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Sri Lankan Navy arrests four Tamil fishermen, seizes boats for fishing close to island nation
•Four Tamil Nadu fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy while they were fishing off Neduntheevu on Thursday.
Sri Lankan coast guards seizes Indian vessel with Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim refugees
•Sri Lankan coastguards have seized an Indian fishing boat and detained two Indians and 30 Rohingya refugees, including 14 children after the vessel illegally entered the country's territorial waters, authorities said on Sunday.
Sri Lankan navy arrests 28 fishermen on charges of crossing International Maritime Boundary Line
Fp Archives •Sri Lankan Navy personnel on Sunday arrested 28 Indian fishermen on charges of crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line.
Cannot accept International Maritime Boundary Line with Sri Lanka: Jaya
Fp Archives •Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa said the Centre should not treat the ITBL with Sri Lanka as a settled issue as its constitutionality was challenged
Sri Lankan navy arrests 14 Indian fishermen, seizes three boats
Fp Archives •Sixteen fishermen were arrested by Sri Lankan naval personnel on Thursday for allegedly violating the International Maritime Boundary Line.
India, Sri Lanka release 52 fishermen each ahead of meet
Fp Archives •In a significant move, India and Sri Lanka on Monday released 52 fishermen each as a goodwill measure prior to the Fishermen’s Association meeting to be held in Chennai on 20 January.
Jaya renews demand for retrieval of Katchatheevu islet from Sri Lanka
Fp Archives •Voicing concern over attacks on Indian fishermen, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today asked the Centre to take urgent steps for retrieval of Katchatheevu islet, ceded to Sri Lanka in 1974, besides redrawing the International Maritime Boundary Line.