Fishermen
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Navy has right to shoot anyone who intrudes: Lankan PM
India | Mar 16, 2015, 04:10 PM ISTColombo: Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has again said that his country's navy has the right to shoot anyone who intrudes into its territorial waters, notwithstanding India's forthright disapproval.“The Lankan navy has the right
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Karunanidhi condemns Sri Lankan PM's remarks on Indian fishermen
National | Mar 09, 2015, 02:12 PM ISTChennai: Slamming Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe for his remarks that Indian fishermen maybe shot if they intruded into Lankan waters, DMK today said it "amounted to a slap" on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's
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India to strongly take up fishermen issue with Lanka
World | Mar 07, 2015, 10:42 AM ISTColombo: India will strongly take up with Sri Lanka the fishermen issue during delegation-level talks between the two countries, officials said today."India and Sri Lanka have been approaching this as a humanitarian matter which is
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Pakistan arrests 46 Indian fishermen
World | Mar 07, 2015, 07:22 AM ISTIslamabad: Pakistani authorities have arrested 46 Indian fishermen and seized their boats for allegedly violating the country's territorial waters in the Arabian Sea, officials said.The fishermen were detained by the Maritime Security Agency (MSA) on
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India releases 30 Sri Lankan fishermen
India | Dec 24, 2014, 08:48 AM ISTColombo: India on Dec 23 repatriated 30 Lankan fishermen, a day after courts in Sri Lanka ordered the release of 66 Indian fishermen arrested by its navy."Thirty Sri Lankan fishermen released by the Tamil Nadu
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Lankan Prez worships at Lord Venkateswara temple
India | Dec 10, 2014, 12:22 PM ISTTirupati: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday offered worship at the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara in the wee hours near here.Rajapaksa was in the temple for about an hour, participating in the
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Sri Lanka has changed attitude on fishermen: India
India | Dec 09, 2014, 04:04 PM ISTNew Delhi: Sri Lanka has changed its attitude towards Indian fishermen straying into its territorial waters, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said Tuesday.“Sri Lanka's attitude has changed, and this has also led to a change
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Over 200 Indian fishermen in Pak custody
India | Nov 27, 2014, 12:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: Over 200 Indian fishermen are presently in Pakistan's custody, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said yesterday."In respect to Pakistan, as per figures provided by Pakistan authorities on July 1, 2014 under a bilateral
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Appeal against death sentence to five Indian fishermen today
India | Nov 10, 2014, 11:18 AM ISTChennai: Appeal to challenge death sentenced awarded to five fishermen of Tamil Nadu in the Sri Lankan Supreme Court will be made today. The TN government has sent Rs 20 Lakh to meet with legal
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PM urged to secure fishermen's release from Sri Lanka
India | Jul 23, 2014, 12:22 PM ISTChennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and secure the release of Indian fishermen and their fishing boats from Sri Lankan custoday.In a letter to Modi Tuesday, text
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Attacks on fishermen: Contempt plea in Madras High Court against officials
India | Jul 16, 2014, 07:49 AM ISTMadurai: A contempt petition has been filed in the Madras High Court Bench here against top officials, including the defence and foreign secretaries, for alleged attacks on Indian fishermen in the country's territorial waters despite
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Jayalalithaa seeks diplomatic action for release of fishermen
National | Jun 30, 2014, 01:41 PM ISTChennai: Seeking strong diplomatic action from the Centre for release of 28 Indian fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan Navy, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today said the Centre should “not” treat the IMBL with
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50 fishermen injured as SL naval personnel attack them
India | Mar 27, 2014, 11:41 AM ISTRameswaram: Fifty fishermen from this coastal town were injured when Sri Lankan Navy personnel allegedly attacked them with stones and bottles after firing in the air early this morning off Katchathivu islet.The Lankan naval personnel
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Sri Lanka navy arrests 75 fishermen from Tamil Nadu
India | Mar 19, 2014, 10:22 PM ISTRameswaram: Days after releasing all the arrested fishermen from Tamil Nadu, the Sri Lankan Navy today arrested 75 fishermen and seized their 18 mechanized fishing boats, Fisheries Department sources said. Of the arrested, 25 were
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Climate change unites fishermen in Kutch and Sundarbans
India | Mar 04, 2014, 11:34 AM ISTKolkata : Separated geographically by hundreds of miles, the drylands of Kutch in Gujarat and the wetlands of Sundarbans are bound by similarities in the effect climate change has on the farmers and fishermen, research
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Lanka court orders release of 31 Indian fishermen
World | Oct 01, 2013, 07:17 PM ISTColombo: Thirty-one Indian fishermen arrestedby the Sri Lankan Navy two months ago for allegedly breaching the country's maritime boundary were today freed by a court.The fishermen had been arrested on July 30 off the eastern
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India issues demarche to Sri Lanka on jailed fishermen
India | Aug 07, 2013, 06:32 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 7: India today summoned Sri Lankan High Commissioner and issued a demarche on the issue of 114 Indian fishermen lodged in Lankan jails.Sri Lankan High Commissioner Prasad Kariyawasam was summoned by Joint
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Sri Lankan navy detains Indian fishermen with 10 boats
India | Jul 07, 2013, 06:45 AM ISTRameswaram, July 7: Sri Lankan naval personnel on Saturday night detained an unspecified number of fishermen from here along with their ten boats near the Lankan territory.The fishermen were detained when they were fishing near
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Odisha alerts fishermen of cyclonic storm
India | May 14, 2013, 07:14 AM ISTBhubaneswar, May 14: Odisha yesterday advised fishermen to remain cautious while venturing into sea as gusty winds triggered by cyclonic storm 'Mahasen' would prevail along the coast.The cyclonic storm formed in the Bay of Bengal
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Italy's refusal to send back naval guards unacceptable: PM
India | Mar 12, 2013, 02:08 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 12: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday termed as "unacceptable" Italy's refusal to send its two naval guards back to India where they were facing trial for killing two fishermen and said