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Relatives said they received panicked phone calls from some of the workers five days after Mosul was captured, asking for help. (Photo: ANI Twitter)

Killed in front of my eyes: How bodies of 38 Indians slain by IS were...

The abducted workers, most from northern India, had been employed by a construction company operating near Mosul.

20 March 2018 8:42 PM IST

External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj had told Parliament on Tuesday that all 39 Indians, abducted by the ISIS in Iraq nearly three years back, were killed and their bodies were recovered. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Hopes trashed as kin get informed on TV about Indian captives' death

Several relatives of the killed workers said they were not officially informed about their loved ones by any government...

20 March 2018 7:04 PM IST

The External Affairs Minister termed the action of the opposition leaders as unfortunate. (Photo: ANI)

Didn't mislead, needed proof of Indian captives' death, says Sushma...

Sushma accused Rahul Gandhi of asking Jyotiraditya Scindia to lead protests in Lok Sabha.

20 March 2018 4:12 PM IST

I told the truth that 39 Indians were killed. The government has misled the 39 families who lost their relatives, said Harjit Masih. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Told govt all 39 were dead, yet they misguided families: Escaped...

However, the Centre denied escaped hostage Harjit Masih's claims saying that he had lied.

20 March 2018 3:54 PM IST

Amid the din, the notices of no-confidence motion against the government could not be taken up for the third day on Monday. (Photo: File/PTI)

LS uproar prevents Sushma from detailing Indian hostages' death in...

Amid slogan shouting, Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day with Speaker terming the scenes as unfortunate.

20 March 2018 3:02 PM IST

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the second phase of budget session, at the Parliament House in New Delhi on Tuesday. Swaraj says that the 39 bodies exhumed from a mount in Badoosh in Iraq has been identified as those of Indians and will be brought back to India on a special plane.

Govt delayed declaration on Indian captives, gave false hopes to...

Congress says the way Government gave high hopes to the families was not right and demands answers.

20 March 2018 2:54 PM IST

Deep penetration radar confirmed that all Indians were dead after all bodies were exhumed, said Sushma Swaraj. (Photo: Screengrab)

All 39 Indians kidnapped in Iraq's Mosul killed by ISIS: Sushma Swaraj

39 Indians who were taken hostage in Iraq's Mosul have died: Sushma Swaraj told in her Rajya Sabh address.

20 March 2018 11:20 AM IST

The first two-plus-two meeting between India and the US was tentatively scheduled for April 18-19. (Photo: AP)

India-US two-plus-two meeting postponed

The two-plus-two dialogue was seen as a vehicle to elevate the strategic relationship between the two countries.

18 March 2018 10:03 AM IST

Sushma Swaraj calls on Myanmar Prez, hold bilateral talk

Sushma Swaraj calls on Myanmar Prez, hold bilateral talk

Ms Swaraj is here on a two-day visit for discussions on a number of bilateral and regional issues, including the...

11 May 2018 2:19 AM IST

We are in touch with different people who are involved in the exercise through the Afghan government, MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said. (Photo: Twitter/ANI)

Govt in touch with Afghan authorities to secure release of 7 abducted...

The Indian engineers were abducted by the Taliban militants from near the Cheshma-e-Sher area in Baghlan on Sunday.

10 May 2018 7:34 PM IST

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will first address the Rajya Sabha at 11 am and the Lok Sabha at 12 noon. (Photo: PTI)

No place like 'Indian occupied Kashmir', says Sushma Swaraj to student...

A J&K student with 'Indian occupied Kashmir' as his Twitter location had asked Sushma Swaraj for passport related help.

10 May 2018 6:00 PM IST

Earlier in July 2017, Singh had travelled to Erbil, Iraq to locate and bring back the 39 Indians reportedly kept in Mosul as hostages of the ISIS. (Photo: PTI/File)

VK Singh to travel to Iraq on April 1 to bring back mortal of slain...

Sushma Swaraj informed the Rajya Sabha that all 39 Indians kidnapped by ISIS in Mosul were dead.

30 March 2018 12:24 PM IST