Indian Fisherman

Sri Lanka Navy has arrested 14 Indian fishermen and a trawler for allegedly poaching in Sri Lankan waters, an official statement said on Thursday.

The Indian Navy has urged its Sri Lankan counterpart to adopt a more humane approach towards Indian fishermen. This was discussed during the Indian Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) meeting held aboard a Lankan ship in the Bay of Bengal on November 4.

In a swift operation, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) rescued 20 Bangladeshi fishermen from the sea off Sagar Island near the Indo-Bangladesh international maritime border line.

The navy has ordered an inquiry, said rubber bullets had to be fired after the suspicious boat did not stop for a mid-sea check

A fisherman from Tamil Nadu was injured mid-sea after an Indian Coast Guard fired rubber bullets at his boat for failing to stop for a "check". The Indian Navy, in a statement, has said that the shots were fired after the boat did not stop despite re

Pakistan in a goodwill gesture on Sunday released 20 Indian fishermen who have been languishing in a jail here for the last five years for allegedly fishing illegally in the country's waters.

Twenty fishermen from Gujarat, who had been captured at sea by Pakistan in the past, will be released and handed over to the Indian authorities on June 20, a state government official said on Friday.

Six Sri Lankan fishermen were arrested on Thursday and their boat seized for allegedly fishing in Indian waters by the Coast Guard.

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.

India has summoned a senior diplomat of the Pakistan High Commission and lodged a strong protest over the killing of an "innocent" Indian fisherman by the Pakistani side, official sources said.

Residents of Vadrai village in Maharashtra's Palghar district observed a bandh on Monday to protest the killing of a native fisherman by the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) off the Gujarat coast.

India has strongly condemned the killing of an Indian fisherman by Pakistan's maritime security agency in an unprovoked firing, sources have said.

The Sri Lankan Navy said on Wednesday that they have found the body of an Indian fisherman who went missing after the boat he was in along with two others was hit by a naval vessel of the island nation off the northern coast.

The Sri Lankan Navy has begun a search operation to find an Indian fisherman who went missing after the boat he was in along with two others was hit by a naval vessel of the island nation, an official statement said on Tuesday.

Indian Coast Guard Ship Samarth responded to a distress call and rescued 15 crew from a fishing boat named Milad, off Goa coast on Monday as a very severe cyclonic storm Tauktae with winds gusting up to 185 km per hour began making landfall.

Sri Lanka Navy has arrested 14 Indian fishermen and a trawler for allegedly poaching in Sri Lankan waters, an official statement said on Thursday.

The Indian Navy has urged its Sri Lankan counterpart to adopt a more humane approach towards Indian fishermen. This was discussed during the Indian Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) meeting held aboard a Lankan ship in the Bay of Bengal on November 4.

In a swift operation, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) rescued 20 Bangladeshi fishermen from the sea off Sagar Island near the Indo-Bangladesh international maritime border line.

The navy has ordered an inquiry, said rubber bullets had to be fired after the suspicious boat did not stop for a mid-sea check

A fisherman from Tamil Nadu was injured mid-sea after an Indian Coast Guard fired rubber bullets at his boat for failing to stop for a "check". The Indian Navy, in a statement, has said that the shots were fired after the boat did not stop despite re

Pakistan in a goodwill gesture on Sunday released 20 Indian fishermen who have been languishing in a jail here for the last five years for allegedly fishing illegally in the country's waters.

Twenty fishermen from Gujarat, who had been captured at sea by Pakistan in the past, will be released and handed over to the Indian authorities on June 20, a state government official said on Friday.

Six Sri Lankan fishermen were arrested on Thursday and their boat seized for allegedly fishing in Indian waters by the Coast Guard.

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.

India has summoned a senior diplomat of the Pakistan High Commission and lodged a strong protest over the killing of an "innocent" Indian fisherman by the Pakistani side, official sources said.

Residents of Vadrai village in Maharashtra's Palghar district observed a bandh on Monday to protest the killing of a native fisherman by the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) off the Gujarat coast.

India has strongly condemned the killing of an Indian fisherman by Pakistan's maritime security agency in an unprovoked firing, sources have said.

The Sri Lankan Navy said on Wednesday that they have found the body of an Indian fisherman who went missing after the boat he was in along with two others was hit by a naval vessel of the island nation off the northern coast.

The Sri Lankan Navy has begun a search operation to find an Indian fisherman who went missing after the boat he was in along with two others was hit by a naval vessel of the island nation, an official statement said on Tuesday.

Indian Coast Guard Ship Samarth responded to a distress call and rescued 15 crew from a fishing boat named Milad, off Goa coast on Monday as a very severe cyclonic storm Tauktae with winds gusting up to 185 km per hour began making landfall.