Italy India Fishermen Row

• 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.

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  Over trial of marines, escalating tension for India and Italy: 10 developments

  Italy has slammed as "unacceptable" the serious maritime security charge levelled against two Italian marines accused of killing two fishermen off the Kerala coast in 2012.

• Use of anti-terror law against marines unacceptable: Italy's special envoy to NDTV

  With the Supreme Court due to decide next week on whether to try the two Italian marines facing criminal proceedings in India for the killing of two Indian fishermen under a stringent anti-piracy and anti-terror act, Italy has reacted with outrage.

• Marines' row: We persuaded Italy, didn't pressure, says Salman Khurshid

  The confirmation that Italian marines charged with the murder of two fishermen were coming back to India to face trial came on Thursday. Revealing this in a sit down interview Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid said they all the while they were working on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution, they were also aggressively pushing ...

• Italy says it will send its marines back to India for trial by Friday

  Italy on Friday said it would send two marines on trial for murder in India back to the country, after earlier saying they would remain in Italy in a move that had unleashed a diplomatic furore.

• No country should take India for granted: Sonia Gandhi on Italian marines issue

  Speaking strongly on the diplomatic row between India and Italy over the latter's refusal to send two marines for trial in India for killing a pair of fishermen, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has said that India shouldn't be taken for granted.

• Marines row: Italian Ambassador to claim immunity before Supreme Court, say sources

  Italian Ambassador to India, Daniele Mancini, who has been asked by the Supreme Court to explain on Monday Italy's refusal to return two marines to face murder charges in Delhi for shooting two fishermen in Kerala last year, will claim immunity before the top court and seek more time to file his affidavit, sources have told NDTV.

• Marines row: Italy asks its nationals to be 'vigilant and cautious'

  Apprehending backlash after it refused to send back two marines, facing trial here for killing two Indian fishermen in Kerala, Italy has advised its citizens to be 'vigilant and cautious', especially in that state.

• Marines row: No decision yet to downgrade diplomatic ties with Italy, Salman Khurshid tells NDTV

  External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has said that India has not downgraded its diplomatic mission in Italy after the latter's refusal to send two of its marines to face trial for shooting two fishermen last year.

• Italian mayor offers to host fishermen's children

  The mayor of Taranto, home of one of the marines at the centre of a row with India over the killing of two fishermen, has invited their orphaned children to study in the port town.

• Row over marines: India considers downgrading its mission in Italy, say sources

  India is considering downgrading its mission in Italy in the wake of a diplomatic stand-off between the two countries over Rome's refusal to send back two marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen, sources have told NDTV.

• Italian marines row: United Nations hope for peaceful resolution of diplomatic tussle

  Amidst a diplomatic row between India and Italy over the fate of two Italian marines, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for a peaceful resolution to the issue.

• Solidarity ribbon for Italian marines removed from government website

  Italy's defence ministry has announced it was removing from its website a banner bearing a symbolic yellow ribbon wrapped around the regimental badge of the two marines at the centre of a diplomatic row with India.

• Row over return of marines: India considers expelling Italian envoy

  The Prime Minister has said in Parliament that the government is ready to discuss in any forum, Italy's refusal to send back two marines charged with killing two Kerala fishermen at sea last year. An aggressive BJP has said it wants an explanation and has accused the government of colluding with Italy to script the marines' escape. The government ...

• Italy says India must show respect in killings row

  India must show respect for Italy, Italian Defence Minister Giampaolo Di Paola said on Friday, in an escalating row over two Italian soldiers facing murder charges for killing two Indian fishermen.