In a letter addressed to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Stalin said the frequent arrests of Indian fishermen by the Sri Lankan navy have become an "alarming and unabated" situation for their family members.
"The poaching trawler together with 10 Indian fishermen was brought to the port of Trincomalee and they will be handed over to the Assistant Directorate of Fisheries-Trincomalee through the Sri Lanka Coast Guard," said the Sri Lankan Navy.
Sri Lanka crisis: Sri Lanka’s economy is in a state of collapse, muddling through with aid from India and other countries as its leaders try to negotiate a bailout with the International Monetary Fund.
The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested nine Indian fishermen and seized one boat for allegedly fishing in that country's waters, besides damaging fishing nets in a separate incident, officials said here on Sunday.
Sri Lankan Navy has arrested at least 11 India fishermen for allegedly poaching in the country's territorial waters.
The Sri Lankan Navy has detained three Indian nationals, including a seven-year-old girl, while they were allegedly attempting to illegally migrate to Sri Lanka on a dinghy.
The fishermen from this island town had ventured into the sea on Monday evening in 540 boats and were fishing off Katchatheevu when a team of Sri Lankan naval personnel came to the spot and attacked before driving them away, Rameswaram Fishermen Association President P Sesuraja alleged.
Sri Lanka has released 18 Indian fishermen arrested for illegally fishing in the Sri Lankan waters, an official said on Saturday.
Sri Lanka Navy has arrested at least 18 Indian fishermen and seized three dhows (vessel) for allegedly poaching in the country's territorial waters.
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
Madurai: Four Indian fishermen from a village in Nagapattinam district were today arrested by Sri Lankan Navy after they strayed into Lankan waters, officials said.Fisheries department officials said that the fishermen from Pushpavanam village, who
Rameswaram: Days after releasing all the arrested fishermen from Tamil Nadu, the Sri Lankan Navy today arrested 75 fishermen and seized their 18 mechanized fishing boats, Fisheries Department sources said. Of the arrested, 25 were
Chennai, March 20: Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Wednesday urged the Indian government to take a strong stand against Sri Lanka following fresh attacks by its navy on Tamil Nadu fishermen.Terming the latest attacks by Sri
Chennai, Mar 7: Taking a serious view of the attack and firing on fishermen allegedly by Sri Lankan Navy, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today said these incidents were aimed at intimidating and browbeating India
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