Kolkata [India], Nov. 12 (ANI): The Indian Coast Guard has rescued 16 Bangladeshi fishermen, whose boat was sinking due to technical snag, from West Bengal coast.
Chennai [India], Nov. 6 (ANI): With India and Sri Lanka having agreed to set up a hotline between their coast guards to resolve the prolonged fishermen-related crisis, Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK party gave credit for the breakthrough to ailing Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa.
New Delhi [India], Nov. 5 (ANI): After holding ministerial level talks on Saturday, the governments of India and Sri Lanka have agreed to set up a hotline between the coast guards and a Joint Working Group (JWG) on fisheries to meet every three months in a bid to address the long pending fi
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Nov. 5 (ANI): The ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on Saturday expressed hope that the ministerial level talks between India and Sri Lanka to be held later in the day will bring in positive results for the long standing issues pertaining
New Delhi [India], Nov. 5 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will hold a high-level meeting with her Sri Lankan counterpart Mangala Samarweera in New Delhi today to sort out the fishermen issue.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu)[India], Nov.3 (ANI): In the backdrop of delegation-level talks between the fishermen associations of India and Sri Lanka, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(DMK) on Thursday alleged that the Centre is silent on issues related to Tamil Nadu.
New Delhi [India], Nov.2 (ANI): A delegation-level meeting of fishermen associations of India and Sri Lanka is scheduled to be held in the national capital today.
Imphal (Manipur) [India], Nov. 2 (ANI): A fish fair-cum-competition was recently organised in Imphal to promote the fish business and to provide fishermen with a platform to sell their fish at remunerative prices.
Rameshwaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Oct. 27(ANI): Three Indian fishermen were arrested and their boat impounded by the Sri Lankan navy near Rameswaram for allegedly possessing two kilograms of heroin.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Oct. 26 (ANI): With the Cyclonic storm Kyant, formed by deep depression, getting intensified over the east central Bay of Bengal and slowly moving towards west-southwest, the Indian Metrological Department (IMD) on Wednesday issued fresh warnings to fishermen a
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Oct. 19 (ANI): As many as 20 Indian fishermen were apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy near the International Maritime Boundary Line (IBML) and impounded one country boat on Wednesday.
Salcete (Goa) [India], Oct 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena during the Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) 2016 here on Sunday during which they discussed the fishermen issue besides others matt