Overview
- India’s foreign ministry, which responded Thursday, called CSIS’s claim of Indian interference “baseless” and said disputes should run through formal diplomatic channels.
- CSIS’s new annual assessment names India alongside China, Pakistan, Russia and Iran as countries tied to interference activities in Canada.
- The report says some Canada‑based Khalistani extremists use Canadian institutions to spread propaganda, raise money and plan violence that targets India.
- New Delhi urged Ottawa to act against groups it says glorify violence, threaten diplomats, vandalize places of worship and push secession through so‑called referendums.
- Compared with 2024, coverage notes the report strikes a more restrained tone on India and omits any reference to the 2023 killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.