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EAM spokesperson slams ‘cavalier’ Trudeau in Sikh separatist murder row

October 17, 2024 admin

The External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal slammed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s claim on “extortion, homicide and violent acts by New Delhi”. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Foreign Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal slammed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday (October 17, 2024) as “cavalier” over his handling of the disastrous diplomatic fallout…

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Nijjar Killing, Bishnoi Gang, Trade Talks: How India-Canada Relations Soured

October 15, 2024 admin

New Delhi: India-Canada diplomatic ties soured further this week after allegations by Canadian federal police that “agents” of Delhi are working with organised criminals – including the Bishnoi gang linked to last week’s murder of ex-Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique – to “target (the) South Asian community… specifically pro-Khalistani elements” in that country. The allegations were…

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“Bishnoi Gang Linked To Indian Government Agents”: Canadian Police

October 15, 2024 admin

New Delhi: Canada’s Royal Canadian Mounted Police claimed Monday that “agents of the Government of India” use criminals – referring specifically to the Bishnoi gang – to “target (the) South Asian community… specifically pro-Khalistani elements” in that country. The charge – by RCMP Commissioner Mike Duhene and his deputy, Brigitte Gauvin – follows a sharp escalation…

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India-Canada row LIVE updates: Delhi’s actions ‘unacceptable’, says Trudeau as tensions soar over Sikh separatist’s murder

October 14, 2024 admin

June 18, 2023: Hardeep Singh Nijjar, 45, is shot dead outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, a Vancouver suburb with a large Sikh population. He was a Canadian citizen campaigning for the creation of an independent Sikh homeland carved out of India. Sept. 1, 2023: A Canadian trade official says Canada paused talks on a…

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India To Withdraw High Commissioner From Canada In Massive Escalation Of Row

October 14, 2024 admin

The government has decided to withdraw its High Commissioner in Canada after Ottawa linked him and some other Indian diplomats to the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. “We have no faith in the current Canadian Government’s commitment to ensure their security,” the government conveyed to the Canadian Charge d’Affaires who was summoned by…

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India Summons Canada Envoy In Massive Escalation Of Diplomatic Row

October 14, 2024 admin

The 2023 murder of Nijjar crashed diplomatic ties between New Delhi and Ottawa. (Representational) New Delhi: India has summoned Canada’s charge d’ affairs in New Delhi after the diplomatic relations between the two countries witnessed a new low today. Foreign Ministry’s summons to Stewart Wheeler followed the government’s criticism of Canada for investigating the Indian ambassador…

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Indian-origin Canadian MP receives threat from Khalistani extremists after temple vandalism incident

July 25, 2024 admin

Chandra Arya. File | Photo Credit: Special arrangement A prominent Canadian MP of Indian origin on July 24 said the country was being “polluted” by Khalistani extremists who were “abusing” the freedoms guaranteed under the Charter of Rights, days after a Hindu temple was vandalised in Edmonton. Amidst rising Hinduphobia in Canada, the BAPS Swaminarayan…

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India On Canada Parliament Honouring Khalistani Terrorist

June 21, 2024 admin

New Delhi: The Indian government will “naturally oppose any move giving political space to extremism and advocacy of violence”, the Foreign Ministry said Friday in its weekly press briefing. The reference was to the Canadian parliament observing a moment of silence in the memory of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was killed outside a…

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Sikh extremists on Canada’s no-fly list lose appeal, court sees ‘reasonable grounds’ for terror concern

June 21, 2024 admin

A group of protesters hold yellow flags with the word Khalistan, as well as a banner with the picture of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh, during a protest outside India’s consulate, a week after Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised the prospect of New Delhi’s involvement in the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh…

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Canadian Parliament holds moment of silence for Nijjar killing anniversary; India says it will mourn Kanishka victims

June 19, 2024 admin

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responds to a question during the question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, on June 18, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Canadian parliamentarians stood for a moment of silence to mark one year since the killing of Khalistani separatist and Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh…

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