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  4 Nepalese injured in 'SSB firing' near Indo-Nepal border

  World | November 25, 2015 16:50 IST

  Kathmandu: Four Nepalese nationals today sustained injuries after being allegedly shot by Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel in southern Nepal near the border with India.According to officials here, the men - residents of the border

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  Underworld don Chhota Rajan gets consular access

  World | November 01, 2015 17:43 IST

  Bali: Underworld don Chhota Rajan, who was arrested on arrival from Australia, today received consular access with an Indian diplomat meeting him at Indonesian police's detention centre in this popular tourist city.  First Secretary (consular)

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  Pak citizens visiting India are safe: Indian embassy

  India | October 22, 2015 18:48 IST

  Islamabad: Amid incidents targetting Pakistanis in India by Shiv Sena activists, the Indian mission here today said there is no security issue for nationals of this country visiting India and visas were being issued as

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  35 Indians among dead in Haj stampede: Sushma Swaraj

  Politics | September 27, 2015 23:33 IST

  New Delhi: The number of Indians who lost their lives in stampede in Saudi Arabia's Mina during haj has risen to 35, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj confirmed today.Sushma also assured that the Indian Embassy

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  India seeks consular access for national arrested in China

  India | July 15, 2015 19:58 IST

  New Delhi:  India has sought consular access for an Indian who is among 20 foreigners arrested in northern China for suspected terror links after its embassy in Beijing received note verbale from Chinese authorities in

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  India, US discuss cooperation on trade to terrorism

  World | June 30, 2015 12:02 IST

  Washington: Indian Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar had a series of interactions with interlocutors in the US government on issues ranging from ease of doing business to cooperation on terrorism and climate change.On a short visit

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  Two Indians killed in Nepal earthquake

  World | April 25, 2015 22:55 IST

  Kathmandu: Two Indians, including the daughter of an Indian embassy employee, were killed in the powerful earthquake that struck Nepal, leaving nearly 1,500 people dead in flattened houses and building.  According to official sources, a

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  Daughter of Indian embassy employee killed as house collapses

  India | April 25, 2015 21:16 IST

  New Delhi: An Indian embassy employee's daughter died and wife suffered serious injuries when a house in the mission complex in Kathmandu collapsed during the powerful earthquake that struck Nepal.The nationality of the contract-based mission

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  India to send ships to Yemen to evacuate stranded Indians

  India | March 28, 2015 8:48 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram:The Centre will soon send two ships to strife-torn Yemen to evacuate Indians, including Keralites, stranded there.External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has told Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, that since all the airports in Yemen

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  India asks its citizens to leave Yemen immediately

  India | March 25, 2015 18:22 IST

  New Delhi: India today asked all its nationals to leave Yemen immediately given the "fragile" security situation in the conflict-hit country."We are urging and advising our nationals to leave the country immediately through available commercial

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  Cramped in a dingy room, Indian workers dream to get back home

  India | January 29, 2015 16:38 IST

  Al-Khobar: Hoping for a better future and a decent life for their families back home, 24 Indian workers, mostly from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Punjab, are now cramped in a dingy room here after they

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  India refutes reports about Bodhi tree sapling plantation row

  World | December 13, 2014 15:22 IST

  Kathmandu:  India today said that the sapling of holy Bodhi tree was planted in a temple in Lumbini, the birth place of Gautam Buddha in Nepal, as per the directions given by the Nepalese authorities.Concerns

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  Jammu floods: Indian school boy in Kuwait collects Rs 2 lakh as relief

  World | September 23, 2014 15:40 IST

  Dubai: An Indian student in Kuwait has collected over Rs two lakh for humanitarian assistance to the flood victims in Jammu and Kashmir, where millions of people have been impacted by the worst floods in

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  Indian nurses in Iraq safe: Oomen Chandy

  Politics | July 04, 2014 15:59 IST

  New Delhi: 46 Indian nurses, who are in ISIS-controlled region of Iraq, are safe and efforts are on to evacuate them, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said after meeting External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today.

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  In touch with Indian nurses trapped in Iraq: Govt

  India | June 17, 2014 11:36 IST

  New Delhi: The government today said it was in touch with the Indian nurses stranded in violence-hit Tikrit town in Iraq and assured every possible help to Indian citizens in the trouble-torn country.  Following a

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  MEA issues advisory; asks Indians to avoid unnecessary travel to Iraq

  India | June 15, 2014 18:18 IST

  New Delhi: Amid the unstable security situation prevailing in Iraq, the Ministry of External Affairs issued an advisory asking the Indian nationals in Iraq to leave the country by commercial means if it is safe

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  Details of new Indian visa service provider in US announced

  World | May 17, 2014 11:07 IST

  Washington: The Indian embassy here has announced the contact details of Cox & Kings Global Services Pvt. Ltd., its new service provider for Visa/OCI/PIO/Renunciation of Indian Citizenship Certificate application support services in the US.The new

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  Indian embassy in US outsources visa, passport services to new firm

  India | May 08, 2014 10:47 IST

  Washington: The Indian embassy in the US has announced to outsource its passport and visa related services to a new company for all its diplomatic missions in America following complaints against the current service provider.Cox

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  Indian embassy in UAE warns of visa scam

  World | February 07, 2014 16:58 IST

  Dubai: The Indian embassy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has warned foreigners against falling prey to online visa scamsters operating a website that claims to facilitate Indian visas.An embassy release issued Thursday stated that

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  Action against Khobragade came without warning: Indian embassy

  World | December 20, 2013 11:56 IST

  Washington: Disputing State Department's claim that the Indian embassy was warned in September of imminent action against Devyani Khobragade, Indian officials insist it was part of a conrrespondence regarding her "missing" housekeeper who the embassy