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.

Both countries expelled each other's top envoys last month after Canadian officials accused India of being involved in violent acts targeting Indian dissidents on Canadian soil, something the country denies.

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.

India, Uttarakhand state official says. 15 dead after passenger bus skids into gorge in northern India, Uttarakhand state