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Punjab AAP Minister defends presence at Red Fort, along with Deep Sidhu, during the Republic Day siege: What he said

OpIndia Staff - 16 August, 2022

Congress sought the resignation of the Punjab Transport Minister over a video of rioters storming the Red Fort on January 26, 2021.

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Sukhpal Khaira asks AAP’s Laljit Singh Bhullar if he was present with Deep Sidhu during the Red Fort violence: Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff - 9 August, 2022

Congress MLA Sukhpal Khaira took to Twitter to share a video of AAP minister Laljit Singh Bhullar seen with the late Khalistani sympathiser and actor Deep Sidhu at the time of violence at Red Fort on 26 January last year

Entertainment

Republic Day riots accused Deep Sidhu’s girlfriend says ‘I am dead inside’, was with him in car when he was killed in road accident

OpIndia Staff - 17 February, 2022

Deep Sidhu and Reena Rai, his girlfriend, were returning from Delhi after spending Valentine's Day together when the two met with an accident. Sidhu is one of the accused in Republic Day riots and Red Fort desecration in 2021.

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Actor Deep Sidhu, accused in 2021 Republic Day riots, dies

OpIndia Staff - 15 February, 2022

Deep Sidhu was a Khalistani supporter and was arrested last year in February after he participated in the desecration of the Red Fort after the tractor rally held by farmers that turned violent.

Opinions

26 January 2022 Republic Day: A year since ‘tractor rally’ protesters went on a rampage in Delhi and sieged the iconic Red Fort

Jinit Jain - 26 January, 2022

On 26 January 2021, Delhi was in grips of violence and anarchy as thousands of protesters ran riot on the streets of the national capital

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Delhi Police busts arms syndicate ahead of Republic Day celebrations, two arrested and a cache of 25 weapons seized

OpIndia Staff - 25 January, 2022

Following the busting of arms syndicate, the Delhi Police have stepped up security measures in the national capital

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Nihangs planning ‘mahapanchayat’ at Singhu border, threaten to free the arrested murderers by force and kill again over ‘blasphemy’

OpIndia Staff - 21 October, 2021

The Nihangs have demanded a case be registered against Lakhbir Singh, and have stated that they will kill again if incidents of 'blasphemy' occur.

Politics

Don’t upset Punjab, Indira Gandhi had lost her life: Sharad Pawar says ‘upsetting’ farmers will have ramifications

OpIndia Staff - 17 October, 2021

Sharad Pawar warns of 'ramifications' if farmers' demands are not met, invokes Indira Gandhi's assassination.

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‘You have strangulated Delhi, obstructing security and defence personnel, it is all in the media’: Supreme Court slams farmer leaders

OpIndia Staff - 1 October, 2021

"You are obstructing the security and defence personnel. This was in the media. All this should stop. There is no point in protests once you come to the court challenging the laws," Justice Khanwilkar added.

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