26 Karaikal fishers set free by Lankan court

The writer has posted comments on this article S M ArunS M Arun , TNN | May 9, 2013, 02.41 AM IST RELATED COIMBATORE: With the long-awaited Palakkad-Coimbatore-ErodeMEMU service set to begin on May 12, expectations have turned towards the ...

When the fishermen were expecting their release on May 6, the court extended the remand till May 20. However, in a surprise development, it ordered their release on Wednesday

RAMESWARAM (TAMIL NADU): Fifteen fishermen, who put to sea from here, were on Monday attacked allegedly by Sri Lankan navy when they were fishing near Dhanuskodi, fisheries department sources said. The fishermen were fishing near a sand hillock in ...

A facelift is to be given to the Annai Indira Gandhi Bridge, or the Pamban road bridge that connects the mainland to the island town of Rameswaram. As part of silver jubilee year of the the bridge, the facelift is being planned at a cost of Rs 18.57 ...

Rameswaram (TN), April 27 (PTI) A Sri Lankan court today remanded to judicial custody six local fishermen arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on the charge of ganja smuggling on March 25, officials here said. They have been lodged in the Jaffna prison, ...

Rameswaram: Fishing operations, which remained suspended for more than two weeks following strike by fishermen demanding the release of 19 Tamil fishermen, arrested by Sri Lankan Navy, resumed here this morning. Official sources said the decision to ...

Rameswaram: Ten persons were injured in a clash between two communities at nearby Terkuvadi over riding a motorbike at high speed, police said. The clash ensued when two youths of one community were questioned by those of the other community on ...

Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu: Heroin worth Rs one crore in the international market was seized on Saturday from a man at a bus stand at Paramakudi, 60 km from Rameswaram, police said.Luggage of the man, moving in a suspicious manner at the bus stand, was ...

Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, May 6 (UNI) Three people were killed and 20 injured in a collision between two Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) buses at Vedalai Village on the Madurai-Rameswaram highway, here this afternoon. Preliminary ...