Hyderabad, March 2 -- Telangana Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Welfare Minister Adluri Lakshman Kumar on Monday, March 2, assured help to Indians stranded in Iran amid the tensions with Israel and the United States.

Kumar assured that the Centre and Telangana governments would take steps to help people from the state who are stranded in Iran. Addressing the media in Jagtial district, the minister said, "A lot of people from Telangana, especially Jagtial, go to Iran and other Gulf countries. I urge them to remain alert and calm, Such incidents in foreign countries can be unsettling; however, the people should remain alert and we will help them."

The minister said that he has requested the state Chief Minister, Revanth Reddy, to set ...