom. India Calls It Terrorism.
Nov 3, 2024 · India has repeatedly accused Khalistan-related activists in countries like Pakistan and, more recently, Canada of sponsoring gang warfare, drug trafficking and extortion in India.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
Ex-Indian government agent plotted assassination on U.S ... - NBC News
Oct 18, 2024 · The former Indian government employee, Vikash Yadav, orchestrated a plot to kill an advocate of the Khalistan separatist movement last year, prosecutors said.
What is Khalistan: The Sikh separatist movement behind tensions …
Oct 16, 2024 · Some Sikhs have historically been seeking an independent Sikh homeland in northern India called Khalistan. Experts say the history of the movement is complex, emotional and evolving.
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...
Why India Is Targeting Sikhs At Home and Around the World
Dec 5, 2023 · Less than two years later, thousands of Sikhs gathered at the Golden Temple in their political tradition of Sarbat Khalsa and announced a resolution to recognize Khalistan.