US State Department on Wednesday informed that the India-Canada diplomatic standoff regarding the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar didn’t come up during last week's meeting between External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
In reaction to an Army official who was attacked by some miscreants in Kerala's Kollam, Kerala BJP leader Anil Antony said that the state, under the governance of the CPI-M has become a serious law and order concern for the country.
While US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken has called upon India to cooperate with the Canadian investigation, US officials have been cautious about triggering any diplomatic backlash from India. Nevertheless, the revelation of US intelligence involvement risks "ensnaring" Washington in
Wading into the ongoing diplomatic showdown between India and Canada, David Cohen, the US Ambassador to Canada, said it was “shared intelligence among Five Eyes partners” that led the Trudeau administration to make the claim of a potential link between “agents” of
Elizabeth made the statement at a recent function of Kripasanam Marian Shrine, a Christian retreat centre under the Catholic diocese of Alappuzha in Kerala. The video, uploaded to the shrine’s YouTube channel, of her saying this, went viral.
While addressing a press conference in New York, Blinken said that US has engaged directly with the Indian government. He said that US is consulting "very closely" with Canada and coordinating on the issue.
External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar along with his counterparts from Australia, Japan and the US State Secretary, Antony Blinken on Friday reiterated commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific that is inclusive and resilient.
He said, “Russia continues to engage in reckless nuclear rattling, announcing that it's stationing nuclear weapons in Belarus. And continuing to use Europe's biggest nuclear power plant and its employees as a shield for its aggression, risking catastrophic consequences.”
“I just want to congratulate both our Saudi and Emirati partners on the finalization of the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor. We were all together at the G20, and I just want to thank them for their continued commitment to the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment,”