Chennai/Thiruvananthapuram: Centre on Saturday distanced itself from Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval's submission in the Supreme Court that India has no jurisdiction to detain an Italian ship from which marines shot dead two Indian fishermen, asserting that it happened in Indian waters. "Government is clear that the incident happened in Indian waters," Shipping Minister GK Vasan told reporters in Chennai. "It might be his personal opinion," Vasan said, responding to...
04:46 PM, Apr 21, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday released 26 Indian fishermen, including a cancer patient, from a jail in Karachi. After their release from Malir Jail, the fishermen said the authorities treated them well and they were happy to return to their homes, the Online news agency reported. Samat Lakshman Bambhaniya, the fisherman suffering from cancer, thanked Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari for issuing orders for his release. He said he had entered...
05:04 PM, Apr 12, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan will release 34 Indian prisoners, including a fisherman suffering from cancer, this week as part of steps to normalise relations between the two countries. The prisoners, including 26 fishermen and eight others arrested on charges like illegally crossing the border, are expected to be repatriated via the Wagah border on April 13, Indian and Pakistani officials said on Wednesday. However, leading Pakistani rights activist Ansar Burney has offered...
07:30 PM, Apr 11, 2012
Karachi: Twenty-three Indian fishermen were arrested and four of their boats seized for fishing "illegally" in Pakistani territorial waters, an official said. The Indian fishermen were arrested after being warned twice that they had entered into Pakistan's territorial waters and were fishing there illegally, a spokesman for the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency said on Tuesday. "After the warning these fishermen were arrested and their boats seized. They will be presented...
10:50 AM, Apr 04, 2012
Karachi: Twenty-three Indian fishermen were arrested and four of their boats seized for fishing "illegally" in Pakistan's territorial waters, officials said in Karachi on Tuesday. The Indian fishermen were arrested after being warned twice that they had entered into Pakistan's territorial waters and were fishing there illegally, a spokesman for the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency said. "After the warning these fishermen were arrested and their boats seized. They will be...
02:16 AM, Apr 04, 2012
Kochi: At a time when the European Union has come forward expressing willingness to intervene in the Enrica Lexie episode, a letter sent to the Union Ministry of External Affairs from the Italian Embassy is gaining significance. Through the letter, a copy of which is available with Express, Italy urged India to release the marines, arrested by the Kerala police. In a letter sent to the Ministry of External Affairs...
08:53 AM, Mar 12, 2012
Rome: Italy said on Monday it was very concerned over what it called an 'unacceptable' decision by Indian authorities to jail two Italian marines who had been held in a police-guarded guest house for allegedly shooting two fishermen. Indian authorities detained Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone in the southern Indian coastal town of Kochi on February 20, igniting a diplomatic dispute that has escalated. The two marines were assigned to...
10:52 AM, Mar 06, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Asserting that the probe in the fishermen killing case was progressing well, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Monday told the assembly that no leniency would be shown to accused Italian marines as government's priority was to ensure justice to the victims' families. Accusing the Congress-led UDF government of failing to ensure safety of the fishing community, LDF opposition walked out of the House. They also alleged that the...
12:45 PM, Mar 05, 2012
Kochi: The police custody of the two Italian Navy personnel charged with the murder of two Indian fishermen off the Kochi coast earlier last month ends on Monday. The two are likely to be produced in court today. The two were sent to custody after the Kollam magistrate rejected Italy's argument that they cannot be prosecuted under the Indian law. The court had remanded the two to judicial custody till...
06:49 AM, Mar 05, 2012
Kollam (Ker): Two Italian officials were on Friday allowed by a Kerala court to be present during forensic examination of arms seized from the ship 'Enrica Lexie' in connection with the killing of two Indian fishermen off the Kollam coast on February 15. The court made it clear that the Italian officials could be present only as "silent spectators" during the examination at Government Forensic Laboratory in Thiruvananthapuram and should...
07:26 PM, Mar 02, 2012
Kochi: The Kerala Police has handed over four boxes containing the weapons used by the Italian naval personnel, who are accused of killing two Indian fishermen, to the Kollam magistrate. The boxes were recovered by the police from the Italian ship, Enrica Lexie, and will now be sent for forensic investigations. Meanwhile, the Kerala High Court, hearing a petition for compensation for the families of the victims, said that the...
04:19 PM, Feb 27, 2012
Rameswaram: Twenty-two Tamil fishermen and their five boats were taken into custody by Sri Lankan naval personnel when they were fishing near the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) off Arichalmunai in this island early on Sunday, police said. The Lankan naval men alleged that the fishermen had crossed the IMBL while fishing, official sources said. Though two more boats were missing, it was not immediately known whether these had also...
12:04 PM, Feb 26, 2012
New Delhi: The Kochi Police has postponed its search of the weapons on board merchant vessel 'Enrica Lexie' till Saturday. A court in Kollam, which had permitted the police to seize the arms allegedly used in the firing by Naval guards at the fishermen, on Thursday accepted the Italians' plea seeking presence of their representatives during the ballistic examination. Ballistic experts from Italy are already on their way to Kerala,...
02:05 PM, Feb 24, 2012
A team of police and forensic experts have left to visit the Italian vessel. ...
12:39 PM, Feb 24, 2012
Kochi: Police in Kerala are discussing with Italian authorities if the ballistic examination of the weapons on board merchant vessel 'Enrica Lexie', shots from which killed two Indian fishermen, can be taken up in the absence of their experts. A court in Kollam, which had permitted the police to seize the arms allegedly used in the firing by Naval guards at the fishermen, on Thursday accepted the Italians' plea seeking...
11:27 AM, Feb 24, 2012
Kochi: Italy told the Kerala High Court on Thursday that the state police had no jurisdiction to investigate its two naval marines charged with killing of two Indian fishermen but it made a conditional offer to cooperate in the probe into ballistic examination of the weapons used. A Kollam court, meanwhile, extended the police custody of the two marines till March 1. The naval guards have been in police custody...
05:50 PM, Feb 23, 2012
New Delhi: A Kollam court on Thursday decided that the two Italian naval guards charged with murder of two Indian fishermen will stay on in police custody for another week. Earlier on Thursday the visiting Italian deputy Foreign Minister Steffan de Mistura said in Kerala that he was satisfied with the steps taken by India. On Wednesday, he had acknowledged the Kerala police's professional attitude during his meeting with minister...
04:53 PM, Feb 23, 2012
New Delhi: Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Steffan de Mistura on Thursday said that he is satisfied with the steps taken by India so far in the case in which two of its marines were charged with murder of two fishermen. However, he said that after the inspection of the vessel, his version will be proved right. "We are satisfied with the steps taken by India so far. After the inspection...
11:50 AM, Feb 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday said that the Italian ship Enrica Lexie, whose crew members had killed two Indian fishermen near Kochi port, could leave Kochi after paying Rs 25 lakh. The court maintained that the ship could not leave the port without paying the guarantee. The High Court further said that the ship could leave only after getting a clearance from the probing agencies. Wife of...
03:57 PM, Feb 22, 2012
Rome: Criticising the Kerala Police for arresting servicemen acting to protect a cargo ship from pirates. Italian foreign ministry on Monday said that Italian authorities should be allowed to deal with allegations its forces killed two Indian fishermen. The two Italian marines were part of a security detachment assigned to protect the merchant vessel Enrica Lexie from attacks in the Indian Ocean when the incident happened on Wednesday. The marines,...
09:02 PM, Feb 20, 2012
