RAMESWARAM: Kalvin (18), a fisherman from Pamban, drowned while four others escaped when a Coast Guard (CG) patrol boat allegedly hit the country boat in which the group were fishing 11 nautical miles off the Pamban coast on Thursday night.Other fishermen in the area, on hearing the noise caused by the accident, rescued Sathiyan, Aruldass, Bose and Innasi, who were struggling for life in the sea. On Thursday, the five...
09:16 AM, May 12, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The city police had something to cheer about at the end of the first day of the two-day-long Triton security exercise - a concept formulated by various security agencies to check the coastal security apparatus in the State - on Tuesday. The alertness of the police finally yielded results as they neutralised two infiltration attempts made by the officers of various security agencies who arrived in the coastal area...
11:31 AM, Apr 25, 2012
Balasore (Odisha): India on Wednesday successfully test fired Brahmos supersonic cruise missile as part of a user trial by the Army from the test range at Chandipur off Odisha coast. "The missile was test fired from a ground mobile launcher from the launch complex-3 at about 1122 hours and the trial was successful," said a defence official. The missile, which has a flight range of up to 290 km, is...
12:13 PM, Mar 28, 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
Thiruvananthapuram: Efforts continued on Friday to identify the ship that rammed into a fishing boat off Kerala coast causing the death of two fishermen from the state with shipping authorities questioning a number of ships. "We are questioning a number of ships (that passed through the area) but will not like to prematurely blame any of them," a source in the Director General of Shipping told in Mumbai. Several ships...
12:18 AM, Mar 03, 2012
New Delhi: The merchant ship suspected to be involved in the collision with a fishing boat off the Kerala coast which killed 2 Indian fishermen has been identified. Sources in the Directorate General Shipping (DGS) said that a coastguard identified the ship based on suspicion. "Ship owner was asked to bring the ship to Kochi for further probe. The ship allegedly collided with fishing boat killing 2 fishermen. Ship was...
06:15 PM, Mar 02, 2012
Kochi: The police custody of the two Italian marines who had allegedly shot dead two Indian fishermen off Kochi coast has been extended till Monday. The Kollam magistrate has directed the Kochi Port Trust to bring the Enrica Lexie back to the harbour. The police, meanwhile, want to search the vessel. This comes a day after Italy's deputy foreign minister met Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and both sides stuck...
05:19 PM, Mar 01, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The Indian Coast Guard and Indian Navy have launched a search operation to trace the ship which collided with a shipping boat at the high seas off the Kochi-Alleppey coast killing at least two fishermen. Four ships and a Dornier aircraft have been deployed to trace the ship involved. "INS Sarvekshak from Southern Naval Command and ICGS Savitribai Phule who were at sea were diverted to the area while...
04:52 PM, Mar 01, 2012
Kollam: Two fishermen died when a ship collided with a shipping boat at the high seas of the Kochi Alleppey coast which is 9 km north of Kollam city on Thursday at 3 am. The deceased were identified as Francis Justine and Xavier, police said. Four fishermen were reportedly missing after the ship collided with the boat which is named Don I. There is no clarity yet in the merchant...
07:19 AM, Mar 01, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of any out of court settlement in the case relating to the killing of two Indian fishermen by two Italian marines onboard a merchant ship. "There is no provision in Indian criminal law to have an out of court settlement on charges of murder," Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told mediapersons after a cabinet meeting to questions about reports that Italian...
05:40 PM, Feb 29, 2012
Kochi: A Kollam court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by Italy in connection with the killing of two Indian fishermen off the Kochi coast. Italy had sought permission to allow presence of their forensic experts during the examination of the weapons recovered from the ship. This came a day after the Italian Foreign Minister met his Indian counterpart SM Krishna over the alleged killings of the fishermen by Italian...
05:32 PM, Feb 29, 2012
Kochi: The Italian weapons were protected in two vaults in the Italian vessel, Enrica Lexie. Though the marines were in the ship to safeguard the vessel, the weapon room resembled a perfect Military armoury. One of the police personnel who was a part of the search and seizure procedure said that, the Italians had perfectly documented all the weapons. "Even the small bullets had been documented and they were accounted...
07:51 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram/Kollam: Expressing satisfaction over Kerala Police's progress of investigation into the killing of two Indian fishermen allegedly by an Italian ship's naval guards, Defence Minister AK Antony on Sunday said the Centre would take measures to strengthen coastal security and safety of fishermen. After visiting family members of Valentine Jalastine, one of the fishermen killed in the incident at Kollam, he said the activities of the Navy and Coast Guard...
05:22 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Holding that the two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast would be prosecuted under the Indian law, Defence Minister AK Antony today said the investigation into the case was progressing in the right direction. "The case will be proceeded under the Indian law. Judiciary in the country is independent," Antony told reporters here. "The incident of shooting down of two hapless fishermen off the...
02:47 PM, Feb 26, 2012
The Kochi police conducted a complete search of the Italy ship, Enrica Lexie, on Saturday and picked up four boxes. These will be probed further after presenting them to court. ...
09:20 AM, Feb 26, 2012
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