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  58 more Indian nurses brought back from Iraq

  India | July 23, 2014 19:56 IST

  New Delhi: India has quitely rescued another batch of 58 nurses from conflict zones in Iraq and was making all efforts to secure the release of 39 construction workers being held captive by Sunni militants

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  'Working day and night' to rescue Sikh hostages in Iraq: Government

  India | July 21, 2014 21:10 IST

  New Delhi: The Centre is “working day and night” to ensure the release of the 39 Sikhs who are being held hostage in Iraq, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told Rajya Sabha today.“There are 39

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  Thane businessmen incited men suspected to have joined ISIS in Iraq

  India | July 16, 2014 16:19 IST

  New Delhi: The Mumbai police have zeroed in on a small-time businessman suspected to be the brain behind the radicalization of the four Mumbai men who are believed to have joined jihad in Iraq and

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  Government asked to address rehabilitation of nurses who returned from Iraq

  India | July 15, 2014 23:00 IST

  New Delhi:  The government was today asked to take care of the rehabilitation of nurses who have returned from strife-torn Iraq. Raising the issue in the Lok Sabha during the Zero Hour, Congress leader K

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  25 Iraq evacuees return to Bengal

  India | July 09, 2014 18:54 IST

  Kolkata: After suffering from terror, non-payment and starvation for several months, a group 25 people of West Bengal have returned to their home state from strife-torn Iraq via New Delhi.The 25 evacuees including 16 from

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  Iraq Crises: 84 construction workers return to India

  India | July 07, 2014 17:08 IST

  New Delhi: A batch of 84 construction workers, hailing from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, returned here today from Iraq, saying it was an escape from death in the strife-torn country.“It was dangerous. War has started

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  2,200 Indians to return from Iraq

  India | July 06, 2014 22:05 IST

  New Delhi: Nearly 2,200 Indians in Iraq's non-conflict areas wish to return home, with 117 of them set to reach the capital after midnight Sunday, it was announced Sunday.The external affairs ministry said the government

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  About 600 Indians out of Iraq, more on their way: MEA

  India | July 02, 2014 20:48 IST

  New Delhi: Nearly 600 Indians have left conflict-hit Iraq after being facilitated by the External Affairs Ministry and about 900 more are to follow even as the Indian embassy in Baghdad was in touch with

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  Rs.20,000 monthly grant to Iraq hostages' families in Punjab

  India | July 01, 2014 19:39 IST

  Chandigarh: The Punjab government Tuesday announced that it will give financial assistance of Rs.20,000 a month to the distressed families of 40 Punjabis stuck in conflict- affected Mosul town in Iraq.Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal

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  Israeli leader calls for independent Kurdistan

  World | June 30, 2014 0:03 IST

  Israel: Citing the chaos in Iraq, Israel's prime minister has called for the establishment of an independent Kurdistan as part of a broader alliance between Israel and moderate forces across the region.In a policy speech

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  Gulf missions' welfare funds to be used for helping Indians in Iraq

  India | June 29, 2014 21:05 IST

  New Delhi: With deepening Iraq violence, India today decided to transfer part of welfare funds in the Indian missions in Gulf countries to its embassy in Baghdad to be used for helping Indians in the

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  Senior officials discuss options to ensure safety of Indians in Iraq

  India | June 27, 2014 21:29 IST

  New Delhi: The conflict in Iraq came up for discussion at a meeting of senior officials, including the Cabinet Secretary and the services chiefs, here today in which the government is understood to have discussed

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  Indian workers in Iraq face wrath of locals

  India | June 27, 2014 16:37 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Forty seven Indian workers in Kurdistan in strife-torn Iraq are facing attacks from local workers as the Iraqis feel they are taking away their jobs, a Kerala worker said, adding they wanted to return

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  Sonia Gandhi writes to Narendra Modi for early release of abducted Indians in Iraq

  Politics | June 20, 2014 15:43 IST

  New Delhi: Expressing concern over the abduction of 40 Indians in strife-torn Iraq, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to intensify diplomatic efforts to ensure their safety and