Meanwhile, the wailing families of the deceased are waiting. Even though the day will bring closure to 38 families, it will be a difficult day as they prepare for the last rites.
Though 39 Indians were killed as the Islamic State took over the city of Mosul in 2014, the mortal remains of 38 will be brought back as identification of one body is still pending, Singh said before leaving.
Earlier this month, Swaraj had told Parliament that as many as 40 Indians were abducted by terror group ISIS from Mosul in Iraq in June 2014, but one of them escaped posing as a Muslim from Bangladesh.
Earlier this month, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, in a suo motu statement in the Rajya Sabha, had said that all the 39 Indians abducted by the terror outfit in Iraq's Mosul three years ago are dead and their bodies have been recovered.
Earlier this month, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, in a suo motu statement in the Rajya Sabha, had said that all the 39 Indians abducted by the terror outfit in Iraq's Mosul three years ago are dead and their bodies have been recovered.
VK Singh said that the government never misled anyone on the matter and that always presented accurate facts related to the search of all Indian citizens in the war-torn nation.
The mortal remains, which were exhumed from a mass grave in Badosh, will be brought back to India on a special plane and handed over to their relatives, EAM told Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
Singh rubbished as “rumour” reports that China has erected a 400 metre high wall to camouflage the construction going on in Dokalam, the scene of a prolonged stand-off between Indian and Chinese armies.
The Ministry of External Affairs today said that sincere and ‘silent’ efforts by the Ministry has yielded result in securing the release of Kerala priest Father Tom Uzhunnalil from the captivity of militants in Yemen.
Addressing the BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting here, V K Singh pitched for a greater engagement with BRICS nations.
Singh, however, assured that the fugitive business tycoon will be brought back to india.
VK Singh maintained that Jadhav was abducted from Iran.
The central government on Wednesday informed the Parliament that India has not signed or ratified over 200 conventions, protocols and agreements adopted by the United Nations (UN).
There are 74 missing defence personnel who are believed to be in Pakistan's custody but whose presence has not been acknowledged so far by Islamabad, government informed the Rajya Sabha today.
Senior BJP leader and Union Minister VK Singh today renewed his attack on the Congress and the AAP, accusing them of ‘doing politics over dead bodies’.
VK Singh today said that ex-armyman Ram Kishan Grewal, who committed suicide over OROP issue, was a Congress worker and contested Sarpanch election on its ticket.
VK Singh today triggered a controversy when he said the mental state of the ex-serviceman needed to be probed before drawing conclusions about his extreme action.
An aide of Union minister V K Singh was today questioned by ED in connection with a money laundering probe in a case of alleged financial irregularities in supply of high-altitude tents worth Rs 22 crore to intelligence agency RAW.
In light of allegations made by Army Chief General Dalbir Singh on his predecessor and Union minister V K Singh, Aam Aadmi Party today said the minister has now become a "national liability" and demanded
Indian Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag has kicked up a storm after he filed an affidavit in Supreme Court in which he said that Union Minister and former Army Chief General VK Singh (Rtd.) had imposed an ‘illegal’ ban under ‘false, baseless and
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