The prime ministers of India and Canada condemned violence that broke out on Sunday at a Hindu temple near Toronto at a time of escalating diplomatic tensions between the countries.Videos posted on social media appeared to show people hitting each other with flagpoles and throwing punches in the Toronto suburb of Brampton.

Canadian officials pressed charges against three people Monday, following the violence that erupted Sunday at a Hindu temple near Toronto where Sikh activists staged a Pro-Khalistan demonstration, according to a Reuters report.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday condemned the attack on a Hindu temple in Canada and described the disruptions outside an Indian consular camp an “appalling” attempt to intimidate its diplomats as relation between the two nations ebb.

India foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Tuesday the vandalism of two Hindu temples in Canberra last month was deeply concerning. (Reporting by Kirsty Needham in Sydney; Editing by Alasdair Pal) Copyright 2024 Thomson Reuters.

SYDNEY (Reuters) -India foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Tuesday the vandalism of a Hindu temple in Canada on Monday was deeply concerning. "What happened yesterday at the Hindu temple in Canada was obviously deeply concerning,

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (not pictured), at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India October 25, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned a "deliberate attack" on a Hindu temple in Canada,

Some blame attack on Sikh activists, as already frosty bilateral ties between Delhi and Ottawa plunge to a fresh low

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is condemning violence that erupted Sunday when Indian consular officials visited a Hindu temple in Brampton, Ont., as police announced three people have been charged in the clash.