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- India
MoS Muraleedharan thanks Iranian envoy Iraj Ilahi for early release of 8 Indian fishermen
New Delhi: Union Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs V Muraleedharan met the Ambassador of Iran to India Iraj Elahi at his office in New Delhi on Wednesday and expressed gratitude…
- India
Cyclonic storm: IMD warns fishermen not to venture into Arabian Sea
Mumbai: In light of the depression in the Arabian Sea, which is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday issued a warning to fishermen not…
- India
Six TN fishermen attacked, robbed in midsea near Point Calimere
Nagapattinam: Six fishermen from Tamil Nadu’s Nagapattinam district were allegedly attacked and robbed in midsea near Point Calimere (Kodiyakarai) by unidentified men, said police on Thursday. The incident, which left all the…
- India
Stranded Indian fishermen rescued by British vessel; brought back by Indian Coast Guard
Thiruvananthapuram: Fourteen Indian fishermen, who were stranded at Salomon Islands –a British Indian Ocean Territory– following the breakdown of their fishing vessel in the sea, were rescued by a British vessel, official…
- India
BSF caught 22 Pakistani fishermen, seized heroin in Guj in 2022
New Delhi: The Border Security Force’s (BSF) Gujarat Frontier achieved great success in thwarting infiltration and drug smuggling in 2022, arresting 22 Pakistani fishermen on the international border in the state and…
- World
Sri Lankan Navy arrests four TN fishermen
Chennai: The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested four Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu on charges of allegedly crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) and fishing in Sri Lankan waters. The arrested…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP: Search on for missing students in Krishna river
Amaravati: Rescue operations continued in Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna district where five students went missing on Friday while taking a bath in the Krishna river. Officials said on Saturday that two bodies were…
- World
5 Sri Lanka fishermen missing after cyclone Mandous
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Fisheries on Tuesday announced that five fishermen disappeared while at sea during cyclone Mandous. The five from three multi-day fishing vessels are residents of Batticaloa, Trincomalee and…
- India
Cyclone effect: TN fishermen seek immediate compensation for damages
Chennai: The fishermen organisations of Tamil Nadu have requested the state government to provide immediate assistance for their fishing nets and vessels damaged during the recent Cyclone Mandous. According to fishermen groups…
- Pakistan
BSF nabs three Pakistani fishermen from creek area near border in Gujarat
Ahmedabad: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday nabbed three Pakistani fishermen and seized their boat from a creek area near the India-Pakistan border off the Kutch district coast in Gujarat, the BSF…
- India
Cyclone Mandous: TN fishermen allowed to venture into sea after 7 days
Chennai: With Cyclone Mandous making landfall on Friday night, the Tamil Nadu Fisheries Department has allowed fishermen from Karaikal to venture out into the seas. It had directed the fishermen not to…
- India
TN fishermen block roads, demand release of 24 fishers detained by SL Navy
Chennai: A couple of days after the Sri Lankan Navy detained 24 Indian fishers, the mechanised boat fishermen of Jagadapattinam coastal village in Tamil Nadu’s Pudukkottai district on Wednesday staged a protest…
- India
Sri Lanka apprehends 23 Indian fishermen, Stalin writes to Centre
Chennai: As many as 23 Tamil Nadu fishermen were arrested by Sri Lanka on Monday, Chief Minister M K Stalin apprised the Centre and sought action to secure the release of fishers…
- World
China grants free fuel to Lanka’s farmers and fishermen
Colombo: China said on Sunday that it has donated 10.6 million litres of diesel to Sri Lankan farmers and fishermen to facilitate their work in the most affected sectors of agriculture and…
- Telangana
Telangana: Patancheru MLA urges fishermen to enrol as members of cooperative societies
Hyderabad: Patancheru MLA Gudem Mahipal Reddy on Sunday urged fishermen to enrol as members of cooperative societies. Addressing the fishermen community after releasing 5.2 lakh fish into two tanks in Chitkul and…