MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi says local authorities in Mizoram ‘handling situation on humanitarian grounds, facilitating return of those who wish to return to Myanmar’.
MEA spokesperson says Qatari court's 'confidential' judgment has only been shared with veterans' legal team, and that embassy in Doha got 2nd consular access to detainees on 7 November.
The former Indian Navy personnel were given death sentence on 26 October. The Indian nationals, who worked with Al Dahra, were arrested in August last year in alleged espionage case.
As India grapples with the lack of knowledge about the charges against the retired naval officers, it can leverage its strong ties with Qatar to reach a diplomatically favourable outcome.
Veterans, who were working for private firm that carried out projects with Qatar’s armed forces, were arrested last year over allegations that they passed on sensitive information.
This week we saw defence ministry’s selfie points unveiled, NCERT’s recommendation to replace India with Bharat and Qatar’s death penalty to Indian navy veterans....
Oman-headquartered Dahra Global Technologies and Consultancy Services is a defence services provider whose CEO Khamis Al-Ajmi was also briefly detained by Qatar last year.
Eight Indian Navy veterans were sentenced to death by a Qatar court Thursday. Charges have still not been made public officially, but reports claim they pertained to ‘spying for Israel’.
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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