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That the author could be prosecuted for comments made 13 years ago is absurd – but also a deadly threat to freedom of speechThe climate for media and free speech in India is in a dangerous place. The country is already ranked 161 out of 180 countries i…
Read MoreSearch also carried out on office of news website under investigation for allegedly receiving funds from ChinaPolice have carried out early morning raids on a news portal office and the homes of almost 50 journalists, activists and comedians across Ind…
Read MoreFor the past five years India has shut down the internet more times than any other country affecting over 120 million peopleBryan Akoijam had spent years building up his entertainment company in India’s north-eastern state of Manipur. Between his thriv…
Read MoreJustin Trudeau’s accusation that India may be behind Sikh separatist killing puts western leaders in awkward positionCanada’s accusation on Monday that India may have been behind the car park murder of the Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Najjar in June –…
Read MoreKhalistani groups who want independence of Punjab accuse India of killings in UK and elsewhereCanada and India make tit-for-tat envoy expulsions over killing of Sikh leaderMonths before Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot dead in a carpark in Canada, three o…
Read MoreWhatever the truth about the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the row shows that building relationships with New Delhi won’t be easyCanada made waves when it recently announced an inquiry into potential foreign election interference. Its tanking relatio…
Read MoreJustin Trudeau has said there is “credible evidence” India is responsible for the alleged assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a prominent Canadian Sikh leader, a claim Delhi dismissed as “absurd”.The Canadian prime minister told the House of Commons…
Read MoreIndia rejects as ‘absurd’ allegation by PM that it was responsible for fatal shooting of Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soilJustin Trudeau has said there is “credible evidence” India is responsible for the alleged assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijja…
Read MoreJoe Biden’s need to nurture alliances to contain China sees Ukraine perceptibly slipping down list of prioritiesIt took exhausted Indian diplomats 200 hours of non-stop negotiations, 300 bilateral meetings and 15 drafts, but in the end the G20 countrie…
Read MoreThe British PM did eventually meet his counterpart at the Delhi summit – but after a day’s wait, and without an impressive photo opRead more: Sunak tells G20: UK will resist ‘hair shirt’ policies on net zero pledge When Rishi Sunak finally got to meet …
Read MoreIndian official says there was ‘100% consensus from all countries’ on all 83 paragraphs in declarationThe G20 leaders have agreed a joint declaration, Narendra Modi announced on Saturday, alleviating fears that disagreements over the Russia-Ukraine war…
Read MoreMeeting in Delhi overshadowed by press freedom questions as US journalists kept awayJoe Biden took fresh steps on Friday to lure India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, into an alliance designed to contain China, at a bilateral meeting in Delhi where th…
Read MoreTwo prime ministers to meet before G20 summit as India continues to import Russian oil and weaponsRishi Sunak will use a meeting with Narendra Modi in Delhi to push the Indian prime minister to take a tougher stance towards Russia, Downing Street has s…
Read MoreSome say use of ‘Bharat’ is move to finally throw off colonial chains, others call it disastrous Narendra Modi vanity projectIndia or Bharat? As the history books show, this is a question that goes back centuries.As India prepares to host the G20 summi…
Read MoreDespite absence of Putin and Xi and fears countries could fail to agree a joint communique, summit affords president valuable geopolitical cloutTheir city, say the residents of Delhi, has never looked so pristine.As some of the world’s most powerful le…
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