Samaritan's Purse plane hijacked in South Sudan: Pilot lands safely, gunman arrestedA humanitarian flight carrying vital medicines in South Sudan faced a dramatic hijacking. An armed individual boarded a Samaritan's Purse p...
04 Dec, 2025, 01.02 PM IST
Plane crashes in South Sudan, killing 20A plane crash in South Sudan's Unity State on Wednesday resulted in the deaths of 20 out of 21 passengers and crew, reported by UN's Radio ...
30 Jan, 2025, 12.37 AM IST
Tripura BJP MLA Surajit Datta dies after a prolonged illnessSurajit Datta, a BJP MLA from Tripura, died after a long illness. He was elected seven times from the Ramnagar Assembly Constituency and wa...
28 Dec, 2023, 05.27 PM IST
CBI gets govt nod to prosecute former Sudan Ambassador Deepak Vohra in financial bungling caseThe agency had to seek the sanction on the directions of a special court which has rejected two closure reports filed by the agency against...
07 Feb, 2022, 02.06 PM IST
India welcomes removal of Sudan from state sponsors of terrorism listLast month, Sudan's transitional government inked the peace agreement with several militant groups with an aim to end years of civil war th...
09 Nov, 2020, 03.33 PM IST
2 military aircraft to be sent to South Sudan to evacuate IndiansThe relief flight is expected to reach Juba tomorrow morning, an official advisory said, adding only Indian nationals with valid Indian tra...
11 Jul, 2018, 02.13 PM IST
156 people evacuated from South Sudan return to India"I welcome our brothers and sisters on their safe return from strife torn South Sudan. Your country is always with you in hour of crisis," ...
15 Jul, 2016, 11.53 PM IST
156 Indians evacuated from South Sudan return homeMoS for External Affairs, VK Singh, who accompanied the passengers, told at the airport that 156 persons have been evacuated, of whom two a...
15 Jul, 2016, 09.15 AM IST
VK Singh to lead evacuation of Indians from South SudanTwo IAF C-17 Globemasters will take off for Juba in South Sudan on Thursday to evacuate around 500 Indian nationals from the violence-hit A...
13 Jul, 2016, 06.51 PM IST
Arrangements made for evacuation of Indians from South Sudan: Sushma Swaraj"We have made all arrangements to evacuate Indians from South Sudan in case the situation deteriorates further," Swaraj said.
12 Jul, 2016, 06.07 PM IST
India to evacuate nationals from South SudanSouth Sudan's capital is witnessing heavy fighting due to clashes between former rebels and government soldiers in several parts of the cit...
11 Jul, 2016, 04.15 PM IST
Juba, the most expensive in the world for expatriatesWith an enduring civil war, brutal exchange rates, and poor infrastructure, Juba is an expensive choice for foreign workers and their emplo...
16 Jun, 2015, 01.21 PM IST
BJP youth wing members arrested for trying to enter Bangladesh visa office26 members of Juba Janamorcha, the youth wing of BJP were arrested today while demonstrating before the Bangladesh Visa office.
08 Jan, 2014, 10.06 PM IST
India facilitating safe return of nationals from South SudanGovernment today said it was closely monitoring the political developments as well as the evolving situation in strife-torn South Sudan.
24 Dec, 2013, 08.53 PM IST
- Indian envoy in South Sudan on oil mission
The foreign ministry's decision to send a special envoy to these countries last week came three months after China sent its own special env...
02 Apr, 2012, 09.40 AM IST
- India extends diplomatic recognition to South Sudan
India has become one of the first nations to accord diplomatic recognition to South Sudan, the world's youngest country.
10 Jul, 2011, 10.55 AM IST
- South Sudan becomes world's newest nation tomorrow
After decades of brutal war which killed two million people, oil-rich South Sudan finally becomes independent from Sudan's Khartoum-ruled n...
08 Jul, 2011, 03.39 PM IST