Chennai, Feb 28 (BPNS) Eight Indian fishermen from Thangachimadam near Rameswaram were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on Sunday while they were fishing near the Katchatheevu islands. They were charged for poaching in international waters and crossing the International Marine Boundary Line (IMBL). The mechanized fishing boat used by the fishermen was also seized […]
Chennai, Feb 25 (IANS) With the Russian troops marching into the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv a Keralite doctor who has been living in the country since 1987 told IANS that the situation was grave. Dr. U.P.R Menon is a consultant with the Ministry of Health in Ukraine and head of the Indian Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Association is […]
Chennai, Feb 24 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has in a letter to Union external affairs minister, S. Jaishankar called for an urgent intervention of the Government of India in the recurring issue of Indian fishermen mostly from Tamil Nadu with the Sri Lankan authorities. In the letter on Wednesday, the Tamil Nadu […]
Chennai, Feb 22 (BPNS) Twenty-one fishermen from Tamil Nadu and Karaikkal who were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) on January 31 were ordered to be released by a court in Point Pedro in Sri Lanka. The fishermen will be repatriated to India in a week after […]
Chennai, Feb 20 (BPNS) In recurring incidents of Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu being captured by the Sri Lankan army, six more were captured on Saturday night for crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL). They were arrested near the Kovilan lighthouse, Jaffna. The boat was also seized. According to information from the Sri Lankan […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 14 (IANS) Chairperson of Baloch’s People’s Congress and a leading light in the Balochistan resistance movement, Prof Naela Quadri Baloch has said that Pakistan is facing a worst Civil war and that the Pakistani army had lost more than 190 of its soldiers after an ambush by the Balochistan resistance forces. Naela Quadri […]
Arun Lakshman/Chennai (IANS) Rudrakumaran Visvanathan is the Prime minister of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) which aims to realize accountability of crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide committed by Sri Lanka against Tamil minority. It aims to create a separate homeland for Tamils. He was the former legal rights advisor to the […]
Chennai, Feb 8 (BPNS) While Sri Lanka has been assuring the Government of India that they would not be troubling the Indian fishermen, the Tamil Nadu ‘Q’ branch police has said that 16 Indian fishermen from Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu were apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy at Deft island in the wee hours of […]
Chennai, Feb 5 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has urged the Union External Affairs minister, S. Jaishankar to take up the participation of fishermen from Tamil Nadu in the annual festival at St Antony’s Church, at Katchatheevu with the Sri Lankan Government. He expressed concern over the denial of participation in the festival […]
Chennai , Jan 26 (BPNS) In an attack by a group of Sri Lankan assailants, four Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu were injured grievously on Tuesday evening. The fishermen from Nagapattinam Ariyanaatutheru fishing hamlet were fishing in a motorboat at about 15 km from Kodiyakarai (Point Calimere) when they were attacked by unidentified assailants. The […]
