
Viswanathan Anand retained his title with a 2.5-1.5 scoreline against Israel's Boris Gelfand in a tense rapid chess tie-breaker at Moscow. ...

10:58 PM, May 30, 2012

Kollam/Kochi: Two Italian marines, charged with shooting to death two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast, were on Friday shifted from prison to the Borstal School in Kochi and the case referred to the Sessions court clearing the decks for trial. The marines, Latorre Massimiliano and Salvatore Girone, had spent nearly three months in the Central Prison at Thiruvanathapuram under judicial remand after a few days of police custody following their...

07:38 PM, May 25, 2012

Kollam (Kerala): The two jailed Italian marines in Kerala who were put up at the Trivandrum Central Prison since February have been shifted to a Borstal School in Kochi on Friday, officials said. Italian Marines Latorre Massimillano and Salvatore Girone were first sentenced by a court in Kollam to 14 days' custody on Feb 20 after they shot dead two Indian fishermen, Ajesh Binki, 25, and Gelastine, 45, allegedly mistaking...

05:57 PM, May 25, 2012

Kollam (Kerala): The two jailed Italian marines in Kerala who were put up at the Trivandrum Central Prison since February have been shifted to a Borstal School in Kochi on Friday, officials said. Italian Marines Latorre Massimillano and Salvatore Girone were first sentenced by a court in Kollam to 14 days' custody on Feb 20 after they shot dead two Indian fishermen, Ajesh Binki, 25, and Gelastine, 45, allegedly mistaking...

05:57 PM, May 25, 2012

Thiruvananthapuram: Two Italian marines, lodged in the Central Prison here for allegedly shooting to death two Indian fishermen, would be shifted to Kochi. This was decided by the state government on Wednesday in view of the Supreme Court direction to it to take a stand on the plea of the Italian authorities to move the marines away from the Central Prison. Borstal school, where the two marines will be kept...

08:23 AM, May 24, 2012

As a part of his crisis management arising due to the continuous flop show of his films, Megastar Mammootty has preponed the shoot of his new project with director Ranjith. The movie will be the first project as a producer from Mammootty's Manager George. Shankar Ramakrishnan of 'Urumi' fame will script this movie which will start its production activities by June, soon after the release of Ranjith's Mohanlal film Spirit....

02:36 PM, May 22, 2012

New Delhi: The Kollam sessions court on Saturday rejected the bail plea of the two Italian marines accused in the fishermen killing case. Meanwhile, in a new turn of events, Italy on Friday recalled its India ambassador Giacomo Monteforte to Rome. The ambassador was reportedly called back for consultations after the two Italian marines were charged with murder in the case on Friday. Meanhwile, Italy's Deputy Foreign Minister Stefan Mistura...

01:15 PM, May 19, 2012

New Delhi: A Kerala court is likely to frame charges against the two Italian marines in the fishermen deaths case in Kochi. The SIT is likely to file a chargesheet against the guards, Salvatore Girone and Massimiliano Latorre, before the Kollam chief judicial magistrate court. The two had shot dead two fishermen in February this year, allegedly taking them to be pirates. ...

07:49 AM, May 18, 2012

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...

11:46 AM, May 13, 2012

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing on whether to release Italian ship Enrica Lexie from the Kochi port. The matter will be taken up for hearing on Wednesday. The ship has been at the port since February 15, when two Italian marines on board shot dead two Kerala fishermen, allegedly believing them to be pirates. The Supreme Court on Monday took strong objection to the deal...

07:38 AM, May 01, 2012

Kochi: After families of two fishermen shot dead by marines onboard 'Enrica Lexie' reached a compromise with Italian authorities, the owner of the boat in which the victims were out for fishing has also agreed to settle the case. Notwithstanding the criminal case pending against the two marines involved in the case, Italian authorities have offered Rs 17 lakh to Freddy J, the owner of 'St Antony' boat, his counsel...

06:10 PM, Apr 26, 2012

Thiruvananthapuram: As the Centre continues its flip-flops on the fishermen killing case in the Supreme Court, CNN-IBN caught up with the family of one of the fishermen killed in the incident, Pinku. Pinku was the only brother of two young girls who are now staring at a bleak future as he was the sole bread-winner of the family. They watch helplessly as the Centre's flip-flops in the Supreme Court weakens...

09:54 AM, Apr 24, 2012

New Delhi: The families of the two Kerala fishermen shot dead by Italian marines in February this year agreed to withdraw their cases on Friday after an Italian compensation offer of Rs 1 crore. However, in more drama, the Centre's lawyer in the Supreme Court faulted the Kerala Police for detaining the ship, a comment later clarified by the Ministry of External Affairs. Additional Solicitor General Haren Rawal told the...

09:38 AM, Apr 21, 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

Sixteen years after becoming the Managing Director of DMRC, E Sreedharan stepped down on December 31 leaving behind a 190 km network of Delhi Metro across the NCR. In an interview with CNBC-TV18's Shereen Bhan, the metro man said that it was not so much as the politicians as the bureaucrats of the country who were stalling its progress. Below is the full transcript of the interview: Shereen Bhan: Hello...

11:59 PM, Apr 16, 2012