{"id":30536,"date":"2024-06-19T13:11:04","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T13:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/19\/after-canada-honours-terrorist-nijjar-india-announces-memorial-service-for-air-india-attack-pragativadi-odisha-news-breaking-news-odisha-latest-odisha-news-n-f-times\/"},"modified":"2024-06-19T13:11:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T13:11:06","slug":"after-canada-honours-terrorist-nijjar-india-announces-memorial-service-for-air-india-attack-pragativadi-odisha-news-breaking-news-odisha-latest-odisha-news-n-f-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/19\/after-canada-honours-terrorist-nijjar-india-announces-memorial-service-for-air-india-attack-pragativadi-odisha-news-breaking-news-odisha-latest-odisha-news-n-f-times\/","title":{"rendered":"After Canada Honours Terrorist Nijjar, India Announces Memorial Service for Air India Attack | Pragativadi | Odisha News, Breaking News Odisha, Latest Odisha News &#8211; N.F Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Honouring the death anniversary of terrorist and Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the Canadian parliament observed a minute of silence on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, in response to the Canadian government honouring Nijjar, the Consulate General of India in Vancouver will be holding a memorial service at the Air India Memorial in Stanley Park\u2019s Ceperley Playground area on June 23.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A Memorial Service is scheduled at 1830 hrs on June 23, 2024 at the Air India Memorial at Stanley Park\u2019s Ceperley Playground area. <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cgivancouver?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@cgivancouver<\/a> encourages members of the Indian Diaspora to join the event in a show of solidarity against terrorism. (3\/3) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HCI_Ottawa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HCI_Ottawa<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oQrr7ggomA\">pic.twitter.com\/oQrr7ggomA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 India in Vancouver (@cgivancouver) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cgivancouver\/status\/1803191569501028409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As part of a \u201csolidarity against terrorism\u201d initiative, a memorial service will commemorate the 38th anniversary of the 1985 terrorist attack on Air India flight 182, which had deeply impacted the country and led to significant loss of lives.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) labelled Nijjar as a terrorist. He was fatally shot outside Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey, British Columbia on June 18, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>This incident resulted in escalated tensions between India and Canada, especially following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau\u2019s statement suggesting the possible involvement of Indian agents in Nijjar\u2019s killing.<\/p>\n<p>Four Indian nationals \u2013 Karan Brar (22), Kamalpreet Singh (22), Karanpreet Singh (28), and Amandeep Singh (22) \u2013 have been arrested by Canada in connection with the murder.<\/p>\n<p>India has refuted Trudeau\u2019s allegations, describing Nijjar as a Khalistani separatist wanted in India for various terrorism-related charges.<\/p>\n<p>External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar criticized the Canadian government for allowing political space to Khalistani separatist elements, suggesting that it prioritizes its vote bank over the rule of law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Honouring the death anniversary of terrorist and Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the Canadian parliament observed a minute of silence on Wednesday. On the other hand, in response to the Canadian government honouring Nijjar, the Consulate General of India in Vancouver will be holding a memorial service at the Air India Memorial in Stanley [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/India-Canada.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30538,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30536\/revisions\/30538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}