India vs Canada: India suspends VISA services for Canadians amid diplomatic row | Oneindia News
India has suspended visa services for Canadian nationals till further notice amid a diplomatic row between the two countries over claims linking Indian government agents to the Murder of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada in June. A notice by BLS International - an online visa application centre in India that provides visa consultancy services – posted on its website that, “Important notice from Indian Mission: Due to operational reasons, with effect from 21 September 2023, Indian visa services have been suspended till further notice. Please keep checking the BLS website for further updates.”
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00:00 India has suspended visa services for Canadian nationals till further notice amid a diplomatic
00:07 row between the two countries over claims linking Indian government agents to the murder
00:12 of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada in June.
00:16 A notice by BLS International, an online visa application centre in India that provides
00:21 visa consultancy services, posted on its website that "Important notice from Indian Mission.
00:28 Due to operational reasons, with effect from 21 September 2023, Indian visa services have
00:33 been suspended till further notice.
00:35 Please keep checking the BLS website for further updates."
00:38 This comes as India and Canada are locked in a row over Ottawa's claim it has credible
00:42 allegations linking agents of New Delhi to the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a pro-Khalistani
00:47 Sikh terrorist.
00:49 India has rejected the allegations as absurd and motivated.
00:52 It is not yet clear if the suspension of visas is linked to that row.
00:56 The move comes a day after the Indian Ministry of External Affairs issued an advisory on
00:59 Wednesday asking Indians in Canada to exercise utmost caution due to growing anti-India activities
01:06 and politically condoned hate crimes.
01:09 Sharing the advisory on the social media platform, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson
01:12 Arindam Bakshi alerted Indian citizens and students to refrain from travelling to Ottawa
01:16 amid the fact that anti-India activities, hate crimes and criminal violence are on the
01:21 zenith.
01:22 The official emphasised how Indian diplomats and sections of the Indian community who oppose
01:26 the vested interests have suffered serious threats in Canada.
01:30 In view of growing anti-India activities and politically condoned hate crimes and criminal
01:33 violence in Canada, all Indian nationals there and those contemplating travel are urged to
01:38 exercise utmost caution.
01:39 Recently, threats have particularly targeted Indian diplomats and sections of the Indian
01:43 community who oppose the anti-India agenda.
01:46 Indian nationals are therefore advised to avoid travelling to regions and potential
01:49 venues in Canada that have seen such incidents.
01:52 Read the letter from the Ministry of External Affairs
01:55 In a move escalating tensions between the two countries, Canadian Prime Minister Justin
01:58 Trudeau has claimed that there was evidence to suggest India's involvement in the killing
02:02 of Khalistani separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June.
02:05 These claims were rejected as absurd and motivated by the Ministry of External Affairs, which
02:09 released a statement saying, "We have seen and rejected the statement of the Canadian
02:13 Prime Minister in the Parliament, as also the statement by the Foreign Minister."
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