TS man back after ordeal in Dubai

When the now 48-year-old Chilumala Chandrashekhar arrived in the UAE in May 2007 on a visit visa from India, his two children were 10 and 6 years old, respectively. Since…

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Indian sailor stranded for a year goes home

Dubai: After literally being at sea for over a year, a young Indian sailor from Uttarakhand was rescued by the UAE Federal Transport Authority (FTA) on November 21 thanks to…

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Nirmal Singh Rawat with Girish Pant

Dubai – For more than a year, he went through extreme living conditions

Nirmal Singh Rawat, a 26-year-old Indian sailor, finally set foot on land on Tuesday, after being stranded all alone at sea for over a year. For more than a year,…

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Indian Consulate helps repatriate stranded sailors

Dubai: Indian Consulate in Dubai have facilitated repatriation of more than a dozen stranded sailors of two vessels this week, officials said on Thursday. In one case, the mission supported…

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Girish Pant seeing off the sailors at Sharjah International Airport. The Indian sailors were stranded on a ship in the UAE waters without getting any salary or even basic amenities like food and electricity for months.

Do at least one good deed a day, says social worker

Do at least one good deed a day - is the motto of Girish Pant who is hailed as the saviour of those in need for poor workers or stranded…

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