NEW DELHI — The U.S. has charged an Indian national in what prosecutors allege was a failed plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist at the behest of an unnamed Indian government official. The charges announced Wednesday against an Indian national arrested in June in Europe come two months after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said … Read more
November 29, 2023 8:35 AM EST NEW DELHI — India has set up a high-level inquiry after U.S. authorities raised concerns with New Delhi that its government may have had knowledge of a plot to kill a Sikh separatist leader on American soil, an Indian official said on Wednesday. The U.S. side shared some information … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave The discovery of a plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist on U.S. soil earlier this year so concerned the Biden administration that it dispatched its top two intelligence officials to New Delhi to demand the Indian government investigate and hold to account those responsible, senior administration officials … Read more
A Nov. 22 report by the Financial Times asserted that U.S. authorities had thwarted a conspiracy to assassinate Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, an American and Canadian citizen, and issued a warning to India’s government over concerns it may have been involved in the plot. The matter was also raised with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi by … Read more
India says it is easing a visa ban imposed on Canadian nationals more than a month ago after Canada alleged that India was involved in the assassination of a Sikh separatist in Canada ByASHOK SHARMA Associated Press October 25, 2023, 4:39 PM NEW DELHI — India on Wednesday announced an easing of its visa ban … Read more
Heavy security deployed at High Commission of Canada on September 19, 2023 in New Delhi, India. Hindustan Times | Hindustan Times | Getty Images Canada has pulled 41 diplomats and their families from India, after New Delhi threatened to have their diplomatic immunities revoked if Ottawa did not comply with demands for parity in diplomatic … Read more
Touch upon this storyComment The struggles in Punjab, the birthplace of the Sikh religion that traditionally straddled an space now cut up by the border between Pakistan and India, has been mired in many years of violence, political chaos and migration which have now enmeshed Canada, a nation 1000’s of miles away. Canada’s place in … Read more
NEW DELHI — Tensions between Canada and India have reached new heights with dueling diplomatic expulsions and an allegation of Indian authorities involvement within the killing of a Sikh activist on Canadian soil. The row facilities across the Sikh independence, or Khalistan, motion. India has repeatedly accused Canada of supporting the motion, which is banned … Read more