India Canada relations

Toronto (Rajeev Sharma)– The Government of India has named senior diplomat Dinesh K Patnaik as the next High Commissioner to Canada, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Thursday.Patnaik, a 1990-batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service, is presently India’s Ambassador to Spain. His appointment comes at a critical moment for India-Canada relations, which have remained strained since 2023.Bilateral ties took a downturn after former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged Indian involvement in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian national labeled a Khalistani extremist by New Delhi. India firmly denied the charge, but the controversy led…