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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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  Sri Lankan navy arrests eight TN fishermen

  India | December 28, 2014 16:05 IST

  Rameswaram (TN): Sri Lankan navy today arrested eight Tamil Nadu fishermen on charges of poaching in the island nation's waters.They were arrested near Katchatheevu, an islet ceded to Sri Lanka by India in 1974, and

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  18 TN fishermen return to safety in Odisha

  India | October 14, 2013 10:10 IST

  Chennai : Eighteen fishermen of Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu, who were feared missing in Odisha, returned safely yesterday.They were trapped in a trawler near Paradip ahead of Cyclone Phailin. The men jumped from the

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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,'

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  Centre 'soft handling' attacks on TN fishermen: Jayalalitha

  Politics | September 23, 2012 15:48 IST

  Chennai, Aug 20: Charging the government at the Centre with “soft handling” the issue of Sri Lankan Navy's alleged attacks on Tamil Nadu fishermen, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today asked it to ensure that the island

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  Nine TN fishermen 'abducted' by Lankan Navy personnel

  India | June 20, 2012 17:59 IST

  Nagapattinam (TN), Jun 20: Nine fishermen of a fishing hamlet in this district have reportedly been abducted by Sri Lankan Navy off Kodiakarai coast in Indian waters.  Fisheries department officials, quoting panchayat representatives of Akkaraipettai