Canada has terminated its popular Student Direct Stream (SDS) programme, effective from Friday, in a big development. This has brought an end to a fast-track study permit process that helped thousands of international students secure visas quickly. The cancellation reflects Canada’s push to control its international student population amid housing and resource crises. The government ...

The Australia Today, a well-known diaspora publication, expressed its concern on Friday after Canada restricted its social media pages and handles after a news conference with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was broadcast. The Australia Today’s managing editor, Jitarth Jai Bharadwaj declared in a statement that the journal would ...

When pro-Khalistan protesters and temple visitors clashed during an event with Indian embassy officials in Brampton, Canada, a Hindu priest was suspended. Both the Indian Ministry of External Affairs and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded to the clashes by criticising the violence and demanding peace and accountability. Following an incident at the Hindu Sabha ...

The dubious video which has been uploaded on social media became viral in which the people of Indian origin in Canada were visiting the Hindu Sabha Mandir Temple located in the city of Brampton. They went on to celebrate in the temple ahead of diwali celebrations. Meanwhile, some anonymous protesters of the Khalistan movement were ...

Canadian officials are serious when they accuse India’s Home Minister Amit Shah of orchestrating plots against Sikh separatists in Canada. The one published by The Washington Post in early October was confirmed by Morrison at a hearing on a parliamentary committee on Tuesday, which also pointed to a shift to a new level of hostility ...

Sanjay Verma former Indian high commissioner to Canada said in his recent statement, that Indian families to think before making decisions to send children to study in Canada. Sanjay Verma was recently recalled due to a diplomatic conflict between the two countries after the killing of a Canadian citizen, whom India labeled a Khalistani terrorist. ...

20th October, Sunday the CTV News broadcasted an interview with a former Indian High Commissioner to Canada, Sanjay Kumar Verma with the TV News Journalist Vassy Kapelos. Sanjay Kumar Verma was recently asked to return to India by the Indian government over security concerns. Indian career diplomats have been accused by the Royal Canadian Mounted ...

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Commissioner Michael Duheme made allegations on Monday, claiming that Indian diplomats are associated with criminal activities in Canada including murder, extortion and intimidation targeting members of the South Asian diaspora. Specifically, he mentioned the investigation into the killing of the pro-Khalistan extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar during a press conference ...

In a clandestine ballet of global politics, India’s External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar, unveiled covert concerns regarding Canada’s covert lapses in providing a haven for Indian diplomats. These concerns, wrapped in layers of subtext, appear to gnaw at the underbelly of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, the sacred text of diplomacy.  The whispers of ...

What’s really going on in Canada behind these targeted break-ins? The Canadian Police can’t catch the thief even after 2 months, despite having enough evidence. The news coming out of Canada about the series of break-ins at Hindu temples is indeed very concerning. Over a period of just 60 days, there have been 6 such ...