Rameswaram fishermen organisation president S.Emerite said fishermen of this area had ventured into the sea in 396 mechanized boats yesterd...

Local fishermen association president Emerit and another functionary Sagayaraj said 700 fishing boats did not put to sea today.

Frequent attacks by Sri Lankan naval personnel and opposition by fishermen there to plying their trade in Katchatheevu islet has forced an ...

A court in Sri Lanka today extended till July 17 the remand of 14 fishermen arrested on June 2 by the island nation's naval personnel.

Twenty-nine fishermen from here were taken into custody by the Sri Lankan Navy tonight while they were fishing near Katchatheevu.

S.Emerit, Rameswaram Fishermen Association President, alleged that the Lankan naval men threatened the fishermen at gun point and asked the...

A Sri Lankan court extented the remand of 38 Tamil Nadu fishermen, arrested for allegedly fishing in the territorial waters of Sri Lanka.

Officials said the fishermen could have gone beyond Katchatheevu islet and that could be the reason for the attack by the Lankan Navy.

"Oorkavalthurai court magistrate ordered the extension of the remand when the fishermen were produced there."

A Sri Lankan court today extended till September 30 the judicial remand of nine local fishermen, arrested by the Lankan Navy on September 2.

Sri Lankan Navy today arrested six fishermen on charges of entering into the island nation's territory while fishing near Katchtathivu.

S Emerit and T Sesuraja, leaders of Fishermen's Association, said the fishermen planned to meet the District Collector on July 28

Another group of 16 fishermen from Rameswaram in three boats were arrested while fishing near Katchatheevu today.

The fishermen in Jaffna and Anuradhapuram jails agreed to withdraw their fast after they were assured that action would be taken to release...

On February 1, 19 Indian fishermen were arrersted and five boats seized when they were allegedly fishing in Lankan waters.

The fishermen were arrested by Sri lankan Navy personnel on November 5, 2013, off the islet of Katchathivu.

Trincomalee court magistrate, Pasis, extended the remand when the fishermen were produced before him, he said.