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Diplomatic relations between Canada and India are strained after Prime Minister Trudeau accused Indian government agents of killing a Canadian citizen and Sikh separatist leader, Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C. in June, 2023. India has denied any involvement and dismissed the claims as “unsubstantiated.”

Indian intelligence officials targeted in New York lawsuit for alleged role in assassination plots
Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, one of the main leaders of the Khalistan movement, speaks to a Globe and Mail reporter at his law office in the Queens borough in New York City on December 8, 2023. (Stephanie Keith/The Globe and Mail)

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Indian intelligence officials targeted in New York lawsuit for alleged role in assassination plots
Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, one of the main leaders of the Khalistan movement, speaks to a Globe and Mail reporter at his law office in the Queens borough in New York City on December 8, 2023. (Stephanie Keith/The Globe and Mail)
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Sikh activist who stepped into Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s role was warned by police that his life is at risk
Sikh activist Inderjeet Singh Gosal, stands next to a window with a bullet hole, at a housing project of his, in Brampton, Ont., Wednesday Feb. 14, 2024. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail).
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Canadian police warn Sikh aide of threat to life, says leading separatist
FILE PHOTO: A banner with the image of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar is seen at the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara temple, site of his June 2023 killing, in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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FBI probing drive-by attack on Sikh separatist in California
FILE - The J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building is seen June 9, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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Canada-India relations: Where do they go from here?
Vincent Rigby and Aftab Ahmed
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B.C. Insider: Liberal MP questions decision to hold moment of silence for Hardeep Singh Nijjar
Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Photo Illustration by Lincoln Agnew; (clockwise from left) Subodh Agnihotri/Getty images; Jennifer Gauthier/Reuters; Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press; Ethan Cairns/The Globe and Mail
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Liberal MP calls out Ottawa on moment of silence on anniversary of Nijjar slaying
Men line up to give prayers on the first anniversary of the 2023 murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, at the temple site where he was killed at Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada June 18, 2024. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
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Morning Update: The man who ignited a diplomatic firestorm
Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Photo Illustration by Lincoln Agnew; (clockwise from left) Subodh Agnihotri/Getty images; Jennifer Gauthier/Reuters; Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press; Ethan Cairns/The Globe and Mail
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A year after Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s death, mysteries remain about how he really lived
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Sikh activists mark anniversary of Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s murder
Sikh activists are marking the one-year anniversary of the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar with a rally outside Vancouver's Indian consulate and a commemoration at the British Columbia temple where he was gunned down. A person walks past signs showing Nijjar at the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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India summons diplomat over use of separatist slogans at Toronto Sikh event
Sikhs march in a parade to mark Khalsa Day celebrations in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on April 28, 2024. (Photo by Geoff Robins / AFP) (Photo by GEOFF ROBINS/AFP via Getty Images)
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India’s spy agency reportedly linked to killing of Canadian Sikh activist
A man holds a sign with a photograph of Hardeep Singh Nijjar during a protest outside the Indian Consulate in Vancouver on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. The spokesman for a group advocating Sikh independence says that a Metro Vancouver home hit by gunfire on Thursday belonged to a member of the movement. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Australian reporter runs into visa trouble in India after reporting on slaying of Canadian Sikh separatist
FILE PHOTO: A banner with the image of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar is seen at the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara temple, site of his June 2023 killing, in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
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Vaisakhi paradegoers remember late Sikh leader Hardeep Nijjar
Khalistan flags fill the crowd at the Vaisakhi Parade in Surrey B.C, on Saturday, April 20, 2024. Ethan Cairns/The Globe and Mail
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Diaspora groups outline breadth of intimidation by hostile foreign states
Commissioner Justice Marie-Josee Hogue listens to counsel during the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions, Wednesday, March 27, 2024 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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New Zealand says it’s not questioning Canadian allegations on Nijjar after remarks by country’s Deputy PM
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - MARCH 06: Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters makes his way to question time at Parliament on March 06, 2024 in Wellington, New Zealand. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)
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Morning Update: A blocked exit and barrage of bullets: Video shows B.C. Sikh leader’s final moments
A car drives down Guru Nanak Way where Hardeep Singh Nijjar would have been traveling in June 2023, in Surrey B.C., on Monday, March 4, 2024. Ethan Cairns/The Globe and Mail
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A blocked exit and barrage of bullets: Video shows B.C. Sikh leader’s final moments
A car drives down Guru Nanak Way where Hardeep Singh Nijjar would have been traveling in June 2023, in Surrey B.C., on Monday, March 4, 2024. Ethan Cairns/The Globe and Mail
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Canada holds ‘workshops’ for Indian officials on rule of law amid Trudeau, Modi spat
FILE PHOTO: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference on the sidelines of the UNGA in New York, U.S., September 21, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
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Police probing shootings at homes of Khalistan supporters in Brampton, Ont., and Vancouver
Sikh activist Inderjeet Singh Gosal, stands next to a window with a bullet hole, at a housing project of his, in Brampton, Ont., Wednesday Feb. 14, 2024. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail).
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India won’t aid probe into Sikh activist Nijjar’s slaying until evidence shared, High Commissioner says
A photograph of late temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar is seen on a banner outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, in Surrey, B.C., on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadian intelligence services are investigating "credible" information about "a potential link" between the government of India and the murder of Nijjar. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Shots fired at B.C. home of Sikh activist, an associate of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, group says
A man holds a sign with a photograph of Hardeep Singh Nijjar during a protest outside the Indian Consulate in Vancouver on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. The spokesman for a group advocating Sikh independence says that a Metro Vancouver home hit by gunfire on Thursday belonged to a member of the movement. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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India is co-operating with Canada amid tensions over murdered Sikh, Trudeau aide says
Jody Thomas, National Security and Intelligence Advisor waits to appear as a witness before the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) investigating intimidation campaigns against the Member for Wellington - Halton Hills and other Members on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Thursday, June 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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Czech court rules Indian man in alleged plot to kill Sikh activist can be extradited to U.S.
FILE — Khalistan flags at the Guru Nanak Gudwara in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, where Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot and killed, on Sept. 20, 2023. Sikh separatists have been pressing for a state of their own that would be called Khalistan. (Jackie Dives/The New York Times)
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RCMP expected to make arrests soon in Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s slaying
(FILES) Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a press conference after the closing session of the G20 summit in New Delhi on September 10, 2023. Canada on September 18, 2023, accused India's government of involvement in the killing of a Canadian Sikh leader near Vancouver last June, and expelled New Delhi's intelligence chief in Ottawa in retaliation. The diplomatic move sent relations between Ottawa and New Delhi, already sour, to a dramatic new low. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told an emergency session of the parliamentary opposition at mid-afternoon that his government had "credible allegations" linking Indian agents to the slaying of an exiled Sikh leader, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in June in British Columbia. (Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP) (Photo by MONEY SHARMA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Trudeau says sharing Nijjar news was meant to deter India
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Why are Canadians still in the dark about the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar?
The Editorial Board
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U.S. prosecutors say plots to assassinate Sikh leaders were part of a campaign of planned killings
FILE - Sikh separatist leader and head of Waris Punjab De, or Punjab's Heirs, Amritpal Singh, talks to his supporters in the village Jallupur Khera, near Amritsar, India, on Jan.7, 2023. Earlier this year, Indian police arrested the separatist leader who had revived calls for Khalistan and stirred fears of violence in Punjab. (AP Photo/Prabhjot Gill, File)
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Morning Update: U.S. probe into alleged plot to kill Sikh activist finds ties to Nijjar slaying in B.C.
A member of United Hindu Front organisation holds a banner depicting Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a lawyer believed to be based in Canada designated as a Khalistani terrorist by the Indian authorities, during a rally in New Delhi on September 24, 2023. (Photo by ARUN SANKAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Evening Update: Ottawa agrees to deal with Google over online news bill, sources say
The Google News homepage is displayed on an iPhone in Ottawa on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Google Canada says it would be reasonable to reconsider sharing links to news sites if Bill C-18, the government's Online News Act, becomes law. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Politics Briefing: U.S. assassination case sheds light on killing of Sikh activist in Canada
(FILES) A member of United Hindu Front organisation holds a banner depicting Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a lawyer believed to be based in Canada designated as a Khalistani terrorist by the Indian authorities, during a rally in New Delhi on September 24, 2023. An Indian national has been charged with plotting to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader on US soil, the Justice Department said on November 29, 2023, alleging an Indian government official was also involved in the planning. The news comes after the White House said last week it was treating an alleged plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist on American soil with "utmost seriousness," and had raised the issue with the Indian government. The Financial Times reported that same day that US authorities had thwarted a conspiracy to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a US and Canadian citizen. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP) (Photo by ARUN SANKAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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U.S. investigation into alleged plot to kill Sikh activist finds ties to Nijjar slaying in B.C.
A criminal indictment unsealed in New York Wednesday says a man accused of arranging the killing-for-hire of Sikhs for Justice legal counsel Gurpatwant Pannun told an undercover officer less than two weeks before Mr. Nijjar’s death that there was a “big target” in Canada.
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Washington presses India on alleged plot to kill Sikh activist in U.S.
A member of United Hindu Front organisation shouts slogans while holding a banner depicting Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a lawyer believed to be based in Canada designated as a Khalistani terrorist by the Indian authorities during a rally along a street in New Delhi on September 24, 2023. In an interview with an Indian news channel, Pannun said Nijjar had been his "close associate" for over 20 years and was like a "younger brother" to him. He also blamed India for Nijjar's killing. A diplomatic firestorm erupted this week with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau saying there were "credible reasons to believe that agents of the government of India were involved" in Nijjar's death. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP) (Photo by ARUN SANKAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Evening Update: No Canadians approved to leave Gaza were able to exit today; Blinken denounces Palestinian death toll
Palestinians fleeing north Gaza move southward as Israeli tanks roll deeper into the enclave, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip November 10, 2023.
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Politics Briefing: Blinken urges India to work with Canada over B.C. murder probe
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the media after participating in the so-called "2+2 Dialogue" in New Delhi, India, November 10, 2023.
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Blinken urges Indian counterparts to co-operate with Canada in murder probe of Hardeep Singh Nijjar
The U.S. secretary of state is once again urging India to help Canada advance its investigation into the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Antony Blinken speaks to the media after participating in the so-called "2+2 Dialogue" in New Delhi, India, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jonathan Ernst, POOL
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India envoy tells Ottawa to produce evidence that New Delhi was behind killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar
High Commissioner of India to Canada Shri Sanjay Kumar Verma gestures during an interview November 3, 2023 in Ottawa. Dave Chan/The Globe and Mail
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Sikh independence vote takes place in B.C. amid Canada-India tensions
A photograph of late temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar is seen on a banner outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib, in Surrey, B.C., on Monday, September 18, 2023. Thousands of Sikh voters are expected to turn out today in the Metro Vancouver municipality of Surrey, to vote in an unofficial referendum at the centre of Canada's ongoing tensions with India. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Sikh activists in B.C. emboldened by Trudeau’s comments on India ahead of referendum
A member of United Hindu Front organisation shouts slogans while holding a banner depicting Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a lawyer believed to be based in Canada designated as a Khalistani terrorist by the Indian authorities during a rally along a street in New Delhi on September 24, 2023. In an interview with an Indian news channel, Pannun said Nijjar had been his "close associate" for over 20 years and was like a "younger brother" to him. He also blamed India for Nijjar's killing. A diplomatic firestorm erupted this week with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau saying there were "credible reasons to believe that agents of the government of India were involved" in Nijjar's death. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP) (Photo by ARUN SANKAR/AFP via Getty Images)