Iran suspends visa-free entry for Indians following misuse by traffickersIn a decisive move to combat rising human trafficking, Iran has halted visa-free access for visitors from India effective November 22. The ...
18 Nov, 2025, 11.51 PM IST
MEA cautions against job fraud cases as Iran suspends visa-free access for IndiansIndian nationals travelling to Iran face new visa rules. The visa-free entry for ordinary passport holders will be suspended from November ...
18 Nov, 2025, 12.59 AM IST
Couple among 4 from Gujarat return home after being held hostage in Iran for ransomFour Gujarati residents, including a married couple from Gandhinagar district, have returned home safely. They were allegedly held hostage ...
28 Oct, 2025, 10.08 PM IST
MEA cautions citizens of fake visa agents promising visa-free entry into IranThe Ministry of External Affairs of India has cautioned citizens about deceptive employment offers in Iran. Indians are being lured with fa...
19 Sep, 2025, 09.48 PM IST
Indian man kidnapped, tortured in Iran after being lured by promise of Australia jobHimanshu Mathur, a Delhi resident, was allegedly kidnapped and tortured in Iran after being promised a job abroad. Lured by an agent with t...
15 Sep, 2025, 12.44 PM IST
Acting on Delhi's call, Iran rescues 3 IndiansIndia collaborated with Iran to secure the release of three Indian citizens allegedly abducted by a Pakistani gang in Tehran. Following dip...
04 Jun, 2025, 11.52 PM IST
Pak role in kidnapping of 3 Indians in Iran? India probesIndia investigates Pakistan's potential involvement in the abduction of three Indian citizens in Iran. Families received ransom demands fro...
30 May, 2025, 11.38 PM IST
Gujarat couple who were kidnapped in Iran while seeking to reach US illegally returnsThe couple were released by the kidnappers on payment of a ransom of Rs 10 lakh, police said. Krushnanagar police in Ahmedabad city had on ...
21 Jun, 2023, 10.31 PM IST
India in touch with Russia to secure engineers’ releaseMoscow, which has contacts and considerable interests in Afghanistan, may assist in the rescue amid hard negotiations going on since Sunday.
11 May, 2018, 12.44 PM IST
$400 million to Iran was nothing but ransom: Trump campaignThe top GOP leadership and the Trump campaign was quick in criticising the Obama Administration alleging that the US paid ransom for releas...
19 Aug, 2016, 09.49 AM IST
Verifying Pakistan Taliban hostage video says ChinaAcquaintances of Hong told the daily that they are also waiting for the official confirmation on the identity of the man in the video.
26 May, 2015, 08.05 PM IST
India relies on Iraq military offensive to release kidnapped nurses stranded at Tikrit hospitalWhile Delhi is working through its partners in the Gulf, including Saudi Arabia, to negotiate with ISIS which has run over Mosul and Tikrit.
02 Jul, 2014, 01.13 AM IST
40 workers abducted in Iraq, Ex-ambassador Suresh Reddy despatched to Iraq; New Delhi seeks help of US, Israel, Iran and TurkeyThe nurses are stranded in Tikrit, which is under militant control, with many of them holed up in the hospital where they work. Nurses said...
19 Jun, 2014, 03.33 AM IST
- Five Somali pirates drown with ransom share
Five of the pirates who hijacked a Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a $3 million ransom, a relative said Saturday, the day aft...
11 Jan, 2009, 12.15 AM IST
- Oil prices rise as Nigeria pipeline attacks cut output
Oil prices rose on Monday as Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell cut output in Nigeria after militants sabotaged at least one of its...
28 Jul, 2008, 09.14 PM IST
- Kidnapped Indian, Nepalese freed in Afghanistan
Afghan security forces freed an Indian and a Nepalese national kidnapped a month ago in the western province of Herat, a provincial intelli...
18 May, 2008, 09.22 AM IST
- Indian worker in Afghanistan kidnapped
In yet another instance of the increasing vulnerability of Indians working in Afghanistan, an Indian working for a private company was kidn...
23 Apr, 2008, 06.01 AM IST