Lankan Navy
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Tamil Nadu fisherman injured in Lankan Navy firing
India | Feb 20, 2020, 05:24 PM ISTA 52-year-old Tamil Nadu fisherman was injured when the Sri Lankan Navy allegedly opened fire at his boat while he was fishing with others off Katchatheevu in the island nation's waters.
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Lankan Navy arrests 15 TN fishermen; chase away boats
India | Sep 22, 2015, 02:31 PM ISTRameswaram: Sri Lanka Navy arrested 15 fishermen for allegedly fishing in Lankan waters and also chased at gun point fishermen near Katchatheevu in the Palk Straits, officials said today.The 15 fishermen had put to sea
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Lankan Navy arrests 16 Tamil Nadu fishermen
India | Sep 01, 2015, 10:52 AM ISTRameshwaram: Sixteen fishermen from Jagadhapattinam in Pudukottai district were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on charges of violating the International Maritime Boundary Line this morning, Fisheries Department officials said here.Fishermen's Association President S Emiret
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Sri Lankan Navy arrests 15 Indian fishermen
India | Jun 02, 2015, 10:22 AM ISTRameswaram: Sri Lanka today arrested 15 fishermen from here for allegedly poaching in that country's waters near Katchatheevu, police said. All of them were taken to Talaimannar coast along with their three boats, police said
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TN seeks Modi's intervention for release of fishermen
National | Nov 24, 2014, 01:28 PM ISTChennai: Tamil Nadu government today sought the Centre's intervention for the release of 14 Indian fishermen arrested by the Lankan navy on Sunday, and raised the issue of financial package for the community. Yesterday's arrest
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Jayalalithaa seeks Narendra Modi's intervention into fishermen issue
India | Sep 03, 2014, 07:02 AM ISTChennai: Expressing concern over the ‘alarmingly' increasing frequencies of arrests of Indian fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking Centre's immediate intervention to resolve
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20 TN fishermen arrested by Lankan navy
India | Feb 04, 2014, 08:18 AM ISTRameswaram (TN): Twenty local fishermen were yesterday arrested by Sri Lankan Navy when they were fishing near Katchatheevu, an islet in the Palk Strait, fishermen representatives said.The navy personnel also allegedly cut the fishing nets
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35 TN fishermen arrested by Lankan Navy
India | Aug 26, 2013, 12:06 PM ISTRameswaram: Thirty five Tamil Nadu fishermen were today arrested and four boats seized by Sri Lankan Navy while they were fishing between Talaimannar and Dhanushkodi in the Palk Strait, official sources said. The Sri Lankan
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'Over 500 TN fishermen arrested by Lankan navy since May 2011'
India | Apr 17, 2013, 07:21 PM ISTChennai, Apr 17: Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday said that due to its consistent efforts Sri Lanka had released over 500 fishermen arrested by its navy since May, 2011 and re-affirmed that retrieval of ‘katchatheevu,'