India made a "horrific mistake" by attempting to violate Canada's sovereignty, Prime Minister Justine Trudeau said.

The Canadian prime minister criticized India Wednesday over its alleged interference in the "safety and sovereignty of Canada."

India says Canada has not given any evidence to back its claim that Delhi was involved in the murder of a Sikh separatist last year.

As India doubles down on rejecting the claim it is behind widespread crimes in Canada, its foreign ministry is accusing Ottawa of trying to smear New Delhi.The federal government ordered India's top envoy to leave the country on Monday after the RCMP said it had credible evidence that Indian agents played a role in extortion,

India's government on Thursday denied it was working with mobsters to target Sikh separatists in Canada as alleged publicly this week by Canadian officials in an escalating diplomatic dispute.

A furious diplomatic row between India and Canada has pushed an otherwise fringe separatist campaign for an independent Sikh homeland in Punjab into the international spotlight.

India crumpled to their lowest Test total on home soil of 46 all out as New Zealand seized control of the series opener in Bengaluru. After the opening day was washed out by rain, India immediately regretted their decision to bat first as seamers Matt Henry and William O’Rourke took centre stage,