The charges are rooted in a decades-old dispute over the demand by some Sikhs for a sovereign state known as Khalistan carved out of northern India.
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A Timeline of Plots Against Sikh Activists, According to Canada and the U.S.
Officials in the United States and Canada have described two assassination attempts: the killing of a Sikh leader in British Columbia and a plan to murder an activist in New York.
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A Foiled Plot’s Burning Question: Why Would India Take the Risk?
After an indictment accuses an Indian official of ordering an assassination on U.S. soil, diplomats and experts debate how far up the chain the scheme went.
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India Ignored Repeated Warnings Before Tunnel Trapped 41 Men
Environmentalists argued that a road project was destabilizing the fragile Himalayan landscape. The government maneuvered to continue it.
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A Big Year for India on the Global Stage Ends in Cricket Heartbreak
A dominant World Cup run closes with a loss to Australia in the final, a symbol of how far India has come and how far it still has to go.