Indian High Commissioner Patnaik tells ThePrint PM's Carney trip will 'launch' India-Canada ties to 'next level', with outcomes expected in multiple areas, including defence, AI, energy.
India’s envoy to Ottawa Dinesh Patnaik told CBC News, after PM Modi’s meet with PM Carney, that India welcomes Canada declaring the Bishnoi gang a terrorist entity and denies links to Nijjar’s killing.
Dan Rogers also spoke of 'transnational repression', which Canada has accused India of being involved in, including Hardeep Nijjar's killing. He didn’t name Nijjar though.
Meeting on sidelines of G7 summit in Canada, Narendra Modi & Mark Carney agreed to name high commissioners, resume consular and diplomatic services, and restore partnership.
No bail hearings lined up yet for the 4 men, their next court appearances in February will be pre-trial conferences, British Columbia Prosecution Service representative tells ThePrint.
Canadian intel chief Nathalie Drouin denies links between the leaders & 'criminal activity within Canada'. This comes 2 days after claim was made by Canadian media, which India dismissed.
Affiliated with Bambiha syndicate, gangster Arshdeep Singh Gill alias Arsh Dalla moved to Canada in 2018 where he became close to Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, it is learnt.
Since the region beyond NJ 9842 did not have any military presence and had not seen any action neither side contemplated that it would become a bone of contention in the future.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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