Go Unlimited with Magzter GOLD
Get unlimited access to 10,000+ magazines, newspapers and Premium stories for just
Try GOLD - Free
No money, say families of youths missing in Russia
The New Indian Express Tiruchy
|February 04, 2025
FAMILIES of two Indian youths from Punjab who fought alongside the Russian army against Ukraine and are currently missing do not have the money to conduct DNA tests, which the Indian Embassy in Moscow seeks to try and locate them.
The two youths are part of 16 Indians missing since hiring agents offered them contracts to go to Russia as "helpers" to assist the military, only to be pushed to the battlefront. Some of them are missing, and the MEA is trying to track them down.
Sources said at least eight youths have returned home, but a group cannot be traced. Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal, Rajya Sabha MP, is pursuing the matter with the MEA. Seechewal wants the government to also take action against the agents involved in this job racket.
This story is from the February 04, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Tiruchy.
Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 10,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
MORE STORIES FROM The New Indian Express Tiruchy
The New Indian Express Tiruchy
Modi, Shah to attend 3-day DGP conference in C’garh
PM Narendra Modi & Union Home Minister Amit Shah will attend the All India Conference of Director Generals and Inspector Generals of Police on Nov 29-30 at Indian Institute of Management, Nava Raipur.
1 mins
November 28, 2025
The New Indian Express Tiruchy
Stalin presents awards, lays foundation for HR&CE projects
CHIEF Minister MK Stalin on Thursday presented the Children’s Welfare-Service Awards for 2025 to Thanjavur Annai Sathya Ammayar Memorial Government Children’s Home, Thoothukudi St Mary’s Mercy Home, the Chennai Government Observation Home and the Ramanathapuram District Child Protection Unit. Each received a certificate and a cheque for %1 lakh. Awards were presented across four categories: government-run children’s homes, homes run by voluntary organisations, homes for children in conflict with the law and district child protection units.
1 min
November 28, 2025
The New Indian Express Tiruchy
HEAVY RAIN ALERT FOR THREE DAYS CYCLONE DITWAH HURTLING TOWARDS TN-PONDY COAST
THE deep depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal has intensified into a cyclonic storm, Ditwah, and is very likely to reach southwest Bay of Bengal near north Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coasts early on Sunday morning, the Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, said. 'Ditwah' or 'Detwah' refers to a lagoon on Socotra Island in Yemen.
1 min
November 28, 2025
The New Indian Express Tiruchy
Focus on Rohit & Kohli ahead of One-Day series
KL RAHUL will don captain’s hat almost two years after his last stint as India skipper when the hosts take on South Africa in the first ODI in Ranchi on Sunday.
1 min
November 28, 2025
The New Indian Express Tiruchy
Civil servants vital for Viksit Bharat, must operate across sectors: Mishra
CIVIL services stand at the heart of India’s journey towards Viksit Bharat and officers must think across domains, operate across sectors, and anchor their work in humility, integrity, and purpose, P K Mishra, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, said on Thursday.
1 min
November 28, 2025
The New Indian Express Tiruchy
2-child norm, no-tax dues must for contesting civic body polls
AS Jharkhand gears up for Municipal polls next year, the State Election Commission has issued guidelines for the same, stating that candidates with more than two children will be barred from contesting elections, if the last child was born after February 9, 2013.
1 min
November 28, 2025
The New Indian Express Tiruchy
SWISS HOCKEY CROWDFUND THEIR WAY TO WC
SWITZERLAND'S command over the sporting world cannot be ignored. Some of the top sport-governing bodies like FIFA, International Olympic Committee (IOC) and even the international hockey federation (FIH) are all based in the country. The national football teams are regulars in top international tournaments. The country is also home to argua-
1 min
November 28, 2025
The New Indian Express Tiruchy
Jemimah lends hand to Mandhana
IN a noble gesture, women’s ODI World Cup winner Jemimah Rodrigues decided to miss the remaining Women’s Big Bash League season in Australia and stay back in India to lend emotional support to her national teammate and good friend Smriti Mandhana.
1 min
November 28, 2025
The New Indian Express Tiruchy
Land docus to have high resolution satellite images
TAMIL Nadu has launched an effort to further modernise the way land records are maintained by significantly increasing the transparency and efficiency using high-resolution satellite images with a resolution of 30cm, which can offer granular details, covering the entire 1.3 lakh square kilometre of the state.
1 min
November 28, 2025
The New Indian Express Tiruchy
WHEN A CLEAN-UP BECOMES A MESS
A year ago, the idea of a massive nationwide exercise to visit every single household to verify, add, or delete voters was not on anyone’s radar. After all, the Narendra Modi government did not even conduct the mandatory dec-adal census. Chief Election Commi sioner Gyanesh Kumar took charge in February 2025 and, for three months, did not utter the term ‘special intensive revision’ (SIR). Suddenly, one day in June, the CEC announced a nationwide SIR beginning with Bihar. Why so suddenly and so hastily?
3 mins
November 28, 2025
Listen
Translate
Change font size