Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 2 (ANI): In the wake of the long-standing tussle regarding the fishermen taken into custody by the Sri Lankan authority, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palanisamy has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking assistance on the matter.
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Apr. 15 (ANI): The government has released orders for the annual 60-day ban on fishing by motorised and mechanised boats in entire east coast. The ban that begun on the midnight of April 14 reportedly has fishermen recounting their bitter experiences i
New Delhi [India], Apr. 3 (ANI): Iran has released 15 fishermen from Tamil Nadu, who were detained along with their Bahraini boats, said External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar.21 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the arrest of 10 Indian fishermen and seizure of 129 fishing boats by the Sri Lankan Navy.
Nagapattinam, (Tamil Nadu) [India] Mar. 8 (ANI): The Indian Coast Guard has confirmed taking custody of 10 Sri Lankan fishermen and their two boats, on charges of violating India's territorial waters.
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], Mar. 5 (ANI): The Pakistan Navy on Sunday apprehended 80 Indian fishermen and 15 boats off the Gujarat coast in the Arabian Sea.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar. 3 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palanisamy on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to secure the immediate release of 53 fishermen and 123 fishing boats apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy.
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar. 2 (ANI): The Sri Lankan Navy today captured 13 Indian fishermen along with two boats in the sea area north of Delft Island.
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Jan. 31 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF) on Tuesday seized two Pakistani boats from Tota Guru post (Dera Baba Nanak Post) on the Ravi river in Punjab.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan. 21 (ANI): Taking a dig at the breakup of the Samajwadi Party (SP)-Congress alliance, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday said both the parties are like sinking boats.
New Delhi [India], Jan. 15 (ANI): National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Director General R.K. Pachnanda on Sunday said that twenty one bodies have been recovered so far, after two boats carrying about 40 people turned turtle in Ganga river in Patna yesterday.