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A day after accusing the Indian government of playing a role in the brazen shooting of a Canadian Sikh leader, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he isn't trying to "provoke" the south Asian country.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has stated that Canada is not seeking to provoke India as he called on the Indian government to take the killing of Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar seriously. The Canadian government recently expelled a top Indian diplomat and accused India of having links to Nijjars killing. India rejected the claims and responded by expelling a senior Canadian diplomat. The tensions between the two countries have strained bilateral ties, leading to the freezing of ...

Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s assassination has created a diplomatic crisis.

The expulsion of a Canadian diplomat is a preliminary response to a dispute that has enraged officials in both Ottawa and New Delhi, with the latter calling the allegations “absurd and motivated.”

Several hundred Sikhs demonstrated outside the Indian consulate in Toronto in July - Copyright AFP/File Geoff RobinsSikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was a long-time campaigner for a separate homeland for people of his faith, whose murder in June near Vancouver has now sparked a diplomatic storm between India and Canada. Nijjar was wanted by Indian […]

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly’s office confirmed the expelled official is Pavan Kumar Rai, who she said led the Canadian branch of India’s foreign intelligence service.

Canada and India each expelled a diplomat after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudea accused India of murdering a prominent Sikh leader.

The Canadian foreign ministers office identified the expelled Indian diplomat as Pavan Kumar Rai, the head of Indias foreign intelligence agency in Canada. | Latest News India

Former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief A S Dulat Tuesday said Canada expelling an Indian diplomat after claiming that New Delhi was potentially linked to the killing of a Khalistani extremist will have a bearing on bilateral relations.

NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday rejected the absurd allegation that its agents were behind the killing of a Sikh leader in Canada, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeaus bombshell accusation sent already sour diplomatic relations to a new low.