Italy happy with the fishermen killing probe: MEA

Italy happy with the fishermen killing probe: MEA New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday said that the visiting Italian minister was satisfied with the probe in the fishermen killings case. He also said that the Italian Foreign Minister also will visit the country on Tuesday for further discussion and the improvement of the bilateral ties between the two countries. "Italian minister expressed satisfaction on the progress in Kerala. The Italian Foreign Minister will arrive on...
04:29 PM, Feb 24, 2012

Divers find 8 more bodies in Costa Concordia wreckage

Divers find 8 more bodies in Costa Concordia wreckage Rome: Divers searching the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship off a Tuscan island found eight bodies Wednesday on one of the passenger decks, including that of a missing 5-year-old Italian girl, authorities said. Italy's national civil protection agency, which is monitoring the operation off a Tuscan island, said three of the bodies were recovered a few hours after being spotted by fire department divers. It said they are those of...
12:18 AM, Feb 23, 2012
Need to analyse the incident: Italian Dy FM

Need to analyse the incident: Italian Dy FM

Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Staffan De Mistura said that a proper dialogue was needed to have a proper solution. ...
02:40 PM, Feb 22, 2012

Costa Concordia captain faces 2,500 years in prison

Costa Concordia captain faces 2,500 years in prison Giglio: The captain of the capsized Costa Concordia could be sentenced to a cumulative total of more than 2,500 years in prison if convicted of causing a shipwreck, abandoning ship and multiple counts of manslaughter, it emerged on Monday. The length of sentence was calculated, which totted up the jail terms that Captain Francesco Schettino could face if convicted on all the charges that are expected to be brought against...
03:25 PM, Feb 08, 2012

Italian shipwreck: those missing presumed dead

Italian shipwreck: those missing presumed dead Rome: Divers in Italy have abandoned the search for survivors of the Costa Concordia. The 16 missing people including Indian crew member Russell Rebello are now being presumed dead. The civil protection authority said conditions on the wreck had made it impossible for divers to continue working safely in the underwater sections of the 290-metre long vessel. Seventeen others died when the Italian luxury cruiseliner capsized near Giglio island in...
09:04 AM, Feb 01, 2012

Italy ship disaster: 2 more bodies found

Italy ship disaster: 2 more bodies found Rome: Nudged gently by the tides off Tuscany, the capsized Costa Concordia has been deemed stable enough on its rocky perch for salvagers to begin pumping fuel oil from its giant tanks as early as on Tuesday. The cruise liner, its hull gashed by a reef and pocked by holes blasted by divers searching for the missing, yielded two more bodies on Monday, 10 days after the accident. The corpses...
08:06 AM, Jan 24, 2012

Italy boat tragedy: two more bodies found

Italy boat tragedy: two more bodies found Rome: Nudged gently by the tides off Tuscany, the capsized Costa Concordia has been deemed stable enough on its rocky perch for salvagers to begin pumping fuel oil from its giant tanks as early as Tuesday. The cruise liner, its hull gashed by a reef and pocked by holes blasted by divers searching for the missing, yielded two more bodies on Monday, 10 days after the accident. The corpses of...
04:12 AM, Jan 24, 2012

'Get back on board, damn it!' T-shirts a hit

'Get back on board, damn it!' T-shirts a hit Rome: A coast guard officer's 'Get back on board damn it!' order to the fleeing captain of the capsized Costa Concordia liner is being printed on T-shirts by a company hoping to inspire Italians to rescue their country from economic crisis. Italians have made a hero of coast guard officer Gregorio De Falco for his angry exchange with skipper Francesco Schettino - who has been blamed for the accident and...
01:30 PM, Jan 23, 2012
Search resumes on doomed Italian cruise ship

Search resumes on doomed Italian cruise ship

Divers resumed their search for survivors from the Italian cruise ship on Saturday. ...
09:10 AM, Jan 22, 2012

Big money lures Indians to cruise liner industry?

Big money lures Indians to cruise liner industry? Mumbai: It's been a week since Italian luxury cruise liner Costa Concordia struck rocks and keeled on its side but there's still no news of Russell Rebello - the sole Indian crew member yet to be accounted for. And he was one of 200 Indian crew members on board that ship, that's 20 per cent of the total staff. So the questions here is Why do Indians make such a...
08:50 AM, Jan 22, 2012
Italy ship tragedy: Indian crew still missing

Italy ship tragedy: Indian crew still missing

A week after the Costa Concordia struck rock, Italy has declared a formal emergency for the island to helping with the rescue operations. ...
09:32 AM, Jan 21, 2012

Italian shipwreck: No news of missing Indian yet

Italian shipwreck: No news of missing Indian yet Mumbai: It has been six days to the ship mishap in Italy and there is still no news of Russell Rebello, the Indian crew member aboard the Costa Concordia. The ship ran aground last week. Italy has declared a formal emergency for the island where the incident occurred. This is aimed at helping operations in the area. In Mumbai, the family of Terence Rebello has been going through agony, waiting...
08:57 AM, Jan 21, 2012

Ship tragedy: 1 week on, 1 Indian still missing

Ship tragedy: 1 week on, 1 Indian still missing New Delhi: It's been six days and there's still no news of Russell Rubello, missing Indian aboard the capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia. The first batch of Indians rescued from ill-fated cruise ship, which had run aground off Italy's coast on Saturday, arrived in India on Thursday. Fifteen out of the 200 Indians rescued from ship were flown to New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International airport in an Emirates flight. There...
06:20 AM, Jan 21, 2012

Joyful return for nine shipwreck survivors

Joyful return for nine shipwreck survivors Hyderabad: A jubilant first batch of survivors from the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia, which hit a rock and sank off the Tuscan coast in Italy, reached back to the city Thursday night around 9.30 pm. The survivors Jonathan Paturi, Ramesh Kumar, Srikanth Yadav, Srinivas Reddy, Ravikumar Dharnes, Suresh Chari and Shashidharan returned along with the first batch of 72 Indians five days after the mishap took place near Giglio...
01:55 PM, Jan 20, 2012

Woman with Italian ship captain defends his effort

Woman with Italian ship captain defends his effort Rome: A young Moldovan woman, who says she was called to the bridge of the stricken Costa Concordia to help evacuate Russian passengers, defended the embattled captain on Thursday, saying he worked tirelessly and "saved over 3,000 lives." Domnica Cemortan, who says she was translating Capt Francesco Schettino's orders during the frenzied evacuation, has emerged as a potential new witness in the investigation into the officer's actions the night the...
04:48 AM, Jan 20, 2012
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