8,189 Indians lodged in various jails in foreign countries, maximum in Saudi Arabia: MEAMinister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said that of the total number of Indian prisoners in foreign countries, 4,206 are im...
03 Jul, 2019, 04.32 PM IST
1,557 Indians released from Pakistan prisons: MEAA total of 508 Indian fishermen were released from Pakistan in 2018 (as on December 13) while 60 Pakistani fishermen were released from Ind...
19 Dec, 2018, 07.02 PM IST
Help pours in for 'poor' Indian family of 7 in UAE; Indian mission assures assistanceMadhusudhanan, 60, from Kerala, and his Sri Lankan wife Rohini, 55, had claimed to be "living like prisoners" in Sharjah and sought help fr...
09 Jul, 2018, 07.04 PM IST
Over 500 Indians lodged in Pakistani jails: ReportMost of the Indian prisoners are fishermen who have been arrested for territorial breach in the Arabian Sea.
19 Dec, 2017, 11.14 PM IST
Indian billionaire to pay for expat prisoners' ticketsFaraj Fund was established in June 2009 in Abu Dhabi through a decree issued by the Minister of Social Affairs.
23 May, 2017, 02.13 PM IST
NRI businessman helps debt-ridden Indian prisoners' releaseA Dubai-based Indian businessman has come forward to provide financial assistance to help the release of debt-ridden Indian prisoners.
19 Aug, 2015, 03.46 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi to connect with 2.6 million Indians in UAEPM Narendra Modi is expected to connect with the Indian diaspora in the UAE by addressing meet of nearly 40,000 expats and woo the energy-r...
10 Aug, 2015, 09.01 AM IST
About 11,500 Indians in UAE, Saudi Arabia jails since last 3 years under various chargesAbout 11,500 Indians are languishing in the prisons of United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia over the past three years for various offences.
30 Jul, 2015, 07.52 PM IST
Over 5,900 Indians in jails abroad, 1400 in Saudi Arabia, 468 in PakistanOf the total 5,986 Indians in foreign jails, 1,400 (23 per cent) of them are in Saudi Arabia alone. The next highest tally comes from UAE.
17 Jul, 2014, 04.59 PM IST
80% of Indians jailed in UAE don't want to be repatriatedAlmost 80% of Indian prisoners in the UAE are eligible for relocation to Indian jails but only 10% wish to serve the remainder of sentence ...
23 Jan, 2014, 06.49 PM IST
Over 6,000 Indians in foreign jailsThere are over 6,000 Indian prisoners lodged in foreign jails for various crimes while another 117 are languishing abroad despite completio...
07 Aug, 2013, 06.23 PM IST
- UAE ratifies extradition treaty with India
The UAE today ratified an extradition treaty facilitating the transfer of prisoners between the Gulf state and India.
20 May, 2013, 08.41 PM IST
6569 Indians lodged in foreign prisonsThe list also showed that UK has 426, USA 155, China 157, Bangladesh 62, Afghanistan 28, Bahrain 18 and Nepal 377 Indian prisoners.
03 May, 2013, 01.17 PM IST
No requests from Kasab's family to bring his body back: PakistanKasab, the lone surviving member of a group of 10 Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists that attacked Mumbai in November 2008, was hanged in a Pune ja...
14 Dec, 2012, 04.35 PM IST
- UAE Cabinet approves extradition agreement with India
The agreement, signed by the two countries in November 2011, is expected to help around 1,200 Indian prisoners who have been languishing in...
10 Dec, 2012, 11.31 AM IST
- India, UAE ink pacts to widen bilateral ties
India and UAE have signed two key agreements, including one which will facilitate each other's convicted prisoners to serve rest of their s...
24 Nov, 2011, 04.55 AM IST
- UAE arrests 3,000 Indian workers for rioting
Nearly 3,000 Indian workers have been detained at an undisclosed location on the outskirts of the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi, on charges of rio...
08 Jul, 2008, 08.08 AM IST