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: 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...
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...
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.
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 ...
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...
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.
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...
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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