Indian Seamen

Alleging that China is "not allowing" entry of ships with Indian crew onboard, All India Seafarer & General Workers Union has sought the central government's help in saving the jobs of thousands of Indian seamen, as companies are not recruiting them

Fourteen Indian seamen who were stranded in Yemen for over 10 months after their ship sank in the Gulf of Aden flew back to India on Saturday from Dubai.

87 Indian crew members from six ships have left for Mumbai aboard a chartered plane after spending months at sea due to the coronavirus restrictions, local media reported on Saturday.

Six Indian seamen languishing in a jail in Egypt for over two years on charges of drug- trafficking have been released and returned home today. On their return, they met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

Ten Indians are among the 16 crew members rescued in Nigeria from a ship hijacked off the Ivory Coast earlier this month, a senior official said on Thursday.

India today said it is taking steps to ensure safe evacuation of its nationals from Yemen after a sailors group claimed that 70 seamen from Gujarat are stranded in the war-torn county.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who is visiting Egypt, has urged her counterpart Sameh Hassan Shoukry to intervene for the early release of six Indian seamen detained in the country since February 2014.

Alleging that China is "not allowing" entry of ships with Indian crew onboard, All India Seafarer & General Workers Union has sought the central government's help in saving the jobs of thousands of Indian seamen, as companies are not recruiting them

Fourteen Indian seamen who were stranded in Yemen for over 10 months after their ship sank in the Gulf of Aden flew back to India on Saturday from Dubai.

87 Indian crew members from six ships have left for Mumbai aboard a chartered plane after spending months at sea due to the coronavirus restrictions, local media reported on Saturday.

Six Indian seamen languishing in a jail in Egypt for over two years on charges of drug- trafficking have been released and returned home today. On their return, they met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

Ten Indians are among the 16 crew members rescued in Nigeria from a ship hijacked off the Ivory Coast earlier this month, a senior official said on Thursday.

India today said it is taking steps to ensure safe evacuation of its nationals from Yemen after a sailors group claimed that 70 seamen from Gujarat are stranded in the war-torn county.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who is visiting Egypt, has urged her counterpart Sameh Hassan Shoukry to intervene for the early release of six Indian seamen detained in the country since February 2014.