Indians Jailed In Qatar

Clarifying the status of the eighth former Indian Navy officer, who was put on death row by a Qatar court in an espionage case before being released, the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said he has certain requirements to fulfil.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today thanked Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani for the release of eight Indian nationals, who were sentenced to death after being arrested in August 2022.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will go to Doha in Qatar on Wednesday after his visit to the UAE ends, Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra said today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was personally supervising New Delhi's efforts to free eight Navy veterans jailed in Qatar, the External Affairs Ministry said today, hours after seven of them landed in Delhi

The seven Navy veterans jailed in Qatar, who were brought back to India today, had no prior information of their release, sources have told NDTV

India on Monday announced that the eight veterans of the Indian Navy who were sentenced to death in Qatar have been released.

Eight Indian Navy veterans who had their death sentence commuted to an extend term in Qatar have been released. Seven of them are already back in India, the government said, welcoming the big decision.

In a major diplomatic triumph for India, eight veterans of the Indian Navy who were sentenced to death in Qatar, were released by Doha on Monday.

The eight jailed former Indian Navy personnel in Qatar have been given 60 days to appeal against the varying prison terms handed by a Qatari court last week the Ministry of External Affairs has said.

Eight ex-Navy personnel sentenced to death by a Qatar court in October - over espionage allegations - will face commuted punishments, the Indian government said this afternoon.

Indian Navy Chief Admiral Hari Kumar today said that the Centre is making "every effort" to secure the release of eight Navy veterans who have been handed death penalty in Qatar.

Since protests in January over unpaid wages, three migrant workers for the World Cup finals in Qatar have been detained in the Gulf nation.

Mumbai-based couple Oniba and Sharique Qureshi - sentenced to 10 years in jail in a drug case in Qatar in 2019 - returned to the city on Thursday with their daughter.

An Indian couple whose 10-year jail sentence in a drug case was overturned by Qatar's highest court in January this year will board a flight for Mumbai on Wednesday evening, a Narcotics Control Bureau official said on Tuesday.

Thanks to a father's efforts, an Indian couple was finally able to return home on Wednesday, more than 20-months after they were sentenced to 10-year jail by a court in Qatar on drug trafficking charges.

Clarifying the status of the eighth former Indian Navy officer, who was put on death row by a Qatar court in an espionage case before being released, the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said he has certain requirements to fulfil.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today thanked Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani for the release of eight Indian nationals, who were sentenced to death after being arrested in August 2022.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will go to Doha in Qatar on Wednesday after his visit to the UAE ends, Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra said today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was personally supervising New Delhi's efforts to free eight Navy veterans jailed in Qatar, the External Affairs Ministry said today, hours after seven of them landed in Delhi

The seven Navy veterans jailed in Qatar, who were brought back to India today, had no prior information of their release, sources have told NDTV

India on Monday announced that the eight veterans of the Indian Navy who were sentenced to death in Qatar have been released.

Eight Indian Navy veterans who had their death sentence commuted to an extend term in Qatar have been released. Seven of them are already back in India, the government said, welcoming the big decision.

In a major diplomatic triumph for India, eight veterans of the Indian Navy who were sentenced to death in Qatar, were released by Doha on Monday.

The eight jailed former Indian Navy personnel in Qatar have been given 60 days to appeal against the varying prison terms handed by a Qatari court last week the Ministry of External Affairs has said.

Eight ex-Navy personnel sentenced to death by a Qatar court in October - over espionage allegations - will face commuted punishments, the Indian government said this afternoon.

Indian Navy Chief Admiral Hari Kumar today said that the Centre is making "every effort" to secure the release of eight Navy veterans who have been handed death penalty in Qatar.

Since protests in January over unpaid wages, three migrant workers for the World Cup finals in Qatar have been detained in the Gulf nation.

Mumbai-based couple Oniba and Sharique Qureshi - sentenced to 10 years in jail in a drug case in Qatar in 2019 - returned to the city on Thursday with their daughter.

An Indian couple whose 10-year jail sentence in a drug case was overturned by Qatar's highest court in January this year will board a flight for Mumbai on Wednesday evening, a Narcotics Control Bureau official said on Tuesday.

Thanks to a father's efforts, an Indian couple was finally able to return home on Wednesday, more than 20-months after they were sentenced to 10-year jail by a court in Qatar on drug trafficking charges.