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DMK questions PM Modi's silence on fishermen issue during Colombo vis
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 13 (ANI): Welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement of 10,000 houses for Indian origin Tamils in Sri Lanka, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagham (DMK) on Saturday raised doubts on the steps initiated by the former to redress issues of Tamil fisher
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'Extremist elements' in TN blowing fishermen issue out of propor
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday called on the Centre to take strong measures and collaborate with the Sri Lankan Government for allowing fishing in their region till the time the Indian side is re-populate with export quali
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TN CM writes to PM Modi, seeks intervention in fishermen issue
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu)[ India] , Mar. 7 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palanisamy wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking the Centre's intervention in connection with the incident where a fisherman from Tamil Nadu was shot in the Sri Lankan waters, but, the is
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High Commissioner to Sri Lanka takes up fishermen issue with Sri Lankan PM
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 7 (ANI): In the wake of the killing of an Indian fisherman by the Sri Lankan Navy, the government has conveyed its deep concerns.
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Radha Mohan Singh to discuss fishermen issue in Colombo
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 2 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh is visiting Colombo, Sri Lanka to participate in a high-level meeting to discuss the issue of fishermen between the two countries.
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India looks forward to early settlement of fishermen row with Lanka
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 17 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday said India is looking forward to an early meeting with the Sri Lankan Government to address the fishermen issue and added that this matter would be resolved at the earliest.
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India, Lanka truce on fishermen issue due to Jayalalithaa's blessings
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai [India], Nov. 6 (ANI): With India and Sri Lanka having agreed to set up a hotline between their coast guards to resolve the prolonged fishermen-related crisis, Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK party gave credit for the breakthrough to ailing Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa.
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Fishermen issue: India, Sri Lanka to set up hotline between coast guards
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 5 (ANI): After holding ministerial level talks on Saturday, the governments of India and Sri Lanka have agreed to set up a hotline between the coast guards and a Joint Working Group (JWG) on fisheries to meet every three months in a bid to address the long pending fi
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Fishermen issue: AIADMK pins hope on ministerial talks between India, Sri
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Nov. 5 (ANI): The ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on Saturday expressed hope that the ministerial level talks between India and Sri Lanka to be held later in the day will bring in positive results for the long standing issues pertaining
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Foreign Ministers of India, Sri Lanka to meet today over fishermen issue
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 5 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will hold a high-level meeting with her Sri Lankan counterpart Mangala Samarweera in New Delhi today to sort out the fishermen issue.
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PM Modi meets Lankan Prez, discusses fishermen row
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Salcete (Goa) [India], Oct 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena during the Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) 2016 here on Sunday during which they discussed the fishermen issue besides others matt
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