New Delhi, February 19, 2012 Kerala police on Sunday took into custody two armed personnel of an Italian vessel from which gunshots were fired killing two fishermen off Alappuzha on Wednesday. Latore Massimiliano and Salvatore Girone, who are part of the six-member security detail of the ship Enrica Lexie from Italian Navy, were brought to the shore this evening nearly eight hours past the deadline set by the police last night. The two were brought to the shore ...
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New Delhi/Kochi, February 17, 2012 The killing on Wednesday, by Italian naval personnel stationed on an oil tanker, of two fishermen who had set out to sea from the Neendakara fishing harbour in Kerala, is threatening to escalate into a diplomatic row. The coastal police on Thursday registered a case of murder against the guards of the ship. Even as the threat of piracy in the Indian Ocean has led governments and private companies to deploy armed guards on board, ...
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New Delhi/Kochi, February 17, 2012 India on Friday said the firing by armed guards on-board an Italian merchant ship killing two Indian fishermen off the coast of Kerala, was “against the laws and norms” and the guilty will be punished. “We are taking this issue very seriously. What happened was against the laws and the norms. The guilty will have to be punished,” Defence Minister A.K. Antony told reporters here. Underlining that India wanted to send “strong ...
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New Delhi/Kochi, February 16, 2012 India on Thursday summoned Italy’s Ambassador and lodged a strong protest over the killing of its two fishermen in firing by security guards of an Italian ship off the Kerala coast suspecting them to be pirates, terming the incident “serious and unfortunate“. As the incident on Wednesday triggered a diplomatic row between India and Italy, Italian Ambassador Giacomo Sanfelice di Monteforte, who was summoned by Ministry of External Affairs ...
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COLOMBO, January 24, 2012 Former President A.P.J.Abdul Kalam suggested that deep sea fishing, and fishing in turns in the Palk Bay, as possible solutions to resolve the contentious fisheries issue that India and Sri Lanka have been grappling with for the past few years. He suggested that of the seven days of the week, Indian and Sri Lankan fishermen should fish in turns for three days each, leaving one day for resting. During this time, both fishermen could cross each ...
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PUDUCHERRY, jan 1, 2012 The tsunami memorial in the Veerampattinam fishing village lies half buried in sand, a testament to the destruction wrought by Cyclone Thane on the small hamlet on Friday. As soon as one enters the village, one gets a sense of the loss faced by the people, with all houses being empty and occupants sitting outside with their belongings trying to assess the damage and salvage what they can. “The tsunami was nothing compared to the cyclone. The howling ...
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COLOMBO, February 16, 2011 The 112 Indian fishermen, who were produced before a Jaffna Magistrate, were remanded to judicial custody for 14 days. According to one official, the court wants the legal process completed ahead of their release. Hectic diplomatic efforts are on to secure an early release of the fishermen. Wednesday and Thursday are holidays here – Thursday is Poya Day (full moon), sacred for Buddhists. Earlier in the afternoon, there was hope that the fishermen ...
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February 16, 2011,Nagapattinam: In what could trigger a major political row between India and Sri Lanka, reports on Wednesday claimed that over 100 Indian fishermen have been allegedly detained in the island nation. As per the reports, as many as 106 fishermen, belonging to three fishing hamlets, ventured into the deep sea in 18 fishing boats on February 12, but have been missing since then. Reports coming in from Sri Lanka claimed that these fishermen were abducted by a group of ...
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CHENNAI: A fisherman from Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu was allegedly killed by the Sri Lankan Navy on Saturday night. The victim, 28-year-old N. Jayakumar, was from Pushpavanam fishing hamlet in Vedaranyam in Nagapattinam district. Taking a serious view of the “killing of the two Tamil fishermen in 10 days” by the Sri Lankan Navy, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday assured Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi that the Centre would take up the issue with the Sri Lankan ...
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The 800,000-strong fishing community in Maharashtra on Monday demanded compensation for what they claimed were huge losses to their trade following the oil spill outside Mumbai. The state government and maritime authorities have banned all fishing activities in and around the Mumbai coast till the oil slick is brought under control while the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai cautioned people to refrain from consuming sea products. This has proved to be a double blow for the fishing ...
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