Disrespecting Bhagat Singh reflects historical illiteracy and ideological toxicity of Khalistan ecosystem: Report

IANS | March 26, 2026 9:02 PM

Ottawa, March 26 (IANS) Khalistani extremists disparaging Shaheed Bhagat Singh, who embraced the noose for India's independence, is not an act of courage but moral bankruptcy masquerading as activism. Such acts expose "Khalistanism" for what it truly is - “not a liberation theology, but a grievance industry that survives by cannibalising its own history," a report has highlighted.

Pakistan's Shia Muslims not random casualties but victims of sustained ideological hostility

IANS | March 24, 2026 6:14 PM

Islamabad, March 24 (IANS) The recent suicide bombing inside a mosque in Pakistan's Islamabad, which killed at least 31 worshippers and injured over 160 others, was not an aberration but part of a grim continuum for Shia community in the country. The attack on Khadija Tul Kubra mosque in Islamabad signalled not only a local lapse but a systemic failure of deterrence. Shia mosques, processions, buses, hospitals, and shrines have faced attacks in Pakistan for the past 20 years.

Khalistani referendums abroad 'grotesque parody of activism': Report

IANS | March 23, 2026 9:28 PM

Ottawa, March 23 (IANS) The so-called 'Khalistani movement' is a toxic cycle of intimidation and glorification of violence that has been kept alive by a small section of the diaspora as a grotesque parody of activism in Canada. It suppresses free speech in Western countries, undermines India-Canada relations, and unfairly impacts the majority of law-abiding Sikhs who have no affiliation with separatism, a report highlighted on Monday.