Tuticorin court sentences 35 crew men of US ship to 5 years in jail

A court in Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu on Monday sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment all the 35 crew members of United States company-owned ship Seaman Guard Ohio which was held for......

Cameron asks Modi to release sailors, but will they be freed?

  British Prime Minister David Cameron recently asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi's help to send back six British sailors who have been in Tamil Nadu for two years. A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com......

Armed cargo ships along India's coast pose security threat

Commercial ships with armed men on board, which navigate along India’s territorial waters, pose a threat to the country’s security, a senior Coast Guard official said on Thursday.......

Tamil Nadu: 35 crew members of US ship get conditional bail

A local court in Tuticorin has granted conditional bail to all the 35 crew members of a US ship, arrested on charges of illegally carrying weapons on board the vessel and straying into Indian......