India and Canada decide to enhance security cooperation

India and Canada have agreed to boost security cooperation including in combating terrorism and transnational crimes, the external affairs ministry said on Friday against the backdrop of Ottawa's decision to list the Lawrence Bishnoi gang as a terrorist entity.

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Canada on Monday designated the Bishnoi gang as a terrorist entity for “violently targeting” certain communities and creating a “climate of fear and intimidation’.

“Acts of violence and terror have no place in Canada, especially those that target specific communities to create a climate of fear and intimidation,’ the Canadian government said in a statement. ‘The listing of the Bishnoi gang came over a week after National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and his Canadian counterpart Nathalie Drouin held talks in New Delhi.