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December 4, 2025 1:57 PM

Piyush Goyal to lead high-level trade, investment delegation to Canada in New Year

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will lead a high-level trade and investment delegation to Canada next year to further strengthen trade and commercial engagements between the two countries. According to Goyal, the visit aims to launch negotiations on the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with Canada. Last month, India and Canada had agreed to hold sustained ministerial engagements with the trade and investment community in both countries in early 2026. “Had a pro...

August 28, 2025 9:04 PM

India appoints Dinesh Patnaik as next High Commissioner to Canada

India on Thursday announced the appointment of Dinesh K. Patnaik, currently serving as Ambassador to Spain, as the next High Commissioner to Canada. According to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Patnaik, a 1990-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, will assume his assignment shortly. This appointment comes more than 10 months after New Delhi withdrew its previous High Commissioner to Ottawa over what it described as former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s continu...

June 17, 2025 12:24 PM

PM Modi arrives in Calgary for G7 Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Calgary, Canada on Tuesday (local time) to participate in the G7 Summit, where he will meet with global leaders and share India’s views on key international challenges. As part of his ongoing three-nation tour — which began in Cyprus and will conclude in Croatia — PM Modi said that he would highlight the concerns of the Global South during the Summit. In a post on X, the Prime Minister said, “Landed in Calgary, Canada, to take part in the G7 S...

January 29, 2025 2:40 PM

India rejects Canadian report on election meddling, accuses Canada of interference in internal affairs

The Ministry of External Affairs rejected a Canadian report on Tuesday that alleged the Indian government interfered in Canada's elections. The ministry countered the claim, saying that, in fact, it is Canada that has been consistently interfering in India's internal affairs. "We have seen a report about alleged activities concerning purported interference. It is, in fact, Canada which has been consistently interfering in India's internal affairs. This has also created an environment for illega...

October 17, 2024 9:07 AM

Canadian Prime Minister admits Canada had ‘intel, not hard proof’ against India in Nijjar killing

After Canadian Prime Minister admitted that his government had not provided hard evidentiary proof when it accused India of being involved in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the Ministry of External Affairs said Justin Trudeau "only confirms" what India has been saying "consistently all along." The MEA also held Trudeau's "cavalier behaviour" responsible for damaging India-Canada relations. "What we have heard today only confirms what we have been saying consistently a...