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Sri Lankan Navy Arrests 12 Indian Fishermen For Alleged Poaching
The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 12 Indian fishermen and seized two fishing trawlers for allegedly poaching in the country's territorial waters, an official statement said on Sunday.
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India, Sri Lanka Vow To Find Permanent Solution To Fishermen Issue
India and Sri Lanka today vowed to find a permanent solution to the vexed fishermen issue at the earliest.
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Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena Asks For Firm Solution To Fishermen Issue
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena today asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to find a "firm" solution to the "thorny" fishermen issue.
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Fishermen's Arrest: DMK Slams Tamil Nadu Government For Not Pressurising Centre
DMK today criticised the Jayalalithaa government, alleging that it was not exerting pressure on the Centre to find a proper solution to the issue of fishermen's arrest.
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Pak Sends Memo To India On Fishermen's Early Release
Pakistan has sent a 'memorandum' to India to expedite the release of fishermen arrested in the two countries as agreed to between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his counterpart Narendra Modi during their meeting in Ufa last year.
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Nets Of Fishermen Damaged Allegedly By Sri Lankan Naval Personnel
Nets of 30 fishermen boats were damaged allegedly by Sri Lankan naval personnel near Katchathevu islet today and they were chased back till Indian territorial waters, a Fishermen Association official said.
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12 Tamil Nadu Fishermen Arrested By Sri Lankan Navy
Twelve Tamil Nadu fishermen were today arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy when they were fishing near Katchatheevu.
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Use Army Chief's Sri Lanka Visit to End Fishermen's Woes: DMK
DMK chief M. Karunanidhi today urged the Centre to get in touch with the Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag, now in Sri Lanka, to facilitate talks with that government so as to end problems faced by Indian fishermen.
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AIADMK Lawmakers Meet Sushma Swaraj, Seek Solution to Fishermen Issue
Seeking a permanent solution to the problems faced by Tamil Nadu fishermen, a delegation of AIADMK lawmakers today met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and demanded the Centre's immediate intervention for release of Indian fishermen languishing in Lankan jails.
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Jayalalithaa Writes to PM Modi on Fishermen Issue
Taking exception to the continued arrests of Indian fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy, Tamil Nadu government has told the Centre that Colombo's "dubious actions" has resulted in the situation at sea remaining "precarious."
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Eye on China, PM Modi and Lankan PM Discuss Closer Ties
With an eye on China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Sri Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe today held talks in New Delhi.
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Ties With India Can Reach Newer Heights: Sri Lankan PM Wickremesinghe
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today said the relationship between India and Sri Lanka can reach newer heights.
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Indians Not Allowed to Fish in Our Waters: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena
Dismissing opposition's claim that his government has given fishing rights to Indians, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has said he has issued clear instructions to the navy to seize boats that violate the country's territorial waters.
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Tamil Nadu Fishermen Released by Sri Lankan Courts
Two Sri Lankan courts today ordered the release of 54 Tamil Nadu fishermen, whose arrest by Sri Lankan Navy has threatened to derail talks between representatives of fishers of the two neighbouring countries, a Fisheries department official said in Rameswaram.
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Tamil Nadu Threatens to Call off Talks if Sri Lanka Doesn't Release Fishermen
The Tamil Nadu Government yesterday threatened to call off the bilateral talks between fishermen of India and Sri Lanka today if 54 fishermen from Tamil Nadu, were not released as assured by the Sri Lankan Government.
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Sri Lankan Navy Arrests 12 Indian Fishermen For Alleged Poaching
The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 12 Indian fishermen and seized two fishing trawlers for allegedly poaching in the country's territorial waters, an official statement said on Sunday.
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India, Sri Lanka Vow To Find Permanent Solution To Fishermen Issue
India and Sri Lanka today vowed to find a permanent solution to the vexed fishermen issue at the earliest.
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Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena Asks For Firm Solution To Fishermen Issue
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena today asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to find a "firm" solution to the "thorny" fishermen issue.
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Fishermen's Arrest: DMK Slams Tamil Nadu Government For Not Pressurising Centre
DMK today criticised the Jayalalithaa government, alleging that it was not exerting pressure on the Centre to find a proper solution to the issue of fishermen's arrest.
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Pak Sends Memo To India On Fishermen's Early Release
Pakistan has sent a 'memorandum' to India to expedite the release of fishermen arrested in the two countries as agreed to between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his counterpart Narendra Modi during their meeting in Ufa last year.
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Nets Of Fishermen Damaged Allegedly By Sri Lankan Naval Personnel
Nets of 30 fishermen boats were damaged allegedly by Sri Lankan naval personnel near Katchathevu islet today and they were chased back till Indian territorial waters, a Fishermen Association official said.
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12 Tamil Nadu Fishermen Arrested By Sri Lankan Navy
Twelve Tamil Nadu fishermen were today arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy when they were fishing near Katchatheevu.
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Use Army Chief's Sri Lanka Visit to End Fishermen's Woes: DMK
DMK chief M. Karunanidhi today urged the Centre to get in touch with the Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag, now in Sri Lanka, to facilitate talks with that government so as to end problems faced by Indian fishermen.
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AIADMK Lawmakers Meet Sushma Swaraj, Seek Solution to Fishermen Issue
Seeking a permanent solution to the problems faced by Tamil Nadu fishermen, a delegation of AIADMK lawmakers today met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and demanded the Centre's immediate intervention for release of Indian fishermen languishing in Lankan jails.
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Jayalalithaa Writes to PM Modi on Fishermen Issue
Taking exception to the continued arrests of Indian fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy, Tamil Nadu government has told the Centre that Colombo's "dubious actions" has resulted in the situation at sea remaining "precarious."
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Eye on China, PM Modi and Lankan PM Discuss Closer Ties
With an eye on China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Sri Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe today held talks in New Delhi.
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Ties With India Can Reach Newer Heights: Sri Lankan PM Wickremesinghe
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today said the relationship between India and Sri Lanka can reach newer heights.
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Indians Not Allowed to Fish in Our Waters: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena
Dismissing opposition's claim that his government has given fishing rights to Indians, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has said he has issued clear instructions to the navy to seize boats that violate the country's territorial waters.
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Tamil Nadu Fishermen Released by Sri Lankan Courts
Two Sri Lankan courts today ordered the release of 54 Tamil Nadu fishermen, whose arrest by Sri Lankan Navy has threatened to derail talks between representatives of fishers of the two neighbouring countries, a Fisheries department official said in Rameswaram.
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Tamil Nadu Threatens to Call off Talks if Sri Lanka Doesn't Release Fishermen
The Tamil Nadu Government yesterday threatened to call off the bilateral talks between fishermen of India and Sri Lanka today if 54 fishermen from Tamil Nadu, were not released as assured by the Sri Lankan Government.
