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India summons Canadian envoy over Khalistan protests

New Delhi, March 26: India has lodged a strong protest with the Canadian government and summoned the high commissioner over Khalistan protests outside the Indian missions and consulates over the last few days in that country. The High Commissioner was summoned on Saturday. “The High Commissioner of Canada was summoned yesterday to convey our strong concern about the actions of separatist and extremist elements against our diplomatic Mission and Consulates in Canada this week,” the Ministry for External Affairs said in a statement. “The Government of India sought an explanation on how such elements were allowed, in the presence of police, to breach the security of our diplomatic Mission and Consulates,” it said further. The Government of Canada was reminded of its obligations under the Vienna Convention, and asked to arrest and prosecute the individuals who have already been identified as being involved in such acts, the Ministry of External Affair’s statement said. (IANS)

Woman dies in IED blast

Chaibasa (J’khand), March 26: A 62-year-old woman was killed and another elderly woman injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast triggered by the CPI (Maoist) near Chiriabeda Tola in West Singhbhum district, a senior police officer said on Sunday. The deceased Gurubari Tamsoy, along with Chandukai Tomsoy, both residents of Anjanbeda village, had gone to a forest to pluck leaves on Saturday evening when the incident happened, SP Ashutosh Shekhar said. The injured woman is undergoing treatment at Sadar Hospital, he said. Chandukai’s condition is stated to be stable, the SP said, adding, the body of Gurubari has been sent for post-mortem. “The Maoists have been planting IEDs to target security personnel on a anti-Naxal drive,” SP Sekhar said. (PTI)

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