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Sushma raises concern over safety of abducted Indian priest with Yemen Min
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj raised the issue of the safety and release of Indian priest Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was kidnapped in April 2016 from Aden, during her talks with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic
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Melbourne church attack: Our Consulate in touch with Indian priest, says S
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 20 (ANI): Day after Indian catholic priest Father Tomy Kalathoor Mathew was attacked in a church in Australia, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj took cognizance of the matter saying that the former was taken to the hospital and Indian Consulate officials were in
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Father Tom's abduction is a failure of Indian diplomacy: Congress
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 28 (ANI): Dubbing catholic priest Father Tom's abduction by the Islamic State as a 'tragic situation', the Congress Party on Wednesday hit out at the government stating that it is the failure of the Indian diplomacy.
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Govt. won't spare any effort to secure Father Tom's release: Sus
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 27 (ANI): Responding to a plea by Father Thomas Uzhunnalil, a Catholic priest under Islamic State's captivity in Yemen, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday asserted that the government won't spare any effort to secure the former's release
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India in touch with Yemen, Saudi Arabia to secure Father Tom's releas
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 26 (ANI): Responding to an Indian Catholic priest's request, who was abducted in Yemen this year, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official spokesperson Vikas Swarup on Monday said India is in regular touch with Saudi Arabia and Yemen authorities and is underta
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No information yet on whereabouts of Father Tom: MEA
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 30 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has admitted that they have not been able to procure any information yet on the whereabouts of Father Tom, who went missing in Yemen and a purported video of him being tortured by the ISIS cropped up on social media.
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Making continuous efforts to locate Father Tom, will bring him home: Sushm
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): After the purported video of kidnapped Father Tom being tortured by the ISIS cropped up on social media, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday asserted that the Centre was doing everything in its power to bring the Malayalee priest back home safely.
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ISIS abducted Kerala priest's torture footage posted on Facebook
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Kochi, July 20 (ANI): A video clipping allegedly of Father Tom Uzhunnalil, a Catholic priest from Kerala who was abducted by Islamic State militants in Yemen has surfaced on Facebook page.
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