By Christine Kiernan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Canada and the U.S. must get tougher on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government for trying to silence dissidents on foreign soil, a controversial
Canada Border Services Agency officer allegedly conspired & funded killing of Balwinder Singh Sandhu. India has added Sidhu's name to provisional arrest requests lists pending with Canada.
Sidhu is also wanted for 'promoting terrorist activities' in Punjab. Canada Border Services Agency says it follows 'extensive' clearance process to make sure it hires the right people.
High commissioner recalled by India reiterated in interview to Canadian channel that Ottawa has shared no evidence to back claim of links between Indian officials & Nijjar killing.
To believe that educated Indians will never question their government is silly. We question the government every single day. Currently, we are worried about how our spy agencies are run.
Apart from extradition requests, several provisional arrest requests are also pending with Ottawa, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal has said amid escalating India-Canada tensions.
Dated 12 September, report by Rapid Response Mechanism Canada surfaced Thursday after screenshots were circulated on social media. Indian journalists have ridiculed it, calling it 'a joke'.
In session before Foreign Interference Commission, Canadian intel chief had said Pakistan was interfering in Canadian politics and this was often aimed at countering India’s influence.
Diplomats have faced grave threats by Sikh separatists in Canada, including Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), it is learnt. Home ministry had extended ban on SFJ for another 5 years in July.
By consolidating 29 laws into four codes, compliance is streamlined and regulations are simplified, improving “ease of doing business”. This is bound to improve investor confidence.
Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.
At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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