On his return to India, VK Singh will travel to Amritsar and Patna to hand over the mortal remains to the respective families of the victims

Bodies of 38 Indians killed in Iraq to be brought back to India today

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VK Singh briefed the media as he arrived in Amritsar

VK Singh brings back mortal remains of 38 Indians killed in Iraq

The 39 persons, most of whom hailed from Punjab, were working on projects near Mosul when they were kidnapped and executed

VK Singh leaves for Iraq to bring back bodies of 39 Indians killed in Mosul

Singh said that all the legal procedures for obtaining the mortal remains of the Indians killed in Iraq were complete and the government was waiting for a green signal from the Baghdad ambassador

Government waiting for Iraq's nod to bring back mortal remains: General VK Singh

On March 20, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had informed the Parliament about the death of the 39 Indians in Mosul who were allegedly kidnapped by the ISIS

Gen VK Singh to bring back mortal remains of 39 Indians killed in Mosul

Sushma Swaraj criticised the Congress for "politicising" the issue, declaring that Congress's behaviour in Parliament "condemnable".

Government did not keep anyone in the dark over the death of 39 Indians in Mosul: Sushma Swaraj

All the 39 Indians, who were abducted by the ISIS in Iraq nearly three years ago, were killed and their bodies have been recovered, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said.

'Families learning about deaths in Mosul from TV is unpardonable,' says Omar Abdullah

Nearly 300 women ran through the streets of Iraq's Mosul in a demonstration of their freedom from the Islamic State group

Here is how Mosul women celebrated women's day

The first group of volunteers came from all sectors of Mosul society

Battle to free Mosul of IS 'intellectual terrorism'

An award-winning design would see returning residents create their own neighbourhoods in modules that can grow and evolve to suit their needs

Self-designed homes to provide new scope for sustainability in Mosul

India has been trying to track the thirty-nine missing Indians in Mosul for the past several months.

VK Singh meets Iraq's army chief to trace?39 missing Indians in Mosul

Many of them say they are from Russia, Turkey and Central Asia, but there are also some from European countries, the officials said

1,400 wives, children of Islamic State militants held by Iraqi forces

About 2,000 battle-hardened militants remain in the city, according to US and Iraqi military commanders

Iraq launches offensive to take back Tal Afar from Islamic State

The Australian newspaper and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation?both citing unnamed government sources, reported the death of Sharrouf and his sons.

Islamic State fighter from Australia Khaled Sharrouf likely dead: Report

Swaraj had met relatives of the missing Indians last week and told them the 39 Indians might be imprisoned in the Badush region of northwest Mosul

Sushma Swaraj: No proof 39 Indians missing in Iraq are dead

Instead of trying to create a caliphate, Islamic State leaders will focus on far less predictable guerrilla warfare

After Mosul, Islamic State digs in for guerrilla warfare

The envoy added that he has no information whether the 39 Indians are in Badush jail

Exclusive: Fate of 39 missing Indians unclear, Iraqi envoy to WION

WION's Daniele Pagani who has been on the ground at Mosul for the past week reports that the jail has been leveled to the ground

WION Exclusive: Badush jail 'destroyed', fate of 39 Indians missing in Mosul still uncertain

In the aftermath of victory in Mosul, Abadi's government faces the task of managing the sectarian tensions there and elsewhere that enabled Islamic State to win support, and the threat of a wave of revenge violence in the city

Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi declares victory over Islamic State in Mosul

Jihadists have been putting up fierce resistance in recent days, but their efforts to keep the Iraqi troops at bay look to be coming to an end

Mosul victory imminent: US general

The mosque and its famed Al-Hadba (hunchback) leaning minaret were Mosul landmarks and also held major significance in the history of IS rule in Iraq

Iraqi forces capture iconic Mosul mosque where Islamic State declared 'caliphate'

Viktor Ozerov, the head of?defence committee said the defence ministry would not have released information about Baghdadi's death if it believed it could be later proved incorrect

Information about Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death close to 100% correct: Russian defence committee

The Russian army had said last Friday it had hit Islamic State leaders in an airstrike in Syria last month

High degree of certainty IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead: Russian foreign ministry

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