Ex-High Commissioner to Canada Sanjay Verma, who was withdrawn by India in Oct 2024, discusses Khalistani threats, India-Canada ties & US indictments against Lawrence Bishnoi.
Bilateral ties had cratered following then PM Trudeau’s allegations. India expelled six Canadian diplomats in October 2024, while withdrawing six of its own diplomats.
CSIS statement is a key shift in its position. Just last month, it noted existence of Sikh separatists 'using Canada to fund extremist activities abroad, specifically against India'.
The largest ever business delegation from India to Canada, underlines New Delhi’s interests to push forward negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with Ottawa.
Canada’s intelligence agency stopped short of contradicting Ottawa’s position ahead of PM Mark Carney’s visit, that India was not engaging in such activities.
On 15 August 1998, PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee delivered his Independence Day speech from the Red Fort, touching upon defence, economic reforms, secularism, corruption, and employment.
'Reform from conviction, not compulsion', says PM, linking India’s 2047 ambitions to reforms across manufacturing, technology, defence, infrastructure, green growth and soft power.
Lieutenant Commander Shivam Kumar was serving onboard INS Trikand when it was directed to assist Cameroon-flagged LPG tanker, while transiting through Houthi attack zone on 18 October, 2025.
Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman
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