A group of 41 Indian fishermen arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy returned to Chennai Airport. The fishermen, mostly from Ramanathapuram district, were detained for alleged cross-border fishing. Earlier, 15 fishermen detained under similar circumstances were repatriated.
In a mutual exchange of fishermen coordinated between the Indian Coast Guard and the Bangladesh Coast Guard, ICG Ship Varad and Amrit Kaur successfully repatriated 95 fishermen along with four Indian fishing boats while handing over 90 Bangladeshi Fishermen including 12 rescued from sunke
95 Indian fishermen and 90 Bangladeshi fishermen have been handed over to their respective coast guards for a mutual repatriation scheduled to take place on January 5. The exchange has been worked upon keeping in mind the humanitarian and livelihood concerns of fishing communities from both
Sharing a post on X, the Indian embassy in Bahrain wrote, "India in Bahrain is pleased to announce repatriation of 28 Indian fishermen who were recently freed after reduction in sentence from 6 to 3 months. The embassy facilitated legal assistance and travel under GoI's Indian Community W
Leader of Opposition (LOP) in Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday wrote to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, urging him to take up the issue of arrest of Indian fisherfolks by Sri lankan authorities during the visit of island nation's President Anura Kumara Dissanay
Sharing a post on X on Monday, the High Commission of India in Colombo, Sri Lanka wrote, "A group of 21 Indian fishermen have been successfully repatriated from Sri Lanka. They are currently on their way back home!"
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ship successfully rescued seven Indian fishermen apprehended by a Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) ship near the India-Pakistan Maritime Boundary, according to an official release.
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ship successfully rescued seven Indian fishermen, apprehended by a Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) ship near the India-Pakistan Maritime Boundary, the release stated on Monday.
Fishermen from Tamil Nadu took to the streets on Sunday, staging a protest against the Sri Lankan Navy's detention of 17 Indian fishermen and seizure of two boats off Rameswaram's coast.