India rejects Canadian PM Justin Trudeau’s allegations on killing of pro-Khalistan activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, expels diplomat
The HinduIndia on September 19, rejected the Canadian allegation that a prominent pro-Khalistan activist was murdered by agents of India “on Canadian soil”. Earlier in an unprecedented turn of events, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused India of being behind the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a prominent figure of the Khalistan movement based in British Columbia terming the June incident an “unacceptable violation”. “Last week, at the G20, I brought them personally and directly to Prime Minister Modi in no uncertain terms,” said Trudeau in a statement to the House of Commons yester afternoon. Speaking in Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Union Cabinet approved the bill on Monday and that the government wants more and more women to join the development process of the country. The Ministry did not immediately give details, but said “positions on the front line and in-depth, long-term firing points of the formations of Armenia’s armed forces, as well as combat assets and military facilities are incapacitated using high-precision weapons.” The Azerbaijani statement said, “Only legitimate military targets are being incapacitated.” But ethnic Armenian officials in Nagorno-Karabakh said in a statement that the region’s capital Stepanakert and other villages were “under intense shelling.” Earlier on September 19, Azerbaijan said six people were killed in two separate explosions in the region that is partly under the control of ethnic Armenian forces.