30 Indian fishermen repatriated from Sri Lanka, return journey underway
Thirty Indian fishermen were repatriated from Sri Lanka on Tuesday and are currently on their way back home, the Indian High Commission in Colombo announced.
Thirty Indian fishermen were repatriated from Sri Lanka on Tuesday and are currently on their way back home, the Indian High Commission in Colombo announced.
“It is Rahul Gandhi’s policy to lie, lie aloud repeatedly. He has started a new tradition of telling lies every day. But the people have identified him as a lie-manufacturing factory,” Shah fumed while addressing a rally in Karaikal in the poll-bound Union Territory of Puducherry.
Making her first official visit after assuming office, Amarasuriya, who had her graduation in New Delhi’s Hindu College, is on a three-day state visit to India from October 16 to 18.
Shah further noted that the fishing community has suffered the most since their villages were washed away by the sea, due to which thousands of families had to migrate in search of employment.
"The Government of India attaches high priority to the issue of Indian fishermen and civilian prisoners in Pakistan’s custody and has urged the Government of Pakistan to expedite the release and repatriation of all Indian prisoners, including fishermen who remain in Pakistan’s custody," the MEA said in a statement.
The South 24-Parganas district administration reported today that 17 fishermen were rescued after their fishing trawler capsized in deep sea, 40 kilometres away from Bagherchar in the Sunderbans.
Another fishing trawler came to their rescue and saved all the fishermen from the sunken trawler in the deep sea, 40 kilometers away from Bagherchar in the Sunderbans.
Union Minister of State (MoS) V Muraleedharan, met with the families of the fishermen who have been detained by the Iranian authorities for allegedly crossing the border in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday.
The Sri Lankan Navy has detained nine fishermen from Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu, after their mechanised boat crossed the Indian Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) and ventured into the island nation's waters.
The external affairs ministry also said Pakistan has been requested to ensure the safety, security and welfare of all Indian and believed-to-be Indian civilian prisoners and fishermen, pending their release and repatriation to India.
