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 …
Read More »Australia terms Trudeau’s allegations against India ‘concerning’, says has raised issue with Delhi
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, …
Read More »Justin Trudeau’s claim of India’s link to Nijjar’s killing a ‘shameless action’, Washington shouldn’t be part of it, says US expert
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 …
Read More »New Parliament building designated as Parliament House of India
New Delhi, September 19 The new Parliament building has been designated as the Parliament House of India, a Lok Sabha Secretariat notification said. “The Speaker, Lok Sabha, is pleased to notify the new building of Parliament situated in the precincts of the Parliament House on Plot Number 118, New Delhi, east of the existing Parliament House with Raisina road to …
Read More »Tense diplomatic relations may not impact trade, investment ties between India, Canada
New Delhi, September 19 The tense diplomatic relations between India and Canada are unlikely to impact trade and investments between the two countries as economic ties are driven by commercial considerations, according to experts. Both India and Canada trade in complementary products and do not compete on similar products. “Hence, the trade relationship will continue to grow and not be …
Read More »Aditya L1 spacecraft sets off for its final destination
New Delhi, September 19 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Tuesday successfully placed the Aditya L1 spacecraft outside earth’s gravitational sphere of influence and on a trajectory that will take it to the Sun-Earth L1 point. The spacecraft, India’s first space-based solar observatory, will be injected into an orbit around L1 (Lagrange Point 1) through a manoeuvre after about …
Read More »Hardeep Singh Nijjar, what is known about the murder of Sikh activist in Canada
Washington, September 18 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday said Canada was “actively pursuing credible allegations” linking Indian government agents to the murder of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia in June. Here is what is known about the probe into the Canadian citizen’s murder *On the evening of June 18, Canada’s Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) …
Read More »In a tit-for-tat, India expels Canadian diplomat; rejects Justin Trudeau’s charges as ‘absurd and motivated’
New Delhi, September 19 A new chill entered India’s already-frosty ties with Ottawa after the Foreign Office here summoned the Canadian High Commissioner on Tuesday and expelled a senior diplomat in retaliation after Canada asked an Indian diplomat to leave the country and its Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged that the Indian Government may have had links to the killing …
Read More »Canada says Indian govt agents could be linked to Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s murder
Ottawa, September 18 Canada said on Monday it had credible information linking Indian government agents to the murder of a Sikh leader in British Columbia in June and said it had expelled a senior Indian intelligence official. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said any involvement of a foreign government in the killing of a Canadian citizen was “an unacceptable violation of …
Read More »Canada expels Indian diplomat as it investigates India’s possible link to Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s slaying
oronto, September 19 Canada expelled a top Indian diplomat on Monday as it investigates what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called credible allegations that India’s government may have had links to the assassination in Canada of a Sikh activist. Trudeau said in Parliament that Canadian intelligence agencies had been looking into the allegations after Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a strong …
Read More »US Woman Loses All Four Limbs After Eating Contaminated Fish
Laura Barajas got the infection from undercooked tilapia fish. A tragic incident has unfolded in California, where a woman has lost all four of her limbs. This devastating outcome is the result of her contracting a bacterial infection, reportedly stemming from the consumption of undercooked tilapia fish that had been contaminated with a lethal strain of bacteria, according to accounts …
Read More »“I’ll Finally Fix It”: Vivek Ramaswamy’s New Remark On H-1B Visa
Following the row over his remarks on the H-1B visa programme, Indian-American US presidential aspirant Vivek Ramaswamy has said he understands what he wants to reform and stressed that the H-1B programme was “senseless”. In an interview with Politico, Ramaswamy termed the H-1B visa programme “indentured servitude” and said he would “gut” the lottery-based system and replace it with …
Read More »At least 20 killed in South Africa as bus erupts in flames after head-on collision
At least 20 people – mostly mine workers – were killed in South Africa’s Limpopo province on Sunday after a bus they were traveling in erupted in flames following a head-on collision with a truck, state media reported. The Limpopo transport department said on Monday 20 people were confirmed dead on the scene while two others died at the hospital. It is …
Read More »Australian man fined for taking pet snake surfing
A Gold Coast man who filmed himself taking his pet snake for a surf has been fined by Australian wildlife authorities. Higor Fiuza and his bredli carpet python Shiva became local celebrities earlier this month after video of them catching waves went viral. But their short-lived fame also tipped off wildlife protection officers. They say the man endangered Shiva and …
Read More »Ukraine fires 6 deputy defence ministers as heavy fighting continues in the east
Kyiv, September 18 Six Ukrainian deputy defence ministers were fired Monday following the dismissal two weeks ago of Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov in a corruption scandal, officials said, as heavy fighting continued in the east. Deputy defense ministers including Hanna Maliar, Vitalii Deyneha and Denys Sharapov, as well as the state secretary of the Ministry of Defence, Kostiantyn Vashchenko, were …
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