India, Oct. 3 -- India and Canada have agreed to strengthen security cooperation, including intelligence-sharing and steps to combat transnational crime, the external affairs ministry said on Friday in the context of a move by Ottawa to list the Lawrence Bishnoi gang as a terrorist entity.

On Monday, the Canadian government added the Bishnoi gang to its list of terrorist entities on the grounds that the group had violently targeted specific communities and created a "climate of insecurity" through the targeting of prominent community members, businesses and cultural figures.

When external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal was asked about the step taken by Canada at a weekly media briefing, he replied that National Security A...