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NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday spoke to his Iranian counterpart Seyed Abbas Araghci and thanked him for facilitating safe evacuation of Indian nationals during the conflict between Israel and the Shiite state.In a social media post on X, Jaishankar said that Araghchi shared perspective and thinking about the heightened tensions between…
NEW DELHI: As tensions flare in the Middle East, Operation Sindhu has emerged as a lifeline for thousands of its citizens stranded in conflict-hit regions. In just over a week, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) has orchestrated the evacuation of 3,426 Indians from Iran and 818 from Israel, along with several citizens of neighboring…
NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday evacuated over 1,100 citizens from Iran and Israel amid the ongoing tensions between the two countries, bringing the total number of evacuees under Operation Sindhu to 3,170.From Israel, 594 Indians were brought back, with the Indian Air Force using C-17 heavy-lift aircraft to fly out over 400 people after they…
Operation Sindhu update (Image: X/ @MEAIndia) Amid rising tensions between Israel and Iran, an IAF C-17 flight safely evacuated 165 Indian nationals from Israel. The aircraft landed in Delhi on June 24, arriving from Amman, Jordan. The evacuees were received by Union minister of State (MoS) for external affairs Dr L Murugan.This evacuation is part…
Under Operation Sindhu, a special flight carrying 285 Indian nationals from Mashhad, Iran, landed in Delhi late Saturday night. The government plans to operate three more evacuation flights from Iran over the next two to three days, union minister of state for external affairs Pabitra Margherita said on Sunday.The passengers, hailing from states including Bihar,…
NEW DELHI: India on Sunday brought home 311 more citizens from the Iranian city of Mashhad amid intensifying conflict between Iran and Israel, taking the total number of evacuees to 1,428 under the ongoing Operation Sindhu. The latest batch of Indians arrived in Delhi at 4:30 pm on a special chartered flight. “Three-hundred eleven Indian…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister has said that India should not expect “smooth sailing” all the time when it comes to relations with neighbouring countries. Speaking in an interview on DD India, he said that New Delhi has worked to create a “collective interest” with its neighbours—so that even if governments change, the relationship stays…
NEW DELHI: Indian embassy in Israel dismissed the reports that Indians were being “forced” to leave Israel amid escalating tensions in the Middle East. Sharing a social media forward which was falsely being attributed to the embassy, it cautioned against fake news and advised the citizens to refer to the official accounts and handles for…
NEW DELHI: India on Saturday announced it will extend its evacuation efforts in Iran to include citizens of Nepal and Sri Lanka, following formal requests from the two neighbouring nations. The move comes amid escalating tensions in the Middle East triggered by Israel’s Operation Rising Lion aimed at curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions, to which Tehran…
File photo: Israeli Ambassador to India Reuven Azar (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: As tensions continue to rise between Israel and Iran, Israeli Ambassador to India Reuven Azar has said that his country remains in “constant contact” with ministry of external affairs (MEA) regarding the safety and evacuation of Indian nationals from Israel.In an interview…
