Sri Lankan Navy apprehended ten Indian fishermen and seized their trawler. The incident occurred in Sri Lankan waters north of Mannar. This...

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar addressed the issue of Indian fishermen detained in Sri Lanka, stating it dates back to jurisdiction...

China is reportedly attempting to exploit local sentiment in northern and eastern Sri Lanka against Indian fishermen. This move comes as Sr...

Early Tuesday, the Sri Lanka Navy arrested four Indian fishermen and seized their trawler for allegedly poaching near Delft Island, Jaffna....

The pirates had allowed the Sri Lankan fishermen captured to communicate with the fisheries ministry, the state minister of fisheries Piyal...

"Sri Lanka Navy has stepped up its patrols and operations in Sri Lanka's waters to curb illegal fishing practices of fishing trawlers", the...

A group of 13 local fishermen claimed that they had ventured into the sea on May 7 onboard trawlers 'Thushan 1' and 'Thushan II' and were p...

Only on January two, Sri Lanka agreed to release 51 fishermen in its custody and consider returning a large number of fishing boats in its ...

"When the prime ministers of the two countries could not sort out the problem, how can we fishing community representatives resolve," Sahad...

Fishermen's associations of India and Sri Lanka will meet in Chennai next week to resolve the vexed issue of violation the maritime boundar...

The fishermen were arrested on Nov 28, 2011 for alleged drug trafficking by Sri Lanka and were sentenced to death by a court there on Octob...

24 Indian fishermen are currently under detention or arrest in Sri Lankan jails on the charge of alleged fishery related violation, the gov...

The statement comes in the backdrop of five Indian fishermen being awarded death penalty by a Sri Lankan court for drug-trafficking last we...

"Traditional livelihood" of the fishermen should not be allowed to be "disrupted" by the hostile actions of Sri Lankan Navy, Jaya said.

After another instance of fishermen from TN being arrested by Sri Lanka, its navy has refuted media reports that it was harassing Indian fi...

Rajapaksa has ordered the release of all Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan custody as a goodwill measure to mark the swearing-in of Narendra M...

Fisheries Ministry spokesman Narendra Rajapaksa said the arrest of 24 Lankan fishermen and their 5 boats in Andhra wouldn't hinder the talk...