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  Pro-IS twitter account targets PM Narendra Modi

  India | February 03, 2015 8:38 IST

  New Delhi: The pro-IS twitter account which claimed of a car bomb during US President Barack Obama's India visit is again playing notorious. This time it is targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The account which was

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  Horrific pics: ISIS amputates man's hand for theft, whips 3 for drinking, publicly crucifies a spy

  World | December 20, 2014 15:09 IST

  New Delhi: In pictures that could send shivers down the spines of people in civilized nations, the Islamic State (ISIS), occupying a large swathe of territory in Syria and Iraq, has publicly amputated the hand

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  No proof that Indians in Iraq have been killed, clarifies government

  Politics | November 28, 2014 12:56 IST

  New Delhi: Taking strong note of the reports claiming that 39 Indian workers were killed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said that there is

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  39 out of 40 missing Indian workers in Iraq killed by ISIS, claim Bangladeshi workers

  India | November 28, 2014 12:02 IST

  New Delhi: Thirty nine out of forty missing Indian workers in Iraq since June this year have been killed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorists, according to claims made on a

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  Watch how ISIS militants are mocked on #Facebook & #Twitter (watch video)

  World | September 20, 2014 7:27 IST

  New Delhi: In order to give a fitting reply to the brutal activities of Islamic State group (ISIS) in Syria and Iraq, the people around the world have started using an entirely different weapon called

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  85 Syrian soldiers killed by Islamic State militants

  World | July 26, 2014 18:59 IST

  Damascus: As many as 85 Syrian soldiers have been killed over the past two days in attacks launched by the so-called Islamic State (IS) on a military base in Syria's northern al-Raqqa province, activists said

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  ISIS jihadists order genital mutilation of all women in Iraq

  World | July 25, 2014 10:02 IST

  New Delhi: Jihadists in Iraq have ordered that all women between the ages of 11 and 46 must undergo female genital mutilation, which could affect up to four million women and girls in the war-ravaged

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  58 more Indian nurses brought back from Iraq

  India | July 23, 2014 19:56 IST

  New Delhi: India has quitely rescued another batch of 58 nurses from conflict zones in Iraq and was making all efforts to secure the release of 39 construction workers being held captive by Sunni militants

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  Four youths from Mumbai believed to have joined ISIS in Iraq

  India | July 15, 2014 8:26 IST

  Mumbai: As investigations into Thursday's Pune blast progress, agencies are worried about four youths from Kalyan who are reported to have left for Iraq to fight along ISIS. These youths are part of the 18

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  Grit and determination of 46 nurses helped: Chandy

  India | July 07, 2014 12:45 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: 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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  2,200 Indians to return from Iraq

  India | July 06, 2014 22:05 IST

  New Delhi: Nearly 2,200 Indians in Iraq's non-conflict areas wish to return home, with 117 of them set to reach the capital after midnight Sunday, it was announced Sunday.The external affairs ministry said the government

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  Gulf missions' welfare funds to be used for helping Indians in Iraq

  India | June 29, 2014 21:05 IST

  New Delhi: With deepening Iraq violence, India today decided to transfer part of welfare funds in the Indian missions in Gulf countries to its embassy in Baghdad to be used for helping Indians in the

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  Senior officials discuss options to ensure safety of Indians in Iraq

  India | June 27, 2014 21:29 IST

  New Delhi: The conflict in Iraq came up for discussion at a meeting of senior officials, including the Cabinet Secretary and the services chiefs, here today in which the government is understood to have discussed

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  US Secretary of State John Kerry visits Iraq

  World | June 24, 2014 7:13 IST

  Baghdad/New Delhi: US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Iraq Monday for discussions on the ongoing crisis.During his Iraq visit, Kerry was scheduled to meet, besides Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari

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  Indians in captivity in Iraq safe: Government

  India | June 24, 2014 7:03 IST

  New Delhi: Indians held captive by suspected Sunni militants in Mosul town of Iraq were unharmed, the government said Monday even as efforts continued to secure their release from their abductors in the violence-hit Gulf

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  Know who are ISIS militants trying to occupy Iraq?

  World | November 15, 2014 10:40 IST

  New Delhi: ISIS militants are closing in on the capital city of Baghdad in Iraq. Gun battles are on in Baquba which is less than 40 miles north of Baghdad.Some say that the ISIS that

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  Government confirms the kidnapping of 40 Indian workers in Iraq

  World | June 18, 2014 16:42 IST

  New Delhi: The Indian government said Wednesday that 40 Indian workers stranded in Iraq have been kidnapped.The external affairs ministry said the Indians worked for a Turkish construction company and mostly belonged to the country's