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Colombo, April 7 Thirty Indian fishermen were repatriated from Sri Lanka on Tuesday and are currently returning home, officials said."Thirty Indian fishermen were repatriated from Sri Lanka today and are on their way home," the Indian High Commission here said in a post on X.The fishermen...

Colombo, April 7 – Thirty Indian fishermen were repatriated from Sri Lanka on Tuesday and are currently on their way back home, the Indian High Commission in Colombo announced.Sharing the update on X, the Indian mission said, "Thirty Indian fishermen were repatriated from Sri Lanka today and...

Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu), February 27 Nearly 4,000 Indian pilgrims set sail on Friday for the uninhabited Katchatheevu islet to participate in the annual two-day festival, which will officially commence at 4 pm at the St Antony's Church, officials said.The festival marks a significant moment of...

Colombo, February 24 The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 12 Indian fishermen and seized their boat for allegedly poaching in the island nation's waters, an official statement said on Tuesday.The Sri Lanka's North Central Naval Command spotted a group of Indian fishing boats engaged in illegal...

Chennai, February 23 – Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin urged External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday to take immediate diplomatic steps to secure the release of Tamil Nadu fishermen detained by the Sri Lankan Navy, amid continuing tensions in the Palk Strait.In a letter to EAM...

Chennai, February 23 – Tensions escalated along the Palk Strait after the Sri Lankan Navy arrested 12 fishermen from Pamban on Monday and seized their mechanized trawler on charges of alleged poaching in Sri Lankan waters.According to officials from the Tamil Nadu Fisheries Department, the...

Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu), February 21 – Fishing activities remained suspended along parts of the Ramanathapuram coast in Tamil Nadu on Saturday, following the arrest of 22 fishermen from Rameswaram and Mandapam by the Sri Lankan Navy earlier in the week.Members of various fishermen...

Chennai, February 19 – In yet another incident highlighting the continuing tensions in the Palk Strait, the Sri Lankan Navy arrested 22 fishermen from Tamil Nadu on Thursday for allegedly crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) and fishing in Sri Lankan waters.Four mechanised...

Colombo, February 16 The Sri Lankan Navy apprehended 25 Indian fishermen on Monday for allegedly poaching in the island nation's territorial waters.The fishermen were apprehended and their two trawlers were seized in Sri Lankan waters off Kankesanthurai, Jaffna, the Navy said in a statement...