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New Delhi, October 20 Visa services will be badly affected after Canada withdrew 41 diplomats and 42 accompanying dependents from India following a diktat from the Ministry of External Affairs here. “We are going to pause all in-person services at our consulates in Chandigarh, Mumbai and Bengaluru,” announced Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly at a press conference. Her statement suggested …

Toronto, September 22 Canada’s allegations of India’s involvement in the killing of a Sikh separatist in Surrey that sparked a diplomatic row between the two nations are based on both human and signals intelligence and inputs from an ally from Ottawa’s Five Eye intelligence network, a media report has said citing the Canadian government sources. Tensions flared between India and …

New Delhi, September 20  Retaliating to a revised travel advisory issued by Ottawa on Tuesday, India has also issued a fresh travel advisory asking all Indian nationals in Canada and those contemplating travel there, especially Indian students, “to exercise utmost caution in view of growing anti-India activities and politically condoned hate crimes and criminal violence”. “Recently, threats have particularly targeted …

The negotiations for a free trade agreement between India and Canada have been stalled, sources said on Friday. The sources cited “certain political developments” in Canada as the reason for the pause in the negotiations, and added talks will resume once issues are settled between both the governments. There were reports earlier that the two countries could reach an interim …

Surveillance footage shows two Transportation Security Administration officers at Miami International Airport in Florida allegedly taking cash from bags at a security checkpoint. The officers were arrested in July and are facing charges of grand theft. They have pleaded not guilty.

Two 24-year-old Indo-Canadian Sikhs have been sentenced for their role in the 2019 targeted killing of a man in British Columbia over a drug debt, a media report said. Andrew Baldwin, 30, who used and trafficked drugs, was stabbed to death on November 11, 2019, as he watched a movie with a friend in a basement apartment at Whalley in …

Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised strong objection to “anti-India” activities by extremist elements in Canada, the Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) organised a Khalistani referendum in Surrey, British Columbia. Khalistani separatist and SFJ founder Gurpatwant Singh Pannun made a public appearance at the referendum and delivered an inciteful speech hinting at ‘balkanising’ India. He was escorted by a team …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his meeting with Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau and raised “strong concerns” about the continuous “anti-India activities” by extremist elements in Canada, and stated that it is essential for the two countries to cooperate in dealing with such threats. PM Modi tweeted after his meeting with Trudeau “Met PM @JustinTrudeau on the sidelines of the G20 …