• Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Fractured ties: Exploring the dip in India-Canada relations

THE deteriorating relationship between India and Canada hit rock bottom earlier this week as Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau told his parliament's House of Commons that his government was pursuing ‘credible allegations’ regarding the alleged role of Indian agents in the murder of Canadian pro-Khalistan leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in…

India eves clinch gold at Asian Games 2023 cricket in…

INDIA registered a major feat at the Asian Games in Hangzhou in China on Monday (25) when their women's cricket team defeated Sri Lanka in the final by 19 runs. It was the South Asian nation's second gold at the major tournament after its shooters clinched the maiden gold by…

A week after Trudeau’s explosive allegations, Canada defence minister focuses…

CANADIAN defence minister Bill Blair has sought to shift focus toward the ongoing criminal probe into the murder of Khalistan separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, British Columbia. His remark came during an interview on Rosemary Barton Live hosted by the chief political correspondent of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC),…

Bihar horror: Dalit woman assaulted, stripped naked, urinated upon for…

IN an appalling incident, a woman in a village in the eastern Indian state of Bihar hailing from the Dalit community, was brutally thrashed, stripped naked and urinated upon for refusing to pay additional interest on a loan she had taken from a local strongman. According to the police, the…

When the Master met Modi and presented him a Team…

INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (23) laid the foundation stone of a new international cricket stadium in Varanasi in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh and the occasion saw the presence of a number of luminaries of the game including former national captains Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi…

World Cup 2023: Pakistan cricket team waits in visa queue…

PLAYERS and team officials of Pakistan's World Cup-bound contingent are yet to get visas for their scheduled travel to India on September 27, two days before their opening warm-up fixture. The Pakistan squad was supposed to reach Hyderabad in India via Dubai where a two-day team bonding exercise was planned…

Who will US choose between India & Canada? Former Pentagon…

SUGGESTING that the US has decided on who to pick in the ongoing diplomatic row between India and Canada, Michael Rubin, a former official of Pentagon, has said the allegations brought against India by the Canadian government led by prime minister Justin Trudeau have led to "greater danger" to Ottawa…

India flays Pakistan over Kashmir at UN; asks it ‘to…

INDIA on Friday (22) slammed Pakistan at the United Nations asking it to stop cross-border terrorism, dismantle terror infrastructure on its soil and vacate Indian territories that it has illegally occupied. The response came after Pakistan's interim prime minister Anwar ul Haq Kakar raked up the Kashmir issue in his…

Hardeep Singh Nijjar gave arms training in Canada, received Pakistan’s…

WHILE a major diplomatic row broke out between India and Canada over the assassination of Khalistan separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, designated a "terrorist" by New Delhi, was instrumental in training, financing and putting into operation his outfit and agents in Canada, a dossier prepared by the Indian intelligence agencies…

High-speed train to sprint in India’s Gujarat in 6 months:…

INDIAN railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday (22) said a high-speed train service will begin running in the western state of Gujarat in the next six months. Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony of US semiconductor company Micron's plant in Sanand in the state, he said India's semi high-speed Vande Bharat…