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Weeks before India-Canada showdown, Canadian spy agency cited Pakistan’s ‘support’ to Sikh separatists

15Oct

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Weeks before India-Canada showdown, Canadian spy agency cited Pakistan’s ‘support’ to Sikh separatists

New Delhi: The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) has confirmed that Pakistan played a role in influencing Canada’s federal politics, and the country’s actions were tied to their support of Sikh separatist extremism. In a significant revelation, senior officers of the Canadian spy agency—Vanessa Lloyd and Bo Basler—also confirmed Pakistan’s participation in working “to support a preferred candidate’s election”. On 27 September, in a session before the Foreign Interference Commission, Lloyd, interim director of the CSIS—the first woman to lead the agency—provided insights into Pakistan’s involvement in foreign interference activities within Canada. Lloyd highlighted that Pakistan’s engagement in Canadian politics is often aimed at countering India’s influence. A video of this ses...

Indian diplomats to get security cover on return from Canada, agencies doing threat assessment

15Oct

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Indian diplomats to get security cover on return from Canada, agencies doing threat assessment

New Delhi: The six Indian diplomats withdrawn from Canada, including High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma, will receive security cover on their return following an assessment being undertaken by the concerned agencies, ThePrint has learnt. Sources in the security establishment said the Indian diplomats had been issued grave threats by Sikh separatists in Canada, and drew attention to a video put out by the banned Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), which showed Verma’s poster being shot at several times with a 9mm pistol. The diplomats will be back in India by Sunday, the sources said Show Full Article The six who have been pulled out from Canada include both diplomats and officials, the sources said, although they did not provide the exact break-up.However, Siddhartha N...

India withdraws envoy to Canada, expels Ottawa’s top diplomats in Delhi over Nijjar row

14Oct

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India withdraws envoy to Canada, expels Ottawa’s top diplomats in Delhi over Nijjar row

New Delhi: India Monday announced that it had withdrawn High Commissioner to Canada Sanjay Kumar Verma and other “targeted diplomats and officials” — an unprecedented move after the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named them as “persons of interest” in the 2023 killing of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Later in the day, India also expelled six Canadian diplomats, including the acting high commissioner and the deputy commissioner. They have been asked to leave the country by 19 October. According to a statement from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the Canadian charge d’affaires was summoned by the Secretary (East) Monday evening and “informed that the baseless targeting of the Indian High Commissioner and other diplomats and officials in Canada was complet...