Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said that Canada will not be intimidated by the attack on the Parliament and the brazen assault strengthened their resolve to redouble the efforts in fighting terrorism.
Accompanying Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on his first-ever official visit to India are Foreign Affairs minister Lawrence Cannon, Minister for International Trade Stockwell Day and Parliamentary Secretary to Foreign Affairs Minister Deepak Obhrai.
Canada and India must forge stronger trade, investment and educational ties to build a more productive friendship, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will offer his apology to the families of victims who died in the Kanishka bombing tragedy at Toronto's Humber Park Memorial on Wednesday evening.
His visit to India has been timed to coincide with the World Economic Forum on India in Gurgaon, Haryana on November 6.
The Prime Minister and his wife attended a special screening of Akshay Kumar's film, Breakaway.
Several refugee organisations and others are concerned that the 30 people, including eight South Asians, wanted by the Canadian Border Service Agency for committing 'war crimes' and crimes against humanity, will be tortured, even killed, if deported.
The eastward shift of the global fulcrum of power has something to do with Harper's six day-long visit to India, but more importantly, Harper's calculations have some math behind them
Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV, the 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, passed away in Lisbon at the age of 88 on Tuesday, February 4, 2025.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is leading an official delegation on a three-day visit to India during which the two countries are expected to finalise a civilian nuclear deal and ink a major economic treaty. Harper arrived in Mumbai late Sunday night after attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Singapore.
"Let us resolve to work together, to grow together and together seize the opportunities that will help us realise a brighter and even more prosperous future."
Ajit Jain, rediff India Abroad, managing editor, Canada, who is traveling with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on his first-ever visit to India, reports on future course of the civilian nuclear deal that is underway between the two countries.
On his last day in India, Prime Minister Stephen Harper took time to visit the Akshardham temple and the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen visited Rajghat in New Delhi where they laid a wreath on Mahatma Gandhi's memorial.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who is scheduled to visit India next week, will be accompanied by Foreign Affairs minister Lawrence Cannon, Minister for International Trade Stockwell Day and Parliamentary Secretary to Foreign Affairs Minister Deepak Obhrai. "Such a high powered delegation should speak volumes that we, our government, are laying all emphasis possible on our relations with India, solidifying our relations with India," said Obhrai.
During his first official visit to India, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper indicated that he would like the two countries to sign the civilian nuclear agreement and the foreign protection promotion and investment agreement.Disappointed by the lackluster visit, Canadian journalists accompanying Harper are wondering why the two countries haven't signed the nuclear agreement so far, in spite of discussing such an agreement at length since a long time.
Condolences have poured in from across the globe, including from the United States, Canada and Sri Lanka following the demise of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Here are some of the top moments from his visit to Ottawa and Toronto.
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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will visit the city, Takht Keshgarh Sahib and 'Virasat-e-Khalsa' also known as the Khalsa Heritage centre at Anandpur Sahib in Punjab on Wednesday.
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Harper said that the world could learn lessons how India and Canada has fostered peaceful, prosperous, pluralistic society while eschewing the age-old conflicts that detract from them, and seeking a common future for the generations yet to come.
"It's really a gift of beauty for all humanity," said Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper as he visited the Taj Mahal, walking hand in hand with his wife Laureen, marvelling at the 17th century Mughal monument of love.
The visibly elated actor talked to rediff.com's Ajit Jain hours before the State dinner.
From India's perspective, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's re-election has positive ramifications. Under Harper's tenure, India and
Bilateral trade target is $15 billion by 2015, says Premier Stephen Harper.
According to the temple literature, 1,800 craftsmen were engaged for 18 months, sculpting 24,000 pieces which were later transported to the temple site in suburban Etobicoke, North-West of Toronto, and assembled together.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will have a series of meetings with world leaders, including his Canadian counterpart Stephen Harper, on the sidelines of G-20 summit, officials said in Toronto on Monday. Singh, who is scheduled to arrive at the Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Saturday evening, will meet Harper later to discuss regional and global issues of shared interests, officials said.
"This is a very significant visit," Modi said.
Harper said that a re-elected Conservative government will aim to complete bilateral free trade negotiations with India in 2013 and with the European Union by 2012.
There are already indications that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has invited Harper to be India's chief guest at the forthcoming Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi on January 26. Of course, it depends that Harper's government would be re-elected in October 14 federal vote.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Monday said the experiences that his country and India had with terrorism were the motivation behind their contributions in Afghanistan. "Our utter abhorrence of such vile, barbaric acts is the motivation behind our contributions to the international efforts in Afghanistan," Harper told reporters at Hotel Trident, one of the sites attacked by the 26/11 terrorists.
"It was a historic visit to Canada and Prime Minister Harper and His Holiness met for 40 minutes," said Jason Kenney, secretary of state for multiculturalism, also a close adviser to Harper.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper had a telephonic conversation with his Indian counterpart Dr Manmohan Singh on Monday morning about preparations and priorities for the Toronto G20 Summit to be held at the Metro Toronto Convention Center on June 26-27.
The G-20 leaders will meet on June 25-26 at the Metro Toronto Convention Center, their theme this year being Recovery and New Beginnings.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Sunday night announced that general elections will be held on October 14, a year before schedule. Harper, who has a minority in the Parliament, is hoping to secure a majority through the upcoming elections. The election will cost Canadian tax payers $300 million.
In a press statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office in Ottawa, Harper began by offering Canada's heartfelt condolences for the victims of the October 30 terrorist bombings in Assam, from where Dr Singh had just returned.
Candian Prime Minister Stephen Harper invited a group of 16 Indo-Canadian business leaders and professionals for a round table discussion on June 14.
Canada's Premier Stephen Harper has apologized for the infamous Komagata Maru ship incident of 1914 in which over three hundred Indians, mostly Sikhs, seeking a better life were refused entry into the country.
The paper said the trip could pay dividends for Canada's standing on the world stage as it prepares to host key summits in 2010 like the G8, and a G20 leaders summit in Huntsville in July as China and India are influential members of the G20.
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