Rome: Several hundred demonstrators made their way through the centre of Rome on Saturday in support of two Italian marines being held in a prison in India awaiting trail.
The two men, Salvatore Girone and Massilimiano Latorre, are accused of shooting and killing two Indian fishermen they mistook for pirates. They were providing security aboard an Italian oil tanker.
Forty marines from the San Marco Battalion came to Rome to participate in the march. The Mayor of Rome and several other politicians also joined in the protest.
The case, which has dragged on for the past three months, has tested India's relationship with Italy, which maintains that it has jurisdiction because the marines are active military personnel and the incident took place in international waters....
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11:46 AM, May 13, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The Italian government on Tuesday signed a one crore compensation deal with families of the two fishermen shot dead by Italian marines. The two families have now withdrawn all petitions against the Italian crew. But crucially, the criminal case against the Italian marines filed by the Kerala government is still very much on. Pinku was one of the two fishermen shot dead allegedly by Italian marines off the Kerala...
10:33 PM, Apr 24, 2012
New Delhi: The Italian government on Friday approached the Supreme Court seeking the release of its two navy personnel who were arrested by the Kerala police for the killing of two Indian fishermen. Sources said that they have pleaded that the FIR against the marines should quashed. Italy on Friday reportedly offered Rs 1 crore as compensation to the families of the two fishermen who were killed in February this...
11:27 AM, Apr 20, 2012
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Thursday ordered release of Italian ship Enrica Lexie, detained off Kochi port for over a month in connection with the gunning down of two Indian fishermen allegedly by marines aboard the vessel. Allowing the plea of ship owners Dolphin Tankers, Justice P S Gopinathan directed the state government and police to release the ship, subject to the owners executing a Rs 3 crore bond...
06:49 PM, Mar 29, 2012
Kollam: Two Italian marines charged with murder in connection with the killing of two Indian fishermen, were on Monday remanded in judicial custody for 14 days by a court in Kollam and sent to the Central Prison at Thiruvananthapuram. The marines, Latore Massimiliano and Salvatore Girone, were produced before Chief Judicial Magistrate AK Gopakumar as their police custody ended this afternoon. The court asked prison authorities to arrange for Italian...
11:35 PM, Mar 05, 2012
Kuala Lumpur: Two Indians were killed and 22 others injured when a speeding tourist bus carrying them lost control and overturned on a winding mountain road in western Malaysia on Monday. The bus carrying 24 people, including two drivers, lost control, hit the road divider and crashed on the other side of the road at the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway while coming down from the hill resort of Genting Highlands. All...
02:13 PM, Mar 05, 2012
Kochi: The Kerala Police team investigating the shooting of two Indian fishermen by marine guards aboard the Italian vessel Enrica Lexie on Saturday searched 25 per cent of the ship, especially the area where arms were stored, but gave no details of any seizures. Answering a volley of questions from reporters after the search operation concluded, team leader and Kochi Police Commissioner Ajith Kumar was non-committal on what was seized...
07:46 PM, Feb 25, 2012
Kochi: The Kerala Police and an Italian team with two experts began searching the Italian ship Enrica Lexie on Saturday for the weapons allegedly used by the two naval guards in the killing of two Indian fishermen on February 15. The high court earlier ordered the arrest of the vessel till Monday. A Kollam court had earlier this week had permitted police to seize the arms allegedly used to fire...
12:59 PM, Feb 25, 2012
Italy is pulling out all the stops to rescue its nationals accused of murder of two Indian fishermen. ...
09:50 PM, Feb 21, 2012
Kochi: The Italian navy guards of Enrica Lexie on Tuesday moved the Kerala High Court and filed a plea to quash the FIR against the two accused in the fishermen killing case. Sources said that a senior Supreme Court lawyer is likely to represent them. Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi on Tuesday said, "The Italian Government is working at every level with the Indian Government, it's a dialogue between myself...
11:39 AM, Feb 21, 2012
Kochi: The Italian navy guards of Enrica Lexie on Tuesday moved the Kerala High Court and filed a plea to quash the FIR against the two accused in the fishermen killing case. Sources said that a senior Supreme Court lawyer is likely to represent them. Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi on Tuesday said, "The Italian Government is working at every level with the Indian Government, it's a dialogue between myself...
11:39 AM, Feb 21, 2012
Kochi: The Kerala police is likely to take the two Italian naval personnel back to their ship Enrica Lexie to seize the arms that were allegedly used to to fatally shoot two Indian fishermen on February 15. A magistrate sent the two Italian guards to three-day police custody and two weeks of judicial remand. Criticising the Kerala Police for arresting servicemen acting to protect a cargo ship from pirates, the...
08:51 AM, Feb 21, 2012
Kochi: Italian authorities have agreed to hand over two guards of Enrica Lexie to Kerala Police for questioning after Minister of External Affairs SM Krishna on Saturday talked to his Italian counterpart Giulio Maria Terzi di Sant'Agata regarding the Indian fishermen killing incident. Kochi police commissioner MR Ajith Kumar said the two guards will be handed over at 8 am on Sunday. During his talks, Krishna has told his Italian...
12:27 AM, Feb 19, 2012
Kochi: Minister of External Affairs SM Krishna on Saturday told his Italian counterpart Giulio Maria Terzi di Sant'Agata that Indian law will have to be followed in the fishermen killing incident and the crew of Enrica Lexie will have to face probe. Krishna told the Italian minister that the crew of the ship should have exercised restraint as fishermen carried no arms, but only fishing nets. The Italian foreign minister...
09:30 PM, Feb 18, 2012
Kochi: Italian authorities are scheduled to talk to the Indian officials on Saturday night regarding the killing of two Indian fishermen allegedly by the crew members of Italian ship Enrica Lexie. Even two days after the incident took place, no arrests have been made. The Italian ship's crew has refused to be questioned and said they will co-operate only after discussing the matter with their diplomats. The crew is awaiting...
08:30 PM, Feb 18, 2012
New Delhi: Over 48 hours since two Indian fishermen were killed allegedly by the crew members of Italian ship Enrica Lexie, no arrests have been made despite orders from the Ministry of Home Affairs. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the Prime Minister will now be consulted as this was a diplomatic matter. PMO sources say that by Saturday there will be some movement on the matter. Sources also say that...
09:20 AM, Feb 18, 2012
Kabul: Two Indians were killed in a missile attack launched by the Taliban on an Indian NGO's office in Afghanistan's Kunar province, a media report said on Monday. Qari Omar Haqqani, a spokesperson for the Afghan Taliban, told reporters from an undisclosed location that the rebels had attacked the office of the Indian NGO with missiles in which three people, including two Indian workers, were killed, the News International reported....
11:44 AM, Oct 11, 2010
Mogadishu: Eleven insurgent militiamen were killed by their own bombs when they went off prematurely in Somalia's capital, the government said on Saturday. The mostly foreign militiamen died in two separate incidents, 10 while preparing a car bomb and another as he planted a roadside bomb, the information ministry said. Al-Qaeda-linked al Shabaab and another Islamist militia have been fighting Somalia's Western-backed government since the start of 2007, launching frequent...
02:00 PM, Aug 23, 2010
![Two Indians killed in US plane crash]( "Two Indians killed in US plane crash")
A single-engine plane slammed into a field in Texas, killing two brothers from Bangalore along with their friend. ...
10:33 AM, Jul 16, 2010
