Mumbai, April 6 The Bombay High Court on Monday sought the response of the Deputy Director General of Shipping regarding the demand for a DNA test of the remains made by the family of a 25-year-old seafarer who was killed in the West Asia conflict.Dixit Solanki was killed on March 4 after an...
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Mumbai, April 3 The family of a 25-year-old seafarer, killed in a suspected drone boat attack off the Omani coast last month during the West Asia conflict, has moved the Bombay High Court seeking directions to the Union government to bring his remains back.The petition, filed by Dixit...
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Ghaziabad/Meerut, April 1 "We knew there could be an attack on the way, but we had to take that chance," said 27-year-old Ketan Mehta, recalling the moment he and fellow Indian sailors decided to flee a war zone in Iran after weeks of detention and uncertainty.What began as a routine voyage...
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Washington, March 21 – The US military sank a boat allegedly involved in drug trafficking in the eastern Pacific, and three people on board survived the incident, the US Southern Command said."Intelligence confirmed that the low-profile vessel was operating along known drug trafficking routes...
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Colombo, March 13 – The bodies of 84 identified Iranian sailors killed in the March 4 US attack on the warship IRIS Dena off the coast of Sri Lanka were repatriated to Iran, the Sri Lankan Defence Ministry said on Friday.The bodies are being transported to Iran via a special flight that...
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Colombo, March 13 Sri Lanka handed over the bodies of 45 sailors killed in an attack on an Iranian warship off the country's coast to Iran's embassy on Friday, officials said.Chief Magistrate Sameera Dodangoda issued the order on March 11 to the Director of the National Hospital at Karapitiya...
March 11, New Delhi — A court in Sri Lanka has ordered authorities to release the bodies of 84 Iranian sailors recovered after the sinking of the IRIS Dena off the island's southern coast.The order was issued by the Chief Magistrate of Galle following a request from local police. The...
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New Delhi, March 7 External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar confirmed on Saturday that India had permitted an Iranian ship to dock in Kochi on humanitarian grounds following a request from the Iranian side on February 28, as the vessel was facing some difficulties.Permission was granted for the...
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New Delhi, March 6 Top government sources on Friday described claims that the Indian Navy provided intelligence to the US about an Iranian frigate that was sunk by a US military submarine two days ago as "baseless and preposterous".There is no question of providing any input to the US on this...
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Mumbai, March 5 The US submarine that sank the Iranian warship IRIS Dena off the coast of Sri Lanka did not issue any warning before launching the attack, an Iranian diplomat said on Thursday.Speaking to