Court tells Italian ship owner to deposit 25lakh guarantee
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday asked the owners of the Italian vessel, anchored near the Kochi coast after a shooting row, to furnish a bank guarantee of Rs 25 lakhs and said it could leave the In
Italy and India diplomatic row continues to rage
The diplomatic row over the killing of two Indian fishermen at sea continued to rage today after Italy failed to convince India to allow the case in which two of its marines were charged with murder t
Weapon search on ship delayed
Despite the order from the Kollam chief judicial magistrate, the police could not go on board the Italian ship on Wednesday to seize the weapons used by its navy personnel last week to kill the fisher
Kerala to shore up security on high seas, says Oommen Chandy
The government on Wednesday decided to convene a high-level meeting to decide on safety measures for fishermen at sea in the light of the killing of two fishermen by Italian marines last week.
At the
Cardinal denies he offered to mediate in row
Cardinal Mar George Alencherry has clarified that he did not offer to mediate between Italy and India in the firing case involving Italian merchant ship.
In a statement issued here on Wednesday, Mar
Kerala sets up SIT to probe fishermen killings
Kerala Police on Tuesday night set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by Kochi City Police Commissioner M. R. Ajith Kumar to investigate the killing of two Indian fishermen allegedly by the
Church spokesperson says Indian Cardinal's words distorted
A spokesperson of the Kerala-based Syro-Malabar Church on Tuesday night said the statement of the newly-appointed Indian cardinal Mar George Alancherry on the killing of two Indian fishermen was 'dist
A bad time for Indians in Greece way back in 2004
A wave of panic had gripped the Indian seamen way back in 2004 when four of the crew of a vessel, Baltic Leader, served a four-month jail term in connection with the accidental death of a diver in Gre
Italy initiates steps to court martial marine
The Italian Navy, Marina Militare, according to Italian diplomats has initiated steps to court martial Latorre Massimiliano and Salvatore Girone, the marines held in connection with the firing deaths
When 3 black barges were towed ashore
Way back in 1976, as a monsoon typhoon battered the Arabian Sea, three massive black barges drifted towards the coast near Ponnani.
The coastal folk, in the dark violent weather, mistook them for wa