Indian electronic industry will need 2.8 mn professionals by 2020
August 18th, 2012 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kollam (Kerala), Aug 18 (IANS) The Indian electronic industry will require 2.8 million professionals at various levels by 2020, according to a top government official.J. Satyanarayana, secretary, department of electronics ... Read more...
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Kerala government faces ire over ‘murder’ of Bihari youth
August 18th, 2012 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 18 (IANS) The Kerala government is facing the heat over the unnatural death of 24-year-old Bihari youth S.S. Mann who was brought dead from a mental hospital here ... Read more...
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Bihar youth’s death: Friends to seek justice
August 9th, 2012 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 9 (IANS) After family, now friends of 34-year-old Satnam Singh Mann, who died in mysterious circumstances in Kerala, wish to seek justice for him.Mann, from Bihar's Gaya district, ... Read more...
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Nehru Boat Race to herald Kerala’s new tourist season
August 4th, 2012 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
Alappuzha (Kerala) Aug 4 (IANS) They're 120 to 140 feet long, are manned by 120 oarsmen and have attracted global attention. When they race furiously through the backwaters ... Read more...
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150 Sri Lankans headed for Australia detained in Kerala
June 5th, 2012 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kollam (Kerala), June 5 (IANS) Around 150 Sri Lankans headed for Australia by sea were apprehended in Kollam by Kerala police and 27 of them, including six children, were Tuesday ... Read more...
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Monsoon hits Kerala, IMD says delay is ok (Roundup)
June 5th, 2012 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) The southwest monsoon, crucial for agriculture, hit Kerala Tuesday, with a senior official saying that the four-day delay was not a cause for worry.Although moderate ... Read more...
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150 Sri Lankans caught on illegal trip to Australia
June 4th, 2012 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kollam, June 4 (IANS) Some 150 Sri Lankans were caught following an aborted attempt to reach Australia on a boat from here, police said Monday.According to police, some locals got ... Read more...
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Kerala court dismisses pleas of Italian Marines (Lead)
May 29th, 2012 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, May 29 (IANS) The Kerala High Court Tuesday dismissed the pleas of two Italian Marines to quash the first information report filed against them by Kerala Police in the ... Read more...
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Italian Marines shifted to reformatory in Kochi
May 25th, 2012 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kollam (Kerala), May 25 (IANS) The two jailed Italian Marines in Kerala who were put up at the Trivandrum Central Prison since February have been shifted to a Borstal School ... Read more...
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Petrol price hike fuels protests, opposition ire (Roundup)
May 24th, 2012 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Street protests rocked parts of India against a sharp hike in petrol prices that the opposition denounced as an assault on the common man.Both ... Read more...
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Kerala shuts down to protest petrol price hike
May 24th, 2012 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 24 (IANS) A statewide shutdown was called by the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here Thursday to protest the huge hike in ... Read more...
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Italian marines may be shifted from jail to remand home
May 24th, 2012 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 23 (IANS) Even as the bail pleas of the two jailed Italian marines were rejected by a Kerala court last week, the state government is considering to move ... Read more...
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Italian marines case: Kerala Police file chargesheet
May 18th, 2012 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
Kollam, May 18 (IANS) A special investigation team (SIT) of the Kerala Police Friday filed a chargesheet against two Italian marines accused of shooting dead two Indian fishermen from aboard ... Read more...
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Italian marines’ bail plea rejected, remand extended to May 25
May 11th, 2012 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kollam (Kerala), May 11 (IANS) A court here Friday rejected the bail application plea of the two Italian security official arrested for shooting dead two Indian fishermen and extended their ... Read more...
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Judicial custody of Italian marines extended till May 11
April 30th, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kollam (Kerala), April 30 (IANS) A Kerala court Monday extended till May 11 the judicial custody of two Italian marines arrested for shooting dead two Indian fishermen Feb 15 off ... Read more...
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Fishermen case withdrawal: Achuthanandan alleges conspiracy
April 28th, 2012 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, April 28 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in Kerala V.S. Achuthanandan Saturday alleged a conspiracy in the withdrawal of court cases by the families of two fishermen shot dead in ... Read more...
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Italians pay Rs.1.7mn in damages, boat owner drops case
April 27th, 2012 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, April 27 (IANS) The owner of a damaged fishing boat, on which two Indian fishermen were shot dead allegedly by two Italian Marines from a cargo vessel in February, ... Read more...
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Boat owner ready to let Italian ship sail for Rs.1.7 mn
April 26th, 2012 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, April 26 (IANS) The owner of a damaged fishing boat, on which two Indian fishermen was shot dead by two Italian marines in February, Thursday filed a plea in ... Read more...
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Fishermen paid damages, but Italian Marines face trial (Lead)
April 24th, 2012 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, April 24 (IANS) Italian authorities Tuesday handed over two demand drafts of Rs.1 crore each to the Lok Adalat as compensation to the families of two Indian fishermen shot ... Read more...
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Lok Adalat asked to settle compensation for killed fishermen
April 20th, 2012 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, April 20 (IANS) A vacation bench of the Kerala High Court Friday referred the compensation claim, filed by families of the two Indian fishermen killed by two Italian Marines ... Read more...
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Families of detained Italians visit them in Trivandrum jail
April 19th, 2012 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, April 19 (IANS) Four close family members of the two jailed Italian marines in Kerala, arrested in February this year for killing two unarmed Indian fishermen, visited them in ... Read more...
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‘Italian vessel can’t sail till Monday’
March 30th, 2012 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, March 30 (IANS) A division bench of the Kerala High Court Friday stayed an order by a single bench permitting the Italian cargo ship Enrica Lexie, from which two ... Read more...
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Italian vessel can sail after furnishing bond (Lead)
March 29th, 2012 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, March 29 (IANS) The Italian cargo ship Enrica Lexie, from which two marines had opened fire killing two Indian fishermen, will be permitted to sail after its owners furnish ... Read more...
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Italian ship will have to wait till forensic report: Kerala
March 28th, 2012 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, March 28 (IANS) The Kerala government Wednesday informed the high court that a decision on whether Italian ship Enrica Lexie, from which marines had opened fire killing two Indian ... Read more...
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Custody of Italian marines extended till April 2
March 19th, 2012 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 19 (IANS) A court in Kerala's Kollam city Monday extended till April 2 the judicial custody of the two Italian marines arrested for shooting dead two Indian fishermen.They ... Read more...
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Will stay in Kerala till issue resolved: Italian minister
March 7th, 2012 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 6 (IANS) Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Staffan de Mistura, currently in Kerala, Tuesday said he will only leave after sorting out the issues surrounding the arrest of two ... Read more...
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Walk out in Kerala assembly over boat tragedies
March 5th, 2012 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 5 (IANS) The opposition Left Monday walked out of the Kerala assembly following the denial of an adjournment motion to discuss two deep sea boat tragedies in as ... Read more...
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Man on board M.V.Prabhu Daya missing
March 4th, 2012 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 4 (IANS) A man on board the cargo ship M.V.Prabhu Daya which hit an Indian fishing vessel in the Arabian Sea off the Kerala coast March 1 has ... Read more...
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Singapore ship suspected in Kerala boat accident
March 4th, 2012 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 4 (IANS) The Indian authorities suspect that a Singapore-flagged ship may have been responsible for the collision with a boat in the Arabian Sea off Kerala March 1 ... Read more...
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Family of killed fisherman refuses to meet Italian minister
March 4th, 2012 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kollam (Kerala), March 4 (IANS) The family of Gelastine, one of two Indian fishermen shot dead by Italian marines aboard the Enrica Lexie, Sunday said that it was not interested ... Read more...
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Probe ordered in Kerala marine hit-and-run accident
March 1st, 2012 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 1 (IANS) The Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) Thursday ordered an inquiry into the hit-and-run incident off Kerala's Quilon in which a fishing vessel was sunk, leaving two ... Read more...
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Court extends custody of two Italians till March 5
March 1st, 2012 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Kollam/Kochi, March 1 (IANS) A court in Kollam Thursday extended till March 5 the police custody of the two Italian security men arrested for shooting dead two Indian ... Read more...
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Security at sea will be beefed up: Antony
February 26th, 2012 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kollam (Kerala), Feb 26 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony Sunday assured that all efforts would be made to beef up security on the high seas for Indians.Antony was talking to ... Read more...
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25 percent of Italian vessel searched, says Kerala Police (Lead)
February 26th, 2012 - 1:12 am ICT by IANS
Kochi, Feb 25 (IANS) The Kerala Police team investigating the shooting of two Indian fishermen by marine guards aboard the Italian vessel Enrica Lexie Saturday searched 25 percent of the ... Read more...
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Two teams arrive on Italian ship to examine weapons
February 25th, 2012 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Feb 25 (IANS) Two separate teams of Indian and Italian experts Saturday reached the Italian ship Enrica Lexie to examine the weapons allegedly used by its security guards to ... Read more...
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