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Indian paramilitary soldiers patrol in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir free a key Muslim cleric after years of house arrest

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is welcomed at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters, where he was felicitated a day after the women's reservation bill was passed by the Indian Parliament in New Delhi, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. India’s Parliament has approved landmark legislation that reserves 33% of the seats in its powerful lower house and in state legislatures for women to ensure more equal representation, ending a 27-year impasse over the bill amid a lack of consensus among political parties. (AP Photo)

India’s Parliament passes law that will reserve a third of legislature seats for women from 2029

By Ashok Sharma - Associated Press

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau answers a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. India has expelled a senior Canadian diplomat and is accusing Canada of interfering in its internal affairs. The expulsion Tuesday came a day after Trudeau said Canada was investigating allegations India was connected to the assassination of Sikh independence advocate Hardeep Singh Niijar in Canada in June, and expelled an Indian diplomat. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

India suspends visa services in Canada and rift widens over killing of Canadian citizen

By Ashok Sharma and Krutika Pathi - Associated Press

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in a bilateral meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the G20 Summit in New Delhi, India on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that Canada wasn't looking to escalate tensions, but asked India on Tuesday, Sept. 19, to take the killing of a Sikh activist seriously after India called accusations that the Indian government may have been involved absurd.(Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada gets muted allied support after alleging India may have been involved in killing of Canadian

By Rob Gillies - Associated Press

Members of Sikh community hold a protest against the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Dozens of Sikhs living in Pakistan rallied against the killing of Nijjar, a 45-year-old Sikh leader who was killed by masked gunmen in Canada in June. The demonstrators alleged that New Delhi was behind the man's assassination. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

White House says it supports full probe into Sikh separatist’s death amid Canada-India row

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in a bilateral meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the G20 Summit in New Delhi, India on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that Canada wasn't looking to escalate tensions, but asked India on Tuesday, Sept. 19, to take the killing of a Sikh activist seriously after India called accusations that the Indian government may have been involved absurd. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

India asks citizens to be careful if traveling to Canada as rift escalates over Sikh leader’s death

By Sheikh Saaliq - Associated Press

A photograph of late temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar is seen on a banner outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, British Columbia, on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, where temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar was gunned down in his vehicle while leaving the temple parking lot in June. Canada expelled a top Indian diplomat Monday as it investigates what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called credible allegations that India’s government may have had links to the assassination in Canada of a Sikh activist.(Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

Who was Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the Sikh activist whose killing has divided Canada and India?

By Krutika Pathi and David Cohen - Associated Press

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reflected in a mirror as holds a press conference in Singapore on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. Canada has expelled a top Indian diplomat on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, as it investigates what Prime Minister Trudeau called credible allegations that India’s government may have had links to the assassination in Canada of a Sikh activist. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Canada expels Indian diplomat as it investigates India’s possible link to Sikh activist’s slaying

By Rob Gillies - Associated Press

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center, talks to media upon his arrival for a five-day special session of Parliament as his cabinet colleagues watch, in New Delhi, India, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. Monday's sitting is the last one to be held in the old Parliament building and the future proceedings will be moved to a new building from Tuesday. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Indian lawmakers attend their last session before moving to a new Parliament building

By Sheikh Saaliq - Associated Press

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers a statement in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Modi government expels a Canadian diplomat after Trudeau says India was involved in Sikh’s killing

By Krutika Pathi and Rob Gillies - Associated Press

A Sri Lankan fan cheers prior to the Asia Cup final cricket match between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Pankaj Nangia)

India cruises to 10-wicket win over Sri Lanka in Asia Cup final

Associated Press

Illustration on prioritizing India over China by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The global north must prioritize India over China as the leader of the global south

By Jianli Yang and Sean Woo

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman inspects a military guard of honor upon his arrival for a ceremonial reception at the Indian presidential palace, in New Delhi, India, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India and Saudi Arabia agree to expand economic and security ties after the G20 summit

Associated Press

U.S. President Joe Biden arrives at the Rajghat, a Mahatma Gandhi memorial, where G20 leaders will paying their respects, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Kenny Holston, Pool)

G20 leaders pay respects at Gandhi memorial as they wrap up Indian summit and hand over to Brazil

By Krutika Pathi and Adam Schreck - Associated Press

U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi talk during the G20 leaders summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Nov. 15, 2022. Modi has pledged not let the New Delhi summit of Group of 20 become overshadowed by Ukraine as he focuses the talks on the needs of developing nations. Still, the White House has said that Biden's agenda includes “mitigating the economic and social impacts of Putin's war in Ukraine.” (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, Pool, File)

Biden sits down with Indian Prime Minister Modi to kick off G20 summit in India

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden arrives to board Air Force One for a trip to attend the G20 summit in New Delhi, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden and Modi working in ‘warmth and confidence’ to build ties as Chinese leader skips G20

By Aamer Madhani and Josh Boak - Associated Press

Municipal workers wash a side walk near a billboard featuring Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of this week's summit of the Group of 20 nations, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India seeking greater voice for developing world at G20, but Ukraine war may overshadow talks

By David Rising - Associated Press

FILE- Indian cricket fans wait for the start of the Cricket World Cup match between India and New Zealand at Trent Bridge in Nottingham, Thursday, June 13, 2019. India has two official names: India, a nomenclature used and accepted in English communication worldwide, and a Sanskrit and Hindi appellation that is “Bharat.” This choice of name is now under spotlight, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government making calls that Indians should rather call their country Bharat and not India. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira, File)

India or Bharat? A dinner invite sparks speculation as Modi’s ministers push to rebrand the country

By Sheikh Saaliq - Associated Press

$U. S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen leaves after attending G20's third Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBGs) meeting in Gandhinagar, India, July 17, 2023. Yellen is facing some deep skepticism from among the wealthy nations of the Group of 20 as almost two years of sanctions against Russia have deepened divisions within the group. As world leaders and finance ministers meet this week in India, fractures that have opened between some G20 nations may be more palpable.(AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, File)$

War sanctions against Russia highlight growing divisions among the Group of 20 countries

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

FILE- A woman adjusts her sari as she walks past art works by students calling for peace amid fears of a Russian offensive on Ukraine, on a pavement in Mumbai, India, Feb. 21, 2022. Ahead of the G20 summit of leading economies, India has promoted itself as a rising global star with the potential to bridge the gap between the West and Russia. That stance also will be put to the test during the summit. So far, none of the G20 meetings this year have been able to agree on wording about Russia's war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

India’s rising geopolitical clout will be tested as it hosts the G20 summit

By Krutika Pathi - Associated Press