India's territorial waters end at 12 nautical miles while exclusive economic zone stretches to 200 nautical miles from the coast.

The move comes in the wake of Italy challenging in SC the authority of NIA to probe killing of an Indian fishermen duo off Kerala coast by ...

After India & Vietnam agreed to additional presence by ONGC in oil blocks in South China Sea region, Beijing set up oil rig to reinforce it...

The anti-piracy law SUA is meant to prevent pirates and protect vessels and it should not be applied to the case relating to the Italian ma...

EU today expressed the hope that a solution will be found to the issue of Italian marines, whose prosecution has triggered diplomatic tensi...

Two Italian marines, accused of killing two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast, may escape death penalty with the Home Ministry today ag...

Accused Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, who were on board Italian vessel 'Enrica Lexie', allegedly shot dead the two fishermen o...

Govt has sought more time from SC to break deadlock with Italy after India decided to invoke law that entails death penalty against two Ita...

The Centre informed SC that it is trying to resolve all disputes with Italian govt arising out of invoking anti-terrorism law against two m...

Under SUA, if anyone causes death, he or she will be awarded only death penalty but India has already assured Italy that the offence would ...

The Home Ministry has found itself in a tight spot over NIA's move seeking sanction to prosecute Italian marines accused of killing two Ker...

The two marines had allegedly shot dead two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast on February 15, last year.

Confusion prevails over the laws under which the Italian marine duo, accused of killing two Kerala fishermen, are to be prosecuted.

NIA may drop a stringent provision of law that entails only death sentence for the offence of murder.

Tensions arose last month after Italy refused to send back the marines to face trial, disregarding a sovereign undertaking given to the Sup...

In an effort to improve working conditions of people employed in mining activities, the government proposes to amend the Mines Act, which w...

The Supreme Court has ruled that companies engaged in offshore operations cannot transship stores to the oil rigs in the Exclusive Economic...