1.   Indian authorities are testing the contents of a bag they obtained from Sikh rebels to see if it is smuggled uranium, a top official said Tuesday.

2.   Punjab police officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said police raided three homes Thursday and arrested three men known to be members of a Sikh rebel group.

3.   Sikh rebels have used different varieties of bombs and weapons such as rocket-launchers, but this was the first attack by a suicide bomber.

4.   Sikh rebels say their community is discriminated against by Hindus.

5.   Sikh rebels fought Indian security forces for over a decade in their quest for a Sikh homeland, Khalistan.

6.   The Punjab insurgency was crushed two years ago, but small Sikh rebel groups still exist and occasionally launch terrorist attacks.

7.   The Sikh rebels complained of religious and economic discrimination by the Hindu-dominated federal government.

8.   The Sikh rebels accused the Hindu-dominated federal government of religious discrimination.

9.   New Delhi accuses Islamabad of training and arming Sikh rebels in Punjab as well as Moslem militants fighting Indian rule in Kashmir, disputed by India and Pakistan.

10.   Sikh rebels were responsible for the assassination of former prime minister Indira Gandhi.