Kerala CM seeks special court to try marines at Kollam Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Monday asked the Centre to set up the special court at Kollam district to conduct the trial of the two Italian marines charged with the killing of two Indian fishermen. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Chandy demanded that the Sessions court at Kollam be designated as the special court. He demanded that the trial be held at Kollam itself since...  
08:34 PM, Mar 23, 2013

Special court to hear Italian marines case Italian government's decision to send back two of its marines charged with the killing of two Kerala fishermen seemed to signal the end of the diplomatic standoff between India and Italy over the issue. However, it is still not clear what made the Italian government change its stand. ...  
08:25 AM, Mar 23, 2013

Fishermen killings: Marines' return to India stirs anger in Italy A decision to return two Italian marines accused of murdering fishermen to stand trial in India stirred anger in Italy on Friday and calls for Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi to resign. Mario Monti's caretaker government on Thursday reversed a March 11, 2013 decision not to send the marines back from a home visit after Rome secured a promise from New Delhi that the two would not face the death penalty...  
04:20 AM, Mar 23, 2013

European Commission welcomes end of India-Italy row The European Commission on Friday expressed relief over the end of a diplomatic stand-off between India and Italy over marines issue. The commission took note of the decision of the Italian authorities to send back to India the two marines, Massimilian Latorre and Salvatore Girone, but "we have no details of the arrangement", a spokesman said. ...  
01:04 AM, Mar 23, 2013

Delhi HC issues order for setting up special court to try marines The Delhi High Court has issued order for setting up of special court to try Italian marines, said sources on Friday night. The two Italian marines accused of killing two fishermen off the Kerala coast reached Delhi on Friday after India gave an assurance that they will not face death penalty nor will they be arrested, bringing to an end a raging 11-day diplomatic row between the two countries. ...  
11:51 PM, Mar 22, 2013

Opposition takes credit for Italian marines' return

BJP's Rajiv Pratap Rudy said that the combined effort of the opposition to persuade the government to carry on its diplomacy seemed to have worked. ...
11:43 PM, Mar 22, 2013

Italian marines' return: Is this a moment of triumph for the govt or the SC?

The two Italian marines, facing trial in the fishermen killings case, returned to India on Friday. ...
11:25 PM, Mar 22, 2013

Newsmaker of the Day: Ashwani Kumar

Law Minister Ashwani Kumar has said that India has given no guarantee to Italy on the court's verdict against marines in the fishermen killings case. ...
11:20 PM, Mar 22, 2013

Marines' return to India stirs anger in Italy A decision to return two Italian marines accused of murdering fishermen to stand trial in India stirred anger in Italy on Friday and calls for Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi to resign. Mario Monti's caretaker government on Thursday reversed a March 11 decision not to send the marines back from a home visit after Rome secured a promise from New Delhi that the two would not face the death penalty if...  
08:23 PM, Mar 22, 2013

Marines' return a victory for us: Fishermen workers' forum

The Italian marines, facing trial for shooting dead two Indian fishermen in February 2012, returned on Friday. ...
08:07 PM, Mar 22, 2013

Decision on marines will be independent of the govt: Sanjay Hegde Sanjay Hegde, Senior SC lawyer joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on Rome's decision to send the undertrial Italian marines back to India. ...  
03:04 PM, Mar 22, 2013

Italian marines to return, but won't be arrested or given death The two Italian marines, Massimiliano Lattore and Salvatore Girone, charged with killing two Indian fishermen are set to return to India. While India has called it a diplomatic victory, it has also assured Italy that the marines will not be arrested on their return and neither will they face death penalty as the case is not a rarest of rare case. ...  
02:35 PM, Mar 22, 2013

Combined effort of Oppn to persuade govt on diplomacy worked: BJP

Reacting to Italy's decision to send back the marines, the Bharatiya Janata Party said it was a result of combined efforts of the Opposition, the government and the Supreme Court. "Must say the combined effort of the Opposition to persuade the government to carry on its diplomacy seems to have worked. The tough stand taken by the Supreme Court also had its impact," BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy said. ...
01:41 PM, Mar 22, 2013

Full text: Khurshid's statement on Italian marines in Parliament External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid in his statement in Parliament said the Italian marines will not get death sentence as the Indian fishermen killings case was not a rarest of rare case. He also said they won't be arrested if they return before the apex court's deadline. ...  
12:52 PM, Mar 22, 2013

Italian marines to return; Khurshid says diplomacy is at work External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Friday said that diplomacy is at work resulting in Italy's decision to send back two marines charged in the fishermen killing case and parried questions on Italian media reports that Congress President Sonia Gandhi influenced that government's decision. ...  
11:26 AM, Mar 22, 2013

Law will remain as it is: Salman Khurshid on Italian marines

External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has said that the Italian marines charged with the murders of two Indian fishermen will face trial as usual in India and that the law won't change. This comes even as the Italian foreign office said that they have been assured there will be no death penalty for the marines. Sources also say there is a possibility that the marines could serve their prison term ...
11:02 AM, Mar 22, 2013

Live: Italian marines won't get death, says Khurshid Attorney General GE Vahanvati has said that the Italian marines charged with killing two Indian fishermen will not be arrested immediately on their return to India on Friday. Meanwhile, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has said that the marines will face trial as usual in India and that the law won't change. This comes even as the Italian foreign office said that they have been assured there will be no...  
10:05 AM, Mar 22, 2013

Italian envoy likely to move SC asking it to lift restraining order A day after Italy agreed to send its marines back to India to face trial in the fishermen killings case, Italian ambassador Daniel Mancini is likely to move the Supreme Court on Friday requesting it to lift the Indian government's restraining order on his travel. ...  
08:44 AM, Mar 22, 2013

India's tough stand forces Italy to agree to send back marines It is a victory for India in the stand-off with Italy over the fate of the two Italian marines, Massimiliano Lattore and Salvatore Girone, accused of killing two Kerala fishermen. The Italian government has said that the marines will be sent back to India on Friday. ...  
07:42 AM, Mar 22, 2013

Football needs a black Mourinho, says Milan's Boateng Boateng, who led a walk-off in a club friendly after being racially abused, believes the game needs to be more multi-cultural. ...  
07:22 AM, Mar 22, 2013