Kerala Nurses

Forty-four nurses return to India from strife-torn Libya

Kerala nurses evacuated from Libya, who arrived here on Tuesday, are so traumatised by their experience in the violence-hit country that as one of them said "words cannot describe our pain".

Kerala nurses evacuated from Iraq will get salary arrears shortly: Chandy

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today assured that the 46 nurses from Kerala, who were evacuated from violence-hit Iraq recently, would get their salary arrears amount shortly.

Determination showed by 46 nurses helped in their rescue, says Chandy

The grit and determination of the 46 nurses helped in their evacuation from Iraq, said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy.

Iraq crisis: Is India in touch with Abu Bakr al Baghdadi to secure release of its 39 hostages?

India must have none other than ISIL chief on the radar screens of its ‘trap doors’ diplomacy for securing the release of the 39 Indian construction workers.

Modi sarkar's first budget session begins amid price rise, Iraq, LoP tussle

At the Budget session, the Congress will rue the absence of stalwarts with sound knowledge of budget and economy -- they either lost the election or did not contest.

Indian nurses freed by ISIL, so why are 39 construction workers still in Iraq?

Back channel and diplomatic talks were held with the Americans, Syrians, Iranians, Qataris, Turks, the Saudis and possibly the Israelis. Shrouded in complete secrecy, negotiations continue for the other Indian hostages too.

Nervous or naive: Can India act firmly to save the nurses stranded in Iraq?

Apart from the 46 nurses who are caught in a state of fear and uncertainty, there is another set of 39 Indians who are already in captivity by the ISIS.

India's Iraq crisis deepens as ISIL takes 46 nurses hostage

In terms of gravity, this is the Kandahar-type crisis and challenge for the Narendra Modi government. Earlier the relatives of kidnapped construction workers had descended on New Delhi from Punjab. Now the family members of kidnapped nurses are likely to troop to New Delhi from Kerala.

Iraq crisis: 46 Kerala nurses in Tikrit asked to board bus to Mosul

The 46 Indian nurses stranded in Iraq's Tikrit town that has been overrun by ISIS militants have been told to board a bus by unknown men and proceed to Mosul.

Send us home or to another place: Kerala nurses in Tikrit

The 46 Kerala nurses stranded in Tikrit town in northern Iraq asked the Indian embassy officials to either take them home or change their place of work.