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Canadians manage to give Modi a headache for a change
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Canadians manage to give Modi a headache for a change

Trudeau has been accused of turning a blind eye to foreign interference for years. But on Monday, his team showed a sign of progress as it took a series of carefully orchestrated steps designed to push back at India's prime minister.

​Royal Canadian Mounted Police Commissioner Mike Duheme takes part in a press conference about India-linked criminal activity occurring in Canada, in Ottawa, Ontario, October 14, 2024.
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India and Canada expel diplomats in deepening criminal scandal

Canadian authorities declared India’s High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma a persona non grata note on Monday, expelling him and five other diplomats from their posts over allegations they were part of a criminal network harassing Canadian Sikhs.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public meeting, in Khargone, on Tuesday.
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Canada is India's “biggest problem”

Without admitting that he sent agents to North America to kill his enemies, Narendra Modi has dropped heavy hints that his government did just that.

FILE PHOTO: Karan Brar, Kamalpreet Singh and Karanpreet Singh, the three individuals charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in relation to the murder in Canada of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in 2023, are seen in a combination of undated photographs released by the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT).
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Canada arrests Nijjar murder suspects

Canada's arrest on Friday of three Indian nationals linked to the assassination of Sikh-Canadian activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar has escalated diplomatic tensions between Ottawa and New Delhi.

India-Canada: Trudeau's "perverse politics" threatens relations, says Samir Saran
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India-Canada: Trudeau's "perverse politics" threatens relations, says Samir Saran

Even before Canada's murder allegation, its relations with India were already tense. India has long been pushing Ottawa to be more assertive in curtailing the Khalistan movement within Canada–a separatist movement with the goal of establishing an independent Sikh state in India’s Punjab region.

Can the India-Canada relationship be fixed after a suspicious murder?
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

Can the India-Canada relationship be fixed after a suspicious murder?

In September, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leveled a bombshell accusation in Canada’s House of Commons: He announced there were “credible allegations” India was involved in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader and Canadian citizen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in British Columbia in June. Since then, relations between New Delhi and Ottawa have not been the same. On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer sits down with Samir Saran, President of the Observer Research Foundation, a top Indian think tank, to discuss the fallout.

A photo of protesters burning an Indian flag after the assassination of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar with the logo of GZERO World with Ian Bremmer - the podcast
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

Podcast: Death and diplomacy: A look at India-Canada tensions with Samir Saran

Listen: The GZERO World Podcast takes a look at an international murder mystery that dominated headlines in September: Canada's allegation that India was involved in the assassination of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia in June. New Delhi has dismissed the accusation as “absurd” and demanded any evidence be released publicly, which Canada has yet to do. But the diplomatic fallout has been swift.

Ian Explains: Why India-Canada relations are tense over a mysterious murder
Ian Explains

Ian Explains: Why India-Canada relations are tense over a mysterious murder

On June 18th in a Vancouver suburb, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh leader and Canadian citizen, was killed by two men in hooded sweatshirts. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau then accused the Indian government of being responsible for the killing of a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil. Ian Bremmer explains why it's been a challenging time for Canada–India relations.