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PM Modi interacts with Hakki Pikki tribe members evacuated from Sudan

Expressing happiness towards the Prime Minister, they said that in their heart, they feel he represents the strength of not the double engine but a triple engine

Andhra Pradesh govt opens helpline to evacuate students from Manipur

The Andhra Pradesh government on Saturday opened a helpline and a control room at AP Bhavan in Delhi for coordinating the evacuation of state students stuck in violence-hit Manipur. The helpline numbers are 011-23384016 and 011-23387089. "We are in constant touch with Manipur government and local administration to ensure all help," said the State government in a statement and shared six more helpline numbers from the northeastern state. Manipur officials contacts include Michael Achom, IRS (8399882392), Rehanuddin Choudhury, joint secretary (Home, 9436034077), Peter Salam, joint secretary (Home, 7005257760) and Charanjeet Singh, joint secretary (Home, 8794475406). Others include Mayengbam Veto Singh, deputy secretary (Home, 8730931414) and S Rudranarayan Singh, DSP (Home, 7085517602). "Parents of the wards who are in Manipur may communicate with helpline numbers to their children along with details of helpline established at AP Bhavan, New Delhi," the statement added. Students ar

Manipur: Army evacuate more than 16,000 people from violence-hit areas

In another incident, a violent crowd of approximately 400 people surrounded security personnel at Lamka village in the Churachandpur district

17 IAF flights, five sorties of Navy ships rescue 3,862 Indians from Sudan

India on Friday wrapped up 'Operation Kaveri', launched to rescue its nationals stranded in crisis-hit Sudan, with the transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force making its final flight to bring 47 passengers home. India launched Operation Kaveri on April 24 to evacuate its nationals from Sudan, which has witnessed deadly fighting between the country's army and a paramilitary group. With the arrival of the Indian Air Force C130 flight on Friday, 3,862 people have been moved out of Sudan through Operation Kaveri, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said. The Indian Air Force operated 17 flights and the Indian Navy ships carried out five sorties to move Indians from Port Sudan to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, he said. Jaishankar said 86 Indians were evacuated through countries bordering Sudan. "The flight from Wadi Sayyidna which was executed at great risk also deserves recognition," he said, adding that air force and commercial flights were pressed into service to bring people home fr

Andhra Pradesh expatriate returnees from Sudan increases to 98: Official

The number of Andhra Pradesh expatriates who returned from strife-torn Sudan safely to India rose to 98, said Andhra Pradesh Non-Resident Telugu Society (APNRTS) chief executive P Hemalatha Rani on Friday. Out of the 98, 97 have returned to their hometowns while the remaining one person is expected to reach Vijayawada on Saturday. "Of all the people who landed at airports in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kochi, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad, AP government has returned 63 of them to their hometowns via air and roadways at its own expense," said Venkat S Medapati, president of APNRTS, in a statement shared by the society. Medapati noted that some returnees who did not come through government assistance availed evacuation facility arranged by their employers. The evacuation, which is part of the Union government's 'Operation Kaveri', was coordinated by AP Bhavan additional resident commissioner Himanshu Kaushik, APNRTS, district officials and others for bringing back people from the souther

Big countries refused to evacuate their citizens: PM on Operation Kaveri

Moving passengers to Port Sudan from various locations across the country in precarious security circumstances was a complex exercise

22nd batch of Indians departs from Sudan for Jeddah under Operation Kaveri

Under Operation Kaveri, the 22nd batch with 135 stranded Indian evacuees have left on IAF C-130J aircraft from war-torn Sudan for Saudi Arabia's Jeddah

India brings back home 559 people under Operation Kaveri on Tuesday

India on Tuesday brought back home a total of 559 people under its mission to evacuate stranded Indians from violence-hit Sudan. While 231 Indians arrived in Ahmedabad, another batch of 328 citizens were brought to New Delhi. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar tweeted, "328 more passengers have landed in New Delhi. #OperationKaveri moving steadily forward as around 3000 have reached India now." Earlier in the day, 231 people reached Ahmedabad. "Another #OperationKaveri flight lands in Ahmedabad. 231 more passengers have reached home safely," Jaishankar said in another tweet. Separately, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said a group of 20 Indians crossed over to Chad through the adjoining land border with Sudan. "Our teams are facilitating their journey back home," he said on Twitter. On Monday, India brought back 186 people under the evacuation mission that was launched a week back. On Sunday, 229 Indians arrived in Bengaluru while 365 people reached De

SpiceJet to operate more flights to evacuate people under Operation Kaveri

SpiceJet on Monday said it plans to operate more flights from Saudi Arabia to different Indian cities to bring back people evacuated from Sudan under 'Operation Kaveri'. The no-frills airline operated a flight from Jeddah to Kochi on April 30 and brought back 184 Indians under Operation Kaveri. In a release, the carrier said it is in regular touch with the Ministry of External Affairs and the Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia to coordinate further evacuation efforts. "More evacuation flights from Saudi Arabia to different cities in India are being planned," it said. The airline operates daily flights from Jeddah to Calicut, Delhi and Mumbai. It also has daily services from Riyadh to Delhi. Under 'Operation Kaveri', a total of 2,140 Indians have been brought back from strife-torn Sudan, according to official data. Earlier, SpiceJet helped in evacuating more than 1,600 students under Operation Ganga by operating special flights to Budapest, Kosice and Suceava.

Nearly 3,000 Indians evacuated from crisis-hit Sudan under Operation Kaveri

Around 3,000 stranded Indians have left the crisis-hit Sudan for Jeddah till now, as India intensified Operation Kaveri to rescue stranded citizens from Khartoum on Friday

Operation Kaveri: India brings back another batch of 229 people from Sudan

India brought home another batch of 229 people on Sunday under its mission to evacuate stranded Indians from violence-hit Sudan. The fresh batch of evacuees arrived in Bengaluru, a day after 365 people returned from the African country to Delhi. "#OperationKaveri One more flight brings back 229 passengers to Bengaluru," External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar wrote on Twitter. Under the evacuation mission, 754 people arrived in India in two batches on Friday. The total number of Indians who have been brought back home from Sudan now stands at 1,954, according to official data. The Indians were brought back from the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah where India has set up a transit camp for the evacuees. The first batch of 360 evacuees returned to New Delhi in a commercial plane on Wednesday. The second batch of 246 Indian evacuees arrived in Mumbai in a C17 Globemaster aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Thursday. Under "Operation Kaveri", India has been taking its citizens in

Delhi-bound C-130J aircraft with 40 passengers takes off from Jeddah

An Indian Air Force C-130J aircraft with 40 passengers onboard took off from Jeddah on Sunday for New Delhi as 'Operation Kaveri' progresses further to evacuate stranded Indians from battle-torn Sudan

Operation Kaveri: 229 more Indians leave Jeddah in Bengaluru-bound flight

The Ministry of External Affairs said that under Operation Kaveri, 229 more Indians rescued from Sudan have left Jeddah in a Bengaluru-bound flight on Sunday

Operation Kaveri: INS Teg evacuates 288 Indians from crisis-hit Sudan

Indian Navy ship, INS Teg, successfully evacuated 288 stranded Indians under Operation Kaveri from the crisis-hit Sudan on Saturday

117 out of 1,191 passengers evacuated from Sudan put under quarantine

India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is working in close collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs to carry forward the operation

IndiGo to operate flights from Jeddah to Delhi under Operation Kaveri

IndiGo on Friday said it will operate chartered flights from Jeddah to the national capital and Bengaluru to bring back Indians evacuated from Sudan as part of Operation Kaveri. The airline will be operating two flights to bring more than 450 Indian citizens back to their homeland over the weekend, according to a statement. A321 aircraft will be used to operate these flights on April 28 and 30. They will be operated from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia to Delhi and Bengaluru. "IndiGo is closely liaising with the government to offer support for more such evacuations flights," the statement said. Under Operation Kaveri, India on Friday brought back 754 people from strife-torn Sudan. The total number of Indians brought home now stands at 1,360, according to official data.

Operation Kaveri: IAF brings back 754 Indians from war-torn Sudan

A C-17 heavy-lift aircraft of the Indian Air Force on Friday brought back home 392 people as part of the government's mission to evacuate stranded Indians from strife-torn Sudan. It is the third batch of Indians to be brought back home from Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah where India has set up a transit camp for the evacuees. "Another C-17 flight carrying 392 passengers reaches New Delhi," External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar tweeted. The first batch of 360 evacuees were brought to New Delhi in a commercial plane on Wednesday. The second batch of 246 Indian evacuees arrived in Mumbai in a C17 Globemaster aircraft the next day. The total number of Indians who were brought back home now stands at 998, according to official data. Under Operation Kaveri, India has been taking its citizens in buses from conflict zones of Khartoum and other troubled areas to Port Sudan from where they are being taken to the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah in Indian Air Force's heavy-lift transport aircraf

Operation Kaveri: 362 Indian evacuees from Jeddah leave for Bengaluru

About 31 tribals (Hakki Pikki) from Karnataka were stranded in the African country amid the violence between Sudan's military and the country's main paramilitary force

Operation Kaveri: Kwatra explains modus operandi adopted by India in Sudan

In the press briefing, Kwatra said Operation Kaveri is being carried out in an ecosystem which consists of a highly volatile conflict zone situation in Sudan

Centre monitors evacuation of Indians from Sudan, 600 reach home: Kwatra

Kwatra further informed that apart from INS Sumedha and INS Teg, the third naval ship INS Tarkash has also reached Port Sudan on Thursday to evacuate Indians from Khartoum