Tamil Fishermen

Sri Lanka repatriates three Tamil Nadu fishermen

Three fishermen from Tamil Nadu, whose boat drifted to Sri Lanka last month, were today repatriated by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG).

Protests organised against Lanka death sentence to Indian fishermen

Protesting the death sentence awarded to five members of their ilk by a Sri Lankan court for drug trafficking, about 30 lakh fishermen in Tamil Nadu today went on a one-day strike, urging Centre to put pressure on Colombo for their release.

Tamil Nadu: How the Jaya-Modi bonhomie is turning sour

Despite being in the opposite camps, the AIADMK and the BJP appeared to have some kind of a truce from the time of the Lok Sabha elections, but the forthcoming local body by-elections seem to have frayed their unusual bonhomie.

Sri Lanka rejects BJP's call for temporary fishing permits for India

Sri Lanka has rejected a call to allow Indian fishermen to fish in Lankan waters on a permit system for three years, days ahead of a meeting in Delhi to find an amicable solution to the contentious fishing issue.

AIADMK lawyers protest 'presence' of SL official at Chennai research facility

A group of AIADMK advocates today held a demonstration in front of the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation here, protesting the reported presence of a Sri Lankan representative in a conference organised by it.

Jaya requests Modi to secure release of Tamil fishermen from Lanka

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and secure the release of Indian fishermen and their fishing boats from Sri Lankan custody.

Jaya urges Modi to secure release of 33 fishermen arrested by SL navy

Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to secure the release of 33 fishermen, arrested by the island nation's navy.

Days after Rajapaska ordered release, SL navy arrests 33 TN fishermen

Thirty-three Tamil Nadu fishermen were arrested by Sri Lankan Navy in separate incidents while fishing near Katchatheevu, an islet in the Palk Strait.

Sri Lanka remands 30 Tamil fishermen to custody till 17 Jan

A court in Sri Lanka today extended till January 17, the remand of 30 fishermen, who were arrested by naval personnel of the island nation on November 5 last year.

Get TN fishermen released, Jaya appeals to PM

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention to secure immediate release of 80 fishermen detained illegally by the Sri Lankan Navy.