Showing posts with label Yemen crisis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yemen crisis. Show all posts

Friday, 11 September 2015

Yemen crisis: Six Indians killed in Saudi-led air strikes, confirms MEA

The six were among seven nationals who were initially reported missing when two boats, 'Mustafa' and 'Asmar', carrying a total of 21 Indian nationals, came under aerial attack on September 8.
  
"It is now regrettably informed that late at night on 10 September, the bodies of six of the missing persons present on the two boats were recovered and were brought to the Military Hospital. The families of the deceased have been informed, and their verbal consent has been taken for appropriate funeral rites to be performed in Hodeidah as per religious practises," MEA Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said.
  
He also noted that the Indian embassy in Yemen's Camp Office in Djibouti has been constantly in touch with authorities and local contacts to ascertain more details.
  
"Of the remaining 15 Indians on the two boats, 14 are safe in Hodeidah, and of these four are undergoing treatment in a local hospital. All the 14 are in regular touch with their families. One person is still missing, and the Mission is working with the local authorities and contacts to ascertain his whereabouts," he added. http://post.jagran.com/yemen-crisis-six-indians-killed-in-saudiled-air-strikes-confirms-mea-1441963042

Source: India News 

Friday, 10 April 2015

Six-day-old Indian baby girl evacuated from Yemen

Soon after landing at Kochi international airport, the baby named Parvati, suffering from some health problem, was taken to the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences here along with her mother, officials said.

The baby and mother have been admitted to the hospital, a hospital spokesman said.

Earlier, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin had tweeted about the baby's rescue and also posted her picture.

"Youngest evacuee from Yemen. 3 day baby in incubator along with an accompanying Doctor on AI flight to Kochi," he had tweeted.

The baby and her parents-Raji and Shashi-were brought to Djibouti from Sanaa yesterday by an AI flight.   

The Indian authorities in Djibouti sent a doctor Uma Nambiar along with the baby to Kochi. It was six days ago Raji, a nurse working in a hospital at Amran in Yemen, gave birth to the baby.

A Navy spokesman said they were supposed to be evacuated from Yemen a day before but it did not happen because of the health condition of the baby.

Nambiar said the present situation of the baby was stable.