Indian External affairs minister S Jaishankar will be meeting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday amid the ongoing diplomatic crisis between India and Canada. The duo has already met during the Quad ministerial meeting where foreign ministers of Japan and Australia were also in attendance. The Canada issue did not come up at that meeting as it was not a bilateral meeting, State Department spokesperson Mathew Millers said. “We’ve made clear, we’ve raised this; we have engaged with our Indian counterparts on this and encouraged them to cooperate with the Canadian investigation, and we continue to encourage them to cooperate,” the spokesperson said. Dig deeper

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Opposition leaders took a dig at BJP after the latter gave the election duty in Rajasthan’s Tonk to BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri, who was issued a showcause notice by the party after he abused BSP’s Muslim MP Danish Ali in the Lok Sabha. Opposition leaders said giving responsibility of the election in-charge amid the storm over his comments on Danish Ali only shows Bidhuri is being rewarded for his action. Ramesh Bidhuri’s comments on Danish Ali drew flak and defence minister Rajnath Singh expressed regret for the comments. The BJP too did not delay taking action against the controversial MP issuing a showcause notice to him. Dig deeper

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