Fishermen Death

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  Fisherman's Wife Seeks Government's Help To Get His Body From Pak

  A 30-year-old woman from a village in Gujarat has sought the help External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to bring back the body of her husband, who she claimed has died at a jail in Pakistan.

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  Sea Hit-And-Run: Navigation Records Of Vessel Being Probed

  A team of officials from various departments today began investigating navigation records and other details of a merchant vessel, which allegedly hit an Indian fishing boat yesterday leaving two fishermen dead.

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  Cargo Ship Hits Fishing Boat Off Kochi Coast, 2 Dead

  Two Indian fishermen were killed and 11 others injured when a Panama-registered cargo ship hit their fishing boat early today off the Kochi coast, the police said.

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  PM Narendra Modi Speaks to Sri Lankan President Over Death Penalty to Indian Fishermen

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sunday over the death sentence handed out to five Indian fishermen which has sparked protests in their home state of Tamil Nadu.

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  MDMK Chief Vaiko Blames Centre Over Death Sentence for Indian Fishermen in Sri Lanka

  MDMK Chief Vaiko, an ally of the ruling NDA at the Centre, has blamed the Narendra Modi government for the death sentence awarded to five Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu in Sri Lanka.

• Italian marines row: Centre drops anti-piracy charge, no death penalty now

  The Centre today withdrew the contentious anti-piracy charges in Supreme Court against the two Italian marines, accused of killing two Indian fishermen in 2012.

• Fishermen deaths: India drops death penalty clause for Italian marines

  India has decided that the two Italian marines charged with murdering a pair of Kerala fishermen will not be tried under a maritime security law that carries the death sentence.

• Try marines under maritime laws, hand over case to National Investigation Agency: BJP

  BJP today asked the Centre under what "deal" it had provided an assurance to Italy that no death sentence will be given to the two marines, facing trial for killing two Indian fishermen, and said they should be tried as per maritime laws which envisage stricter punishment.

• Seek detailed probe into fisherman's killing: Jayalalithaa to Prime Minister

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take up with the US and UAE the shooting to death of a Tamil Nadu fishermen by personnel onboard a US ship in Dubai seas and seek a detailed probe.

• Court to hear bail plea of marines on May 19

  A local court on Friday posted to May 19 the bail application of the two marines of Italian ship Enrica Lexie, charged with shooting dead two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast on February 15.

• Italian marines' family members meet them in jail

  Family members of the two Italian marines - Lattore Massimiliano and Salvatore Girone - visited them at the Central Prison on Thursday where the duo is lodged in connection with the killing of two Indian fishermen off the Alappuzha coast in February. After a meeting that lasted nearly two hours, the family members said they were satisfied with the ...

• Italian ship not to leave Indian waters: Kerala High Court

  A day after a single judge bench of the Kerala High Court allowed Italian ship MV Enrica Lexie to leave Indian waters, a division bench of the court has stayed the order. The ship has been under the custody of Indian authorities for the last month-and-a-half after two Italian navy guards on board the vessel shot dead two Indian fishermen off the Ke...

• Italy asks Kerala govt to ensure facilities for marines

  Geneva Agreement for war prisoners in the case of two Italian marines, who were arrested and lodged at the Central prison in connection with the killing of two Indian fishermen.

• Kerala High Court orders release of Italian ship

  The Kerala High Court on Thursday ordered the release of Italian ship Enrica Lexie, which was detained off Kochi port for over a month in connection with the gunning down of two Indian fishermen, allegedly by marines on-board the vessel.

• Italy brands India shootings case illegitimate

  Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi today summoned India's ambassador to Rome to condemn the imprisonment of two Italian marines accused of shooting dead two Indian fishermen as illegitimate. Terzi told ambassador Debabrata Saha that the incarceration of the two soldiers in a prison in Thiruvananthapuram in the southern state of Kerala ordered by...