New Delhi: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday stayed the trial proceedings against the two Italian marines in the fishermen killing case. The marines had approached the court challenging the Kollam Sessions Court order that denied them translated copies of the prosecution documents and eye witnesses' accounts. The High Court issued a notice to the government on the matter. ...
01:14 PM, Jul 24, 2012
Kollam: A local court in Kollam on Tuesday adjourned to July 25 trial in the case relating to the killing of two Indian fishermen by two Italian marines on board 'Enrica Lexie' off Kollam coast. Judge PD Rajan of the district and sessions court adjourned the trial to July 25 and rejected the defence plea for the translated version of the charge sheet in Italian language. The judge observed that...
02:29 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Rome: Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has expressed "great satisfaction" over the release on bail of two Italian marines charged with the killing of two Indian fishermen, but said the final objective of his government is to ensure their return to the country. "I express my own and the government's great satisfaction for the liberation, under bail conditions, of our marines. An important objective has been reached," Monti said in...
04:01 AM, Jun 04, 2012
Rome: Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has expressed "great satisfaction" over the release on bail of two Italian marines charged with the killing of two Indian fishermen, but said the final objective of his government is to ensure their return to the country. "I express my own and the government's great satisfaction for the liberation, under bail conditions, of our marines. An important objective has been reached," Monti said in...
01:50 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Kochi/Kollam: After 105 days in custody, the two Italian marines, arrested for allegedly gunning down two Indian fishermen off Kerala waters, were on Saturday released on bail as a court in Kollam posted their trial to June 18. Latore Massimilliano and Salvatore Girone walked out of the Borstal prison around 9.30 pm after they fulfilled the stringent bail conditions of the Kerala High Court, prison authorities said. Though the Jail...
12:28 AM, Jun 03, 2012
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11:38 PM, May 30, 2012
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10:58 PM, May 30, 2012
Kochi: After being in jail for almost four months, the two Italian marines charged with the killing of two Indian fishermen were on Wednesday granted bail by the Kerala High Court, but with stringent conditions. The Kerala government has to ensure they do not leave the country. The marines, Latore Massimiliano and Salvatore Girone, have been asked to pay Rs 1 crore each as a bail bond and two Indians...
09:08 PM, May 30, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Three months after being jailed for allegedly killing two Indian fishermen, the Kerala High Court granted bail to two Italian marines on Wednesday. The court asked the marines to deposit Rs 1 crore as personal bond. But the Italians cannot leave Kochi as their passports are with the police. The court also asked two Indians to stand as surety for the Italian marines. The Italian marines' lawyer Rajender Nair...
02:32 PM, May 30, 2012
Kochi: Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition by the Italian Government seeking quashing of the FIR against two of its marines, who allegedly shot dead two Indian fishermen off the state coast in February and slapped a cost of Rs one lakh on it. Dismissing the petition, Justice PS Gopinathan said Kerala Police has the jurisdiction to register the case since the incident occurred in the territorial waters...
05:24 PM, May 29, 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...
11:01 PM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: Notwithstanding Italy's unhappiness over the "unacceptable nature of the judicial developments" involving two of its marines, India on Tuesday made it clear that it will not "interfere" in the trial of two Italians facing murder charges in Kerala. "The judicial process is on and the Government of India is never known to interfere in tha process," External Affairs Minister SM Krishna said when asked about framing of murder...
06:07 PM, May 22, 2012
New Delhi: The Italian government increased the pressure on India after the Kollam Sessions court on Saturday rejected the bail plea of the two Italian marines, who had shot dead two Indian fishermen. While Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti spoke to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh thrice on the issue, the Indian Ambassador to Italy, Debabrata Saha, was summoned by the country's foreign minister. Speaking about the development, the Indian envoy...
09:50 PM, May 19, 2012
New Delhi: The Italian government on Saturday summoned India's Ambassador to the country over the killing of two Indian fishermen by Italian marines, said Ministry of External Affairs sources. Foreign Ministry sources confirmed that the Indian Ambassador was called to the Italian Foreign Ministry on Saturday over the issue. According to the sources, the concern of the Italian government at the charges filed against the marines in custody in Kerala...
07:44 PM, May 19, 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: The Kollam sessions court will on Saturday pronounce its verdict on the bail plea of the two Italian marines accused in the fishermen killings case. 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...
09:03 AM, May 19, 2012
On Friday, two Italian marines were charged with murder for killing two Indian fishermen. ...
09:58 PM, May 18, 2012
