Chennai: The Communist Party of India on Monday protested in Chennai against the killing of an Indian fisherman from Tamil Nadu by a US Navy ship off the coast of Dubai last week.
In the aftermath of the incident, the US had justified the use of lethal force saying the fishing boat had not heeded warnings and instead charged towards the US ship.
The fishermen, however, maintained that the firing was unprovoked.
The UAE, too, had countered the US's claims....
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03:49 PM, Jul 23, 2012
Washington: Insisting that the US naval ship had forewarned the Indian fishermen before opening fire, the Pentagon on Thursday said that the incident remains under investigation and one should wait for the outcome of the probe before reaching any conclusions. "We would be pleased to update our Indian counterparts as we learn more through the investigation," Pentagon Press Secretary George Little told reporters at a news briefing. "I would again...
01:22 AM, Jul 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Dubai Police has countered the claims of the US in the Indian fisherman killing case. The Dubai Police has told CNN-IBN that an initial investigation suggests that the Indian boat was on its course and did not pose any danger to the US Navy ship. But the US Navy had justified the use of lethal force saying the small boat had not heeded warnings and had instead...
08:51 AM, Jul 19, 2012
New Delhi: India on Wednesday said it will decide on the future course of action only after knowing about the inquiries being done by the UAE and the US into the US Navy ship firing incident in Dubai, assuring full assistance to the victims who are fishermen from Tamil Nadu. Expressing regret over the death of the Indian fisherman, Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur on Wednesday said...
05:34 PM, Jul 18, 2012
New Delhi: Even as the Pentagon defended the US Navy ship that killed one Indian fishermen and injured three others, saying that they ignored warnings, Indian fishermen denied any such warnings by the US navy ship and said they were shot at without any provocation. The fishermen, hospitalised with gunshot wounds after the incident near Dubai's Jebel Ali port, said on Tuesday that they received no warning before the US...
08:22 AM, Jul 18, 2012
New Delhi: India on Monday asked the UAE to register a case against the US Navy ship that reportedly killed an Indian fisherman as his boat approached the ship off the Dubai coast on Monday night. Three other Indian nationals were injured in the firing. India also sought a report from its ambassador in Dubai. The acting Consul General in Dubai had met the injured fishermen. They are said to...
11:35 AM, Jul 17, 2012
Dubai/Rameswaram: In what could turn into a diplomatic row, a US Navy ship opened fire on a small boat killing an Indian fishermen and injuring three others. The incident took place off the coast of Dubai. A UAE official said there were four Indians from Ramanathapuram in Tamil Nadu and three Emirati nationals aboard the small boat. The US Navy has ordered a probe, but justified the shooting saying that...
12:11 AM, Jul 17, 2012
Washington: Tensions rising by the day, the Obama administration said on Friday it is warning Iran through public and private channels against any action that threatens the flow of oil from the Persian Gulf. The Navy revealed that two US ships in and near the Gulf were harassed by Iranian speedboats last week. Spokesmen were vague on what the United States would do about Iran's threat to block the strategic...
09:59 AM, Jan 14, 2012
Mumbai: Eight freed crew members of the MV Asphalt Venture finally returned home on Sunday. The sailors met family members at the Mumbai airport in the wee hours of Sunday morning. All eight crew members were in captivity of Somali pirates for over seven months and were released on April 15. However, seven others of the crew are still on the ship despite a multi-million dollar ransom paid by the...
07:33 AM, May 01, 2011
China, the North's sole key ally, urged regional powers to put the Navy ship sinking behind them. ...
11:52 AM, Jul 10, 2010
