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
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09:10 AM, Apr 12, 2012
KOCHI: A petition has been filed before the Kerala High Court seeking a directive to prohibit the screening of the song Kolaveri Di in Tamil actor Dhanushs latest film 3.The petitioner Madasamy of Peermade in Idukki, who is a Guinness Record holder for delivering the longest speech, submitted that the song is badly influencing the minds of children. The song increases aggression-related thoughts and emotion, he said. The petition has...
10:47 AM, Apr 04, 2012
New Delhi: Spanish club Real Madrid are believed to be ready to set up a football school in the city of Kochi in Kerala, with a plan to extend their trademark social-sports academies that have been set up worldwide by the Real Madrid Foundation. Although the academy plans are still in their initial stages, Kerala Football Association (KFA) president KMI Mather has already revealed the venue for the soccer school....
06:08 PM, Mar 30, 2012
Kochi: Activists of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the youth wing of the BJP, on Sunday raised slogans against the presence of human rights activist Dr Binayak Sen at a seminar in Kochi. As Sen arrived at the Law College campus to address a national seminar on "Right to help vis-a-vis the vulnerable population", the ABVP activists staged the protest calling him 'anti-national' and 'supporter of Maoists'. Waving the national...
10:57 PM, Mar 18, 2012
KOCHI: A major fire broke out outside the Mangalavanam bird sanctuary in Kochi, destroying a major chunk of grassland. The fire spread to more than a square kilometre of the grassland, Fire and Rescue Services Divisional officer Joy Eso Kuruvila said. It took more than four hours to douse the fire which broke out at 4 pm. Kuruvila said that the fire was uncontrollable as the grassland was dried up...
08:44 AM, Mar 12, 2012
Kochi: A battle royale is shaping up in the sleepy little town of Piravom near Kochi in Kerala. Though the assembly by-election here on March 17 would see a clash between two rivals who go by the same surname of Jacob, the real fight appears to be between Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and his predecessor V.S. Achuthanadan. The by-election follows the death of T.M. Jacob, sitting legislator from Piravom and...
02:28 PM, Mar 09, 2012
Rome: Italy said on Monday it was very concerned over what it called an 'unacceptable' decision by Indian authorities to jail two Italian marines who had been held in a police-guarded guest house for allegedly shooting two fishermen. Indian authorities detained Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone in the southern Indian coastal town of Kochi on February 20, igniting a diplomatic dispute that has escalated. The two marines were assigned to...
10:52 AM, Mar 06, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Asserting that the probe in the fishermen killing case was progressing well, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Monday told the assembly that no leniency would be shown to accused Italian marines as government's priority was to ensure justice to the victims' families. Accusing the Congress-led UDF government of failing to ensure safety of the fishing community, LDF opposition walked out of the House. They also alleged that the...
12:45 PM, Mar 05, 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
Kochi: Naval divers on Sunday recovered the body of one of the three fishermen who went missing after their boat was hit by a merchant vessel of Alappuzha coast. Two fishermen had been killed in the incident. The body, which was found inside the sunken boat, has been handed over to local fishermen, naval sources said in Kochi. Search is going on to locate two other bodies. Deep sea clearance...
12:01 PM, Mar 04, 2012
Kollam (Ker): Two Italian officials were on Friday allowed by a Kerala court to be present during forensic examination of arms seized from the ship 'Enrica Lexie' in connection with the killing of two Indian fishermen off the Kollam coast on February 15. The court made it clear that the Italian officials could be present only as "silent spectators" during the examination at Government Forensic Laboratory in Thiruvananthapuram and should...
07:26 PM, Mar 02, 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
New Delhi: The Kerala High Court is all set to hear petitions filed by the two accused Italian Navy personnel on Friday. The two Navy guards stand accused of shooting down two Indian fishermen off the Kochi coast in February allegedly fearing them to be pirates. The marines are seeking withdrawal of the FIR filed against them. Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has asserted that the FIR filed by Kerala...
10:50 AM, 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 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
Thrissur (Kerala): Thanks to a verdict by a Lok Adalat in Kerala, an elderly casual labourer and his wife have won the right to collect their deceased son's semen from an infertility clinic and use it to have a surrogate child. Ravi Kumar, 59, a casual labourer, and his 58-year-old wife Karthiyayani from Thrissur are overjoyed with the verdict. They have even found a woman who is willing to become...
01:25 PM, Feb 29, 2012
