Iraq
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VK Singh on deaths of 39 Indians in Iraq: 'Never misled anyone, always presented accurate facts'
India | Mar 22, 2018, 11:20 PM ISTVK Singh said that the government never misled anyone on the matter and that always presented accurate facts related to the search of all Indian citizens in the war-torn nation.
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Data leak just a way to divert public attention away from the death of 39 Indians in Mosul
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Yakeen Nahi Hota: 39 abducted Indian workers killed by ISIS
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39 Indians killed in Iraq: Lone survivor Harjit Masih narrates what happened on that 'fateful day'
India | Mar 22, 2018, 09:36 AM ISTMasih was one of the 40 Indian workers taken hostage by ISIS when the dreaded terrorist organisation overran Iraq's second largest city Mosul in 2014.
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Indians killed in Mosul: Victims' families mourn loss
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Govt was looking for proof of life in a war-torn country: VK Singh on deaths of 39 Indians in Iraq
India | Mar 20, 2018, 11:36 PM ISTExternal Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today informed the parliament that the Indians abducted in Iraq in 2014 were killed by Islamic State terrorists and buried in a mass grave.
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Row erupts over govt's handling of Iraq crisis after Swaraj announces deaths of 39 Indians
India | Mar 20, 2018, 11:14 PM ISTExternal Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj earlier in the day told Parliament that all the 39 Indians abducted in Mosul are dead and their bodies have been recovered.
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Why Centre kept us in the dark? ask grieving families of 39 Indians killed by ISIS in Iraq
India | Mar 20, 2018, 09:15 PM ISTExternal Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said that all 39 Indians in ISIS captivity were dead and their bodies had been recovered.
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Govt being insensitive to kin of 39 Indians killed by ISIS in Iraq: Congress
National | Mar 20, 2018, 08:14 PM ISTRandeep Surjewala said the Modi government has "crossed all limits of insensitivity" as it preferred to make the announcement on television rather than calling up every families and informing them individually.
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Full list of 39 Indians killed by Islamic State terrorists in Iraq’s Mosul
India | Mar 20, 2018, 07:16 PM ISTSpeaking on the floor of the Rajya Sabha, Sushma Swaraj said that the mortal remains will be brought back to India by MoS for External Affairs VK Singh.
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PM Modi on deaths of 39 Indians in Iraq: 'Indians stand by families of those killed in Mosul'
India | Mar 20, 2018, 06:31 PM ISTPM Narendra Modi noted that the government remains fully committed towards ensuring the safety of "our sisters and brothers overseas".
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Swaraj on deaths of 39 Indians: 'Kept no one in dark, followed protocol by informing House first'
India | Mar 20, 2018, 07:32 PM ISTShe also accused the Congress of indulging in ‘cheap politics’ by disrupting proceedings in the Lok Sabha when she was to make a statement on the deaths of 39 Indians in Iraq.
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EAM Sushma Swaraj addresses media on killing of 39 Indians in Iraq’s Mosul
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Rahul Gandhi expresses shock at death of 39 Indians in Iraq
National | Mar 20, 2018, 03:22 PM ISTThe mortal remains, which were exhumed from a mass grave in Badosh, will be brought back to India on a special plane and handed over to their relatives, Swaraj informed the Rajya Sabha.
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India assures Iraq of commitment to rebuilding process
World | Feb 14, 2018, 08:24 PM ISTM J Akbar said the world must congratulate the people and government of Iraq for their "historic victory" over a vicious contemporary menace - ISIS and its allies.
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Iraq: 38 killed, 105 wounded as twin suicide bombing rocks Baghdad
World | Jan 15, 2018, 03:00 PM ISTThis is the second such attack in the Iraqi capital in a span of three days. The deadly incident that shook the capital was reported from Tayeran Square.
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8 earthquakes strike along Iran-Iraq border, rattle Baghdad
World | Jan 11, 2018, 03:12 PM ISTThe US Geological Survey said seven of the quakes struck near the Iraqi city of Mandali and an eighth struck near Mehran in western Iran. All struck within an hour of each other, beginning at 0659 GMT.
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Thousands remain missing after Iraq’s victories against ISIS
World | Jan 01, 2018, 10:07 AM ISTRegardless, Iraqi government bureaucracy, inefficiency and neglect have left thousands of families across Iraq hanging as the country’s leadership celebrates the defeat of IS.
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US looks to counter Iran in post-war Iraq: American diplomat
World | Dec 11, 2017, 03:25 PM ISTIran gained major influence in Iraq after the 2003 US-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein’s Sunni-led dictatorship and empowered the country’s Shiite majority.
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‘War against ISIS has ended’: Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi announces on state TV
World | Dec 10, 2017, 05:19 PM ISTPrime Minister Haider al-Abadi formally announced the victory in an address to the nation aired on Iraqi state television Saturday evening.