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NEW DELHI: India’s first Rapid Rail train, known as the RAPIDX is likely to be inaugurated next week. Sources said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to flag off the first train on the 17-km priority corridor in Ghaziabad. The first train may be operated by women pilots as well, which will also be the first in the country. The …

London, September 30 Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Vikram Doraiswami was on Friday prevented from entering a gurdwara in Glasgow, Scotland. According to a purported video posted on the Instagram channel of ‘Sikh Youth UK’, a man, reportedly a pro-Khalistani activist, was seen blocking Doraiswami from entering the Glasgow gurdwara on Albert Drive. This comes amid a diplomatic …

New Delhi, September 28 Indian intelligence agencies have uncovered that the Canada-based terrorist, Goldy Brar, sought asylum in California through legal channels to evade Indian authorities. According to a new dossier, Brar arrived in Canada on August 15, 2017, and subsequently managed to escape to America. Since then, he has been actively working to establish a new hideout in California, …

ndia has asked Canada to reduce its diplomatic staff in India amid tensions between the two nations after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged “potential” involvement of Indian government agents in the killing of Khalistan sympathiser Hardeep Singh Nijjar. “There should be parity. They are more in numbers than we have at our mission there,” MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said …

Chandigarh, September 21 Gangster Sukha Duneke has been killed in Canada, according to reports. He was killed in an inter-gang rivalry. Duneke was part of Khalistan movement in Canada. Sukhdool Singh alias Sukha Duneke, who escaped to Canada from Punjab in 2017 on forged documents, was shot dead in Winnipeg by assailants. His name figured in the NIA wanted list …

New Delhi, September 21 India escalated its diplomatic standoff with Canada by suspending its visa services from its missions in Ottawa, Vancouver and Toronto till further notice. BLS India Visa Application Centre quoting ‘Indian mission notice’ made the announcement. BLS provides Indian visa services in Canada. In December last year, India restored the e-visa facility for Canadian passport holders. Till …

New Delhi, September 20 Despite expressions of concern from some ‘Five Eye’ countries such as the US, the UK and Australia over Canadian PM Justin Trudeau’s charge of “credible links” of killers of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar with the Indian Government, the G7 block did not insert the allegation in a joint statement issued on the margins of …

New Delhi, September 20 Following the killing/death of three dreaded pro-Khalistani terrorists in the past few months, name of chief of the banned Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, is on the top of the security agencies’ radar now. Facing 22 criminal cases in Punjab, including three of sedition, Pannun is known to be operating from Canada. On May …

United Nations, September 20 Australia has described Canada’s allegations about India’s involvement in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader as “concerning” and said Canberra is “monitoring these developments closely” and has raised the issue with its Indian counterparts. These remarks were made by Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong at a press conference in the UN Headquarters on Tuesday. Wong, …

Washington, September 20 A US expert has termed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s claim of a “potential link” between Indian government agents and the killing of a Khalistani leader a “shameless and cynical action” and urged that the United States not be part of it. Participating in a panel discussion at the Hudson Institute think-tank, Michael Rubin, Senior Fellow at …