46 Nurses

The training programme, which was co-ordinated by two teaching faculties from Rufaida College of Nursing and 13 other trainers including from the Daksh Lab, Jamia Hamdard, started on June 2. As many as 46 ward boys and attendants were trained as part of the first batch of the programme.

For many of the 46 nurses who have returned from war-torn Iraq after the intervention of Indian government, it's a new struggle, of finding jobs and financial stability.

The grit and determination of the 46 nurses helped in their evacuation from Iraq, said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy as he called for providing higher education and jobs in the state so that there is no need to go abroad.

A day after 46 Indian nurses returned to Kochi in Kerala from war-torn Iraq, a special chartered flight carrying 200 more Indians from Najaf landed at the Delhi International Airport this morning.

After about a month long ordeal in strife torn Iraq, 46 Indian nurses returned to their homeland today with most of them vowing not to go back risking their lives.

46 Indian nurses who were stranded in war-torn Iraq returned to Kochi in Kerala on a special Air India plane today and had an emotional reunion with their families. Anxious relatives, clutching flower bouquets and hoisting "Welcome Home" banners, had been waiting for them at the airport since morning. The nurses were held captive by the Sunni insur...

UAE-based Indian businessman BR Shetty has offered the 46 nurses freed by insurgents in Iraq jobs in hospitals he owns across the Gulf country, Nepal, Bhutan and India.

An Air India flight with 46 nurses freed by Sunni insurgents in Iraq is set to arrive on Saturday noon, officials said.

46 Indian nurses who were freed by militants in Iraq on Friday evening are on their way to Kochi and will reunite with their families shortly. The special Air India plane that was sent to bring them back from the war-torn country will land at the Kochi international airport around noon. The flight made a brief stop at the Mumbai airport this morn...

The special Air India plane that is bringing back 46 Indian nurses who were freed by militants in war-torn Iraq on Friday evening is expected to land in India soon. The plane took off from the airport in Erbil in the autonomous region of Kurdistan at about 4.15 am IST.

The special Air India flight sent to bring back 46 Indian nurses and over 100 others has taken off from the airport in Erbil in the autonomous region of Kurdistan. The nurses were freed by Sunni militant group ISIS in war-torn Iraq on Friday evening.

46 Indian nurses held captive in war-torn Iraq have been freed by the Sunni militant group ISIS and are on their way home. The nurses, who will take a flight to India from Erbil airport, are expected to reach India by tomorrow morning.

46 nurses taken captive by the Sunni insurgent group ISIS in Iraq were freed on Friday and flown back home in what the Narendra Modi government is chalking up as its first diplomatic victory.

An Air India Boeing 777 left New Delhi for Iraq this evening to bring back 46 nurses freed from captivity and also some others from India trapped in the strife-torn country.

Roots-Norka, the state agency for the Kerala diaspora, will transfer the 46 nurses returning from Iraq Saturday from the Cochin airport to their homes, the government said on Friday.

The training programme, which was co-ordinated by two teaching faculties from Rufaida College of Nursing and 13 other trainers including from the Daksh Lab, Jamia Hamdard, started on June 2. As many as 46 ward boys and attendants were trained as part of the first batch of the programme.

For many of the 46 nurses who have returned from war-torn Iraq after the intervention of Indian government, it's a new struggle, of finding jobs and financial stability.

The grit and determination of the 46 nurses helped in their evacuation from Iraq, said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy as he called for providing higher education and jobs in the state so that there is no need to go abroad.

A day after 46 Indian nurses returned to Kochi in Kerala from war-torn Iraq, a special chartered flight carrying 200 more Indians from Najaf landed at the Delhi International Airport this morning.

After about a month long ordeal in strife torn Iraq, 46 Indian nurses returned to their homeland today with most of them vowing not to go back risking their lives.

46 Indian nurses who were stranded in war-torn Iraq returned to Kochi in Kerala on a special Air India plane today and had an emotional reunion with their families. Anxious relatives, clutching flower bouquets and hoisting "Welcome Home" banners, had been waiting for them at the airport since morning. The nurses were held captive by the Sunni insur...

UAE-based Indian businessman BR Shetty has offered the 46 nurses freed by insurgents in Iraq jobs in hospitals he owns across the Gulf country, Nepal, Bhutan and India.

An Air India flight with 46 nurses freed by Sunni insurgents in Iraq is set to arrive on Saturday noon, officials said.

46 Indian nurses who were freed by militants in Iraq on Friday evening are on their way to Kochi and will reunite with their families shortly. The special Air India plane that was sent to bring them back from the war-torn country will land at the Kochi international airport around noon. The flight made a brief stop at the Mumbai airport this morn...

The special Air India plane that is bringing back 46 Indian nurses who were freed by militants in war-torn Iraq on Friday evening is expected to land in India soon. The plane took off from the airport in Erbil in the autonomous region of Kurdistan at about 4.15 am IST.

The special Air India flight sent to bring back 46 Indian nurses and over 100 others has taken off from the airport in Erbil in the autonomous region of Kurdistan. The nurses were freed by Sunni militant group ISIS in war-torn Iraq on Friday evening.

46 Indian nurses held captive in war-torn Iraq have been freed by the Sunni militant group ISIS and are on their way home. The nurses, who will take a flight to India from Erbil airport, are expected to reach India by tomorrow morning.

46 nurses taken captive by the Sunni insurgent group ISIS in Iraq were freed on Friday and flown back home in what the Narendra Modi government is chalking up as its first diplomatic victory.

An Air India Boeing 777 left New Delhi for Iraq this evening to bring back 46 nurses freed from captivity and also some others from India trapped in the strife-torn country.

Roots-Norka, the state agency for the Kerala diaspora, will transfer the 46 nurses returning from Iraq Saturday from the Cochin airport to their homes, the government said on Friday.