Iraq Crisis
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Grit and determination of 46 nurses helped: Chandy
India | Jul 07, 2014, 12:45 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram: The grit and determination of the 46 nurses helped in their evacuation from Iraq, said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy as he called for providing higher education and jobs in the state so that there
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Rajasthan govt provides assistance to persons who returned from Iraq
India | Jul 06, 2014, 09:13 AM ISTJaipur: Rajasthan government today provided assistance to four persons of the state, who were stranded in conflict-hit Iraq and safely arrived in the country last night.“As per direction of Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, special arrangements
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Indian workers returning from Iraq say they were not paid for 3 months
India | Jul 06, 2014, 08:58 AM ISTNew Delhi: A group of Indian workers today returned home from strife-torn Iraq by a special Air India flight today and recalled the trying circumstances they passed through in that country including non-payment of money
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200 more Indians from Iraq return
India | Jul 06, 2014, 08:28 AM ISTNew Delhi: Two-hundred Indians landed here from Najaf in trouble-torn Iraq on a special chartered flight of Iraq Airways early today.The flight landed here at around 0430 hours in the morning carrying the passengers.More passengers
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UAE-based Indian businessman offers jobs to freed nurses
India | Jul 05, 2014, 11:14 AM ISTThiruvananthapuram: UAE-based Indian businessman B.R. Shetty has offered the 46 nurses freed by insurgents in Iraq jobs in hospitals he owns across the Gulf country, Nepal, Bhutan and India.Shetty announced his offer in advertisements in
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Chandy expresses relief, thanks Centre for return of nurses
India | Jul 05, 2014, 11:38 AM ISTThiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today thanked the Narendra Modi government for ensuring the return of the Indian nurses from strife-hit Iraq with their safe evacuation capping days of anxiety for the state as
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Nurses return home, joy erupts among family members
India | Jul 05, 2014, 06:59 PM ISTKochi: Forty-six nurses, who were held captive by ISIS militants in Iraq, today returned home by a special Air India flight to a happy reunion with their families here, bringing to an end their about
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ISIL poses serious security threat to Iraq, says US
World | Jul 04, 2014, 10:58 AM ISTWashington: The ISIL which has gained control over a large part of Iraq and Syria poses serious security threat to the Iraq and Iraqi leadership should quickly come together to form a new government in
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Indian nurses in Iraq freed by ISIS, to reach India tomorrow
India | Jul 04, 2014, 09:56 PM ISTNew Delhi/Kochi: On a day of “dramatic developments”, all 46 Indian women nurses were suddenly set free by Sunni militants ISIS in strife-torn Iraq and were being brought back home along with 70 others in
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Oomen Chandy meets Swaraj, seeks steps to evacuate nurses from Iraq
National | Jul 03, 2014, 04:50 PM ISTNew Delhi: Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy today met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj seeking an effective action to evacuate 46 nurses, majority of them from Kerala, from the ISIS-controlled Tikrit town in war-torn Iraq.During
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Iraq Crisis: Indian nurses in Tikrit trapped in basement
India | Jul 02, 2014, 08:43 AM ISTNew Delhi: As war intensified in Iraq's ISIS-controlled Tikrit, the 46 Indian nurses trapped in a hospital were forced to take shelter in the basement of the building. With Iraqi forces launching strikes against ISIS
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India seeks help from France for release of nationals in Iraq
India | Jul 02, 2014, 08:29 AM ISTNew Delhi: India has sought help from France in securing the release of 39 Indians who are in captivity in war-hit Iraq for over a fortnight.The matter was discussed during the meetings the visiting French
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ISIS seizes key Syrian town on Iraq border
World | Jul 02, 2014, 08:47 AM ISTDamascus/Baghdad: The Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), an Al Qaeda splinter group, Tuesday seized a strategic eastern Syrian town along the Iraqi border following days of intense clashes with rival jihadi group.The
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Jihadists declare 'caliphate', claim world leadership
National | Jun 30, 2014, 07:09 PM ISTBaghdad: Ruthless jihadists spearheading a Sunni militant offensive in Iraq have declared an “Islamic caliphate” and ordered Muslims worldwide to pledge allegiance to their chief, in a spectacular bid to extend their authority.The Islamic State
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Indians in Iraq safe, says Sushma Swaraj, meets envoys of Gulf region
National | Jun 30, 2014, 01:39 PM ISTNew Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Sunday said Indians in Iraq were safe and efforts were on to establish direct contact with those in conflict zones there even as she chaired a meeting of
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Sushma Swaraj reviews Iraq action plan with Gulf envoys
India | Jun 30, 2014, 09:50 AM ISTNew Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj yesterday chaired a meeting of India's envoys in Gulf countries to chalk out the future course of action to rescue Indian nationals stranded in violence-hit Iraq.The meeting, also
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ISIS declares establishment of 'Caliphate', Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as the leader of world's Muslims
World | Jun 30, 2014, 02:52 PM ISTNew Delhi: Jihadists fighting in Syria and Iraq announced Sunday the establishment of a "caliphate", referring to the system of rule that ended nearly 100 years ago with the fall of the Ottomans. In an
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Iraq forces look to claw back city from insurgents
World | Jun 29, 2014, 02:55 PM ISTBaghdad: Iraqi forces backed by tanks and helicopter gunships have started battling insurgents in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, one of two major cities seized by Sunni militants during a rapid advance across the north
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India intensifies efforts to evacuate citizens, warship on standby
India | Jun 29, 2014, 08:31 AM ISTNew Delhi: With the situation worsening in violence-hit Iraq, India Saturday said it has flown in officials to three Iraqi cities to help evacuate Indians wanting to return home and asserted that "all national assets
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Bomb explosions unnerve Kerala nurses in Iraq
India | Jun 28, 2014, 12:15 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram: Already coping with reports of Iraqi rebels stepping up their operations, the 46 nurses from Kerala holed up in Tikrit were further unnerved when bombs went off in the hospital compound where they are