Indian fishermen return post release by Sri Lanka

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has demanded that india should summon the Sri Lankan envoy over Sri Lankan Navy attacks on Tamil fishermen. She has urged for withdrawal of 1974 agreement with Sri Lanka. She has revived the demand for retrieval of ...

The Intelligence Bureau has confirmed that the fishing boat seized by the Sri Lankan Navy off Colombo coast, was built at a boat yard in Munambam. The boat carrying 66 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees was reportedly on its way to Australia, when ...

Fifteen fishermen, who put to sea from here, were today attacked allegedly by Sri Lankan Navy when they were fishing near Dhanuskodi, fisheries department sources said.

For the third time, the remand of 26 fishermen from Tamil Nadu who were held by the Sri Lankan Navy on April 5 has been extended, now upto May 6.The case came up for hearing at the m...

In a bid to put an end to frequent attacks on Indian fishermen by Sri Lankan navy, the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly on Friday unanimously adopted a resolution urging the Centre to retrieve KachchativuIsland ceded to Sri Lanka under a 1974 ...

The Sri Lankan navy has launched inquiries to know how a boat of over 60 asylum seekers reached Australia without being detected by authorities, officials said Thursday.Navy spokesman Kosala Warnakulasuriya said the naval intelligence unit was investigating ...

The 32-day ordeal for 30 Rameswaram fishermen, who were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on April 6, ended as they returned to a warm reception at the Rameswaram fishing jetty late on Wednesday evening. The fatigued fishermen were received with tears ...

In a latest incident, the Sri Lankan navy detained 14 fishermen and two country boats in mid-sea for a few hours and let them off after warning not to enter the island nation waters on Monday. Fisheries department source said, the mechanized boats ...

Eight fishermen were injured in separate incidents of attack allegedly by the Sri Lankan Navy while fishing off Kodiakarai coast, fisheries department officials said on Thursday. Gunasekaran, assistant director of fisheries, Nagapattinam, said four fishermen had put to sea in a fibreglass boat from Vanavanmahadevi near Nagapattinam  when Lankan Navy allegedly attacked them with wooden logs while they were fishing few knots South East off Kodiakarai last night. They also seized their catch ...