United Nations: Demanding an immediate end to the violence 'incited from the highest level' of Libyan leaders, the 15-member UN Security Council, including India, today unanimously slapped 'biting' sa

Zawiya, Libya: Hundreds of armed anti-government forces backed by rebel troops who control the city closest to the capital Tripoli appeared to be readying on Sunday to repel an expected offensive by f

Cairo: Muammar Gaddafi clung to his gradually shrinking territory in Libya where the opposition movement appears to be heading towards a siege of Tripoli, as the UN Security Council sprung into acti

Kiev, Ukraine: Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi looks likely to be ditched by yet another close confidant — his Ukrainian nurse who says she will flee the violence in the North African nation and retur

Mumbai: National carrier Air India will operate two more flights to Tripoli for evacuating Indian nationals stranded in strife-torn Libya.

"We are operating two flights, one each from Mumbai and

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