Canada expelled six Indian diplomats in a tit-for-tat move after India asked Canadian diplomats to leave the country by October 19, marking a severe escalation in the diplomatic row. Canada had attempted to link the diplomats in a probe related to a Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Nijjar's killing.

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau doubled down on accusations of India "supporting criminal activity against Canadians", as the two countries expel six diplomats each in the row over the killing of terrorist Hardeep Singh NIjjar.

Toronto : Journalist and businessman Anil Shringi, who is based in Canada, criticised Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau-led government's decision to

India Canada News LIVE Updates: The Ministry of External Affairs summoned Canadian Charge d’Affaires Stewart Wheeler in the evening and informed him “that the baseless targeting of the Indian High Commissioner and other diplomats and officials in Canada was completely unacceptable”.

New Delhi: India has summoned Canada’s charge d’affaires in this country after diplomatic relations between the two countries hit a new low. After strongly criticising Canada’s move to name the Indian ambassador and other diplomats as ‘persons of interest’ in the murder of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil last year, the Foreign […]

MEA noted that Trudeau's hostility has long been in evidence

The Ministry of External Affairs said it received a diplomatic communication on Sunday suggesting that Indian High Commissioner to Canada Sanjay Kumar Verma and other diplomats are 'persons of interest' in an investigation there. The MEA rejected the latest charges as 'preposterous implications'.

Ties between India and Canada have been thorny ever since Justin Trudeau alleged India's involvement in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

According to the MEA, the latest allegations are part of a pattern of unfounded assertions made by Canada in recent months

India has denied all the allegations, calling them "absurd" and "motivated" and has accused Canada of giving space to extremist and anti-India elements in their country. | OpIndia News

The Ministry of External Affairs said it received a diplomatic communication on Sunday suggesting that Indian High Commissioner to Canada Sanjay Kumar Verma and other diplomats are 'persons of interest' in an investigation there. The MEA rejected the latest charges as 'preposterous implications'.

India hit out at Canada over its probe into the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar that suggested the Indian envoy as a 'person of interest', calling it a deliberate strategy of the Justin Trudeau government to smear India for its political agenda.