Yemen Crisis
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Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was rescued from ISIS captivity, meets PM Narendra Modi
India | Sep 28, 2017, 12:24 PM ISTThis comes just few days after the priest hailing from Kerala expressed his thanks to the BJP-led Modi government for its concern to secure his release.
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Yemen Cholera Outbreak: Toll reaches 605, as per WHO
Lifestyle | Jun 03, 2017, 05:22 PM ISTYemen has hit the number 605 and the numbers are expected to exceed 73,000.
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Yemen Cholera Outbreak: UNICEF fears the numbers might hit 300,000 in the coming weeks
Lifestyle | Jun 03, 2017, 12:26 PM ISTHalf of the Cholera cases in Yemen belong to children, which is an alarming situation
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Saudi-led airstrikes on police headquarters kill 45 in Yemen
World | May 28, 2015, 07:06 AM ISTSanaa: Saudi-led airstrikes struck a headquarters for police commandos in Yemen's capital today, killing at least 45 people gathered there to prepare to fight against forces loyal to the country's exiled president, Shiite rebels said.Hundreds
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Yemen violence kills 1,244, injures 5,044: WHO
World | May 02, 2015, 06:53 AM ISTGeneva: Just over a month of fighting in Yemen has left nearly 1,250 people dead, in a conflict affecting 7.5 million people, the World Health Organization said today. The UN health agency described a "deteriorating" humanitarian
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India evacuated 6,688 people from Yemen
India | Apr 20, 2015, 05:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: India evacuated 1,947 people from 48 countries besides 4,741 of its own nationals from war-torn Yemen and the operation was a “resounding success”, acknowledged by the international community, government told the Lok Sabha
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Yemen evacuation collective effort: Sushma Swaraj
India | Apr 20, 2015, 05:05 PM ISTNew Delhi: The successful evacuation of Indian nationals from Yemen was the result of collective effort of several ministries and agencies, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Monday.Making a suo motu statement in the
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Modi heaps praise on Sushma Swaraj, VK Singh
National | Apr 19, 2015, 06:50 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was all praise for Gen (retd) VK Singh, who has faced attack from a section of the media over his “presstitutes” remark, as he hit out at the media
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475 evacuees from Yemen arrive in Kochi onboard 2 ships
India | Apr 18, 2015, 05:26 PM ISTKochi: Two Navy-escorted passenger ships with 475 people, including Bangladesh nationals and Yemenese of Indian origin, evacuated from the conflict-hit Yemen arrived here today, bringing down the curtains on the massive rescue operation undertaken by
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At least 76 dead in fresh air raids in Yemen; Obama calls Saudi King
World | Apr 18, 2015, 08:53 AM ISTAden/Washington: At least 76 people were killed in Yemen as Saudi-led warplanes pounded rebels heading to bolster an assault on loyalists in Aden and fighting raged in Taez, officials said.US President Barack Obama spoke with
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Four skilled workers of Odisha return from strife-torn Yemen
India | Apr 12, 2015, 04:08 PM ISTKendrapara (Odisha): Stranded in war zones of Yemen for over several days, four skilled personnel from Odisha's Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapara have made a safe return to their villages.Far away from hostile environs of the civil-war-torn
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Operation Raahat in Yemen: Why India was forced to evacuate its citizens
World | Jun 13, 2016, 01:55 PM IST‘Operation Raahat', that was the name given to the evacuation of Indian citizens from war-torn Yemen. Bombings, shelling, firing leading to destruction in all quarters of oil-rich country, but only one Indian causality and 5600
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V K Singh apologises to media with a caveat
National | Apr 11, 2015, 08:36 PM ISTNew Delhi: Under fire for using the word “presstitutes” for the media, Union minister V K Singh today said he apologises to journalists barring a small section of media persons who were carrying out a
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India concludes air evacuation operations from Yemen, another 630 citizens rescued
India | Apr 10, 2015, 11:38 AM ISTNew Delhi: India today wrapped up its air evacuation operations from Yemen rescuing another 630 of its citizens from Sanaa, taking the total number of Indians brought home from the war-ravaged country to over 4,640
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'Yemen rescue operation one of India's biggest achievements'
National | Apr 09, 2015, 06:13 PM ISTBhopal: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today termed India's exercise to rescue stranded people from war-ravaged Yemen as country's "one of the biggest achievements so far"."Whatever has happened in Yemen, I think it is India's one
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Resolve Yemen crisis through diplomacy, dialogue: Sharif
World | Apr 09, 2015, 05:45 PM ISTIslamabad: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today said the Yemen crisis should be resolved through dialogue as Iran's top diplomat shared proposals to help implement a ceasefire in the war-torn country, as Pakistan struggled to decide
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1762 Indians brought home from Yemen; another flight to land tomorrow
India | Apr 08, 2015, 11:41 PM ISTMumbai: The Indian Air Force has so far brought 1762 Indians home from strife-torn Yemen, with another aircraft from Djibouti expected to land in Mumbai on Thursday morning."In a well-coordinated operation involving multiple agencies, IAF
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Indian held captive in Yemen; Red Cross warns of 'catastrophe' there
World | Apr 09, 2015, 08:23 AM ISTMalappuram: A 49-year-old Keralite has been taken captive allegedly by a six member armed group at Sanaa in strife-torn Yemen, according to information reaching the family here.Salman, belonging to Malappuram district, has been in Yemen
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Modi thanks Sharif after Pak forces evacuate 11 Indians from Yemen
India | Apr 08, 2015, 08:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: As Pakistan ferried 11 Indians whom it evacuated from strife-torn Yemen, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today thanked his counterpart Nawaz Sharif for the “humanitarian gesture” and remarked that “service to humanity knows no
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India appreciates Pak gesture of evacuating its nationals from Yemen
India | Apr 08, 2015, 07:39 PM ISTNew Delhi: India today appreciated Pakistan's “generous gesture” of evacuating 11 of its nationals from strif-torn Yemen and flying them here by a special aircraft.“It was a very positive, good, generous gesture,” Foreign Secretary S