Jaipur: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today assured Rajsthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje that the Centre is trying its best to safely bring back the Indians stranded in strife-torn Iraq. Swaraj talked to Raje on
New Delhi: Indians who managed to escape from Iraq brought with them a horrific tale of Iraqi militants brutality. One of such lucky Indian who managed to flee Iraq revealed that the ISIS militants have
New Delhi: The only person among the group of 40 to flee the captors in Iraq has told government officials that ISIS militants are planning to use the 39 Indian hostages as human shields in
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh government on Saturday requested the Centre to rescue 61 persons from the state who are currently stranded in strife-hit Iraq, and ensure their safe passage to their native places.Chief Minister N Chandrababu
New Delhi: The Indians in captivity in Iraq are unharmed, the government said yesterday after establishing contact with the workers who were rounded up by suspected Sunni militants in Mosul town in the violence-hit Gulf
Baghdad: Thousands of heavily-armed Shiite militiamen paraded through several Iraqi cities today as Sunni militants seized two strategically located towns in what appeared to be a new offensive in western Anbar province. The capture of
Chandigarh: The Punjab government Saturday announced it will foot the bill of phone calls made by family members of Indian men from the state who are stranded in strife-torn Iraq.A spokesperson of the Chief Minister's
Hoshiarpur (Punjab): The brother of a Punjabi youth taken hostage in Iraq by Sunni insurgents says that youths from northern India were sold to agents in the strife-torn country for just $400.Paramjit Singh, younger brother
Washington: Sunni radicals in Iraq, who have overrun a swathe of territory north of Baghdad in a lightning offensive, have taken control of one of Saddam Hussein's former chemical weapons factories, a US official has
New Delhi: Sixteen Indians stranded in violence-affected areas of Iraq have been evacuated and one of the 40 kidnapped Indians has escaped from captivity in Mosul town even as government said it was “knocking at
New Delhi: As the crisis in Iraq has put a cloud on supply from India's second-biggest source of crude oil, the government issued directions to state-run refineries on to prepare a contingency plan.Oil supply has
Kirkuk/New Delhi: Militants who have seized large swathes of territory while advancing towards Iraq's capital Baghdad have released 48 foreigners, including four Turks, held captive for several days. However, there is no news of the
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi yesterday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to intensify diplomatic efforts to secure the early release of the 40 Indians abducted in strife-torn Iraq.In her letter, Gandhi
New Delhi: India Thursday said the 40 Indian workers abducted in strife-torn Iraq are safe and told their distraught families that the "very best" efforts are going on to have them freed.External Affairs Minister Sushma
Washington: Under pressure to come to the aid of the embattled Iraq government, President Barack Obama said the US is prepared to send up to 300 military advisers to Iraq, but won't be returning to
New Delhi: Few survivors from the violence-stricken land returned home and recounted his horiffic stay in the country.The ones who have returned say that the situation is dangerous even as they added that the Indians
New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal along with families of some of the Punjabi workers abducted in Iraq today met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and shared their concerns with her.The families of
New Delhi: The fate of 40 Indian construction workers who have been abducted by suspected Islamic militants in Iraq remained unknown with the government unable to establish any contact with the captors belonging to brutal
Baghdad: Islamic militants have taken control of most of Iraq's largest oil refinery, located in Baiji in northern Iraq, an official at the refinery said on Wednesday.The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he
New Delhi: ISIS militants are closing in on the capital city of Baghdad in Iraq. Gun battles are on in Baquba which is less than 40 miles north of Baghdad.Some say that the ISIS that
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