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Woman, Part Of Indian Crew On Board Ship Seized By Iran, Returns Home
An Indian sailor who was among the crew of a cargo ship that was seized by Iran's Revolutionary Guards near the Strait of Hormuz on April 13 has safely reached home, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said today.
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Indian Sailors, Detained In Nigeria For 9 Months, Return Home
Indian sailors who had been detained in Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria for nine months finally returned home on Saturday.
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Ship Carrying Detained Indian Sailors Handed Over To Nigeria, Says Minister
Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Saturday (local time) visited home of Sanu Jose, who is among 16 Indian sailors who were "detained" in Equatorial Guinea.
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Indian Sailor Returns Home After Being Stuck In Libya For 19 Months
Seafarers' body Maritime Union Of India (MUI) on Wednesday said it has helped an Indian seafarer return from Libya where he was stuck at a port after the owners ceased operations of the vessel.
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18 Indian Sailors Stuck In China To Return Home On February 14: Minister
Eighteen Indian sailors stuck in China will return to India on February 14, union minister Mansukh Mandaviya said today.
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Waiting To Get Home, Waiting To Work: Sailors' Anguish Amid Pandemic
A 41-year-old sailor from Puducherry was on duty when he lost his wife in April. He could manage to sign-off from his ship only last week and is now awaiting his COVID-19 test result in Mumbai. Nearly two months after his wife died, he would be able to grieve the loss with his family when he gets the test results and he can finally fly back to his ...
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Indian Sailor Stranded Aboard A Ship In UK For 18 Months To Return Home
An Indian captain stuck aboard an Indian ship stranded at a UK port for 18 months due to a long-standing legal dispute over unpaid crew wages and port dues is set to return home, a media report said today.
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Ex-Merchant Navy Sailor Kills Father, Blows Up Delhi Apartment
A man in Delhi on Sunday stabbed his father to death, attacked his mother and set afire the kitchen gas cylinder which exploded leaving injured 13 people, including 11 police personnel who had reached the spot.
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75 Years Later, Seaman Killed In Pearl Harbor To Return Home
Three-quarters of a century after he was killed during the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the remains of a young Navy sailor finally are heading home to Kansas.
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US Navy Turns To Cloud Technology To Reduce Drunken Driving
An American sailor has tapped a cloud-based technology for mobile phones to make it easier to have volunteers take turns driving drunk friends home, an initiative that has curtailed drunken driving among the Navy ranks.
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Canada Charges 4 British Navy Sailors Over 'Gang Rape'
Canadian authorities charged four British Royal Navy sailors on Friday over the alleged gang rape of a woman at a military barracks in Halifax, home to Canada's Atlantic fleet.
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Fires still besiege Chile port; 15 dead, 500 hurt
Helicopters and airplanes dumped water on wildfires and the smoldering wreckage of hilltop neighborhoods around Valparaiso for a third straight day Monday as sailors in riot gear stood ready to evacuate 700 more families whose homes could be lost if the winds shifted.
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Captain Sunil James, freed from Togo jail after five months, is finally home for baby son's last rites
Sunil James, a Merchant Navy Captain who was released yesterday from a jail in Togo, western Africa, has reached Mumbai. Thanking the Indian community in Togo and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for support and help, he said whatever had happened was "in the past."
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Indian sailors, held captive by Somali pirates for a year, return home
The wait is finally over for the families of Indian sailors rescued from Somali pirates after their vessels were hijacked last year. Most of the 28 seafarers have started arriving in India.
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28 Indian sailors help captive by Somalian pirates released
A year after their abduction by Somalian pirates, 28 Indian sailors on board two ships have been released and will sail for home, bringing huge relief to their families.
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Woman, Part Of Indian Crew On Board Ship Seized By Iran, Returns Home
An Indian sailor who was among the crew of a cargo ship that was seized by Iran's Revolutionary Guards near the Strait of Hormuz on April 13 has safely reached home, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said today.
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Indian Sailors, Detained In Nigeria For 9 Months, Return Home
Indian sailors who had been detained in Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria for nine months finally returned home on Saturday.
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Ship Carrying Detained Indian Sailors Handed Over To Nigeria, Says Minister
Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Saturday (local time) visited home of Sanu Jose, who is among 16 Indian sailors who were "detained" in Equatorial Guinea.
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Indian Sailor Returns Home After Being Stuck In Libya For 19 Months
Seafarers' body Maritime Union Of India (MUI) on Wednesday said it has helped an Indian seafarer return from Libya where he was stuck at a port after the owners ceased operations of the vessel.
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18 Indian Sailors Stuck In China To Return Home On February 14: Minister
Eighteen Indian sailors stuck in China will return to India on February 14, union minister Mansukh Mandaviya said today.
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Waiting To Get Home, Waiting To Work: Sailors' Anguish Amid Pandemic
A 41-year-old sailor from Puducherry was on duty when he lost his wife in April. He could manage to sign-off from his ship only last week and is now awaiting his COVID-19 test result in Mumbai. Nearly two months after his wife died, he would be able to grieve the loss with his family when he gets the test results and he can finally fly back to his ...
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Indian Sailor Stranded Aboard A Ship In UK For 18 Months To Return Home
An Indian captain stuck aboard an Indian ship stranded at a UK port for 18 months due to a long-standing legal dispute over unpaid crew wages and port dues is set to return home, a media report said today.
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Ex-Merchant Navy Sailor Kills Father, Blows Up Delhi Apartment
A man in Delhi on Sunday stabbed his father to death, attacked his mother and set afire the kitchen gas cylinder which exploded leaving injured 13 people, including 11 police personnel who had reached the spot.
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75 Years Later, Seaman Killed In Pearl Harbor To Return Home
Three-quarters of a century after he was killed during the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the remains of a young Navy sailor finally are heading home to Kansas.
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US Navy Turns To Cloud Technology To Reduce Drunken Driving
An American sailor has tapped a cloud-based technology for mobile phones to make it easier to have volunteers take turns driving drunk friends home, an initiative that has curtailed drunken driving among the Navy ranks.
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Canada Charges 4 British Navy Sailors Over 'Gang Rape'
Canadian authorities charged four British Royal Navy sailors on Friday over the alleged gang rape of a woman at a military barracks in Halifax, home to Canada's Atlantic fleet.
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Fires still besiege Chile port; 15 dead, 500 hurt
Helicopters and airplanes dumped water on wildfires and the smoldering wreckage of hilltop neighborhoods around Valparaiso for a third straight day Monday as sailors in riot gear stood ready to evacuate 700 more families whose homes could be lost if the winds shifted.
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Captain Sunil James, freed from Togo jail after five months, is finally home for baby son's last rites
Sunil James, a Merchant Navy Captain who was released yesterday from a jail in Togo, western Africa, has reached Mumbai. Thanking the Indian community in Togo and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for support and help, he said whatever had happened was "in the past."
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Indian sailors, held captive by Somali pirates for a year, return home
The wait is finally over for the families of Indian sailors rescued from Somali pirates after their vessels were hijacked last year. Most of the 28 seafarers have started arriving in India.
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28 Indian sailors help captive by Somalian pirates released
A year after their abduction by Somalian pirates, 28 Indian sailors on board two ships have been released and will sail for home, bringing huge relief to their families.
