Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 28 (ANI): External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Monday held productive talks with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister GL Peiris and discussed a number of issues including the economic recovery of the island nation and fishermen's issues.
Patna (Bihar) [India], March 27 (ANI): Bihar Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) president Sanjay Jaiswal accused Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Minister Mukesh Sahani of cheating the fishermen and the department and said action will be taken against him.
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], March 26 (ANI): Three Pakistani nationals who completed their sentences in Indian jails have been repatriated to their home country via the Attari-Wagah border in Amritsar, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Saturday.
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 24 (ANI): Sri Lankan Navy has apprehended 16 fishermen from Rameswaram and Mandapam in Tamil Nadu and their two boats, according to Q branch police.
Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) [India], March 20 (ANI): Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ships and aircraft on the southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining south of the Andaman Sea are relaying weather warnings to all mariners and fishermen at sea.
Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) [India], March 19 (ANI): With the year's first cyclone Asani brewing over the Bay of Bengal, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Administration on Saturday issued an advisory for fishermen appealing to them no to venture into the sea during the period of
Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 18 (ANI): As many as six Sri Lankan fishermen were held on Thursday and their boat was seized for allegedly fishing in Indian waters by the Coast Guard.
Rameswaram [Tamil Nadu], March 8 (ANI): Eleven Indian fishermen who were arrested by Sri Lankan Navy on February 7 have been released after a hearing in a Sri Lankan court on Tuesday.
Freetown [Sierra Leone], March 3 (ANI) Chinese overfishing is marginalising Sierra Leone fishermen, a country in West Africa that has one of the richest fisheries in the continent.
Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 27 (ANI): Eight fishermen from Rameswaram were arrested and a mechanised boat was seized by the Sri Lankan Navy off the Ramanathapuram coast, said police on Sunday.
Karachi [Pakistan], February 25 (ANI): Karachi Port was completely paralyzed due to the closure of the channel by the fishermen protesting against a ban on them.