The World - News from May 26, 1985

India said it has sent extra troops to troubled Punjab state two weeks before the anniversary of the army assault on the Sikhs’ sacred Golden Temple. The step is aimed at controlling persistent terrorism by Sikh extremists campaigning for regional autonomy. In a related matter, Indian President Zail Singh, himself a Sikh, signed a sweeping law that significantly expands government and police powers against terrorism, permitting closed-door trials by special courts and providing the death penalty for terrorist killings.