Iraq tragedy: Congress to move privilege motion against Swaraj; top updates

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has confirmed that the 39 Indians who went missing in Mosul in Iraq in 2014 were killed by the Islamic State

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday told the Parliament that all 39 Indian construction workers kidnapped by the Islamic State (ISIS) in 2014 from Iraq's Mosul city had been killed and buried in a mass grave. The revelation set off a row with the Opposition, which accused the Narendra Modi government at the Centre of being insensitive in not informing the victims' kin first. Meanwhile, the BJP's Jammu & Kashmir unit called on the Centre to curb the activities of ISIS in the Valley with an "iron hand".    

Congress has now decided to move a privilege