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3 Rameswaram fishermen captured by Sri Lankan Navy, boat seized in Palkbay
Updated : 12 months ago IST
The fishermen, who had received their fishing permits just the day before (March 17, 2025), were reportedly told by the Sri Lankan Navy that they had crossed the maritime border.
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Tamil Nadu: Over 3400 pilgrims from Rameswaram head to Katchatheevu to pa
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Over 3400 Devotees from Rameswaram on Friday began their voyage across the sea to participate in the two-day annual St Anthony's Church festival being held on Katchatheevu Island.
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Indian Coast Guard deploys ships, aircraft to ensure safe passage for 3,40
Updated : 12 months ago IST
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has deployed ships and an aircraft to ensure the safety of fishermen travelling to Katchatheevu Island for the annual two-day festival at St. Antony's Church.
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Tamil Nadu Govt provides Rs 66.35 crore loan assistance to 799 women self-
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The programme was organised in Ramanathapuram through the Women's Planning Department to provide welfare assistance to women self-help groups.
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Sri Lankan Navy arrests 14 Indian fishermen from Pamban for fishing across
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The Sri Lankan Navy patrolling the area arrested the fishermen belonging to Salalanga and the 14 fishermen on board for fishing across the border.
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Isha Maha Shivratri festival is a Maha Kumbh of devotion: Union Home Minis
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Speaking at the festival, Home Minister Amit Shah said, "I consider it a great privilege to accept the invitation of Sadhguru and have the darshan of Adiyogi and participate in the grand Maha Shivratri festival that reveals the greatness of Mahadev. Today, from Somnath to Kedarnath, from
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Tamil Nadu: Fishermen in Rameswaram go on indefinite strike after Sri Lank
Updated : 1 year ago IST
A day after the Sri Lanka Navy seized 5 barges from Palk Bay sea on charges of crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line and 32 fishermen were arrested, fishermen in Rameswaram went on an indefinite strike demanding the release of all the fishermen and boats detained by Sri Lankan Na
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CM Stalin urges Centre to convene Joint Working Group to prevent fishermen
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Highlighting the recent arrest of 32 fishermen by Sri Lankan authorities, Stalin wrote to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and said that the JWG would ensure secure release of all the arrested fishermen and their boats. These fishermen had ventured out for fishing from the harbour i
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Budget Session: Congress' Manickam Tagore moves adjournment motion in Lok
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Fourteen fishermen from Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on Sunday for allegedy entering the waters of the island country, the Sri Lankan Navy said.
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Vertical lift Pamban Railway Bridge in Rameswaram set to open soon
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
India's first vertical lift railway sea bridge is set to be inaugurated in Pamban, Rameswaram, a significant milestone in the country's railway infrastructure.
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14 Indian fishermen held by Sri Lankan Navy
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Fishermen in more than 400 boats went fishing from Rameswaram on Saturday. Many of them were fishing in the waters of the Gulf of Mannar between Dhanushkodi and Thalaimannar.
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Tamil Nadu CM urges Jaishankar to secure release of 17 TN fishermen appre
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin urged External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to intervene and secure the release of 17 Tamil Nadu fishermen who were apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy.
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