Tag: Nijar killing

WASHINGTON: The United States and Canada are dialling down their diatribe over the alleged New Delhi hand in the killing of Sikh extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar amid a strong pushback from India about the "operating space" given to violent militants due to domestic political compulsions. External affairs minister S. Jaishankar acknowledged at a think-tank event in Washington DC on Friday morning that the matter did come up during talks with Blinken and US NSA Jake Sullivan, who he said "shared US views and assessments on this whole situation."...