India temporarily shifts embassy from Khartoum to Port Sudan

India has decided to temporarily relocate its embassy from the violence-hit Sudanese capital city of Khartoum to Port Sudan in view of the prevailing security situation in the African country.......

'Sudan rebels held me at gunpoint...'

'Since I was held at gunpoint, I had no option but to give them the car keys.''They took the car and drove away.' IMAGE: Raj Shekharan with his wife and daughter on return to India. Photographs:......

Sudan situation highly volatile; focussing on evacuation: Foreign secy

The security situation in Sudan remains very complex, highly volatile and unpredictable and India's objective is to get every stranded Indian in that country out of harm's way, Foreign Secretary......

'Marke wapas aa gaya': Indians rescued from Sudan recount ordeals

"It was like we were on a deathbed," recalled a relieved Sukhvinder Singh from Haryana as he arrived at the Delhi airport from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday night after being evacuated from strife-torn......

Embassy denies Sudan runner applied for UK asylum

The Sudanese Embassy on Friday denied that one of its Olympic runners had applied for asylum in the U.K, contradicting previous reports. A British government official confirmed the asylum request......

Spielberg quits as Olympics adviser

Oscar-winning film director Steven Spielberg withdrew on Tuesday as an artistic adviser to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing over China's policy on the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region. "I find......