11.   He said they were members of a Sikh militant group.

12.   Indian security forces have nearly crushed the decade-old separatist insurgency in Punjab, but a few Sikh groups still carry out occasional attacks and abductions.

13.   No one claimed responsibility, but top police officials suspected a small Sikh extremist group opposed to the February state legislature elections in neighboring Punjab state.

14.   Newspapers on Thursday blamed the outlawed Babbar Khalsa, a militant Sikh group, for the bombing.

15.   One-time British Columbia resident Talwinder Singh Parmar was a key Air India suspect and founder of the Sikh terrorist group Babbar Khalsa.

16.   Police said the Sikh groups had apparently teamed up with Kashmiri Muslims who also want to break away from India.

17.   Several Sikh militant groups began operating from Europe and North America as police turned the heat on them in India.

18.   Several Sikh militant groups began operating from Europe and North America as police turned up the heat on them in India.

19.   Sikh groups who want Punjab to be separated from India are sometimes blamed for explosions there.

20.   The Akali Dal, which had boycotted the earlier election five years ago in response to a call by Sikh separatist groups, changed its philosophy this time.