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  Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was rescued from ISIS captivity, meets PM Narendra Modi

  India | September 28, 2017 12:24 IST

  This 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 | June 03, 2017 17:22 IST

  Yemen 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 | June 03, 2017 12:26 IST

  Half 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 7:06 IST

  Sanaa: 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 6:53 IST

  Geneva: 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 | April 20, 2015 17:49 IST

  New 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 | April 20, 2015 17:05 IST

  New 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

  Politics | April 19, 2015 18:50 IST

  New 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 | April 18, 2015 17:26 IST

  Kochi: 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 | April 18, 2015 8:53 IST

  Aden/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 | April 12, 2015 16:08 IST

  Kendrapara (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 | June 13, 2016 13:55 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

  Politics | April 11, 2015 20:36 IST

  New 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 | April 10, 2015 11:38 IST

  New 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'

  Politics | April 09, 2015 18:13 IST

  Bhopal: 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 | April 09, 2015 17:45 IST

  Islamabad: 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 | April 08, 2015 23:41 IST

  Mumbai: 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 | April 09, 2015 8:23 IST

  Malappuram: 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 | April 08, 2015 20:20 IST

  New 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 | April 08, 2015 19:39 IST

  New 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