Putting an end to all speculations, the two Italian marines, allowed relaxation in bail conditions to fly back home to celebrate Christmas, are scheduled to arrive in Kochi on Friday morning, their lawyer said. ...
01:45 AM, Jan 04, 2013
The 27 fishermen, who were taken into custody by the Sri Lankan Navy recently and later released by a court, arrived here on December 29. A court at Trincomalee had on December 26 ordered their release and their four boats seized by the Lankan Navy. The fishermen, who belonged to Karaikal and Nagapattinam, were arrested on December 23 when they were fishing reportedly in the Lankan maritime area. ...
01:29 PM, Dec 29, 2012
A Sri Lankan court has ordered the release of 27 fishermen who were taken into custody by the Lankan Navy recently along with their four boats, fisheries officials said on Wednesday. ...
03:06 AM, Dec 27, 2012
The Italians also executed Rs 6 crore bank guarantee as directed by the Kerala high court on Thursday allowing them to leave for two weeks. ...
01:50 PM, Dec 22, 2012
New Delhi: Two Italian marines, facing murder charges in Kerala, are all set to go home for two weeks for Christmas with the Centre in principle taking a decision to allow them to travel following a High Court order. Only the "processes" are left which includes signing of the final clearance order by External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid but "in principle" it is decided that they will be allowed to...
06:03 PM, Dec 21, 2012
New Delhi: Two Italian marines, facing murder charges in Kerala, are all set to go home for two weeks for Christmas with the Centre in principle taking a decision to allow them to travel following a High Court order. Only the "processes" are left which includes signing of the final clearance order by External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid but "in principle" it is decided that they will be allowed to...
06:03 PM, Dec 21, 2012
Kollam: Setting the stage for their return to Italy for Christmas, a local court on Friday released the passports of the two Italian marines, facing murder charges in Kerala, after they made an unconditional undertaking that they would return to the state by January 10. The marines appeared before the Additional District and Sessions court in Kollam and executed the bond and other guarantee set by the Kerala High Court...
04:41 PM, Dec 21, 2012
Kochi: The Kerala High Court Thursday ruled that the two Italian Marines charged with the killing of two Indian fishermen off the coast of Kerala in February can be allowed to go home for Christmas. The court had caveats too: the marines could be allowed to go provided they return latest by 3 pm, January 10, 2013, and the Indian government allows them to go. A bank guarantee of Rs...
03:42 PM, Dec 20, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The incident of two Italian marines allegedly shooting dead two Indian fishermen off Kerala's coast in February and the subsequent legal and diplomatic issues made headlines throughout 2012, which also saw many developments on the state's political arena. Coming to power with a wafer-thin majority in 2011, the Congress-led UDF government of Oommen Chandy won two assembly by-elections held during the year but strutted and fretted on the state's...
11:11 AM, Dec 19, 2012
Kochi: The Kerala government on Tuesday opposed in the High Court the plea by two Italian marines, accused of killing two Indian fishermen in February, to facilitate their visit to Italy for Christmas, saying it would "torpedo" the trial even as the Centre's response was sought by Wednesday. Hearing the plea of the marines for relaxation of bail conditions, Justice P Bhavadasan directed the Union government to inform by Wednesday...
05:06 PM, Dec 18, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Italy's Defence Minister Giampaolo Di Paolo on Sunday visited two Italian marines accused of killing two fishermen off the coast of Kerala, stepping up pressure to allow the men home for Christmas after the case flared into a diplomatic spat. The sailors, members of a military security team protecting the cargo ship Enrica Lexie from pirate attacks, opened fired on a fishing boat they mistook for a pirate craft...
03:48 PM, Dec 16, 2012
The Italian Defence Minister met the two marines facing criminal trial over the killing of two Kerala fishermen in Kochi early on Sunday. ...
03:37 PM, Dec 16, 2012
Kochi: Italian Defence Minister Giampaolo Di Paola arrived in Kochi on Saturday night to meet the two Italian marines who are facing criminal trial in a Kerala court in connection with the shooting to death of two Indian fishermen off the state's coast in February. Di Paola, who arrived from Afghanistan, was accompanied by a delegation, police said. The minister, on his second visit to the state this year, is...
08:48 AM, Dec 16, 2012
Rome: Italy expressed 'strong disappointment' on Friday that India's Supreme Court had delayed a decision on where two Italian marines accused of killing two fishermen would face trial. The sailors, members of a military security team protecting the cargo ship Enrica Lexie from pirate attacks, fired on a fishing boat they mistook for a pirate craft off Kerala in February, killing two. "The Italian government expresses strong disappointment and profound...
01:20 PM, Dec 15, 2012
Rameswaram: Four fishermen were injured on Thursday when they were attacked allegedly by Sri Lankan naval personnel when they were fishing near Katchatheevu in the Palk Straits, officials said. Sticks, bottles and stones were allegedly hurled by the Lankan navalmen at the fishermen and their boats also suffered damage in the attack, officials said. The attackers also snapped the fishing nets and seized global positioning and wireless equipment. The injured...
11:05 AM, Nov 22, 2012
Lahore: A bus transporting 15 Indian fishermen released from a Pakistani jail met with an accident in Punjab province on Monday, causing minor injuries to four of them, officials said. The Lahore-bound bus collided with a speeding truck at Jehanian, located 330 km from the capital of Punjab province, an official of the Highway Police Patrol said. Four of the fishermen sustained minor injuries and police took them to a...
11:00 PM, Nov 12, 2012
Karachi: Fifteen Indian fishermen were freed from the district Malir jail in Karachi on Sunday with authorities claiming that their release was part of goodwill gestures towards the neighbouring country. The fishermen left the Malir jail to travel to Lahore by bus from where they will cross into India through the Wagah border ahead of the Diwali festival. "They will be handed over to Indian security forces tomorrow (Monday). The...
11:17 PM, Nov 11, 2012
As Cyclone Nilam ravaged the coast of Chennai, 5 brave fishermen jumped into the sea to save sailors of MT Pratibha Cauvery from drowning. ...
02:23 PM, Nov 11, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan will free 15 Indian fishermen, who were arrested on charges of violating the country's maritime boundary, on Monday, officials said on Saturday. The fishermen, some of whom had completed their prison terms months ago, will be released from a jail in Karachi. They will be taken to the Wagah land border crossing and repatriated to India, officials of the Indian High Commission told PTI. Leading Pakistani rights activist...
01:43 PM, Nov 10, 2012
Chennai: As Cyclone Nilam ravaged the coast of Chennai, five brave fishermen jumped into the sea to save sailors of MT Pratibha Cauvery from drowning. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has announced a cash reward for each of them. CNN-IBN met those brave souls. The ominous cyclone warning for Nilam had just been sounded. K Gopi and his fishermen friends were along Chennai's Elliots beach, just locking themselves in their...
09:51 AM, Nov 09, 2012
