Justin Trudeau, Joe Biden, Narendra Modi and other world leaders gather for a group photo on the second day of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Getty Images) Last month, Canada said Mr Shah, who is the right-hand man of Mr Modi, was behind plots ...

A day after the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) dismissed a Canadian media report highlighting PM Modi's role in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Canada has issued a statement denying any role of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in its ‘internal matters’.

Justin Trudeau-led Canadian government has denied linking Prime Minister Narendra Modi, EAM Jaishankar and NSA Ajit Doval to criminal activities within Canada, including the killing of Khalistani terr

In response to the report in Canadian newspaper The Gloabe and Mail, citing an unnamed official, external Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said such "ludicrous statements" should be dismissed with the contempt they deserve.

India strongly rejected a Canadian media report linking Prime Minister Narendra Modi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and NSA Ajit Doval to the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nij

The Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail published a report claiming that Prime Minister Modi, National Security Advisor and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, had been informed about a plan to assassinate Nijjar.

Canadian media said the agencies believe PM Modi was aware of the Hardeep Singh Nijjar killing plot, but also acknowledged that they have no evidence for it.

Smear campaigns like this only further damage our already strained ties, said External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal

External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said a Canadian report claiming Prime Minister Narendra Modi was aware of the plot to kill Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was a "smear campaign".