39 Indians Killed In Iraq

Families of the 39 Indian workers who were kidnapped and killed by ISIS terrorists in Iraq in 2014 recalled how Sushma Swaraj had worked painstakingly for four years to find the whereabouts of all of them.

The mortal remains of one of the 39 Indians killed in ISIS captivity in Iraq were consigned to flames on Wednesday. Gurdeep Singh, whose last rites of were performed at his native village Jaitpur in Punjab, is survived by his mother Surinder Kaur, wife Anita Rani, a 5-year-old son and 7-year-old daughter.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 10 lakh each to the next of the kin of 39 Indians who were killed in Iraq, official sources said.

Union Minister VK Singh, who on Monday brought back the bodies of 38 of 39 Indians killed in Iraq by a special aircraft, has said that the workers had travelled there illegally so the government had no record of them and couldn't help them.

A special flight carrying the bodies of 38 Indians killed by the terror group ISIS in Iraq's Mosul landed in Amritsar on Tuesday. Minister of State for External Affairs General VK Singh had left for Mosul on Sunday in an Indian Air Force transport plane to bring the bodies home.

The mortal remains of 31 of the 39 Indians killed in Iraq will arrive at Amritsar International airport on Monday in a special aircraft, said officials.

Union Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh will today bring back the bodies of the 39 Indians, killed in the war-torn country, officials said. Last month, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had told Parliament that 40 Indians were abducted by ISIS from Mosul in Iraq in June 2014, but one of them escaped posing as a Muslim from Bangl...

In wake of 39 Indian workers' death in Iraq, a parliamentary panel has called a meeting tomorrow to deliberate upon "safety and security of Indian workers in conflict zones".

As Union Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh left for Iraq to bring back the mortal remains of 39 Indians, including 27 from Punjab who were massacred by terror group ISIS, authorities in Amritsar are making the required arrangements to receive the bodies expected to arrive by a special aircraft tomorrow afternoon, a senior official sai...

Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh today left for Iraq to bring back the bodies of the 39 Indians, killed in the war-torn country, officials said.

Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh is expected to fly to Iraq tomorrow in a C-17 plane to bring back mortal remains of the 39 Indians, killed in the war-torn country, sources said today.

The Congress's Twitter poll against Sushma Swaraj backfired spectacularly with over 76 per cent voting "No" to the opposition party's question: whether the death of 39 Indians in Iraq was her biggest failure as Foreign Minister. Ms Swaraj scored big by re-tweeting the Congress poll

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said that the state government will work out a proper assistance package for families of those from Punjab among the 39 Indians killed by ISIS in Iraq and till then, they will continue to get a monthly pension.

Sushma Swaraj has re-tweeted a Congress post. Not just any post, but one that invites people to assess her "failure" as a Foreign Minister in handling the case of 39 missing Indians killed in Iraq. The opposition party has been targeting Ms Swaraj since she confirmed in parliament last week that the Indians had been killed by the ISIS.

Bodies of 39 Indians killed in war-torn Iraq will be brought to India in a week's time, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told the families of the deceased today.

Families of the 39 Indian workers who were kidnapped and killed by ISIS terrorists in Iraq in 2014 recalled how Sushma Swaraj had worked painstakingly for four years to find the whereabouts of all of them.

The mortal remains of one of the 39 Indians killed in ISIS captivity in Iraq were consigned to flames on Wednesday. Gurdeep Singh, whose last rites of were performed at his native village Jaitpur in Punjab, is survived by his mother Surinder Kaur, wife Anita Rani, a 5-year-old son and 7-year-old daughter.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 10 lakh each to the next of the kin of 39 Indians who were killed in Iraq, official sources said.

Union Minister VK Singh, who on Monday brought back the bodies of 38 of 39 Indians killed in Iraq by a special aircraft, has said that the workers had travelled there illegally so the government had no record of them and couldn't help them.

A special flight carrying the bodies of 38 Indians killed by the terror group ISIS in Iraq's Mosul landed in Amritsar on Tuesday. Minister of State for External Affairs General VK Singh had left for Mosul on Sunday in an Indian Air Force transport plane to bring the bodies home.

The mortal remains of 31 of the 39 Indians killed in Iraq will arrive at Amritsar International airport on Monday in a special aircraft, said officials.

Union Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh will today bring back the bodies of the 39 Indians, killed in the war-torn country, officials said. Last month, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had told Parliament that 40 Indians were abducted by ISIS from Mosul in Iraq in June 2014, but one of them escaped posing as a Muslim from Bangl...

In wake of 39 Indian workers' death in Iraq, a parliamentary panel has called a meeting tomorrow to deliberate upon "safety and security of Indian workers in conflict zones".

As Union Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh left for Iraq to bring back the mortal remains of 39 Indians, including 27 from Punjab who were massacred by terror group ISIS, authorities in Amritsar are making the required arrangements to receive the bodies expected to arrive by a special aircraft tomorrow afternoon, a senior official sai...

Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh today left for Iraq to bring back the bodies of the 39 Indians, killed in the war-torn country, officials said.

Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh is expected to fly to Iraq tomorrow in a C-17 plane to bring back mortal remains of the 39 Indians, killed in the war-torn country, sources said today.

The Congress's Twitter poll against Sushma Swaraj backfired spectacularly with over 76 per cent voting "No" to the opposition party's question: whether the death of 39 Indians in Iraq was her biggest failure as Foreign Minister. Ms Swaraj scored big by re-tweeting the Congress poll

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said that the state government will work out a proper assistance package for families of those from Punjab among the 39 Indians killed by ISIS in Iraq and till then, they will continue to get a monthly pension.

Sushma Swaraj has re-tweeted a Congress post. Not just any post, but one that invites people to assess her "failure" as a Foreign Minister in handling the case of 39 missing Indians killed in Iraq. The opposition party has been targeting Ms Swaraj since she confirmed in parliament last week that the Indians had been killed by the ISIS.

Bodies of 39 Indians killed in war-torn Iraq will be brought to India in a week's time, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told the families of the deceased today.