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Low turnout for Khalistani protest outside Indian high commission in London

A small group of protesters turned out on Saturday for a protest called by pro-Khalistani groups outside the Indian High Commission in London. The rally, which used controversial posters inciting violence with images of the Indian High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami and Dr Shashank Vikram, Consul General of India in Birmingham, had a relatively low-key turnout. There was a very visible police presence throughout the protest, which wrapped sooner than expected. An appropriate policing plan will be in place, a Metropolitan Police spokesperson had said ahead of the protest. Earlier this week, the UK government declared that any direct attacks on the High Commission of India in London are unacceptable amid the anti-India attacks and posters by Khalistani extremists emerging on social media channels. Any direct attacks on the Indian High Commission in London are completely unacceptable, said Cleverly. We have made clear to Vikram Doraiswami and the Government of India that the safety

Posters inciting violence against Indian diplomats unacceptable: MEA

Days after posters inciting violence against Indian diplomats surfaced in Canada and a few other countries, India on Thursday said such activities are not at all acceptable. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi also said that space must not be given to extremist and terrorist elements in the name of freedom of expression. At a media briefing, he also asserted that the safety of Indian diplomats and the country's missions is of utmost importance for the government.

Any attack on Indian mission 'unacceptable': UK amid Khalistani threats

The UK government on Thursday declared that any direct attacks on the High Commission of India in London are "completely unacceptable" amid anti-India attacks by Khalistani extremists emerging on social media channels. UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly took to Twitter to declare that the safety of the staff at India's diplomatic mission in the country is paramount. His intervention follows threats and attacks targeted at Indian diplomatic missions in the US, Australia and Canada and some threatening posters emerging online with images of Indian High Commissioner to the UK Vikram Doraiswami and Dr Shashank Vikram, the Consul General of India in Birmingham. Any direct attacks on the Indian High Commission in London are completely unacceptable, said Cleverly. We have made clear to Vikram Doraiswami and the Government of India that the safety of staff at the High Commission is paramount, he said. There has been a very visible Metropolitan Police security presence at India House in .

Khalistani attacks: Rising attacks on Indian consulates in US, UK & Canada

A video of the recent arson attack by Khalistani supporters was widely circulated on social media

Attack by Khalistanis on San Francisco consulate deeply regrettable: US

Earlier the US state department spokesperson said that the US strongly condemned the vandalism and attempted arson by pro-Khalistan supporters in San Francisco

India summons Canadian envoy over pro-Khalistani activities in Canada

India summons Canadian envoy over pro-Khalistani activities in Canada

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New Delhi, Jul 4( PTI) India summoned the Canadian envoy and issued a demarche over the increasing activities by pro-Khalistani elements in Canada, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

The summoning of the Canadian high commissioner came following pro-Khalistani groups releasing some posters with names of certain Indian diplomats.

It is learnt that India has also asked the Canadian authorities to take appropriate measures in view of planned protests by pro-Khalistan groups outside Indian missions in Canada on July 8.

The Canadian high commissioner was summoned to the Ministry of External Affairs on Monday and was issued a demarche, the people cited above said while referring to the release of the posters and the planned protests.

The people said India has also raised with the US the atta

IWF condemns attempts by 'anti-India forces' to target Indian missions

Indian World Forum on Tuesday said it has condemned attempts by "anti-India forces", including Khalistani activists, to target Indian diplomatic missions and its diaspora community abroad. India's consulate in San Francisco came under an attack from Khalistan supporters who tried to set the diplomatic facility on fire in the second such act of violence within months, drawing strong condemnation from the US government which termed it a "criminal offence". A video by Khalistan supporters, dated July 2 posted on Twitter, showed the act of arson at the Indian Consulate in San Francisco. The IWF, in a statement, alleged that Indian diplomats in Canada, the UK and the US face threat from "Khalistani radicals". The IWF strongly condemns the attempts to target Indian diplomatic missions in these countries by "anti-India forces, including Khalistani activists, in collusion with foreign agencies", it said in a statement. The Indian diaspora has always been law-abiding and contributed to the

India summons Canadian High Commissioner on poster by Khalistan supporters

Khalistan extremists are planning to take out a protest march to Indian embassies in Toronto and Vancouver on July 8

Canadian MP slams Indira Gandhi's death celebration by Khalistan supporters

India-born Canadian member of Parliament Chandra Arya on Friday slammed the Khalistan supporters for celebrating the assassination of Indira Gandhi with her cutout in a float.

Allowing anti-India elements not good for relationship: EAM to Canada

India on Thursday hit out at Canada for giving space to separatists and extremists elements after visuals surfaced on social media of a float in the Canadian city of Brampton that reportedly celebrated the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. At a media briefing, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Canada allowing anti-India elements to operate from its soil is not good for the bilateral relationship as well as for itself. "I think there is a bigger issue involved. And the bigger issue involved really is the space that Canada has continuously and frankly we are at a loss to understand other than the requirements of vote bank politics, why anybody would do this," he said. "Because if you look at their history, you would imagine that they learn from history and they would not like to repeat that history. It is not only one incident, however, egregious it may be," Jaishankar said. "I think there is a larger underlying issue about the space which is given to ..

Pro-Khalistan slogans raised on 39th anniversary of Operation Bluestar

Pro-Khalistan slogans were raised on the Golden Temple premises Tuesday by supporters and activists of radical Sikh outfits on the 39th anniversary of Operation Bluestar. The slogans of 'Khalistan Zindabad' were also raised by activists of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) led by MP Simranjit Singh Mann and his associate former MP Dhian Singh Mand at the Akal Takht. Mann was also present on the spot. Radical Sikh outfit Dal Khalsa's activists were seen holding placards bearing portraits of slain militant leader Jarnail Singh Bhidnrawale and raising pro-Khalistan slogans. Hundreds of Sikh youths, led by the Dal Khalsa, were carrying Khalistani flags and photographs of damaged Akal Takht. The entire marbled periphery of Golden Temple near Akal Takht, the supreme temporal seat of Sikhs, echoed with pro-Khalistan slogans. Elaborate security arrangements were in place in Amritsar to ensure that the event passed off peacefully. Jathedar of Akal Takht Giani Harpreet Singh, in his message t

Sydney's city council cancels Khalistan event planned for next month

A city council in Sydney has cancelled a Khalistan propaganda event planned for next month due to security reasons, a media report said on Friday. Acting on security agencies' advice, permission for the event organised by the 'Sikhs For Justice' group in Blacktown City was revoked by the city council, The Australia Today newspaper reported. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Sydney on May 24 to attend the Quad Summit to be hosted by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. "Council has, this morning, cancelled this booking as it is in conflict with adopted Council policy and due to risks to Council staff, Council assets and members of the public which cannot be practicably mitigated," a statement by the council said. Banners and posters of the event placed around the city were removed, citing a lack of approval. An investigation is also underway against the Victoria-based group, the report said. A connection to unaccounted money trail is what we are looking int

Khalistan a dangerous ideology, threat to national security: Report

In one of his statements, Amritpal Singh said that the Indian constitution was just a mode of perpetuating the slavery of the Sikhs

Pro-Khalistan leader Amritpal Singh arrested: What we know so far

Singh was later flown by a special flight from Bhatinda air force station to Dibrugarh and lodged in a high-security prison

Fugitive preacher Amritpal Singh arrested in Moga, says Punjab Police

Amritpal Singh was on the run since March 18 after the Punjab police launched a crackdown following storming of the Ajnala police station by his supporters to secure release of an arrested associate

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Fugitive radical preacher Amritpal Singh's wife stopped at Amritsar airport

Fugitive radical preacher Amritpal Singh's wife Kirandeep Kaur was stopped at the Amritsar airport by immigration officials while she was trying to board a flight to London, sources said on Thursday. She was learnt to have been questioned by the immigration authorities, they said. Singh had tied the knot with UK-based Kaur in February this year. More than a month after a police crackdown against Singh and his aides, the radical preacher continues to remain elusive even as a manhunt to nab him is underway. Police on March 18 had launched the crackdown against Singh and members of his outfit 'Waris Punjab De.' He and his associates were booked under several criminal cases related to spreading disharmony among classes, attempt to murder, attack on police personnel and creating obstructions in the lawful discharge of duty by public servants.

Separatist Amritpal does a no show on Baisakhi, flop show at Talwandi Sabo

There was no tension visible among the people visiting the holy shrine and every activity seemed to be taking its normal course

Pro-Khalistan protests: UK not doing enough, say former diplomats

Outraged, Indian diplomats protested. But to little avail

Trade talks with UK still on, reports of pause 'baseless': MEA official

In a bid to bring negotiations back on track, the UK Home Office is planning to make an announcement in the coming weeks and a crackdown on Sikh extremists