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Topic: Sikh extremism

Canadian police to arrest Nijjar shooters ‘in a matter of weeks’, says newspaper report

Citing anonymous sources, The Globe and Mail reported Wednesday, that two men who are believed to have shot Nijjar never left Canada.

‘Fake news’ — MEA slams US news report on India’s ‘secret memo’ targeting Sikh groups abroad

Report says India issued memo in April to launch a crackdown on Sikh dissidents in US, Canada. MEA says 'news outlet known for propagating fake narratives peddled by Pakistani intelligence'.

‘Mastermind of tiffin bombs’ who wanted to revive terrorism in Punjab — who was Lakhbir Singh Rode

Nephew of Sikh separatist militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Lakhbir was listed as 'individual terrorist' under UAPA. He died of a heart attack in Lahore Monday, aged 71.

Canada’s probe into Nijjar killing ‘tainted’, ‘show evidence’, says Indian envoy in Ottawa

High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma in interview to Canadian publication says 'conversations between diplomats secure by all international law', dismisses reports of intelligence recording.

NIA raids gangs in 6 states operated by ‘jailed criminals & pro-Khalistan terrorists’ abroad

On Wednesday, probe teams swooped down on associates of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, Canada-based Sikh separatist Arsh Dalla and Davinder Bambiha, who was killed in an encounter in 2016.

‘Overwhelmingly proud Indians’ — What a 2021 Pew study shows about Sikh sentiments in India

Amid India-Canada row over Sikh extremist Hardeep Nijjar's killing, a look back at the study which showed 95% of Indian Sikhs were 'overwhelmingly proud of their Indian identity'.

‘Isolated’ life of parents of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Lakhbir ‘Landa’, whose name terrifies Punjab’s Harike

Lakhbir Singh 'Landa' is on NIA radar. Cut off from society for years, his parents now expect similar action after seizure of properties of Gurpatwant Pannun & Hardeep Nijjar.

Trudeau visited NYT newsroom this week. Here’s what he said on Sikh extremist Nijjar’s killing

Canadian PM reportedly held 'hour-long' discussion with NYT newsroom Thursday on Sikh extremist Hardeep Nijjar's killing and 'potential link' of Indian agents to the death.

India expels Canadian diplomat amid escalating row over Trudeau’s Sikh separatist murder charge

The Canadian PM claimed Monday that Indian agents were involved in Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s murder, an accusation India has rejected as ‘absurd and motivated’.

Who are Nihang Sikhs? Sect accused of Sikh man’s ‘sacrilege’ lynching at Singhu

A man named Lakhbir Singh, 35, was Friday lynched for allegedly desecrating a holy text of Sikhs. Assailants cut off his hand and foot.

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BJP has a problem of plenty in Phase 2. It can only go down from that

BJP’s fate in the second phase of 2024 Lok Sabha election will be decided in Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, where it performed very well in 2019 but faces a stiff competition now.

Kotak Mahindra Bank shares drop 10% after RBI bans it from taking new customers via digital channels

The private lender's shares tumbled to be top Nifty 50 loser after India's central bank barred it from taking on new customers through online and mobile banking channels.

Rafale to Exercise Garuda, a look at Indo-French defence ties as Chief of Defence Staff visits France

Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.