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India releases 39 Pakistani prisoners
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Mar. 2 (ANI): India released 39 Pakistani prisoners lodged in jails across the country through Wagah-Attari route on Wednesday. The prisoners included 21 civilians and 18 fishermen.
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Lankan Navy nabs 13 Indian fishermen near Delft Island
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
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.
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Rameshwaram: Fishermen to go on indefinite strike
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rameshwaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar. 2 (ANI): Fishermen in Rameshwaram on Wednesday said that they would go on an indefinite strike against the government's 45-day fishing ban, from mid-April to May-end, during the fish breeding season.
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10 fishermen apprehended by Lankan Navy in TN, probe underway
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Chennai) [India], Feb. 7 (ANI): The Sri Lankan Navy on Tuesday apprehended as many as 10 Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu's Rameswaram.
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Chennai oil spill: DMK urges Centre, TN Govt. to work in synergy
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb. 3 (ANI): The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Friday urged both the Centre and Tamil Nadu Governments to work in synergy to bail out the fishermen troubled by the recent oil spill at Chennai.
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Pak rights body says Gwadar's fishermen have deep reservations about
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan.12 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called on the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to protect the interests of the fishermen of Gwadar Port, most of whom have reservations about the over 50 billion dollar China Pakistan Economic Cor
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Direct MEA to take steps to secure release of 20 fishermen: Panneerselvam
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Jan. 8 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to direct the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to take expeditious steps to secure the release of 20 fishermen and 118 fishing boats.
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10 Indian fishermen apprehended by Lankan Navy in Tamil Nadu
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Jan. 8 (ANI): As many as 10 Indian fishermen were apprehended, along with two boats, by the Sri Lankan Navy at Palk Strait on Sunday morning.
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Eight Indian fishermen detained by Sri Lankan Navy in Neduntheevu
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Neduntheevu [Sri Lanka], Jan. 7 (ANI): As many as eight Indian fishermen were detained by Sri Lankan Navy along with one boat near Neduntheevu in Palk Strait.
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Ten Indian fishermen apprehended by Lankan Navy
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Neduntheevu (Sri Lanka) [India], Jan. 5 (ANI): As many as ten Indian fishermen were apprehended near Neduntheevu in Palk Strait along with two boats by the Sri Lankan Navy.
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Immediate release of fishermen following India-Sri Lanka Ministerial talks
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 3 (ANI): Immediate release of the fishermen presently in custody has been announced following the ministerial level talks between Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare of India Radha Mohan Singh and Minister for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development of Sr
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Radha Mohan Singh to discuss fishermen issue in Colombo
Updated : 8 years, 7 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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