Indian Sailors Abducted

Five Indian sailors, posted in Nigeria, have been "abducted" by pirates, confirmed External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

A year after their abduction by Somalian pirates, 28 Indian sailors on board two ships have been released and will sail for home, bringing huge relief to their families.

There are 17 Indians on board MT Royal Grace, most of them first-time sailors. Negotiations for their release were in progress till mid-December last year, the last time most families spoke to their relatives held hostage.

As India wraps up the evacuation of thousands of its people from Libya, some Indian sailors are still held hostage by Somali pirates for close to a year.Eleven of those sailors were finally released on Wednesday, but as many as 79 others may still be out there, waiting and hoping for someone to rescue them.Mounting pressure on the government to ens...

11 Indians captured along with their ship  have been freed by Somali pirates, after being held hostage for 11 months. The sailors on ship RAK Africana were  picked up by a Spanish naval ship in vicinity (They are) safe," Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said on Twitter, noting that the negotiations for release of the Indians were "delic...

Suspected Somali pirates today abducted seventeen Indian and five Italian sailors after taking over an Italian-flagged vessel off the African coast.The oil tanker 'Savina Caylyn' was taken over by the pirates at 0520 hours IST with a total of 22 crew members on board, a senior official at the Directorate General of Shipping told PTI.Those abducted ...

Five Indian sailors, posted in Nigeria, have been "abducted" by pirates, confirmed External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

A year after their abduction by Somalian pirates, 28 Indian sailors on board two ships have been released and will sail for home, bringing huge relief to their families.

There are 17 Indians on board MT Royal Grace, most of them first-time sailors. Negotiations for their release were in progress till mid-December last year, the last time most families spoke to their relatives held hostage.

As India wraps up the evacuation of thousands of its people from Libya, some Indian sailors are still held hostage by Somali pirates for close to a year.Eleven of those sailors were finally released on Wednesday, but as many as 79 others may still be out there, waiting and hoping for someone to rescue them.Mounting pressure on the government to ens...

11 Indians captured along with their ship  have been freed by Somali pirates, after being held hostage for 11 months. The sailors on ship RAK Africana were  picked up by a Spanish naval ship in vicinity (They are) safe," Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said on Twitter, noting that the negotiations for release of the Indians were "delic...

Suspected Somali pirates today abducted seventeen Indian and five Italian sailors after taking over an Italian-flagged vessel off the African coast.The oil tanker 'Savina Caylyn' was taken over by the pirates at 0520 hours IST with a total of 22 crew members on board, a senior official at the Directorate General of Shipping told PTI.Those abducted ...