Chennai, May 14 (BPNS) 140 families of Kattupalli Kuppam in Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu are in agitation mode after the promised permanent jobs to one member of family after they have displaced in 2009 are still a mirage. The families were displaced for shipbuilding and port building project in Kattupalli in Tiruvallur district and the […]
Chennai, March 30 (BPNS) The Indian Coast Guard officials have apprehended a Sri Lankan fisherman for allegedly fishing in Indian waters. He was arrested southeast of Kodiyakkarai near Nagapattinam. The mechanized boat used by the Sri Lankan fisherman was also impounded by the Coast guard authorities. He was handed over to the Coastal Security group […]
Chennai, March 29 (BPNS) The Sri Lankan Navy has apprehended four Indian fishermen in the wee hours of Tuesday near Katchatheevu for allegedly violating the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL). Fishermen organizations of Tamil Nadu alleged that the Sri Lankan navy seized one mechanized boat used by the fishermen. It is to be noted that […]
Arun Lakshman/ Chennai Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu are in dire straits after several arrests and jail terms for crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) with Sri Lankan navy and police arresting them. Other than arrests and jail terms what is more worrying for these fishermen is the confiscation of their trawler boats and […]
Chennai, March 11 (BPNS) 76 pilgrims from Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu have traveled to Katchatheevu island in Sri Lanka to participate in the annual festival of St Antony’s Church. The pilgrims were granted permission after the External affairs ministry granted permission following the intervention of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. The organizers of the pilgrimage had […]
Chennai, Feb 7 (BPNS) The 56 Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu who were released by a Sri Lankan court will be shifted to a detention centre on Monday after they complete their quarantine period. The Indian fishermen were released by a Sri Lankan court on January 25th and ever since the release from the prison they […]
Chennai, Jan 24 (BPNS) Fishermen from Ramanathapuram in Tamil Nadu have threatened to relinquish all documents relating to their Indian citizenship by February 2nd if the Union government fails to bring back the fishermen who are languishing in Sri Lankan jails for crossing International Marine Boundary Line (IMBL). The fishermen also demanded the Central government to […]
Chennai, Jan 19(BPNS) Fishermen in Tamil Nadu who had been saviours and rescuers for the people who were stranded in floods during the months of October, November 2021 when floods lashed Chennai and adjacent areas are still to receive the compensation they were promised. Fisheries department officials while speaking to BPNS said that the compensation […]
Chennai, Oct 20 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Mechanised Boat Fishermen Association has called upon the Central and State governments to take up the issue of Sri Lankan Naval personal regularly attacking Indian fishermen near the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) President of the association M. Asan Mohaideen while speaking to IANS said, “The Sri Lankan […]
Chennai, Oct 5(BPNS) Nine fishermen from Nagercoil who were in an Iran jail for the past nineteen months have reached back Chennai on Monday. The fishermen were arrested by the Iranian Coast Guard after they have allegedly waded into the Iran territorial waters while they were engaged in fishing. The fishermen, Albert Ravi, Dynas, Godwin […]
