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
New Delhi: A Kollam court on Thursday decided that the two Italian naval guards charged with murder of two Indian fishermen will stay on in police custody for another week. Earlier on Thursday the visiting Italian deputy Foreign Minister Steffan de Mistura said in Kerala that he was satisfied with the steps taken by India. On Wednesday, he had acknowledged the Kerala police's professional attitude during his meeting with minister...
04:53 PM, Feb 23, 2012
Chennai: The killing of two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast in firing allegedly by two Italian marines on board an oil tanker is an 'unpardonable crime' and the guilty would be punished, Shipping Minister GK Vasan said in Chennai on Monday. "As I have already said it is condemnable. They (Kerala police) are looking into it as a suspicious incident. Our waterfront is not infested by pirates.So it is...
04:48 PM, Feb 20, 2012
Kollam: Two naval guards of the Italian ship Enrica Lexie, charged with the killing of two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast, will be produced before a local magistrate in Kollam on Monday afternoon. The naval guards " Latore Massimiliano and Salvatore Girone " were arrested by Kerala Police on Sunday and brought to the land from the ship which was intercepted and wharfed at Kochi Port. They have been charged...
10:32 AM, Feb 20, 2012
Kochi: The two Italian Navy personnel who allegedly shot two Indian fishermen dead were taken into custody on Sunday and will be brought to Kollam on Monday. They were earlier taken on shore and detained by the Kerala police. They will face a possible murder charge, even as the diplomatic standoff in New Delhi continues. For four days, Italy stalled and hedged, resisted police action, attempted negotiation, and intervened politically....
06:22 AM, Feb 20, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government on Wednesday gave its nod for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the brutal attack on a school teacher on Sep 27 in Kollam district. Krishna Kumar, a school teacher, was found severely injured around 10.45 p.m. near Kottarakara town, some 70 km from here. Speaking to reporters here, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said there was a demand from the Left opposition that the...
06:38 PM, Nov 02, 2011
Kollam: President Pratibha Patil's scheduled departure from Kollam to Thiruvananthapuram has been delayed as the helicopter she was to board developed a technical snag, police said on Wednesday. The President was scheduled to leave by the helicopter from the Ashramam maidan at 10.10 am to attend an official function to be held at 11 am in the state capital. As she arrived at the grounds, the helicopter could not take...
11:25 AM, Aug 31, 2011
Kollam: Karnataka and Kerala are involved in a bitter war of words over People's Democratic Party (PDP) chief Abdul Nasser Madani, the accused in the 2008 Bangalore serial bombings. Karnataka Home Minister VS Acharya said that Kerala had not been cooperating on Madani's arrest. On the other hand Kerala claims that state has been extending all help to Karnataka Police team that is in Kollam to arrest Madani. "We are...
05:35 PM, Aug 16, 2010
