The sailors were accused of oil theft about 9 months ago and detained in Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria until their release on 28 May. They are expected to reach India by 10 June.
External affairs minister S. Jaishankar told Lok Sabha Monday that sailors are getting legal & consular support. Families welcome remarks but want govt to help speed up proceedings.
Parliamentarian AA Rahim requested EA Minister S Jaishankar, to 'urgently intervene' in the matter of 'illegal detention' of the 16 Indian sailors part of MT Heroic Idun.
Seafarer Bejoy Sequeira's remains were stuck in Mauritius since 17 Sept. His family and Goa's NRI Affairs Commission want 'full' autopsy report to ascertain if he died of Covid.
Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya says the crew will first sail to Japan and subsequently fly to India after following the necessary Covid-19 protocols.
The sailors were entrapped by agents posing as women, blackmailed into giving out sensitive information, and then regularly paid through hawala operator.
Like Turkey and Egypt, Pakistan is one of a handful of powers with the human resources and infrastructure to help secure the Persian Gulf as Trump’s America draws down its military presence.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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