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NEW DELHI AP 鈥?Relations between India and Canada are at a low point as the countries expelled each other top diplomats over an ongoing dispute about the killing of a Sikh activist in Canada.Canada said it had identified Indias top diplomat in the country as a person of interest in an assassination plot and expelled him and five other diplomats Monday. India has rejected the accusations as absurd, and its foreign ministry said it was expelling Canadas acting high commissioner and five other diplomats in response.Its the latest in an escalating dispute over the June 2023 killing of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.What is the dispute about Nijjar was fatally shot in his pickup truck in June 2023 after he left the Sikh temple he led in the city of Surrey, British Columbia. An Indian-born citizen of Canada, he owned a plumbing business and was a leade stanley cup r in a movement to create an independent Sikh homeland, which is banned in India.Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in September 2023 there were credible allegations that Indias government had links to the killing. India denied the allegations at the time but said Nijjar was involved in terrorism. How did relations get to this point Canada expelled an Indian diplomat over the dispute stanley us last year, and in response India expelled a Canadian diplomat an stanley termos d froze consular services for Canadians for nearly two months.Tensions boiled over again in May, when Canadian police said they had arrested three Indian nationals acc Mrmj Jeff Bezos space company calls off debut launch of massive new rocket in final minutes of countdown
ORONO, Maine 鈥?Now that a damaged Civil War soldier statue has been repaired after years of fundraising and restorative work, the Orono Historical Society is petitioning the town to remove a tree in order to display the monument downtown. They want it near the town office, Nancy Ward, assistant to Town Manager Sophie stanley cup Wilson, said Tuesday.But members of the towns Tree Board oppose removal of the Colorado spruce, saying in a February memo to the town that it is healthy and has unique characteristics.Requests to place the statue on land owned by the U.S. Post Office have been denied, Wilson said. I had a final conversation with the post office in Washington 鈥?and got a response which was, No, you cant put it stanley cup uk there, the town manager said at Mondays c stanley polska ommunity development subcommittee meeting.There is a chance to access the post office land through an easement request, but the $25,000 cost is excessive and there is a good possibility the application would not be approved, Wilson informed the group. Because of the Confederate flag [uproar], the post office is not going to do anything with the Civil War, she was told by the Washington official, Wilson said.The Civil War soldier statue was originally installed 125 years ago to honor the 39 local men who died during the bloody conflict and more than 210 other Orono men who left between 1861 and 1864 to join units from Maine that fought at Gettysburg, Bull Run and other battles, according to the Orono Historical Society.The statue wa |
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