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Kerala floods: Tharoor seeks Nobel Prize for fishermen, lauds their 'deeds
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 06 (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor wrote to Norwegian Nobel Committee's chairperson recommending Kerala fishermen for the Nobel Peace Prize for the "deeds of courage" they displayed during rescue operations undertaken during the 2018 Kerala floods.
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Sri Lanka releases Indian fishermen, asks to appear before court
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jan 21 (ANI): Vanni court in Sri Lanka on Monday released 11 Indian fishermen who were caught by the Sri Lankan navy on January 13.
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Sri Lankan Navy recovers dead body of Rameswaram fisherman
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu), [India], Jan 14 (ANI): The body of a 55-year-old Rameswaram fisherman was recovered by the Sri Lanka Navy during a dedicated rescue mission to locate a group of distressed Indian fishermen near the Delft Island on Sunday, an official statement from the Sri Lankan Nav
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Sri Lankan Navy detains 9 Indian fishermen near Delft Island
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 13 (ANI): Nine Indian fishermen were apprehended near the shore of the Delft Island by the Sri Lankan Navy on Sunday morning.
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Protest in Udupi over fishermen missing for 3 weeks
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Karnataka [India], Jan 6 (ANI): Thousands of fishermen took out a protest march in the Udupi district of Karnataka on Sunday. The protestors demanded the government to trace the seven members of their community who have been missing for 24 days.
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Exchange of list of prisoners between India and Pakistan
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 1 (ANI): India and Pakistan on Tuesday exchanged the lists of civilian prisoners and fishermen, through diplomatic channels simultaneously in New Delhi and Islamabad.
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Coast Guard ships, aircraft pressed into service to locate 'missing' ship
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 25 (ANI): The Indian Coast Guard has pressed its ships, aircraft, and helicopters into service to locate a fishing boat which reportedly went missing about two weeks ago near the Udupi coast in Karnataka with eight fishermen on board.
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YSR Cong leader appeals for release of Andhra fishermen held by Pak
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 13 (ANI): YSR Congress Party national general secretary V. Vijaysai Reddy on Thursday appealed to External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj to ensure that the Pakistan government expedites the release of 20 fishermen from Andhra Pradesh who were recently apprehende
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Will respect what ICJ decides: Ex-Italy PM on Italian marines case
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta said that both India and Italy have to honour the decision to be made by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in connection to the alleged killing of two Indian fishermen off southern India by two Italian mari
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US tourist's death in Andaman: 3 accused taken into police custody
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Island) [India], Nov 23 (ANI): Three of seven fishermen who were arrested earlier in the day in connection with the alleged killing of American Tourist John Allen Chau were taken into police custody here on Thursday.
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TN fishermen warned against venturing into south-east Bay of Bengal
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Nov 11 (ANI): Tamil Nadu fisheries department has urged the fishermen to avoid fishing in the south-east of the Bay of Bengal tomorrow due to a prediction of stormy weather.
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Post Rajapaksa's swearing in as PM, Swamy says will visit Colombo soon
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 26 (ANI): A day after Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy said he will soon visit the island nation to raise the issue of the Indian fishermen and will also suggest a solution for resolvi
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