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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.

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Devotees in Canada’s smallest province celebrate opening of first Hindu temple

The temple in Prince Edward Island has been thronged by members of the community since its opening, evidencing the demand for such a house of worship in a province with population at just 180,000

Devotees at the opening of the first Hindu temple in Prince Edward Island, Canada. (Credit: Hindu Society of PEI)
Updated on Mar 17, 2024 03:39 PM IST

Pro-India group faces off against pro-Khalistan elements in Canada’s Calgary city

Approximately two dozen Indo-Canadians gathered across the street from the pro-Khalistan protesters, some of whom held weapons, including at least one seen to be holding a sword up

Danielle Smith (centre), Premier of the province of Alberta with India’s High Commissioner to Canada Sanjay Kumar Verma (left) and India’s Consul-General in Vancouver Manish, during their meeting in Edmonton last week. (Supplied photo)
Updated on Mar 17, 2024 12:44 PM IST

3 members of Indo-Canadian family charred to death in ‘suspicious’ blaze

The deaths in the fire, which occurred in the middle of the afternoon, at approximately 1.30pm, earlier this month, have shocked the Indo-Canadian community.

The Warikoo family, who were victims of a suspicious fire at their residence in Brampton, Canada on March 7. (Credit: Rajiv Warikoo/Facebook)
Published on Mar 16, 2024 11:19 AM IST

New Zealand says position on pro-Khalistan figure Nijjar killing unchanged

Doubts arose after an interview with New Zealand deputy prime minister and foreign minister Winston Peters appeared in an Indian outlet on Wednesday.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of New Zealand, Winston Peters, at Vice President House in New Delhi, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. (PTI)
Updated on Mar 14, 2024 11:13 AM IST

YouTube blocks access to CBC story on Nijjar killing at India’s request

YouTube has blocked access to a report that appeared in Canada’s CBC that focused on the killing of pro-Khalistan figure Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey.

A banner with the image of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar is seen at the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara temple, site of his June 2023 killing, in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada September 20, 2023. (REUTERS)
Updated on Mar 14, 2024 11:00 AM IST

Online Harms Bill: Civil liberties groups in Canada call it ‘draconian’

The bill was introduced before the House of Commons late last month but has gained national attention after celebrated author Margaret Atwood described it as “Orwellian”

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets workers as he tours new construction at Edgemont Flats housing complex during an announcement of new funding for housing in Edmonton, Alberta. (REUTERS)
Published on Mar 13, 2024 12:59 PM IST

Half of Canadians feel that too many immigrants entering the country: Poll

Economic issues, like cost-of-living and housing affordability, have become prime drivers of the weakening support for immigration

Passengers wait for their flights at Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Montreal, Canada. (AFP)
Updated on Mar 13, 2024 10:29 AM IST

Pro-Khalistan protesters try to disrupt Indo-Canada business networking event

The networking event was organised by the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) and it was targeted by the separatist group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), which had called for the protest

Members of the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) with India’s High Commissioner to Ottawa Sanjay Kumar Verma in Edmonton, Alberta province on Monday. (Credit: ICCC)
Published on Mar 12, 2024 02:59 PM IST

Canada: Disenchantment with Justin Trudeau-led govt continues unabated, finds poll

Driving that negativity are sticky issues that include cost of living and inflation, the state of health care and housing affordability

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets workers as he tours new construction at Edgemont Flats housing complex during an announcement of new funding for housing in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on February 21. (REUTERS)
Updated on Mar 10, 2024 12:26 PM IST

Chess tournament to go ahead in Canada after all visa issues resolved

The 2024 Candidates Tournament, held by the International Chess Federation, is scheduled from April 3 to 23.

A flyer for the FIDE Candidates tournament scheduled for April in Toronto. (FIDE/X)
Published on Mar 09, 2024 10:34 AM IST

CCTV footage of pro-Khalistan figure Nijjar’s killing made public in Canada

Footage of the killing of pro-Khalistan figure Hardeep Singh Nijjar has been aired in a television news programme on Friday.

A banner with the image of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar is seen at the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara temple, site of his June 2023 killing, in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada September 20, 2023. (REUTERS)
Updated on Mar 10, 2024 06:18 AM IST

2024 Candidates: Indian players receive Canada visas

However, ten other visas still need to be approved ahead of the tournament which is scheduled to begin on April 3.

The tournament features five Indian players including Vidit Santosh Gujrathi.
Updated on Mar 06, 2024 08:14 PM IST

All Indian players receive visa approvals for international chess tourney in Canada

The tournament features five Indian players: teen Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa R, Vidit Santosh Gujrathi and Gukesh D in the Open category and Vaishali Rameshbabu and Koneru Humpy in the Women’s

Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa during Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz Tournament 2023, in Kolkata. (PTI)
Published on Mar 06, 2024 10:27 AM IST

Indian student applications to Canada drop by 15% after tensions, housing crisis

According to data from authorities, study permit applications for 2023 fell to 307,603 from 363,484 the previous year, which was an overall record.

Students wait for the bus at Sheridan College Brampton campus in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. (Bloomberg)
Updated on Mar 04, 2024 11:56 AM IST

Candidates chess could be moved to Spain if Canada visas not issued: official

Players from four countries, including Indian GMs Praggnanandhaa, Gujrathi, Gukesh and Vaishali have not been issued visas for next month's tournament.

Vidit Gujrathi is one of the GMs who has not received his visa
Published on Mar 03, 2024 10:03 PM IST

Top chess tournament in Canada in jeopardy as several players yet to receives visas

Canada has delayed issuing visas to several participants, including teenaged Indian sensation Praggnanadhaa R and players like Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, Gukesh D and Vaishali Rameshbabu

Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa during Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz Tournament 2023, in Kolkata. (PTI)
Published on Mar 03, 2024 10:58 AM IST

Canada: Pro-Khalistan groups stage protests near Indian consulates in Toronto, Vancouver

The so-called Khalistan Car Rally in each city was to protest the killing of pro-Khalistan figure Hardeep Singh Nijjar on June 18 in Surrey, British Columbia last year. Nijjar was deemed a terrorist in India

Pro-Khalistani groups protesting outside the Indian consulate in Toronto, Canada, in July last year. (HT photo)
Published on Mar 03, 2024 10:28 AM IST

SFJ protests disrupt event attended by Indian envoy to Canada

India’s High Commissioner to Ottawa Sanjay Kumar Verma held a meeting with a local trade board in British Columbia in tense circumstances on Friday evening, as the venue was surrounded by pro-Khalistan elements protesting the event.

India’s High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma speaking at a function organised by the Surrey Board of Trade on Friday evening. (Official Photo)
Published on Mar 02, 2024 11:53 AM IST

Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney dies at 84

Canada’s 18th Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, considered one of the most popular leaders the country had in recent history, passed away on Thursday at the age of 84.

Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney gestures while being recognized by the Speaker in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, November 6, 2017. (REUTERS)
Updated on Mar 01, 2024 01:33 PM IST

Bilateral tensions result in fewer Indians immigrating to Canada

The impact of bilateral tensions between New Delhi and Ottawa is being felt in immigration patterns.

A Canadian flag outside homes in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. In Canada, a post-Covid explosion in foreign students has resulted in housing shortages and flawed academic programs being taught in strip malls. Photographer: Laura Proctor/Bloomberg(Bloomberg)
Updated on Feb 29, 2024 11:30 AM IST

Pro-Khalistan outfit SFJ plans to ‘question-target’ Indian envoy to Canada

Sikhs for Justice has threatened to “target” Sanjay Kumar Verma ahead of his visit to Surrey since Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed last year.

India’s High Commissioner to Ottawa Sanjay Kumar Verma speaking at an engagement in British Columbia on Wednesday.
Updated on Feb 29, 2024 11:53 AM IST

Progress made in implementation of Indo-Pacific strategy, says Canada

Canada has said it continues to focus on cultivating “key relationships” in the Indo-Pacific region, including that with India

A Canadian flag flies in front of the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (REUTERS)
Updated on Feb 28, 2024 11:01 AM IST

Canada minister says trade talks with India may be re-established

Six months after negotiations over an early harvest trade pact between India and Canada were paused, there is no timeline for their resumption but high level contact may be re-established this week at the World Trade Organisation ministerial.

FILE PHOTO: Canada's Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development Mary Ng speaks at a Lunar New Year celebration in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada January 31, 2023. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo (REUTERS)
Published on Feb 26, 2024 11:29 AM IST

Canadian man gets life for running over Muslim family

A Canadian judge has deemed the intentional running over of five members of a Muslim family in 2021 to “constitute terrorist activity.”

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Updated on Feb 23, 2024 11:20 AM IST

No foreign interference behind the attack on residence of Nijjar associate: Canada

Pro-Khalistan groups, including Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) had alleged that India was responsible for the firing at the home of Simranjeet Singh in the early hours of February 1

A protest outside India’s consulate, a week after Canada's PM Justin Trudeau raised the prospect of New Delhi's involvement in the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on September 25, 2023. (REUTERS)
Published on Feb 21, 2024 01:02 PM IST

Canadian province premier visits India to boost trade ties; holds talks with S Jaishankar

Among his engagements will be featuring as a speaker at the Raisina Dialogue, which is organised by Observer Research Foundation in association with India’s Ministry of External Affairs

India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar (right) with Scott Moe, Premier of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Credit: S Jaishankar/X)
Published on Feb 21, 2024 10:42 AM IST

Khalistani extremism: Talks on with counter-terrorism group, says Canadian foreign ministry

Ottawa is aware that concerns over Khalistani extremism and transnational crime are “top of the mind” for New Delhi and exchanges on this matter are ongoing with a Canada-India counter-terrorism working group expected to meet soon, a senior official of the Global Affairs Canada (GAC), the country’s foreign ministry, has said

Ottawa is aware that concerns over Khalistani extremism and transnational crime are “top of the mind” for New Delhi and exchanges on this matter are ongoing with a Canada-India counter-terrorism working group expected to meet soon, a senior official of the Global Affairs Canada (GAC), the country’s foreign ministry, has said.
Updated on Feb 20, 2024 06:34 AM IST

Discussions on with Canada-India counter-terrorism group, says Canada foreign ministry

Ottawa is aware concerns over Khalistani extremism and transnational crime are “top of the mind” for New Delhi and exchangesare ongoing with a Canada-India counter-terrorism working group expected to meet soon, a senior official of Canada’s country’s foreign ministry has said.

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Published on Feb 19, 2024 11:31 AM IST

Second arrest made in connection to murder of Indo-Canadian driver

Canadian police have arrested a 21-year-old resident of Brampton in connection with the murder of a young Indo-Canadian food delivery driver during an attempted carjacking in July last year.

24-year-old Indo-Canadian food delivery driver Gurvinder Nath, who was the victim of a carjacking in July last year. (Peel Regional Police)
Updated on Feb 17, 2024 11:47 AM IST

Jaishankar meets Canadian counterpart Joly in Munich

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met in person with his Canadian counterpart Mélanie Joly on Friday in Munich, in what the latter described as “a frank discussion.”

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar with Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly, in Munich on Friday. (Official Photo)
Published on Feb 17, 2024 10:48 AM IST
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