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Punjabi youths among 17 held in Canada extortion case

Canadian police arrested 17 men linked to an alleged Punjabi-origin extortion network targeting South Asian business owners in Ontario and British Columbia, with authorities filing 106 charges and warning of cross-border organised crime operations.

India rejects Canada’s ‘smear’ campaign over Nijjar’s killing

India on Monday rejected with contempt a diplomatic communication from Canada which apparently linked Indian High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma and other diplomats with the killing of 'Khalistan' supporter Hardeep Singh Nijjar and charged the Justin Trudeau government with constantly pandering to the anti-India separatist agenda for narrow political gains.

Trudeau hangs on

The confidence vote in the Canadian Parliament on Wednesday, which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s minority government easily survived, reveals both the complexities and vulnerabilities of Canada’s political landscape.