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It’s an international crackdown on three india-based criminal groups, including the notorious Lawrence Bishnoi gang, involved with murder, extortion and drug trafficking across the globe. The FBI announced multiple arrests this week, including 4 men here in B.C. in what they are calling ‘Operation Hard Ball’. Joining us with reaction is Danish Singh, president of...

Operation Hard Ball has put the spotlight on three India-based crime groups and raised new questions about the reach of organized crime in Canada. We speak with Balpreet Singh of the World Sikh Organization of Canada.

The FBI and other law enforcement officials announced dozens of charges on Tuesday in Los Angeles, California against Bishnoi gang members and other India-based organized crime groups. First Assistant United States Attorney Bill Essayli said the charges made are part of the massive international investigation known as “Operation Hardball.”

India’s high commissioner says his country is considering Canada as a potential supplier of crude oil. Officials from both Canada and India are now meeting regularly to discuss the sourcing of Canadian energy. Reggie Cecchini has this story and more in Business Matters for June 11, 2026.

India’s largest ever trade delegation has arrived in Canada, with both sides hoping to deepen economic ties and strike a free trade deal this year. As Jillian Piper explains, it marks a stunning reversal from years of frosty Canada-India relations.

The fate of dozens of hippos left over from the personal collection of an infamous drug kingpin is still undecided. As Mike Armstrong reports, Colombia may not follow through with its initial controversial plan to cull the animals.

In a fireside chat in Moncton, N.B., on Tuesday, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said that Canada’s bilateral visit to India early this year was a success, claiming that Prime Minister Mark Carney and India’s Narendra Modi spoke for two hours. “At some stage, the prime minister of India… he looks at us and he starts...

The Festival of South Asia returns to Toronto’s Little India neighbourhood.  Tasneem Bandukwala, Executive Director of Gerrard India Bazaar BIA, tells Jaden Lee-Lincoln about some of the exciting food, events and vendors involved.

The Osoyoos Indian Band is in land negotiations with the BC Government. The chief confirms they’re not asking for the title to any private property, but a land swap for what he says is stolen land. Cohan Sassaman has the details.

There has been a big break in the crackdown on transnational criminal gangs based in India; gangs accused of extortion, drug-trafficking, kidnapping and targeted killings – including the murder of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C., three years ago. Acting together, the RCMP and FBI arrested three people in B.C., 13 in the...

B.C.’s director of civil forfeiture is going after five properties connected to an international crackdown on crime groups linked to India. As Catherine Urquhart reports, their combined value is more than $17 million.

Members of Metro Vancouver’s South Asian community say their neighbourhoods are safer today following the international crackdown on India-based organized crime. Three of those arrested were right here in B.C. But as Travis Prasad reports, they fear extortions and other crime will not go away overnight.

Three of the 37 men charged with being part of India-based transnational gangs have appeared in B.C. Supreme Court seeking bail. Sarah MacDonald explains what Jaskarn Baghri, Ravinder Dhanda, and Gurtej Singh Smagh are accused of as part of Operation Hard Ball, and what the British Columbia government is looking to do.

The victim of the June 10 apartment fire in Bridgewater, N.S. is being remembered for her kind and caring personality. Amitoj Kaur came to Canada in 2020 and had been working for a local cleaning company while supporting her family back home in India. As Ella MacDonald reports, her co-workers are still in disbelief as...

There has been a big break in the crackdown on transnational criminal gangs based in India; gangs accused of extortion, drug-trafficking, kidnapping and targeted killings. Acting together, the RCMP and FBI arrested three people in B.C., 13 in the U.S., and one in Spain. Meanwhile, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is at the annual NATO...

Co-hosting the World Cup was billed as a windfall for the hospitality industry, especially in Canada’s host cities, Toronto and Vancouver. In the wake of Canada’s opening match in Toronto Friday, Global’s Sean O’Shea went out to see if the economic promises are coming true.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, during a bilateral meeting with India Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the G7, was asked how confident he was a peace deal with Iran would be signed by Friday. “I think it will be done, they want to sign. They want to get back to a normal life,” Trump...

A group of First Nations chiefs in Manitoba is urging the House of Commons to pass a bill removing what they call “discriminatory provisions” of the Indian Act.

A Kelowna woman is in shock after her father who was visiting from India was the victim of a stranger attack. As Klaudia Van Emmerik reports, the suspect still hasn’t been caught and the family is warning others.

We are learning more about what appears to be a random stabbing in Kelowna. The daughter is speaking out about her 57-year-old dad visiting family from India. He has just been released from hospital.