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. CBC | World News
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U.S. charges ex-Indian intelligence official in plot to kill Sikh separatist
The United States has charged a former Indian intelligence officer who allegedly directed a foiled plot to murder a Sikh separatist in New York City last year, with the FBI saying it would not tolerate retaliation against a U.S. resident. CBC | World News
Read More »Top Mountie urges Sikh community to come forward as RCMP pushes ahead on India probe
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Read More »Trudeau, Modi in same room for first time since Canada publicly accused India of Sikh leader’s assassination
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sat down in the same room as India’s prime minister for the first time since he publicly accused Narendra Modi’s government of involvement in the assassination of a Canadian Sikh activist and Indian nationals were later arrested in B.C. CBC | World News
Read More »40 years ago, a Sikh holy place in Punjab was the site of a bloody siege. The scars it left are still raw
Solemn prayers and speeches rang out this week inside the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest of sites in the Sikh religion, as the northern state of Punjab marked the 40th anniversary of Operation Blue Star, a deadly Indian military operation. CBC | World News
Read More »4th man arrested in killing of B.C. Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar
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Read More »India waits for details on arrests in Canada over Sikh separatist’s murder
India says it’s waiting for details from the government of Canada before it responds to the arrest of three men in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. CBC | World News
Read More »Why Canada is becoming the focus of India’s concerns about the Sikh separatist movement
The history of tensions surrounding Sikh separatism in India and abroad goes back decades, but experts say Canada is seen as the country where the movement is the strongest. As a result, it’s drawn sharp criticism from India, especially in the face of Justin Trudeau’s recent allegations about India’s involvement in the killing of a Canadian Sikh leader. CBC | ...
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