Page 5 - India Canada Row

Ex-Indian envoy calls Canada's surveillance of diplomats 'aggressive' act

MEA announced that India has lodged a formal protest with the Canadian government after revelations that its consular officials in Canada were subjected to surveillance

Action to be taken under established procedures: MEA on Anmol Bishnoi case

In the wake of Mumbai police seeking extradition of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's younger brother Anmol, the external affairs ministry on Saturday said these matters come under legal domain and so action will be taken under established procedures. The proposal was sent to the Ministry of Home Affairs after the US authorities informed Mumbai police about his presence in their country, a senior police official said in Mumbai on Saturday. Anmol Bishnoi has been named as an accused in some high-profile crimes, including the Baba Siddique murder case. "You spoke about Anmol Bishnoi. Investigation is underway. Probe is in progress. These matters come under legal domain. And, since these things come under legal domain, so under established procedures, action will be taken on this issue," MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told reporters in Delhi. He was asked if the US has shared any details on the brother of Lawrence Bishnoi for extradition. Last month, the Mumbai police's crime bran

Canada names India in cyberthreat list; another attempt to attack, says MEA

Canada has for the first time named India in a list of cyberthreat adversaries, suggesting that state-sponsored actors could be spying against it. Amid an ongoing diplomatic row, India is named fifth after China, Russia, Iran and North Korea in the National Cyber Threat Assessment 2025-2026 (NCTA 2025-2026) report. We assess that Indian state-sponsored cyber threat actors likely conduct cyber threat activity against Government of Canada networks for the purpose of espionage, the report said. The development comes as the bilateral relationship has gone south since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said a year ago that Canada had credible evidence that agents of the Indian government were involved in the murder of Canadian Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia in June 2023, a charge dismissed as absurd by India. The NCTA 2025-2026 that highlights the cyber threats facing individuals and organisations in Canada was released on October 30 by the Canadian Centre for Cyber .

Govt accuses Canada of putting its consular officials under surveillance

India on Saturday accused Canada of indulging in "harassment and intimidation" of Indian consular staff there by putting them under audio and video surveillance in "flagrant violation" of diplomatic conventions. Responding to a query during a media briefing here, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal also said India has "formally protested" to the Canadian government. He was asked about reports claiming that many Indian diplomats in Canada were allegedly under surveillance amid the diplomatic standoff. "Yes, some of our consular officials were recently informed by the Canadian government that they have been and continued to be under audio and video surveillance. Their communications have also been intercepted. We have formally protested to the Canadian government, as we deem these actions to be in flagrant violation of relevant diplomatic and consular conventions" Jaiswal told reporters. "By citing technicalities, the Canadian government cannot justify the fact that it is indulging in .

MEA slams Canada's allegations against Amit Shah, calls it irresponsible

India-Canada row: Such irresponsible actions will have serious consequences for bilateral ties, said Randhir Jaiswal, spokesperson for India's Ministry of External Affairs

Canada's Oppn leader Poilievre cancels Diwali event, sparks racism charge

The Indian diaspora in Canada highlighted a more pervasive problem, as "racism and discrimination are prevalent in Canada," with this incident revealing lingering systemic biases

Canada admits leaking details on Indian 'interference' claims to US paper

Canada's national security adviser confirmed that she and Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister David Morrison leaked information about Indian activities and Union Home Minister to The Washington Post

US refutes reports of expelling Indian diplomats amid India-Canada row

During a press briefing on Tuesday (local time), State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said he was unfamiliar with any such report and was not aware of any expulsion of Indian diplomats

Rejects the manner in which Canada targeted our high commissioner: EAM

India first raised the presence of organised crime in Canada but the issue was ignored because of a permissive atmosphere for a long time, EAM S Jaishankar said on Saturday, rejecting the targeting of its High Commissioner and diplomats by the Trudeau government. Speaking at an event in Pune on the subject 'Emerging opportunities in the present global scenario', the diplomat-turned-politician said India will obviously take a tough position, which has been taken when its national interest, integrity and sovereignty are concerned. "We completely reject the manner in which the Canadian government targeted our High Commissioner and diplomats," Jaishankar said in response to a question. Indian High Commissioner Sanjay Verma was declared a "person of interest" by Canada on October 13 in its investigation into the June 2023 killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian citizen who has been declared a Khalistani terrorist by India. Before Canada could take further action, New Delhi recalled

NIA yet to receive Hardeep Nijjar's death certificate from Canada

Canadian government asked for the reason for NIA behind its request to seek the death certificate of Nijjar

Justin Trudeau vows to lead Liberal party into next Canadian election

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday that he will lead his Liberal Party into the next election, dismissing a request by some party members to not run for a fourth term. Trudeau met with his Liberal members of Parliament for three hours Wednesday, where he learned that more than 20 lawmakers from his party signed a letter asking him to step down before the next election. Trudeau said there were robust conversations ongoing about the best way forward, but "that will happen as me as leader going into the next election. No Canadian prime minister in more than a century has won four straight terms. Trudeau's Cabinet ministers have said he has the support of the vast majority of the 153 Liberal Party members of the House of Commons. The Liberals recently suffered upsets in special elections for seats representing two districts in Toronto and Montreal that the party has held for years, raising doubts about Trudeau's leadership. The federal election could come anytime between

Canadian Khalistanis target Indian students: Sanjay Verma cautions parents

Appealing to parents, India's recalled High Commissioner to Canada, Sanjay Kumar Verma, reportedly warned that Indian students in Canada were facing different types of negative influences

Canada suddenly dropped Goldy Brar from wanted list: Recalled envoy Verma

Canada suddenly dropped the name of gangster Goldy Brar, who operates in the north American nation, from its wanted list of criminals, India's recalled envoy Sanjay Verma has said. In an interview with PTI Videos, Verma said India had shared the names of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and Brar with Canadian authorities who had put the latter on the wanted list. The senior diplomat also said the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was "wrong" and the truth must come out after a thorough investigation. "Nijjar was a terrorist to us, but anything that is extrajudicial, for any democracy, rule of law country, is wrong," Verma said. "We always told them that we want to reach to the bottom of the whole episode, so that you are satisfied, we are satisfied," the diplomat said. He said Brar operated one gang in Canada but there are multiple similar groups in that country which are not-so trans-national, but have a pan-Canada character. "Goldy Brar was living in Canada. On our

Canada declaring me 'person of interest' came as a shock, says Sanjay Verma

India's recalled high commissioner Sanjay Verma said Khalistani terrorists, extremists found refuge in Canada due to lenient Canadian legal system

Did Trudeau's advisor share classified intel on India with the US media?

Canadian news outlet claims that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's top national security advisor briefed The Washington Post on sensitive intelligence regarding India

Two men plead guilty to murder of Air India bombing suspect Ripudaman Malik

Two men accused of killing Ripudaman Singh Malik, a Sikh man acquitted in the tragic 1985 Air India Kanishka terrorist bombing case, have pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in a Canadian court, according to media reports. Tanner Fox and Jose Lopez entered the pleas in the British Columbia (BC) Supreme Court on Monday on the eve of their trial for the killing of 75-year-old Malik, who was shot several times outside his family business on the morning of July 14, 2022. Malik was shot dead in Surrey, British Columbia in 2022. He and co-accused Ajaib Singh Bagri were acquitted in 2005 of mass murder and conspiracy charges related to the two bombings in 1985 that killed 331 people. In the court in New Westminster on Monday, both Fox and Lopez pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of second-degree murder, the Global News reported. The court heard an agreed statement of facts that revealed the two men had been hired to kill Malik, the report added. "What we know from the agreed statemen

Buyers hope no disruption in Canadian lentil, potash supplies, say experts

Ties between India & Canada deteriorated sharply after New Delhi and Ottawa ordered 6 diplomats to leave in tit-for-tat moves over Ottawa's allegations that New Delhi was targeting Indian dissidents

India seeks action against 8 gangsters in Canada with Khalistan, ISI ties

Development comes after New Delhi said at least 26 extradition requests from the Indian side are still pending with Canadian authorities

Recalled Indian diplomat Verma denies role in Nijjar's murder 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. Sanjay Kumar Verma, who was expelled last Monday along with five other Indian diplomats, said in an interview on CTV's Question Period Sunday that the allegations are politically motivated. "Nothing at all," Verma said when asked if he had any role in in the shooting of Hardeep Singh Nijjar who was killed outside a cultural centre in Surrey, British Columbia on June 18, 2023. "No evidence presented. Politically motivated." Four Indian nationals living in Canada were charged with Nijjar's murder and are awaiting trial. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police went public this week with allegations that Indian diplomats were targeting Sikh separatists in Canada by sharing information about them with their government b

Some Khalistani extremists deep assets of state, says recalled envoy Verma

The Ambassador also denied all charges levelled against him by Ottawa in connection with the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar