India rebukes Canada for allowing Sikh rally with float showing Modi in jail. Religious parade in Ontario also featured slogans and symbols linked to Khalistan movement ...

Members of the Khalistan movement, a separatist movement seeking to create a homeland for Sikhs called Khalistan, hold a protest rally on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada on June 10, 2023.

Khalistan flags are seen at the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara temple, site of the June 2023 killing of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada September 20, 2023.

Canada has found itself caught up in tensions between the Indian government and Sikhs over the Khalistan movement, which seeks an independent Sikh state. Accessibility statement Skip to main content.

India, which has strenuously denied Trudeau’s claims, has previously accused Nijjar of being a terrorist with links to the Khalistan movement and of “trying to radicalize the Sikh community ...

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Flags of the Khalistan movement incorporate the same Sikh holy symbol featured on the Canberra flags However, the dispute was quickly resolved with a new design, and the flags have been replaced ...

But Khalistan supporters remain “fringe” and “on the margins,” Kumar said. “The Sikh people living in Punjab know that if the militancy makes a comeback, they will be ones who will ...

What is the Khalistan referendum, and why is India is so concerned about what’s happening in Canada? Campaign by Sikhs based abroad to ‘annex’ Punjab from India is a growing bone of ...

Although the Khalistan movement has little support now in India, it has small pockets of backing among sections of the Sikh diaspora in Canada, which has the largest population of Sikhs outside ...