Tn Fishermen

TN fishermen row: Jaya slams PM for shaking hands with Rajapaksa

Raising the twin issues of arrest of Tamil Nadu fishermen and the Sri Lankan Tamils' plight at an election rally in this coastal town and calling the UPA Government "anti-Tamils", the AIADMK supremo said the Prime Minister had not responded to her letters seeking steps for release of the fishermen.

Karunanidhi terms arrest of 22 TN fishermen by Lanka 'atrocious'

"The arrest of 22 fishermen from Pudukottai is atrocious," he said in a statement, adding 227 fishermen had been apprehended by the Lankan navy in the last three months and they were now languishing in jails there.

Jaya condemns Centre silence over Lankan attacks on TN fishermen

In a strongly-worded letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, her third on the issue in about a fortnight, she said, "Let Sri Lanka not be emboldened by your silence and construe it as a sign of weakness and indifference towards our fishermen."