India, June 19 -- Canada's top intelligence agency has officially acknowledged that a "small group" of Canada-based Khalistani extremists (CBKEs) continue to pose a threat to national security by using Canadian soil to promote, fund or plan acts of violence, primarily targeting India.

"Only a small group of individuals are considered Khalistani extremists because they continue to use Canada as a base for the promotion, fundraising or planning of violence primarily in India," the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) said in its latest annual report to parliament.

CSIS claimed that such activity falls under politically motivated violent extremism (PMVE), which it defines as the use of violence to bring about new political systems...