India on Monday rejected a Canadian media report linking two Indian officials to the 2023 killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar and called for such sensitive matters to be handled through “legal processes without public commentary”. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands following the presentation of agreements and … Read more
An Indian national has pleaded guilty in a US court to plotting the assassination of a Khalistani terrorist and US citizen Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York in a $100,000 murder-for-hire scheme that US prosecutors say was directed by an Indian government employee.The US Department of Justice said Nikhil Gupta, 54, pleaded guilty before US … Read more
Several private schools in Chandigarh received a bomb threat on Wednesday morning, triggering panic among staff, students and parents. At least five schools received the threatening email. These include St Kabir, Vivek High, Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sacred Heart, Chitkara School, besides some government schools. An emergency siren was also reportedly sounded in Chandigarh. The school authorities … Read more
Security agencies in Punjab are investigating, among other leads, a potential Khalistani separatist link to an explosion that damaged a railway track and a freight train engine near Sirhind, after a purported letter from a banned group surfaced on social media, HT has learnt. DIG Nanak Singh and other police officials at the site of … Read more
Last Updated:December 20, 2024, 17:17 IST MoS for external affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh said that formation of committee was part of ongoing security cooperation with the US. The US recently waded into the row between Canada and India, urging the latter to take the former’s allegations of Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s murder ‘seriously’. Minister of state … Read more