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Anirudh Bhattacharyya

Anirudh Bhattacharya is a Toronto-based commentator on North American issues, and an author. He has also worked as a journalist in New Delhi and New York spanning print, television and digital media. He tweets as @anirudhb.

Articles by Anirudh Bhattacharyya

Heavy security blanket in place as Canada hosts G7 summit

Responsibility for ensuring the safety and security of all G7 Summit participants, including foreign dignitaries and heads of state, lies with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Integrated Safety and Security Group (ISSG)

Tourists in front of the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel ahead of the Group of Seven (G-7) Leaders' Summit, in Banff, Alberta, Canada, on Saturday. (Bloomberg)
Published on Jun 15, 2025 11:07 AM IST

Canadian political leaders back economic collaboration with India as Ottawa seeks to diversify trade, reducing reliance on US

Their comments came even as opposition has been voiced to the invitation to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the G7 leaders’ summit in Kananaskis in Alberta next week

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney greets troops of the 4th Canadian Division as he attends a tour of the Fort York Armoury in Toronto on June 9. (AFP)
Published on Jun 12, 2025 11:43 AM IST

Canada govt defends its move in parliament to invite Indian PM to G7 summit

The Canadian government has attracted flak from pro-Khalistan groups, the NDP, and Liberal Party MP Sukh Dhaliwal over its decision to invite Narendra Modi to the G7 summit in Alberta

Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney leaves the West Block of Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 5. (AP)
Published on Jun 11, 2025 11:12 AM IST

Six Indo-Canadians among 9 arrested in drug seizure worth $36.5mn

In June 2024, the smuggling network was found using US-Canada trucking routes. By November, many people and storage sites linked to the network were identified

Photos of the nine accused in “Project Pelican” were released by Canadian law enforcement. (Credit: Peel Regional Police))
Updated on Jun 11, 2025 12:07 AM IST

Indo-Canadian groups support the visit of Indian PM to the G7 leaders’ summit

However, opponents of the invite made their presence felt over the weekend during protests in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Brampton in the Greater Toronto Area

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves the national flag as he inaugurates Chenab bridge - the world’s highest railway arch bridge, in Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. (ANI)
Published on Jun 09, 2025 10:37 AM IST

Modi’s G7 invite by Canada welcomed by industry

Toronto welcomes PM Modi's G7 invitation, seen as a chance for a bilateral reset. Some oppose it, citing concerns over pro-Khalistan sentiments.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks as he delivers a message for the ‘International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure 2025’. (PTI)
Updated on Jun 07, 2025 03:41 PM IST

Carney invites Modi to G7, says India ‘must be at table’

‘India is the fifth largest economy in the world, effectively the most populous country in the world, central to, at the heart of those supply chains’

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney (C) speaks during a news conference, alongside President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada Dominic LeBlanc (L) and Minister of Transport and Internal Trade Chrystia Freeland (R), during a news conference on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, on Friday. (AFP)
Published on Jun 07, 2025 01:33 PM IST

Canada’s Carney dials PM Modi, invites him to G7 Summit

A readout from the Canadian PMO of a conversation between the two leaders confirmed Carney has “extended an invitation” to Modi to attend the event in Kananaskis from June 15 to 17

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at the Muslim Association of Canada (MAC) Eid Festival in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Friday. (REUTERS)
Published on Jun 06, 2025 09:03 PM IST

Canada govt introduces legislation to curb asylum claims amid reports of misuse of refugee system

Amid accusations of misuse of Canada’s refugee system, the government has introduced legislation that aims at curbing the sharp escalation in asylum claims over the past couple of years, including a major increase in the number of those from India.

The changes are part of the larger Strong Borders Act, proposed by Canada’s Minister of Public Safety Gary Anandasangaree in parliament on Tuesday. (REUTERS)
Published on Jun 05, 2025 06:34 AM IST

Police arrest 2 men in connection with murder of Indo-Canadian businessman

Two 21-year-old Indo-Canadian men have been arrested from British Columbia in connection with the daylight murder of an Indo-Canadian businessman in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) last month.

On May 14, at approximately 10 minutes to noon, 51-year-old businessman Harjeet Dhadda, resident of Brampton, was approached by a suspect and shot multiple times in a parking lot in Mississauga. (HT)
Published on Jun 05, 2025 06:20 AM IST

Police arrest 2 men in connection with murder of Indo-Canadian businessman

After an intensive investigation, PRP said, two suspects were identified and tracked to the town of Delta in British Columbia. The two individuals have been as Aman Aman and Digvijay Digvijay

Photos of the two suspects in the murder of Indo-Canadian businessman Harjeet Dhadda were released by Canadian law enforcement on Tuesday. (Credit: Peel Regional Police)
Published on Jun 04, 2025 10:33 AM IST

Canada govt introduces legislation to curb asylum claims amid reports of misuse of refugee system

International students filed a record 20,245 asylum claims last year, and another 5,500 in the first quarter of 2025. Among the countries with the highest such claims was India

Canada's Minister of Public Safety Gary Anandasangaree speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. (REUTERS)
Published on Jun 04, 2025 10:20 AM IST

Canada: Historic gurdwara calls for new Kanishka memorial in British Columbia

Indo-Canadian groups want a learning centre “to teach future generations about the real cost of extremism”

The memorial to the victims of Air India flight 182 at Stanley Park in Vancouver, Canada. (HT photo)
Updated on Jun 03, 2025 11:03 AM IST

Ex-Canada PM calls on parties to end ties with separatist forces targeting India

Stephen Harper was prime minister from 2006 to 2015, before the Conservative Party he led was defeated by his successor and Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau

Canada’s former prime ministers Justin Trudeau (left) and Stephen Harper speak, on the day Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla visit the Senate of Canada Building in Ottawa, Ontario, on May 27. (REUTERS)
Published on Jun 03, 2025 10:39 AM IST

Canada yet to invite PM Modi to theG7 Summit on June 15-17

Since 2019, the Indian PM has been invited to the outreach session of the G7 Summit by France, the UK, Germany, Japan and Italy

While positive messages have been exchanged in private between New Delhi and Ottawa, that may not translate into a visit by Modi for the G7 Summit, the people said. (REUTERS FILE)
Updated on Jun 02, 2025 10:39 PM IST

Indo-Canadian organisations call upon British Columbia govt to establish learning centre in remembrance of Air India flight bombing

While a memorial to the victims of the bombing of the Kanishka was established in 2007 at Stanley Park in Vancouver, the Indo-Canadian groups want a learning centre “to teach future generations about the real cost of extremism”

Mourners at the memorial to the victims of Air India flight 182 at Stanley Park in Vancouver,Canada gathered on June 23 last year. (HT Photo)
Published on Jun 01, 2025 11:05 AM IST

Canada seeks to build ties with India, says FM Anita Anand

The alleged links between Indian officials and the pro-Khalistan figure Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing escalated the diplomatic rift between India and Canada 

Canadian foreign minister Anita Anand. (X)
Published on May 30, 2025 09:52 AM IST

Canada-US tensions: King Charles says bilateral ties must be based on ‘mutual respect’

The opening session of parliament was marked with pomp and attended by members of the Senate and the newly elected members of the House of Commons, judges of the Supreme Court and other dignitaries

Queen Camilla and Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney listen to King Charles III during his speech from the Throne, in the Senate Chamber at the Senate of Canada Building for the State Opening of the Parliament of Canada, in Ottawa, on Tuesday. (REUTERS)
Updated on May 27, 2025 09:59 PM IST

Jaishankar, Anita Anand hold talks to reset India-Canada ties

This is the first formal contact between the foreign ministers of the two countries since February 2024 when Anand’s predecessor counterpart Melanie Joly met Jaishankar on the sidelines of Munich Security Conference in Germany

Anita Anand sworn in as Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs, at Rideau Hall, in Ottawa, Ontario,on May 13. (REUTERS)
Updated on May 26, 2025 09:35 AM IST

Canada: Jagmeet Singh’s NDP crashes to 7 seats

While interim leader Don Davies has sought the status in discussions with the ruling Liberal Party, the government’s leader in the House Steven MacKinnon appeared to rule that out, on Friday

Canadian politician Jagmeet Singh, in Ottawa. (ANI)
Published on May 24, 2025 04:50 PM IST

Air India flight 182 archive opens in Canada

The archive contains both physical and digital material including testimonies from the family members of what remains the worst terrorist incident in Canada’s history

The archive at McMaster University includes seven volumes of the report of the public inquiry into the Kanishka bombing, which was released in June 2010 (Maia Lepingwell-Tardieu)
Published on May 24, 2025 04:39 PM IST

Canada cuts Indian student permits by 31%

This follows the trend of declining intake of international students after the Canadian Government started applying brakes on the influx in the last quarter of 2023

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney meets students after making an announcement during his Liberal Party election campaign tour, in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, on April 10. (REUTERS)
Updated on May 21, 2025 02:20 PM IST

Canada: Ruling Liberal Party falls short of majority mark after recounts

The ruling party and Prime Minister Mark Carney may be better placed than they were when the results were originally declared. They added one more seat in House of Commons after vote recount

Prime Minister Mark Carney disembarks a government plane with daughter Cleo and wife Diana Fox Carney, on Saturday. (AP)
Published on May 18, 2025 11:22 AM IST

Sikh bizman killed in shooting faced repeated threats, say kin

While the name of the victim had been circulating since the killing, which occurred in broad daylight, Peel Regional Police (PRP) formally identified him as 51-year-old Harjeet Singh Dhadda.

Harjeet Singh Dhadda, 51, was shot multiple times in broad daylight, a Peel Regional Police spokesman said (HT File)
Published on May 18, 2025 07:30 AM IST

Canada probes murder of Indo-Canadian businessman in GTA

The suspects fled in a 2018 Black Dodge Challenger, which was recovered shortly following the incident

A Canadian flag in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Bloomberg)
Published on May 17, 2025 01:29 PM IST

Anita Anand’s appointment as Canada FM will give boost to ties with India: Experts

Anita Anand became the first Hindu to be a Canadian federal minister in 2019 and has had stints as the minister of public services, transport minister and defence minister

Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, is sworn in at Rideau Hall for the cabinet's swearing-in ceremony on in Ottawa, Canada, on Tuesday. (AFP)
Published on May 15, 2025 06:40 AM IST

India-Canada ties likely to get boost after appointment of Anita Anand as foreign minister: Experts

In September 2023, India-Canada ties were damaged when then PM Justin Trudeau said that there were “credible allegations” of a potential link between Indian agents and pro-Khalistan figure Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing

Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, is sworn in at Rideau Hall for the cabinet's swearing-in ceremony in Ottawa, Canada, on Tuesday. (AFP)
Updated on May 14, 2025 10:18 AM IST

Canadian PM Mark Carney announces new cabinet; Anita Anand foreign minister

Indo-Canadian Anita Anand was the first woman of Hindu heritage to be elected a member of the House of Commons

Canada’s new foreign minister Anita Anand (second from right) along with others arrive for a swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday. (Bloomberg)
Published on May 13, 2025 09:37 PM IST

Indo-Canadian premier of Canada’s Yukon province, Ranj Pillai, resigns

Pillai made the announcement during the course of a press conference in Whitehorse, capital of the territory of Yukon, which he has led as its Premier (equivalent of a Chief Minister) since January 2023

Ranj Pillai (fourth from left) at the Western Canada-India Leaders Summit organised by the Canada India Business Council in Vancouver this April. (Credit: Indian consulate in Vancouver/X)
Published on May 08, 2025 10:50 AM IST

Operation Sindoor: Canada asks citizens not to travel to J&K, border areas

The Canadian travel advisory referred to air travel disruptions and said local authorities could take additional measures, such as closing the airspace

India carried out precision strikes on terrorist infrastructure at nine sites in Pakistan and PoK. (ANI)
Published on May 08, 2025 09:53 AM IST
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