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Air India plans to operate special flight from Basra to New Delhi on Septe
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], September 10 (ANI): Air India is intending to operate a special evacuation charter flight to facilitate the return of stranded Indian nationals from Basra in Iraq to New Delhi on September 17 under the Vande Bharat Mission, the Indian Embassy in Baghdad said on Thursday.
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Harbhajan Singh to donate ration to 5000 families amid coronavirus crisis
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): As India continues its fight against the coronavirus, cricketer Harbhajan Singh on Sunday pledged to distribute ration to 5,000 families along with his wife Geeta Basra.
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Coast Guard rescues 13 Indian crew members from sinking merchant tanker
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 23 (ANI): Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Wednesday coordinated the rescue of 13 Indian crew members from a Merchant tanker MT Reem, following flooding in its engine room.
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2 Iraqi journalists shot dead while covering anti-government protests
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Jan 13 (ANI): An Iraqi journalist and his cameraman were shot dead by unknown gunmen last week while covering anti-government demonstrations in Iraq's southern city of Basra, officials said.
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6 killed, 158 wounded in anti-gov't protests in southern Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Nov 24 (ANI): At least six people were killed and some 158 others sustained injuries in anti-government protests in southern provinces of Basra and Dhi Qar on Sunday, the Iraqi Independent High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR) had said.
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Iraqi forces kill several protesters in Baghdad, Basra
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Nov 8 (ANI): Six demonstrators in Baghdad and five others in Basra were shot dead by Iraq's security forces on Thursday as they were trying to remove barriers blocking their march in Central Baghdad, the police and medical officials said.
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Iraq: Rocket hits site housing several global oil companies in Basra, 2 in
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Basra [Iraq], Jun 19 (ANI): In the latest attack on oil infrastructure in the Middle East, a rocket struck at the site housing headquarters of several global oil companies in Iraq's southern city of Basra on Wednesday morning.
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ExxonMobil evacuates 30 foreign engineers from Iraqi oil field
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], May 19 (ANI): American multinational oil and gas corporation ExxonMobil announced on Saturday that 30 of its foreign engineers have been evacuated from the West Qurna 1 oil field in Iraq's Basra.
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US warns Iran over attacks on its diplomatic missions in Iraq
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 12 (ANI): The United States of America warned Iran in the back drop of life-threatening attacks taking place in Iraq, including one on the US consulate in Basra and American embassy compound in Baghdad and said that Washington DC will "respond swiftly and decisi
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Iranian Consulate reportedly set on fire by protestors in Iraq
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Basra [Iraq], Sep 07 (ANI): The Iranian Consulate in Iraq has been set on fire by agitated protestors on Friday after they protested against unemployment and the poor state of communal services escalated.
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Saddam Hussein's 30 million dollars yacht repurposed as a hotel
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Basra [Iraq], May 24 (ANI): Deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's 30 million dollars, 270-foot presidential yacht, named the Basrah Breeze, will now operate as a hotel facility for Iraqi maritime pilots shipping in and out of Basra.
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When stars came down to mark Zaheer-Sagarika's engagement
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): After Harbhajan Singh and Geeta Basra, and Yuvraj Singh and Hazel Keech, now Zaheer Khan and Sagarika Ghatge have given the cricketing and Bollywood frats another reason to celebrate a union.
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