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From 'snub' to scandal: Canadian PM Trudeau's India visit in nutshell

The tour has been overshadowed by suggestions of a lukewarm reception by the government and a series of photo ops featuring the Trudeau family in coordinated Indian attire that have raised eyebrows in

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with Harsimrat Kaur Badal (left), minister of food processing, and CII President Shobana Kamineni at the Indo-Canada Business Session in New Delhi. (Photo: Dalip Kumar)
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with Harsimrat Kaur Badal (left), minister of food processing, and CII President Shobana Kamineni at the Indo-Canada Business Session in New Delhi. (Photo: Dalip Kumar)

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Canadian and Indian officials scrambled on Thursday to explain how a convicted Sikh extremist was invited to a New Delhi reception for Justin Trudeau, the latest misstep in the Canadian prime minister’s bumpy eight-day trip to India.

The tour has been overshadowed by suggestions of a lukewarm reception by the government and a series of photo ops featuring the Trudeau family in coordinated Indian attire that have raised eyebrows in both countries.

The latest flashpoint, a swiftly cancelled invitation by the Canadian delegation to Jaspal Atwal -- convicted in 1986 of the attempted murder of an Indian politician visiting Canada -- came