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  Tamil Nadu fisherman injured in Lankan Navy firing

  India | February 20, 2020 17:24 IST

  A 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 | September 22, 2015 14:31 IST

  Rameswaram: 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 | September 01, 2015 10:52 IST

  Rameshwaram: 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 | June 02, 2015 10:22 IST

  Rameswaram: 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

  Politics | November 24, 2014 13:28 IST

  Chennai: 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 | September 03, 2014 7:02 IST

  Chennai: 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 | February 04, 2014 8:18 IST

  Rameswaram (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 | August 26, 2013 12:06 IST

  Rameswaram: 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 | April 17, 2013 19:21 IST

  Chennai, 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,'