Tag: Sri Lankan Navy
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Four TN fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan Navy
Four fishermen from Pudukottai district of Tamil Nadu were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for trespassing into their waters. The arrest was made at 4.30 a.m. on Sunday.
March 12, 2023 -
SL Navy arrests 15 Indian fishermen, including a minor
According to Rameswram fishermen, around 2,500 people had gone fishing on Saturday evening and while they were fishing at Dhanushkodi near Talaimannar, the Sri Lankan Navy reached the spot and chased them away.
November 6, 2022 -
All 68 Indian fishermen caught by Sri Lankan Navy released: Centre informs SC
The Supreme Court was informed by the Centre on Friday that 68 Indian fishermen, caught by Sri Lankan Navy in December 2021, have been released and repatriated to the country.
November 5, 2022 -
Sri Lankan Navy arrests 10 Indian fishermen
The fishermen from Tamil Nadu who left from Thoothukudi were arrested on Monday while they were engaged in cross-border fishing in Mullaitivu waters of Sri Lanka.
August 22, 2022 -
Protests planned in TN against arrest of 6 fishermen by SL
The fishermen were arrested on July 20 for crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) into Sri Lankan waters.
July 26, 2022 -
Sri Lankan Navy seize 336 kg heroin, apprehend 7 Pakistanis
The trawler, reportedly acting as a multi-day fishing trawler, was transporting drug consignments, with a street value of around Rs 3.1 billion, to other boats.
September 6, 2021 -
Ex-Union Minister seeks Centre’s intervention in Sri Lankan Navy attack on TN fishermen
The former Union minister said that when fishermen went to sea in 556 boats on Saturday, the Sri Lankan navy conducted heavy stone-pelting on them damaging the boats and the fishing nets causing huge liabilities to the already deprived fishermen.
August 24, 2021 -
Stop Sri Lankan Navy firing on TN fishermen, Stalin urges Jaishankar
Citing the firing by Sri Lankan Navy on fishermen at Kodiyakkarai, Stalin, in a letter to Jaishankar, said that a permanent solution must be arrived at as the attacks are is affecting the livelihood of thousands of Indian fishermen.
August 4, 2021 -
SL Navy arrests 14 Indian fishermen
It has also seized three trawlers from the fishermen.
December 29, 2019 -
Sri Lankan Navy arrests 4 Indian fishermen
The fishermen, who hail from Tamil Nadu, were taken to the naval base at Elara in Sri Lanka and later handed over to the Assistant Director of Fisheries in Jaffna for further action, the report said.
July 25, 2019 -
Over 2,000 TN fishermen chased away by SL Navy, nets cut off
More than 2,000 Tamil Nadu fishermen were chased away by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly entering their territorial waters near Katchatheevu islet, a fishermen association leader said today. The fishermen from this island town had ventured into the sea in 565 boats yesterday and were fishing off Katchatheevu when the Sri Lankan naval personnel...
March 25, 2018 -
12 Tamil Nadu fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan Navy
Twelve Tamil Nadu fishermen were on Sunday arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly fishing in their waters near Talaimannar, a fishermen association office-bearer said. The arrest comes shortly after the island nation proposed a draconian legislation banning fishing in its territorial waters by foreign trawlers. The Lankan Navy personnel also seized two boats...
January 28, 2018 -
Sri Lankan Navy arrests 8 Indian fishermen
Eight Indian fishermen were arrested on Thursday by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly fishing near Neduntheevu in the country’s northern territorial waters, the Sri Lankan Navy said in Colombo. The Navy personnel, during a routine patrol onboard a fast gunboat and a fast attack craft attached to the Northern Naval Command, also seized two...
January 25, 2018 -
10 fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan Navy
Ten Tamil Nadu fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on Friday when they were allegedly fishing near Neduntheevu in the island nation waters, a fisheries department official said. The fishermen from Thideer Kuppam village in Nagapattinam district were held on charges of poaching fish near Neduntheevu, Assistant Director of Fisheries Department Gangadharan said....
November 17, 2017 -
Four TN fishermen arrested by Lankan Navy
Four Tamil Nadu fishermen were on Tuesday arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly fishing in the island nation’s territorial waters, in the third such detention this month. The fishermen from Jagadapattinam in Pudukottai district were arrested on the charge of poaching fish near Neduntheevu along the Sri Lankan coast, District Assistant Director of...
November 7, 2017 -
Eight TN fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan Navy
Eight Tamil Nadu fishermen were on Sunday arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy when they were allegedly fishing near Neduntheevu in the island nation’s waters. The fishermen from Akarapettai in Nagapattinam district, who put out to sea in a mechanised boat, were arrested on charges of poaching fish in Lanka’s territorial waters, Assistant Director of...
November 5, 2017 -
Eight Tamil Nadu fishermen held by Sri Lankan Navy
Eight fishermen from Tamil Nadu were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly fishing in their territorial waters off Thalaimannar coast today, the police said here today. According to information reaching here, the Sri Lankan Navy also seized the boat and have taken the fishermen to Thalaimannar district naval camp, they said. The fishermen...
October 17, 2017