An Indian government representative says Indian and Canadian officials have been in contact ``at various levels'' following a confrontation over Canadian accusations that India may have been involved in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in suburban Vancouver.The spokesperson for India's External Affairs Ministry, Arindam Bachi, declined, however, to confirm or deny media reports that the Indian and Canadian foreign ministers met in Washington two weeks ago.He reiterated that India remains determined to reduce Canada's diplomatic presence in the country.Bagchi didn't provide details of th

The war continued on Thursday for the sixth day since the attack by Hamas on Israel.Meanwhile, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs said that 230 Indians from Israel will return to the country tomorrow.External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that anyone who wants to come back to India can come.The first flight will depart under Operation Ajay.The first charter flight will arrive in Tel Aviv today.It will return to India tomorrow morning."We are in touch with India's representative office and embassy in Tel Aviv," Bagchi said.He said that there are about 18 thousand Indian

12506 North East Express met with an accident on Delhi-Howrah train route in Bihar.All the bogies of the train have derailed, out of which 2 bogies overturned.In this accident, four passengers died and more than 70 were injured.They were admitted to the hospital.The number of injured may increase.The incident took place near Raghunathpur railway station of DDU-Patna railway section.Currently, relief and rescue team is going on at the spot.GRP, RPF along with Buxar district administration and police team, and railway employees are present at the spot.Railways has released the helpline numbers m

In the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, the people living in Israel and Palestine have appealed to the governments of their respective countries to withdraw them from these places.Where Canada made a statement on Wednesday that it will airlift the Canadians in the coming days, the Indian government too has started preparations to evacuate the Indians stuck there.Minister of External Affairs of India S. Jaishankar said that the Indian government will bring back the Indians under Operation Ajay.The first flight under Operation Ajay will take off on Thursday.Apart from this, the Indian gover

A senior State Department official says Canada's dispute with India could make for fertile ground for foreign efforts to sow disinformation.James Rubin, the co-ordinator of the Global Engagement Center, says the diplomatic standoff makes Canada "ripe" for manipulation, and not just from inside India.A new report from the centre describes in detail the lengths China is going to dominate the information space around the world, including in Canada.The report notes how Chinese operatives used the WeChat messaging platform in an effort earlier this year to discredit Ontario MP Michael Chong.Chong w

Canada's Foreign Minister Melanie Joly has appealed to India to improve relations through dialogue.Jolly said there is an atmosphere of tension between the two governments so it becomes more important than ever that diplomats are on the ground for talks.She said that we want a strong diplomatic presence in India.Melanie Joly said that we believe that diplomatic dialogue is best when it is personal, so we urge India to engage in personal dialogue.It is to be noted that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also said that he does not want tension with India.India has also stopped visa services for Canad

Another news has come out amid heightened tensions between India and Canada.India has ordered 41 Canadian diplomats to leave the country.According to the Financial Times report, India has asked Canada to recall 41 diplomats by October 10.Tensions have been running high between India and Canada for the past few weeks after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused India of involvement in the death of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar.After this, India stopped visa services for Canadian citizens.There are 62 Canadian diplomats working in India, out of which around 41 diplomats have been asked to with

The federal government is coping with apparent cyberattacks this week, as a hacker group in India claims it has sowed chaos in Ottawa.The Canadian Armed Forces says that its website became unavailable to mobile users midday Wednesday, but was fixed within a few hours.The military says the site is separate from other government sites, such as the one used by the Department of Defence, and the incident remains under investigation.Various pages on the House of Commons website are continuing to load slowly or incompletely due to an ongoing attack that officials say started Monday morning.The Commo

Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira has been arrested in a case related to the NDPS Act.Khaira has been sent to police custody for two days.Although the police had asked for a seven-day remand, the court has allowed two days.The MLA's son had gone live on Facebook to show that the Punjab Police team had reached his house to arrest Khaira.In this video, Khaira can be seen arguing with the police team.Punjab Police arrested Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira on Thursday morning in the 2015 drug case.A team of Punjab Police under the leadership of Superintendent of Police Manjit Singh raided Khaira'