MV Seaman Guard Ohio: TN Police tight-lipped on probe

Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2013, 09:58

All 35 crew members of US ship MV seaman Guard Ohio were arrested today and produced before a magistrate court and remanded in custody. Clearly, the standoff over the detention of the arms-laden ship in Tuticorin port may explode into a diplomatic row even as the United Kingdom has sought consular access to its six nationals.

Tamil Nadu police defend detention of US ship, crew

Last Updated: Thursday, October 17, 2013, 20:07

Tamil Nadu police on Thursday defended their action of detaining the US ship MV Seaman Guard Ohio asserting there is prima facie case against them for illegally straying into Indian territorial waters.

US ship may escape action if it was beyond Indian waters: Dy NSA

Last Updated: Thursday, October 17, 2013, 11:50

Flying West African country Sierra Leone`s flag, Seaman Guard Ohio, owned by US company AdvanFort was in Indian waters Friday night around 15 nautical miles from Tuticorin port.

Arms-laden US ship in Tuticorin: Why this silence?

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 09:53

The Deputy National Security Adviser Nehchal Sandhu may have said that the American ship, detained by Coast Guard off Tamil Nadu coast for carrying arms, was not involved in gunrunning, a number of pertinent questions remain unanswered.

US ship case transferred to Tamil Nadu Q branch

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 23:18

The controversial case involving a private US ship illegally carrying arms off Tuticorin coast has been transferred to Tamil Nadu Q Branch for an extensive probe, a top police official said on Tuesday.

Detained US ship not involved in gunrunning: Sandhu

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 20:01

Deputy National Security Adviser Nehchal Sandhu today said he did not think that the American ship, detained by National Coast Guard off Tamil Nadu coast for carrying arms, was involved in gunrunning.

Arms-laden US ship in Tuticorin may not be involved in gun-running, says India

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 16:03

Over 48 hours have passed since MV Seaman Guard Ohio, a ship owned by US company AdvanFort, was detained by Indian Coast Guard off the Tuticorin port in Tamil Nadu, but there are still no clear answers on how the ship entered Indian waters carrying arms and ammunition without any permits.

Ohio uses execution drug, for last time, on killer

Last Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013, 00:06

A white gunman who spewed racial slurs before fatally shooting a black man and a police officer in a 1994 rampage was executed in Ohio with the state`s last use of its execution drug.

Giant footprint in US woman`s backyard sparks Bigfoot rumours

Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 17:43

A gigantic footprint found in an Ohio woman`s backyard has led to speculation that it may have been left behind by the mysterious Bigfoot.

US man confesses in video killing man in crash

Last Updated: Friday, September 6, 2013, 14:09

A driver has confessed in a video posted online that he`s to blame for a wrong-way car crash stemming from a night of heavy drinking that killed another man.

Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro found hanged in prison cell

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 10:10

Ariel Castro, sentenced to life in prison for the kidnapping, rape and beatings of three Cleveland women he held captive in his house for a decade, was found hanged in his prison cell late Tuesday, a state corrections official said.