U.S. authorities announced murder-for-hire charges Wednesday against a man from India who they say plotted to pay an assassin $100,000 to kill a prominent Sikh separatist leader living in New York City after the man advocated for the establishment of a sovereign state for Sikhs. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams announced the charges against Nikhil Gupta, … Read more
Advertisement Canada has recalled 41 of its diplomats from India after the Indian government said it would revoke their diplomatic immunity, the foreign minister said Thursday, in an escalation of their dispute over the slaying of a Sikh separatist in Canada. The moves come after Canada’s allegations that India may have been involved in the … Read more
Oceania | Diplomacy | Oceania The present state of India-Canada relations is something that Canberra is keen to avoid. Advertisement Canada’s accusation that India had a hand in the murder of a Sikh separatist in British Columbia has not only created a diplomatic crisis between India and Canada, but has far-reaching implications for both domestic and foreign policy in … Read more
Advertisement The Group of 20 Summit, hosted by India earlier this month, couldn’t have gone better for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His pledge to make the African Union a permanent member became a reality. And under his leadership, the fractured grouping signed off on a final statement. It was seen as a foreign policy triumph … Read more
Advertisement When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stood up in Parliament and said India may have been involved in the killing of a Canadian citizen, the muted international response offered a lesson in modern geopolitics. India, it seems, may be too powerful to alienate. None of Canada’s most important allies — not the United States, Britain, … Read more
Advertisement Canada-India relations have sunk to their lowest point in years as the two countries are swapping accusations and expelling each other’s diplomats over the killing of a Sikh separatist leader and Canadian national. Experts said it remains to be seen if the murder will create a lasting rift between the two U.S. allies, but … Read more
Advertisement Canada expelled a top Indian diplomat as it investigates what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called credible allegations its government may have had links to the assassination in Canada of a Sikh activist, an accusation that India rejected as “absurd.” Trudeau said in Parliament on Monday that Canadian intelligence agencies have been looking into the … Read more