Indians in Iraq

Indians can now visit Iraq, says MEA in revised travel advisory

The MEA, however, cautioned visitors to avoid five provinces which are still affected by terrorism and violence.

Feb 05, 2019, 21:57 PM IST

Sidhu announces compensation, jobs to families of Indians killed in Iraq belonging to Punjab

The cricketer-turned-politician also said that the current pension of Rs 20,000 given to each family will be continued.

Apr 02, 2018, 20:45 PM IST

VK Singh to bring back mortal remains of 39 Indians from Iraq on Monday

Indian Ambassador Pradeep Singh Rajpurohit said that the bodies had been taken to Baghdad International Airport and would be flown back on a military flight, arriving in India on Monday.

Apr 02, 2018, 01:01 AM IST

VK Singh leaves for Iraq on Sunday to get mortal remains of Indians killed by ISIS

Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh on Sunday morning confirmed that he is leaving for Iraq to bring back the mortal remains of 39 Indians who were killed by terrorist group ISIS in Mosul. The former Army chief said that the families of the deceased have been informed about how the mortal remains would be handed over to them.

Apr 01, 2018, 09:13 AM IST

VK Singh set to fly to Iraq to bring back mortal remains of 39 Indians killed by ISIS

Singh has confirmed that he will fly to Iraq soon after a nod from Baghdad Ambassador in a C-17 plane to bring back the mortal remains of 39 Indians.

Mar 31, 2018, 11:58 AM IST

VK Singh to go to Iraq to bring mortal remains of 39 Indians on April 1

Sushma Swaraj had hailed the role of VK Singh in ascertaining the identity of the Indians who got killed in Iraq.

Mar 30, 2018, 10:14 AM IST

Caught lying on Iraq, govt inventing story on data theft, tweets Rahul Gandhi

Rahul alleged that media networks bit the “bait”, making issue of death of 39 Indians in Iraq “vanish from radar”.

Mar 22, 2018, 10:52 AM IST

Facebook data breach: Congress hits back, accuses government of diverting attention from death of Indians in Iraq

The BJP on Wednesday questioned links between the Congress and Cambridge Analytica and wondered if it will now depend on "data theft" to woo voters.

Mar 21, 2018, 15:44 PM IST

Kin of 39 Indians missing in Iraq to undergo DNA test

Families of all 39 Indians who went missing in Iraq three years ago have been asked to undergo DNA tests for unspecified reasons.

Oct 21, 2017, 21:42 PM IST