Arms seized from the Italian ship Enrica Lexie in connection with the killing of two Indian fishermen in firing by its naval guards on February 15, on Monday sent to a forensic laboratory for examinat

A court here on Thursday extended by seven days the police custody of the two Italian naval guards, charged with murder of two Indian fishermen off Kollam coast.

Latore Massimiliano and Salvatore Gir

The family of one of the fishermen killed by firing from an Italian ship on Tuesday filed a plea in the Kerala High Court seeking Rs.1 crore compensation and detaining the ship till the sum is paid.

A court here has issued an order permitting the police to search the Italian vessel Enrica Lexie and seize the weapons used by the Italian Marines to shxoot two Indian fishermen off the Kollam coast last week.

The catholics in Kerala have expressed serious displeasure over the ‘reported’ statement by the newly appointed Cardinal Mar George Alancherry on the killing of two Indian fishermen by Italian securit

When police in Kerala claimed on Sunday that they had the captain of the immobilised Italian ship Enrica Lexie with them, they were taking the Indian media for a ride, Deccan Chronicle can reveal.

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Coastal police on Thursday night registered a murder case against the armed guards of an Italian ship for allegedly killing two Indian fishermen in a firing incident on the high seas.

The case was r

Novelist George Varghese Kakkanadan - popularly known as Kakkanadan - died here on Wednesday morning, according to family sources. He was 76.

Kakkanadan was battling cancer for the past few years. He

The departure of President Pratibha Patil from here for Thiruvananthapuram was delayed by 35 minutes this morning as the air conditioning system of the IAF helicopter she was to board developed a tech

The speeches of the Chief Minister, Mr V.S. Achuthanandan, during election meetings had started resembling “adult movies,” ridiculed the Union minister for civil aviation, Mr Vayalar Ravi.