At least 45 Indians were killed in the fire incident, and 31 bodies of victims from Kerala (23), Tamil Nadu (7), and Karnataka (1) were brought via a special aircraft of the Indian Air Force to Kerala's Kochi on Friday.
Minister K Rajan said that it was unfortunate that State Health Minister Veena George was not permitted to travel to Kuwait. "Our intention was to coordinate the efforts and make sure Keralites are getting treatment. But Union government made her wait due to technical reasons," he said.
Indian Air Force's C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft is on stand-by at the Hindan airbase near Delhi for bringing back bodies of Indian-origin persons who lost their lives in a fire incident in Kuwait, Defence officials said on Thursday.
Before leaving for Kuwait in order to take a stock of the situation there, the Union Minister of State for External Affairs, Kirti Vardhan Singh said that the victims are mostly burn victims and some of the bodies have been charred beyond recognition. He further added that the rest of the
The bodies of the deceased, namely Pooja Saini, a resident of Murlipura in Jaipur, her two-year-old son Livansh (Kuttu), Rajendra Saini and Mamta Saini, both residents of Chaumun in Jaipur, and one of the injured Pawan Saini, were brought to Jaipur.
Soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took oath of office for the third term on Sunday from the Rashtrapati Bhavan premises, Indian industry bodies congratulated him and his alliance partners, as they look forward to working together for the good of the country.
Following incidents of drowning of students, the Indian Embassy in Russia issued an advisory on Friday, urging them to be extremely careful while going to water bodies.
A day ago (Thursday), four Indian students studying at the Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University in Veliky Novgorod, Russia, drowned in the Volkhov river, with a fifth student narrowly escaping and currently receiving medical attention.
In an unfortunate incident, five Indian students drowned in a river, of which one was saved in Russia's St Petersburg. The Indian embassy has assured that the authorities are working to send the bodies to the relatives as soon as possible.
Bodies of two terrorists have been recovered in Pulwama's Nihama area following an exchange of fire between terrorists and security personnel, police said on Monday.
Chhattisgarh BJP President Kiran Singh Deo on Monday took a jibe at Congress for claiming to win 295 seats and said that the party never trusted the constitutional institutions and the reason behind their statements is to create an "unstable atmosphere" in the country.