Iraq on the boil
Sushma Swaraj says workers safe; relatives seek immediate action for their release from captivity
Abducted Indians in Iraq located: Govt
New Delhi, June 19
Forty Indian construction workers in the custody of Sunni militants in the strife-torn Mosul city of Iraq are safe and the government will spare no effort to bring them home safely, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today told a delegation from Punjab comprising members of the families of those abducted.

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Family members from Punjab whose relatives were taken hostage in Iraq with CM Parkash Singh Badal and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in Delhi. Photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

80 persons from Punjab missing
Chandigarh, June 19
Worried over the fate of those kidnapped in Iraq, jittery families registered with the state government details of 80 persons as missing, kidnapped or stuck up in different parts of Iraq. As many as 21 persons from Jalandhar were held up in Iraq while 10 each were from Kapurthala and Gurdaspur.

Victim’s final words: ‘It may be my last call’
Indian Embassy ‘slow’ to act

Obama: US troops won’t fight in Iraq
Washington, June 19
President Barack Obama said on Thursday the US would send up to 300 military advisers to support Iraqi forces confronting insurgents inspired by the al-Qaida and was prepared to take targeted military action if necessary.

Top Hizb militant killed in Valley
Srinagar, June 19
One of the most wanted commanders of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Adil Mir along with two other militants was killed and an Army officer and jawan wounded in an encounter in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district this evening.

Disaster body vice-chief, 5 members exit
New Delhi, June 19
The vice-chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority along with five of its members today quit following instructions from the BJP-led government.

Chhattisgarh Guv Shekhar Dutt quits
Raipur, June 19
Chhattisgarh Governor Shekhar Dutt has stepped down from his post, two days after the Centre asked some of the Governors appointed by the previous UPA government to quit.