Saloni Bhugra

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India detaining, ejecting Canadian man is the latest example of revived 'blacklist' for Sikhs: experts

India detaining, ejecting Canadian man is the latest example of revived 'blacklist' for Sikhs: experts

A Mississauga, Ont., man says he was detained at the Amritsar, India, airport on New Year's Eve without food or medical assistance for 36 hours before Indian officials ejected him from the country. Gurcharan Singh Banwait, 77, a Canadian citizen for nearly 50 years, says he frequently travels to India for his healthcare charity International Punjabi Foundation, and he's never...

Bots and Indian TV push fake news about Canada in wake of Hindu temple clashes

Bots and Indian TV push fake news about Canada in wake of Hindu temple clashes

A wave of misinformation about Canadian institutions is being amplified by suspected bot accounts on social media and by pro-Modi news outlets in India, raising concerns it could imperil relations between Sikhs and Hindus in Canada. CBC News reviewed hundreds of posts on X and dozens of hours of footage streamed on YouTube in the days before and after clashes...