Lankan Navy attacks Tamil fishermen; sinks boat, snaps nets

Sri Lankan Naval personnel allegedly attacked Tamil Nadu fishermen with stones besides ramming and sinking a mechanised boat and destroying fishing nets of several other vessels off Dhanushkodi, a......

Lankan navy arrests 16 Tamil Nadu fishermen

Sixteen Tamil Nadu fishermen were arrested by Sri Lankan naval personnel when they were fishing near Katchatheevu, the fourth such incident this week, a Fisheries Department official said on......

Fishermen body urges Jaya to seek talks to end dispute

Condemning the arrest of seven Indian fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy near Katchatheevu, a fishermen body in Rameswaram on Wednesday urged Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to seek Centre’s......

Lankan navy arrests 7 Tamil Nadu fishermen

Seven fishermen from Tamil Nadu were arrested on Tuesday by Sri Lankan Naval personnel for allegedly fishing in their territorial waters. The seven, part of groups of fishermen who put out to sea......