Gopalakrishna and Balaram Kishan were teachers at the University of Sirte and were abducted by Islamic State (IS) terrorists while they were on their way to Tripoli airport to return to India.

But the new parents have been told by Indian authorities they have to get travel documents in place by October 7 if they want to travel back to the UK.

The other two, Laxmikant Ramakrishna (37) of Raichur and Mulbagil Vijay Kumar (56) of Bengaluru, were rescued just days after the kidnapping.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has, on 13 September, in a series of tweets taken up the cause of a British couple who had a baby through surrogacy in India.

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The first lady says her family will miss the staff the most because they helped raise 18-year-old Malia and 15-year-old Sasha .

The abduction of the four Indians came a year after 39 Indians were kidnapped from the Iraqi city of Mosul. All four men used to work at a university in Sirte. For United Nations peacekeeping mission it has become hard to track the developments inside the trouble-torn country.

Meanwhile, Telangana Minister for Non-Resident Indian (NRI) Affairs K. Tarakarama Rao thanked Sushma Swaraj over release of the two engineers. My husband also spoke to me this morning...

"Officials from MEA informed us about the news around midnight, Libyan government officials said that he (Balaram) has been rescued along with Gopalakrishna". It (conversation) was only a few seconds...