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New Delhi, Jul 6: Hours before the media got a hint of the imminent evacuation of the Kerala nurses from strife-torn Iraq, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Thursday night walked into Kerala House here with a smile that no one could decipher. Though he betrayed no strain, mediapersons gathered there speculated about the possible fallout on his political career if things went wrong. But Chandy was a

New Delhi, Jul 6: Two-hundred Indians landed here from Najaf in trouble-torn Iraq on a special chartered flight of Iraq Airways early on Sunday. The flight landed here at around 0430 hours in the morning carrying the passengers. More passengers are expected to be airlifted and brought back from Iraq over the next two days from special flights including that of Air India. The plane was chartered by

New Delhi, Jul 5: The Congress is considering going to court if it is not given the post of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, sources said. "Knocking the court's door is one of the options, but we will wait and watch for now," said a Congress leader who did not wish to be named. The source, however, added that the issue was being discussed right now and a final decision has not been taken

Kochi, July 5: After about a month's long ordeal in the strife torn Iraq, 46 Indian nurses returned to their homeland today with most of them vowing not to go back risking their lives. "We will not go back. There is no question of going back. We are not prepared to endanger our lives once again", said Sandra Sebastian, who arrived at the Kochi airport along with 45 other nurses to a warm and

Patna, Jul 5: It was a case of insult upon injury for 36-year-old Shweta Pathak, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader who raised her voice against miscreants and extortionists in Bihar’s Buxar district. She was not only slapped by a cop when she went to Itari police station to lodge an FIR against the hoodlums, but the miscreants, getting to know about the incident, reportedly abducted her and tried

Mumbai, Jul 5: A special Air India flight carrying 46 Indian nurses set free by Sunni militants ISIS in strife-torn Iraq and 137 others arrived in Mumbai today. The flight carrying 183 Indian nationals from Erbil landed in Mumbai at 8:43 AM. The flight has made a 'technical halt' in Mumbai for refuelling and catering supplies. The flight would leave for Kochi at 9:55 AM and reach the city at 11:55

Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 4: All 46 Indian nurses abducted from Tikrit in strife-torn Iraq were released by ISIS militants on Friday. The development came as a rare piece of positive news amid a bloody war raged by the Sunni insurgents. The nurses will fly back to Kerala on Saturday morning, IANS quoted chief minister Oommen Chandy as saying. Chandy told the news agency over telephone from New Delhi

Katra(J and K), Jul 4: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today declared that the Centre wants to win the hearts of people of Jammu and Kashmir through development as he flagged off the train linking Katra--the base camp for pilgrims headed to Mata Vaishno Devi shrine nestled in the Trikuta hills. Suggesting that the train be named 'Shree Shakti Express', Modi, who is on his maiden visit to J and K

New Delhi/thiruvananthapuram, Jul 4: As the situation in Iraq worsened with at least 85 Indians now in captivity and the ISIS militants forcing the 46 nurses stranded in Tikrit to move out, reportedly to Mosul, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj called up the foreign ministers of six Gulf countries and sought their help on Thursday. Officials at the level of National Security Advisors and

New Delhi, Jul 4: As many as 31 air conditioners and 25 heaters were among a number of electrical appliances installed in the official bungalow of Sheila Dikshit in Delhi when she was the Chief Minister. An official response to an RTI query said Mrs. Dikshit's residence on 3-Motilal Nehru Marg, which has now been allotted to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, had at least 31 air conditioners