Jayalalithaa renews demand for retrieval of Kachatheevu islet from Sri Lanka
Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 21, 2013
Voicing concern over attacks on Indian fishermen, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today asked the Centre to take urgent steps for retrieval of Katchatheevu islet, ceded to Sri Lanka in 1974, besides redrawing the International Maritime Boundary Line.
Pakistan to release 51 Indian fishermen as goodwill gesture
Press Trust of India | Friday May 17, 2013
Pakistan today announced it would free 51 Indian fishermen who had completed their prison terms as a gesture of goodwill.
Sri Lankan court orders release of 30 Indian fishermen
Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 8, 2013
A Sri Lankan court today ordered release of 30 fishermen, arrested last month by Island Navy on charges of poaching, according to Fishermen Association sources.
Italy's Foreign Minister Emma Bonino hopes for 'fair solution' for marines
Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 7, 2013
Italy's new Foreign Minister Emma Bonino on Tuesday said she hopes the case of two Italian marines awaiting trial in India for allegedly killing two Indian fishermen would reach a "fair, positive and acceptable solution."
DMK chief wants Centre to take up fishermen issue with Sri Lanka
Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 7, 2013
A day after a Sri Lankan court extended the remand of 30 Indian fishermen till May 20, DMK chief M Karunanidhi today asked the Centre and Tamil Nadu government to immediately bring the issue to the notice of the Island government and resolve the matt...
Three more fishermen's bodies found off Goa coast after trawler mishap
Press Trust of India | Sunday April 28, 2013
The joint search operation by the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard on Sunday recovered three more bodies of fishermen who had drowned after their trawler was hit by a Coast Guard offshore patrol vessel on April 25.
Karunanidhi slams Centre on fishermen issue
Press Trust of India | Sunday April 28, 2013
Slamming the Centre on the issue of attacks on Indian fishermen allegedly by Sri Lankan navy, former UPA ally DMK said the government's response was limited to making a statement in the Parliament.
Two fishermen killed, four missing as trawler collides with ship off Goa coast
Press Trust of India | Friday April 26, 2013
Two fishermen were killed and four others went missing after a ship collided with a fishing trawler off south Goa-Karwar coast early on Thursday morning.
Six fishermen missing after trawler hits ship off Goa
Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday April 25, 2013
Six fishermen are missing after a trawler reportedly collided with a merchant ship on the deep seas off the coast of Canacona sub-district, in south Goa, police said Thursday.
Supreme Court defers ruling on Italian marines till Friday
Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday April 25, 2013
The Supreme Court will pronounce on Friday its order on the Italian government's plea against the invoking of a stringent act and the NIA investigation into the killing of two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast by its two marines February 2012.
Edited by Amit Chaturvedi (With IANS inputs) | Thursday April 25, 2013
The Supreme Court will today pronounce its order on whether the National Investigating Agency (NIA) has the jurisdiction to probe the case against two Italian marines who allegedly killed Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast last year.
Supreme Court defers ruling on Italian marines till Thursday
Indo-Asian News Service | Monday April 22, 2013
The Supreme Court will pronounce on Thursday (April 25) its order on the Italian government's plea against the invoking of SUA 2002 and investigation by the National Investigation Agency into the killing of two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast by it...
Try marines under maritime laws, hand over case to National Investigation Agency: BJP
Press Trust of India | Monday April 15, 2013
BJP today asked the Centre under what "deal" it had provided an assurance to Italy that no death sentence will be given to the two marines, facing trial for killing two Indian fishermen, and said they should be tried as per maritime laws which envisa...
Sri Lanka Navy denies arresting Indian fishermen
Press Trust of India | Sunday April 14, 2013
Sri Lankan Navy today denied the arrest of nine Indian fishermen hailing from Pudukottai district in Tamil Nadu, as reported in the Indian media.
Six fishermen attacked by Lankan Navy
Press Trust of India | Saturday April 13, 2013
In the third such attack in as many days, six fishermen, who ventured into the sea from Karaikal, got injured when they were attacked allegedly by Sri Lankan naval men off Kodiakarai coast, fisheries department officials said today.
