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  Navy has right to shoot anyone who intrudes: Lankan PM

  India | March 16, 2015 16:10 IST

  Colombo: 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

  Politics | March 09, 2015 14:12 IST

  Chennai: 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 | March 07, 2015 10:42 IST

  Colombo: 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 | March 07, 2015 7:22 IST

  Islamabad: 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 | December 24, 2014 8:48 IST

  Colombo:  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 | December 10, 2014 12:22 IST

  Tirupati: 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 | December 09, 2014 16:04 IST

  New 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 | November 27, 2014 12:20 IST

  New 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 | November 10, 2014 11:18 IST

  Chennai: 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 | July 23, 2014 12:22 IST

  Chennai: 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 | July 16, 2014 7:49 IST

  Madurai: 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

  Politics | June 30, 2014 13:41 IST

  Chennai: 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 | March 27, 2014 11:41 IST

  Rameswaram:  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 | March 19, 2014 22:22 IST

  Rameswaram: 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 | March 04, 2014 11:34 IST

  Kolkata  : 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 | October 01, 2013 19:17 IST

  Colombo: 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 | August 07, 2013 18:32 IST

  New 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 | July 07, 2013 6:45 IST

  Rameswaram, 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 7:14 IST

  Bhubaneswar, 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 | March 12, 2013 14:08 IST

  New 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