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K`taka: Container catches fire on board a ship

Panic gripped the crew of a cargo ship after one of its containers loaded with chemicals caught fire...

Russia calls US sentence of Bout baseless, biased

Bout, 45, was sentenced to 25 years in jail Thursday after being found guilty of conspiring to sel...

`Merchant of Death` sentenced to 25 years in prison

Viktor Bout`s sentence was the mandatory minimum he faced and well below the life prison term called...

`Merchant of Death` faces possible life sentence

Viktor Bout, 45, faces a mandatory minimum of 25 years in prison and possibly life for his convictio...

Firing at sea: Ker Govt announces solatium

The Kerala Cabinet Thursday announced a solatium of Rs. 5 lakh each to the families of the two fis...

Mistaken for pirates, 2 Indian fishermen shot dead

Two Indian fishermen were killed after security detail onboard an Italian merchant vessel fired at t...

US jury convicts notorious Russian arms dealer

Viktor Bout was accused of evading authorities for years while fuelling violence in war zones around...

Merchant steamrolls Joshi to move into last 16

Asian champion Yasin Merchant showed the form of old as he demolished Devendra Joshi (PSPB) to progr...

Williamson Magors on course for another title

Vivek Seth returned with a 78 to put reigning champions Williamson Magors A on course for another ti...

Govt to arm merchant ships to fight piracy: Vasan

The government is considering to equip the Indian merchant vessels with armed security guards to fig...

Efforts on to control adrift ship in Mumbai

MV Wisdom was being towed from Colombo to Alang in Gujarat where it was to be broken as scrap.

Yasin Merchant withdraws from Asian Snooker Championship

Former Asian Champion Yasin Merchant has withdrawn from the Asian Snooker Championship, beginning to...

Indian Navy foils Somali pirates` attack; 16 held

Navy captured 16 Somali pirates and rescued 16 hostages by foiling the attack on a merchant ship.

Families demand action by Centre to free captive seafarers

Families of six Indian seafarers held captive by Somali pirates for more than seven months now, on S...

Plea to centre to take steps to get hostages released

The Merchant Navy Officers Welfare Association (MNOWA), here has urged the Union government to take ...

Sri Lankan navy detains S Korean merchant vessel

A South Korean merchant vessel has been detained by the Sri Lanka navy for allegedly failing to re...

Lawyers challenge `Merchant of Death` trial

The world`s most notorious arms dealer will go to trial starting Sept 12.

Unaccounted money worth Rs7.25 cr unearthed from veg merchants

-T department has unearthed unaccounted money worth over Rs 7 crore from Punjab-based wholesale ve...

Asiad medallists Merchant, Mehta get cash awards

Cueists Aditya Mehta and Yasin Merchant have been presented cash awards by the Maharashtra Governmen...

US hearing for `Merchant of Death` Bout postponed

Alleged "Merchant of Death" arms dealer will appear in court on January 21.

Detention of Indian merchants may figure in China talks

The plight of 21 Indian diamond merchants from Gujarat languishing in Chinese jails since Janury thi...

Navy ship thwarts pirate attack on merchant vessel off Yemen

A pirate attack on a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Aden has been thwarted by an Indian warship, w...

India to join global convention on ship-wreck

The government on Thursday approved amendments to over 50-year-old merchant shipping Act to bring ru...

Thailand to extradite `Merchant of Death` tomorrow

Escorted by dozens of Thai commandos, an alleged Russian arms dealer will be taken from prison tom...

Thai court grants extradition of `Merchant of Death`

A Thai court on Friday ordered the extradition of alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, dubbed ...

Thais to rule on suspected arms dealer extradition

Viktor Bout is reputed to be one of the world`s most prolific arms dealers.

Coast Guard rescues merchant ship off Mumbai coast

The Coast Guard (CG) rescued a merchant ship, which reported flooding on-board, off the Mumbai coa...

Tahir was planning to set up arms factory: CBI

Tahir Merchant, an accused in 1993 serial bomb blasts, was planning to set up an arms-making facto...

1993 Mumbai blasts accused Tahir Merchant arrested

Tahir Merchant, an absconding accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case, was Tuesday arres...

Imperial trade ban

Archaeologists have found evidence that Chinese merchants probably flouted bans on foreign trade.

Four sentenced to life for killing fruit merchant

Four persons, including two brothers, were on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment by a local c...

Advani, Merchant to tune up for Asians through MIG Club event

Cue aces Pankaj Advani and Yasin Merchant would tune up for the upcoming Asian Snooker Championship ...

Merchant ship collides with Coast Guard vessel, no casualties

A merchant ship on Tuesday collided with an Indian Coast Guard vessel off the Mumbai Coast but no ...

Diamond merchant arrested for forging land documents

Chinu Gajera, a prominent diamond merchant and brother of a former BJP MLA BJP Dhiru Gajera, has b...

Gulshan Kumar’s killer to be brought back from Bangladesh

The killer of audio king Gulshan Kumar, who jumped parole last year, has been traced in Bangladesh a...

US files new charges against `Merchant of Death`

Thailand said on Thursday that Russian alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout could face fresh extradition ...

Yasin writes to Rahul Gandhi again, seeks audience

With his letter to Rahul Gandhi not yielding any result, two-time Asian champion cueist Yasin Merch...

Yasin Merchant writes to Rahul Gandhi after Padma Shri snub

Miffed at being ignored for the Padma Shri award, two-time Asian champion cueist Yasin Merchant ha...

Yasin Merchant downs Aditya Mehta to win title

Former Asian Champion Yasin Merchant touched his peak to thrash statemate Aditya Mehta 6-1 to clin...

Merchant to play Mehta in All-India Snooker final

In a fight for supremacy between two former Asian champions veteran Yasin Merchant came from 0-3 dow...

Geet Sethi shocked by Yasin Merchant

Veteran Geeth Sethi was toppled by top seed Yasin Merchant 4-3 in the quarterfinals of the All-Ind...

SBI short lists 3-4 firms for merchant acquisition JV

Country`s largest lender, State Bank has shortlisted 3-4 companies for its proposed joint venture to...

Smooth sailing for Advani, Sethi, Merchant

Pankaj Advani and Geet Sethi hardly broke a sweat but compatriot Yasin Merchant had to toil for hi...

Boat carrying 40 sinks off Australia; 15 rescued

Fifteen people have been rescued after a boat carrying about 40 people sank off Western Australia, a...

Rupesh out, Merchant win in National Snooker

Seasoned Rupesh Shah of PSPB today crashed out of the men`s National Senior Snooker Championship aft...

Russia arrests 8 hijackers of merchant ship: Reports

Russia has arrested 8 people who hijacked the merchant ship Arctic Sea, Defense Minister was quoted ...

Yasin Merchant wins All India open snooker title

Former two-time Asian champion Yasin Merchant overwhelmed Kamal Chawla of Railways 6-2 to clinch t...

Thai court refuses to extradite suspected Russian arms dealer to US

A Thai court on Tuesday refused to extradite alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to the United S...

Merchant rallies to enter final

Two-time Asian champion Yasin Merchant staged a great escape in the semifinal of the Matunga Gymkh...

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