News Snapshot:
In top national news: As the diplomatic row between India and Canada escalated on Thursday, the government and the Opposition largely spoke in one voice in a rare show of bipartisan support for New Delhi’s stand. Akali Dal leaders, meanwhile, hoped for a quick resolution of the standoff as they argued that the deteriorating relations had left Punjabis in “a state of panic”. Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and told him that both governments should find a solution as soon as possible. Meanwhile, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Thursday said the...