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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.”

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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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)
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World ‘should be worried’ about India’s threat to strip Canadian diplomats of immunity, Trudeau says
A man walks past the High Commission of Canada in New Delhi on September 19, 2023. A senior Canadian diplomat was ordered to leave India on September 19, New Delhi's foreign ministry said, hours after Ottawa expelled an Indian diplomat over the killing of a Sikh separatist near Vancouver. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP) (Photo by ARUN SANKAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Evening Update: Hamas releases two American hostages while aid stalls at Gaza border
Chicago-area residents Judith Tai Raanan and her daughter Natalie Shoshana Raanan, two American hostages freed on Friday by the armed wing of Hamas, pose in this undated picture obtained by Reuters on October 20, 2023. Obtained by Reuters/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
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Trudeau says India’s actions making life hard for millions of people
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes an announcement regarding new housing in Brampton, Ont., Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Canada-India trade is a small price to pay for our sovereignty
Kevin Yin
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India-Canada relations are on the rocks. Should you invest there?
Gordon Pape
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U.S. fears Canada-India row over Sikh activist’s killing could upend strategy for countering China
FILE - A man rides a bike outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, British Columbia, on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, where temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar was gunned down in his vehicle while leaving the temple parking lot in June. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
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Sikh independence activists in B.C. say they were warned by RCMP of threats to their lives
Moninder Singh, front right, a spokesperson for the British Columbia Gurdwaras Council (BCGC), prepares to speak to reporters outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, B.C., on Monday, September 18, 2023, where temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar was gunned down in his vehicle while leaving the temple parking lot in June. 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 B.C. Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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In the diplomatic spat, a rising India shows Canada that money is power
John Rapley
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Canadian colleges seek to reassure Indian students as Modi-Trudeau tensions rise
FILE PHOTO: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau upon his arrival at Bharat Mandapam convention center for the G20 Summit, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. Evan Vucci/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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The India debacle should prompt Canada to rethink the naive way we engage with the world
David McKinnon
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Britain concerned at disruption to Indian diplomat’s visit to a Sikh temple in Glasgow
British trade secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan poses for a photo after an interview in Ottawa on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
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U.S. Secretary of State urges Indian cooperation in Canada’s Sikh murder probe
Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a media briefing at the State Department, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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Sikh group protests outside Golden Temple in India over killing in Canada
People hold placards protesting the killing of Canadian Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar at a demonstration outside the Golden Temple in Amritsar, in the northern state of Punjab, India, September 29, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer
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No, India killing a Canadian is not ‘just like’ America killing bin Laden
Andrew Coyne
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How did Ottawa miss the memo on India, the U.S. and the new global order? 
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Friend of slain B.C. Sikh advocate says police warned him of threat after killing
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. A member of the Surrey, B.C., gurdwara where Sikh advocate Hardeep Singh Nijjar served as president before he was gunned down last June says police have also warned him about a threat to his life. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Antony Blinken meets Indian foreign minister as dispute between India and Canada simmers
Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
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Politics Briefing: Trudeau hoping for constructive relations with India despite allegations New Delhi involved in death of B.C. resident
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends an announcement that Northvolt Batteries North America will build a new electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant near Montreal, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
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Witness of B.C. Sikh leader’s shooting says the gunshots sounded like fireworks
Gurkeerat Singh, a close associate of Hardeep Singh Nijjar who has viewed the security video showing his killing, at the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada on Sept. 20, 2023. The violent, professional-style killing of Nijjar now lies at the center of a diplomatic clash between Canada and India that comes just as Western allies have been trying to strengthen ties with the Indian government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Jackie Dives /The New York Times)
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Canada’s lentil sales to India slow after Trudeau raised murder suspicions
FILE PHOTO: Price tags are seen on the samples of rice and lentils that are kept on display for sale at a wholesale market in the old quarters of Delhi, India, June 7, 2018. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo
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NDP Leader says he was briefed on secret intelligence indicating India was behind killing of Sikh leader
New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh makes his way to the podium for a news conference on Parliament Hill, Tuesday, September 26, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Extraterritorial killings require a human-rights law response
Siena Anstis
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India mum at UN about dispute with Canada over killing of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar
India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Canadian Sikhs stage protests against Indian government over killing of Sikh activist
Demonstrators rally in support of Khalistan, an advocated independent Sikh homeland, outside the Indian consulate in Toronto on September 25, 2023, following the murder of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's assertion on September 17, 2023 that agents linked to New Delhi may have been responsible for the June 18 murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian citizen, sent shockwaves through both countries, prompting the reciprocal expulsion of diplomats. (Photo by Cole BURSTON / AFP) (Photo by COLE BURSTON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Evening Update: NDP, Bloc call for House Speaker’s resignation after man who fought with Nazi unit honoured
Speaker of the House of Commons Anthony Rota speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023.
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Shared intelligence from Five Eyes informed Trudeau’s India allegation, U.S. Ambassador to Canada confirms
U.S. Ambassador to Canada, David L. Cohen, speaks during Independence Day celebrations at Lornado, the official residence of the U.S. Ambassador to Canada in Ottawa, on Tuesday, July 4, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the B.C. plumber whose murder became the catalyst in a geopolitical crisis
A member of a Sikh organisation holds a placard displaying Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Amritsar on September 22, 2023. An activist for the creation of an independent Sikh homeland called Khalistan, Hardeep Singh Nijjar was wanted by Indian authorities for alleged terrorism and conspiracy to commit murder, and was shot dead by two masked assailants near Vancouver in June. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP) (Photo by NARINDER NANU/AFP via Getty Images)