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India will resume its visa offerings for Canadians from these days, the Indian Embassy in Ottawa announced Wednesday. A move that might ease tensions in a high-profile dispute over the killing of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil. 

The Indian High Commission assertion stated, “After a taken into consideration evaluate of the security state of affairs that takes into account a number of the current Canadian measures on this regard, it’s been decided to resume visa offerings.”

Accordingly, offerings for entry, business, scientific and convention visas may be allowed starting Thursday. “Emergency offerings will stay handled with the aid of the Indian High Commission and the consulates in Toronto and Vancouver” it stated. 

The official said traveller, scholar, employment, and movie visas are but to be resumed however could be dealt with because the circumstances dictate. Relations between India and Canada soured after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau publicly accused Indian intelligence of involvement in the killing of Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a claim India brushed off as “absurd”

 Nijjar, who advocated the creation of a separate Sikh nation carved out of India, became wanted by way of Indian government on expenses of terrorism and conspiracy to dedicate murder. Canada has referred to as for India to cooperate inside the research into his loss of life and expelled an Indian diplomat. New Delhi expressed outrage, and reacted through taking countermeasures that covered shutting down visa services for Canadians. 

The Indian government had additionally recommended its nationals now not to journey to parts of Canada “given the growth in anti-Indian sports.”

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