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Australian foreign minister raises allegations of India targeting Sikhs in Canada
Read full article: Australian foreign minister raises allegations of India targeting Sikhs in CanadaAustraliaās foreign minister says she raised allegations with her Indian counterpart that India has targeted Sikh activists in Canada.
Canada alleges Indian Home Minister Amit Shah ordered campaign targeting Sikh separatists
Read full article: Canada alleges Indian Home Minister Amit Shah ordered campaign targeting Sikh separatistsCanada has alleged that Indian Home Minister Amit Shah ordered a campaign of violence, intimidation and intelligence-gathering targeting Sikh separatists inside Canada.
Canada's foreign minister says India's remaining diplomats are on notice not to harm Canadians
Read full article: Canada's foreign minister says India's remaining diplomats are on notice not to harm CanadiansCanadaās foreign minister says Indiaās remaining diplomats in the country are āclearly on noticeā not to endanger Canadian lives.
Canada-India dispute over assassination allegations could impact Modi's global ambitions
Read full article: Canada-India dispute over assassination allegations could impact Modi's global ambitionsA diplomatic row that has strained bilateral relations between India and Canada for over a year has boiled over as the countries expelled each otherās top diplomats over the killing of a Sikh activist in Canada and allegations of other crimes there.
Indian national pleads not guilty in plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader in New York City
Read full article: Indian national pleads not guilty in plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader in New York CityAn Indian national extradited to the United States has pleaded not guilty to charges arising from an alleged failed plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader in New York.
India restores e-visa services for Canadians. The move could ease diplomatic tensions
Read full article: India restores e-visa services for Canadians. The move could ease diplomatic tensionsAn Indian foreign ministry official says that India has restored electronic visa services for Canadian nationals two months after Canada alleged the South Asian nation was involved in the assassination of a Sikh separatist in Canada.
Blinken meets Indian foreign minister as row between India and Canada simmers
Read full article: Blinken meets Indian foreign minister as row between India and Canada simmersSecretary of State Antony Blinken has met with India's foreign minister amid a simmering row between New Delhi and Ottawa over allegations of Indian government involvement in the killing of a Sikh activist in Canada.
India and Canada steer clear, in UN speeches, of their dispute over Sikh separatist leader's killing
Read full article: India and Canada steer clear, in UN speeches, of their dispute over Sikh separatist leader's killingIndian and Canadian diplomats steered clear of their countriesā row over the killing of a Sikh separatist leader when they addressed the U.N. General Assembly.
India expels Canadian diplomat, escalating tensions after Trudeau accuses India in Sikh's killing
Read full article: India expels Canadian diplomat, escalating tensions after Trudeau accuses India in Sikh's killingIndia has expelled a senior Canadian diplomat and is accusing Canada of interfering in its internal affairs.
CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Man seen taking thousands of dollars in donations from Sikh temple
Read full article: CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Man seen taking thousands of dollars in donations from Sikh templeStealing thousands of dollars from a place of worship -- it was all caught on camera at a Northwest Side Sikh temple.
Windows smashed at India consulates in London, San Francisco
Read full article: Windows smashed at India consulates in London, San FranciscoPolice say windows at Indiaās High Commission in London and at the Consulate General of India in San Francisco were smashed during separate demonstrations by Sikh protesters.
Indian man beaten to death inside historic Sikh temple
Read full article: Indian man beaten to death inside historic Sikh templeA man has been beaten to death in the northern Indian city of Amritsar after he allegedly attempted to commit a sacrilegious act inside the historic Golden Temple, one of Sikhsā most revered shrines.
Indian farmers suspend year-long protest against new laws
Read full article: Indian farmers suspend year-long protest against new lawsThousands of Indian farmers have suspended a year-long protest after the government withdrew contentious farm laws and set up a committee to consider their other demands, including guaranteed prices for key crops and the withdrawal of criminal cases against the protesters.
India reports record day of virus deaths as cases level off
Read full article: India reports record day of virus deaths as cases level offIndiaās total virus cases since the pandemic began swept past 25 million as the country registered more than 260,000 new cases and a record 4,329 fatalities in the last 24 hours.
Police: FedEx shooter legally bought guns used in shooting
Read full article: Police: FedEx shooter legally bought guns used in shootingPolice say the former employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis legally purchased the two rifles used in the attack despite red flag laws designed to prevent that.
Protesting farmers return to camp after storming Indian fort
Read full article: Protesting farmers return to camp after storming Indian fortSikh farmers sit inside their makeshift tent at Singhu, the Delhi-Haryana border camp for protesting farmers against three farm bills, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Farmers demanding the repeal of new agricultural laws briefly took over of the 17th-century fort, and images broadcast live on television shocked the nation. The protesting farmersā groups were scheduled to meet later Wednesday to discuss the future course of action. Anger is now also beginning to rise among Sikhs, though the farmersā protests remain largely driven by economic factors. Several jumped into a deep dry drain in the fort area to escape the protesters who outnumbered them at several places.
Angry farmers storm India's Red Fort in challenge to Modi
Read full article: Angry farmers storm India's Red Fort in challenge to ModiSikhs hoist a Nishan Sahib, a Sikh religious flag, on a minaret of the historic Red Fort monument in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. Tens of thousands of protesting farmers drove long lines of tractors into India's capital on Tuesday, breaking through police barricades, defying tear gas and storming the historic Red Fort as the nation celebrated Republic Day. The government insists that the agriculture reform laws passed by Parliament in September will benefit farmers and boost production through private investment. Once producing a third of Indiaās gross domestic product, farmers now account for only 15% of the countryās $2.9 trillion economy. More than half of farmers are in debt, with 20,638 killing themselves in 2018 and 2019, according to official records.
San Antonio native hopes to reimagine what heroes look like with new childrenās book
Read full article: San Antonio native hopes to reimagine what heroes look like with new childrenās bookSAN ANTONIO ā Simran Jeet Singh hopes that his new childrenās book can help society redefine what heroes look like. Singhās book is titled: Fauja Singh Keeps Going. Itās based on the first 100-year-old person to run a marathon. Right, all of these things that we donāt typically think of when we think about our heroes,ā the San Antonio native said. RELATED: Spurs Give releases free illustrated childrenās book on coming to terms with COVID-19
India becomes 2nd worst-hit country, economic pain is urgent
Read full article: India becomes 2nd worst-hit country, economic pain is urgent(AP Photo/Anupam Nath)NEW DELHI India's increasing caseload made the Asian giant the pandemic's second-worst-hit country behind the United States on Monday as its efforts to head off economic disaster gain urgency. The 90,802 cases added in the past 24 hours pushed Indias total past Brazil with 4.2 million cases. India has been recording the worlds largest daily increases in coronavirus cases for almost a month. On Monday, the Delhi Metro a rapid transit system that serves Indias sprawling capital New Delhi and adjoining areas resumed operations after five months. Its been 169 days since weve seen you!, the official Twitter account of Delhi Metro tweeted.
Sikh kitchens feed New Delhi's masses in virus lockdown
Read full article: Sikh kitchens feed New Delhi's masses in virus lockdownSikh volunteers chop vegetables outside their kitchen hall at the Bangla Sahib Gurudwara in New Delhi, India, Sunday, May 10, 2020. The Bangla Sahib Gurudwara has remained open through wars and plagues, serving thousands of people simple vegetarian food. Bangla Sahib has kept its kitchen open, with the help of about four dozen men who sleep at the templeās guesthouse. Bangla Sahib is the largest of New Delhiās 10 gurdwaras, whose kitchens together form a vital part of the cityās strategy to feed the poor during the pandemic. The city government approached the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee just after Indiaās nationwide lockdown began in late March, according to the committee president, Manjinder Singh Sirsa.