Juba Indians

In videos posted on Twitter by union minister VK Singh, Indians evacuated from war-battered South Sudan as part of "Operation Sankat Mochan" clapped, cheered and shouted "Bharat Mata ki Jai" on board an Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft.

At Least 149 Indian nationals were evacuated from the war-torn South Sudan's capital city Juba on Thursday.

Two C-17 Globemaster aircraft left for Juba this morning to evacuate 600 Indians from war-torn South Sudan. Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh is leading the operation - named SankatMochan. South Sudan has been rocked by violence that has claimed hundreds of lives.

There are 600 Indians in war-torn South Sudan and the Indian government has made arrangements to evacuate them, Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj said today after a meeting with junior ministers VK Singh and MJ Akbar and Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar.

The Indian embassy in South Sudan swung into action after direction from External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj On Twitter to provide rescue and relief to trapped Indians in a country which has turned into a war zone.

Less than three years after its creation, the world's newest country is beginning to fracture along ethnic lines in violence that has killed hundreds of people, including three U.N. peacekeepers.

A 56-year-old Kerala-based top official of a shipping firm was shot dead near Juba in South Sudan by a gang of robbers while he was on a business trip, company sources said.

In videos posted on Twitter by union minister VK Singh, Indians evacuated from war-battered South Sudan as part of "Operation Sankat Mochan" clapped, cheered and shouted "Bharat Mata ki Jai" on board an Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft.

At Least 149 Indian nationals were evacuated from the war-torn South Sudan's capital city Juba on Thursday.

Two C-17 Globemaster aircraft left for Juba this morning to evacuate 600 Indians from war-torn South Sudan. Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh is leading the operation - named SankatMochan. South Sudan has been rocked by violence that has claimed hundreds of lives.

There are 600 Indians in war-torn South Sudan and the Indian government has made arrangements to evacuate them, Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj said today after a meeting with junior ministers VK Singh and MJ Akbar and Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar.

The Indian embassy in South Sudan swung into action after direction from External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj On Twitter to provide rescue and relief to trapped Indians in a country which has turned into a war zone.

Less than three years after its creation, the world's newest country is beginning to fracture along ethnic lines in violence that has killed hundreds of people, including three U.N. peacekeepers.

A 56-year-old Kerala-based top official of a shipping firm was shot dead near Juba in South Sudan by a gang of robbers while he was on a business trip, company sources said.