Canada, Sikh and India

Expelled Indian high commissioner denies involvement in murder of Sikh leader in Canada
India’s high commissioner to Canada has denied any involvement in the murder of a Canadian Sikh leader who was killed in British Columbia last year even though the Canadian government has named him as a person of interest in the assassination.
Canada-India diplomatic row over Sikh activist's assassination grows as top diplomats are expelled
The brazen June 2023 assassination of a Sikh activist in Canada sparked a diplomatic row with India that continues to escalate.
India denies Canadian allegation that it uses mobsters to target Sikh separatists in Canada
India’s government is denying that it works with mobsters to target Sikh separatists in Canada as alleged publicly this week by Canadian officials in an escalating diplomatic dispute
Understanding Canada’s Fight With India Over a Murdered Sikh Activist
The diplomatic rift has suddenly grown more stark as Canada amplifies its accusations that India is directing lethal operations abroad.
How did a killing at a Sikh temple lead to Canada and India expelling each other’s diplomats?
Nijjar was fatally shot in his pickup truck in June 2023 after he left the Sikh temple he led in the city of Surrey, British Columbia. An Indian-born citizen of Canada, he owned a plumbing business and was a leader in a movement to create an independent Sikh homeland, which is banned in India.
India again rejects Canada's claim it works with gangs targeting Sikh separatists
As India doubles down on rejecting the claim it is behind widespread crimes in Canada, its foreign ministry is accusing Ottawa of trying to smear New Delhi.
Sikh separatist leader vows to keep fighting India from Toronto
Last week, US federal prosecutors charged an Indian government official with orchestrating a plot to murder a Sikh activist in New York City. India has designated that activist, Gurpatwant Singh Pannun,
India and Canada expel top diplomats amid row over Nijjar’s assassination
Canada‘s foreign minister, Mélanie Joly, says India was asked to waive diplomatic and consular immunity and cooperate in the investigation but it refused
19-year-old woman found dead in oven in Canada Walmart
A Canadian Walmart store was closed for a third day Tuesday as police investigated the death of a woman whose body was found ...
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India denies working with mobsters to target Sikh separatists on Canadian soil
India's government on Thursday denied it was working with mobsters to target Sikh separatists in Canada as alleged publicly this week by Canadian officials in an escalating diplomatic dispute ...
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Canada expels Indian diplomats over accusations of threatening, violent acts and murder
The Canadian government on Monday expelled six Indian diplomats as it accused New Delhi of a broad campaign of violence, spying and indimidation against dissidents on Canadian soil. India expelled ...
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How a killing at a Sikh temple led to Canada and India expelling each other’s diplomats
NEW DELHI (AP) — Relations between India and Canada are at a low point as the countries expelled each other’s top diplomats over an ongoing dispute about the killing of a Sikh activist in Canada ...
Trudeau has wrecked Canada-India political relations, says expelled envoy
India's envoy to Canada, who is being expelled over what Ottawa says are links to the murder of a Sikh leader, insisted in an ...
Canada's foreign minister says India's remaining diplomats are on notice not to harm Canadians
Canada’s foreign minister says India’s remaining diplomats in the country are “clearly on notice” not to endanger Canadian ...