Ahmedabad: Pakistani forces today fired upon a boat carrying Indian fishermen off the Gujarat Coast in which one person was killed.The deceased has been identified as Iqbal.The boast was reportedly in the international waters when
New Delhi: India will repatriate nine Pakistani fishermen on August 9 following an agreement between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his counterpart Nawaz Sharif in Ufa."Following the agreement between the Prime Ministers of India and
New Delhi: Pakistan will be releasing 164 Indian fishermen on August 3, a decision taken at the highest level there in pursuant to the Ufa Joint Statement."A Decision has been taken at the highest level
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader K V Thomas today urged the Centre to provide free ration to fishermen affected by the ban imposed on fishing by mechanised boats for the months of June and July.Ban
Islamabad: India and Pakistan are using arrested fishermen "as bargaining chips", a leading Pakistani daily said, adding that the fishermen want to make a decent living and are not a threat.An editorial "Fishermen's release" in
Machilipatnam : Six fishermen who ventured into the Bay of Bengal on Monday went missing off the Machilipatnam coast in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district, officials said today.Deputy director of fisheries department T Jaya Rao said
Rameswaram(TN): A fishermen body today sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention to secure release of 14 persons arrested by Sri Lankan navy while fishing near Katchativu and said they would resort to a state-wide strike
Colombo: Days after rejecting India's proposal to allow its fishermen to catch fish in Lankan waters, Sri Lanka has said it will continue to engage with India on the vexed fishermen issue in the spirit
Ahmedabad: The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (MSA) has apprehended 47 fishermen and seized eight of their boats near the International Maritime Boundary, an office-bearer of National Fishworkers Forum (NFF) said on Friday."47 fishermen and their
Chennai: The annual 45-day ban on deep sea fishing to facilitate fish breeding began today in Tamil Nadu with a fishermen's association demanding an increase in assistance to fishermen from Rs 2000 to Rs 6000
New Delhi: Pakistan has returned 57 Indian boats belonging to Gujarat fishermen that had been impounded by Pakistan Navy. They will reach the Indian coast on Monday evening.A statement issued by the Home Ministry in
Chennai: Terming as "shocking" the arrest of 54 state fishermen by Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam today wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying it could undermine the bilateral fishermen-level talks to
Colombo: Fifty-four Indian fishermen have been arrested by Sri Lankan navy for allegedly poaching in the country's waters, days before the visit of a Lankan delegation to India to discuss the contentious fishermen issue.Sri Lankan
Colombo: Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has again said that his country's navy has the right to shoot anyone who intrudes into its territorial waters, notwithstanding India's forthright disapproval.“The Lankan navy has the right
Chennai: Slamming Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe for his remarks that Indian fishermen maybe shot if they intruded into Lankan waters, DMK today said it "amounted to a slap" on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's
Colombo: India will strongly take up with Sri Lanka the fishermen issue during delegation-level talks between the two countries, officials said today."India and Sri Lanka have been approaching this as a humanitarian matter which is
Islamabad: Pakistani authorities have arrested 46 Indian fishermen and seized their boats for allegedly violating the country's territorial waters in the Arabian Sea, officials said.The fishermen were detained by the Maritime Security Agency (MSA) on
Colombo: India on Dec 23 repatriated 30 Lankan fishermen, a day after courts in Sri Lanka ordered the release of 66 Indian fishermen arrested by its navy."Thirty Sri Lankan fishermen released by the Tamil Nadu
Tirupati: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday offered worship at the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara in the wee hours near here.Rajapaksa was in the temple for about an hour, participating in the
New Delhi: Sri Lanka has changed its attitude towards Indian fishermen straying into its territorial waters, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said Tuesday.“Sri Lanka's attitude has changed, and this has also led to a change
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