United Nations: The UN Security Council on Saturday may adopt sanctions against Libya aimed at stopping the bloodshed in the country, Brazil's Ambassador Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti said.

Brazil holds

United Nations: The UN Human Rights Council has unanimously passed a resolution recommending suspension of Libya from the Geneva-based body and decided to conduct an independent probe into violatio

Mumbai: Two Naval warships today left Mumbai to bring home Indians from strife-hit Libya.

"INS Jalashwa and INS Mysore have left Mumbai and will bring back Indians from Libya," a defence spokesper

Two specially chartered Indian planes left for the Libyan capital Tripoli on Saturday to begin the evacuation of some 18,000 Indians living in the violence-hit country, a government statement said. This is in addition to the despatch of four ships from Mumbai.

Tripoli: The embattled regime of Muammar Gaddafi is arming civilian supporters to set up checkpoints and roving patrols around the Libyan capital to control movement and quash dissent, residents said

India on Saturday began evacuating its nationals stranded in troubled Libya with the first batch being airlifted by a 280-seater Air India plane from Tripoli.

Tripoli: Muammar Gaddafi would never destroy the country's oil wells - its main source of wealth - to quash the anti-government protests, the Libyan leader's son Saif al-Islam has said.

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Mumbai/New Delhi: India on Saturday began pulling its nationals out of turmoil-hit Libya by two Air India planes, including a Boeing carrying 291 people.

"The Boeing flight carrying 291 Indian natio

New Delhi: Libyan government has given landing clearance for two Air India planes per day from tomorrow for evacuation of Indian nationals, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said here today.

Libyan Government has given landing clearance for two Air India planes per day from on Saturday for evacuation of Indian nationals, external affairs minister S.M. Krishna said here on friday.