New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) The Canadian agencies are making it extremely hard for pro-Khalistan elements to operate on their soil, with a lot of action against such elements following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney. The two leaders also held a bilateral meeting in New Delhi during which the issue relating to the pro-Khalistan elements came up.Since the meeting, there have been a slew of measures undertaken by the Canadian authorities which have …
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Ottawa, June 20 (IANS) Several leading Hindu organisations on Saturday welcomed the passage of Canada’s Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, describing it as a long-awaited and necessary step toward strengthening protections against hate, intimidation, and extremist activity in the country. Coalition of Hindus of North America (CoHNA) said that the legislation marks an important step in addressing the growing incidents of intimidation faced by Canadians, including alleged Khalistani extremist thre…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) For the Khalistani terror groups, the narrative is fast falling. A referendum call by the proscribed terror group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) had earlier attracted a crowd of 1.3 lakh, but a recent event in Canada turned out to be a damp squib. The SFJ had called for an anti-India referendum and asked people to gather in large numbers outside the Triveni Temple and Lakshmi Narayan Temple at Brampton and Surrey. The SFJ was in for a surprise to see that the police had made e…
Ottawa, April 6 (IANS) Canada’s recent legislation, Bill C-9, the ‘Combatting Hate Act’, directly addresses the kinds of incidents promoted by Khalistani extremists that have caused concern among Indian diaspora communities by criminalising the intimidation or obstruction of individuals seeking to access religious or cultural spaces, a report said on Monday. Writing for India Narrative, India’s former High Commissioner to Canada, Sanjay Kumar Verma said that the effectiveness of law will hinge o…