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.
This came days after massive protests by fishermen in Rameswaram, who demanded the release of 74 fishermen arrested by Sri Lanka this year. India and Sri Lanka regularly spar over the issue of fishermen, with several Indian fisherfolk arrested every year.
Four Tamil Nadu fishermen were seriously injured after they were attacked by Sri Lankan naval personnel while fishing in the island nation's territorial waters, police said.
The fishermen had ventured into sea in 383 boats on Monday and were fishing near Katchatheevu when Sri Lankan naval personnel came to the spot and drove them away.
New Delhi: India has said it has conveyed its ‘concern' to Sri Lanka over the death sentence given by a court there to five Indian fishermen and expressed confidence that the matter will be resolved
Rameswaram (TN): Thirty-seven fishermen from this island, arrested in two batches by Sri Lankan Navy while fishing near Katchateevu recently, were today ordered to be released by a court in the neighbouring country.Mannar court magistrate
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was Monday adjourned for the day following an uproar over the issue of price rise. The house was earlier adjourned twice over the same issue.Amid the din, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan
Chennai: Steps will be taken in a day or two by the Sri Lankan government to release 275 Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan jails, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa said Saturday.The Tamil Nadu government
Rameswaram: The judicial remand of 110 fishermen from Nagapattinam, arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy earlier this month, was today extended till January 6 by a court in the island nation.The court in Thungamalli in
Nagapattinam: In two separate incidents, 17 fishermen from various hamlets in Nagapattinam district were today allegedly attacked by their Sri Lankan counterparts in mid-sea off the Kodiakarai coast, officials said. Quoting the injured fishermen, they
Rameswaram: Forty-one Tamil Nadu fishermen, arrested by Sri Lankan Navy on charges of crossing the International Boundary Line, arrived here today after a court in the island nation ordered their release few days back.Twenty-one fishermen
Tuticorin, Mar 13: Sixteen Tamil Nadu fishermen, set free by a Sri Lankan court after they were arrested earlier this month on the charges of violating international maritime boundary of the island nation, arrived here
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