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TopicAir India flight 182

Topic: Air India flight 182

2 men tell Canadian court they were paid to kill Ripudaman Singh Malik, acquitted in Kanishka bombing

Tanner Fox and Jose Lopez plead guilty to 2022 shooting of Ripudaman Singh Malik, but don't reveal who hired them. Malik's family demand that those responsible be brought to justice.

In Jaishankar’s Kanishka tribute, message to Canada — ‘reminder that terrorism shouldn’t be tolerated’

Jaishankar's remarks came close on the heels of Canadian Parliament paying homage to Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was killed outside a gurdwara in Surrey last year.

‘Air India ki flight mat lo’ — how Canadian neglect led up to Kanishka bombing 38 yrs ago

An explosives test conducted by the Babbar Khalsa was mistaken to be a 'gunshot'. Surveillance was called off, X-ray screen broke down & an anonymous bag was checked in.

Killing of Ripudaman Malik, acquitted in 1985 Air India bombing, brings back painful questions

Canadian businessman Ripudaman Malik was allegedly the financier of the deadly Air India bomb attack plotted by Khalistan militants. There are clues it could have been stopped.

Kanishka Bombing: On this day in 1985, world saw deadliest pre-9/11 aircraft terror attack

Sikh extremism in Canada has been in the news lately, but the Kanishka bombing particularly loomed over Justin Trudeau's visit to India

Why has Canada forgotten its 9/11? Perhaps because most victims were of Indian ancestry

The Air India Flight 182 bombing, also known as the 'Kanishka tragedy', was Canada’s worst mass murder, yet it is barely remembered in the country.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.