Italy India Row

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday said there was a commitment to work with India on some "very important issues" amid a massive diplomatic row.

Sonia Gandhi's announcement today that the Congress would pay the train fare for migrants heading home amid the lockdown set up a huge political row, with the government calling it a baseless move that would "mess up the entire system and create chaos". A detailed rebuttal from top sources came with the comment: "We don't want our villages becoming...

Rome has threatened to withdraw its ambassador from India amid the escalation of a diplomatic row over two Italian marines accused of killing Indian fishermen.

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.

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.

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.

India today took up with Italy the row over a Sikh delegation being asked to remove his turban during security checks at the Rome airport, official sources say.

The Supreme Court lifted on Tuesday a three-week order banning Italy's ambassador from leaving the country after Italy sent two marines back to India to face trial over the deaths of two Indian fishermen.

Caretaker Prime Minister Mario Monti, looking tired and distraught, said on Wednesday he was ready to leave office a day after a prominent member of his government resigned over the handling of a dispute with India.

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti addressed his country's parliament on Wednesday, a day after Italy's foreign minister resigned to protest against his government's decision to send two marines back to India to face trial in the deaths of two fishermen.

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 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.

The US on Tuesday refused to involve itself in the ongoing diplomatic row between India and Italy over two Italian marines who skipped bail while on trial for murder, saying it is an issue for the two nations to resolve.

European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Tuesday defended Italy's envoy to India, prevented from leaving the country due to a row over two Italian marines who skipped bail while on trial for murder in New Delhi.

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.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday said there was a commitment to work with India on some "very important issues" amid a massive diplomatic row.

Sonia Gandhi's announcement today that the Congress would pay the train fare for migrants heading home amid the lockdown set up a huge political row, with the government calling it a baseless move that would "mess up the entire system and create chaos". A detailed rebuttal from top sources came with the comment: "We don't want our villages becoming...

Rome has threatened to withdraw its ambassador from India amid the escalation of a diplomatic row over two Italian marines accused of killing Indian fishermen.

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.

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.

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.

India today took up with Italy the row over a Sikh delegation being asked to remove his turban during security checks at the Rome airport, official sources say.

The Supreme Court lifted on Tuesday a three-week order banning Italy's ambassador from leaving the country after Italy sent two marines back to India to face trial over the deaths of two Indian fishermen.

Caretaker Prime Minister Mario Monti, looking tired and distraught, said on Wednesday he was ready to leave office a day after a prominent member of his government resigned over the handling of a dispute with India.

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti addressed his country's parliament on Wednesday, a day after Italy's foreign minister resigned to protest against his government's decision to send two marines back to India to face trial in the deaths of two fishermen.

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 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.

The US on Tuesday refused to involve itself in the ongoing diplomatic row between India and Italy over two Italian marines who skipped bail while on trial for murder, saying it is an issue for the two nations to resolve.

European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Tuesday defended Italy's envoy to India, prevented from leaving the country due to a row over two Italian marines who skipped bail while on trial for murder in New Delhi.

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.