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Sri Lanka Navy arrests four Indian fishermenEarly Tuesday, the Sri Lanka Navy arrested four Indian fishermen and seized their trawler for allegedly poaching near Delft Island, Jaffna....
BJP leader K Annamalai seeks External Affairs Ministry's intervention in repatriation of TN fishermenThe Sri Lanka Navy said that it "conducted a special operation to chase away Indian poaching trawlers from Sri Lankan waters on the evening...
Sri Lanka arrests 18 more Indian fishermen for allegedly poaching in its watersThe Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 18 Indian fishermen and seized their trawlers for allegedly poaching in the country's waters. The issue is...
Sri Lanka arrests 10 Indian fishermen for allegedly poaching in its waters; second incident in week10 Indian fishermen arrested for poaching in Sri Lankan waters, along with their trawler. Sri Lankan Navy apprehended them north of Point P...
Nine Indian fishermen arrested for alleged poaching in Sri Lanka's territorial watersThe Sri Lankan Navy has arrested nine Indian fishermen and seized two trawlers for allegedly poaching in the country's territorial waters, ...
India denies attack claim on Sri Lankan fishermen by Indian NavyA 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...
'Sri Lanka to respond to India after consulting its fishermen'"We have not given consent to any of the proposals although there have been many" Minister of Fisheries Mahinda Amaraweera told reporters.
Sri Lanka arrests 15 Indian fishermenAt least 15 Indian fishermen were arrested today by Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly poaching in the country's waters, in the fifth such incid...
Sri Lanka mulls imposing heavy fines on Indian fishermenThe proposed amendments to Sri Lanka's Fisheries Act will see the introduction of heavy penalties on Indian fishermen poaching in the islan...
Sri Lanka fishermen reject talk offer by Indian counterparts"When the prime ministers of the two countries could not sort out the problem, how can we fishing community representatives resolve," Sahad...
Sri Lanka Navy arrests 54 Indian fishermen for alleged poachingAs many as 54 Indian fishermen have been arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly poaching in island's waters off the coast of Kankesa...
38 Indian fishermen on fast unto death in Sri Lanka jailAt least 38 Indian fishermen lodged in Sri Lanka's Jaffna prison for alleged poaching are on a fast unto death demanding their early releas...
Sri Lanka rejects Subramanian Swamy's call for temporary fishing permitsSwamy had requested Lanka to allow Indian fishermen fish in Lankan waters as they were unable to catch good fish on this side.
Sri Lanka refutes reports of harassment of Indian fishermenAfter another instance of fishermen from TN being arrested by Sri Lanka, its navy has refuted media reports that it was harassing Indian fi...
Mahinda Rajapaksa orders release of 78 Indian fishermenRajapaksa today ordered the release of 78 Indian fishermen held by the navy for allegedly poaching into Sri Lankan waters as a goodwill ges...
- Sri Lankan navy arrests 27 Indian fishermen
The boats and the trawlers would be handed over to the police in the harbour town of Trincomalee today for further action, the Navy said.
- Lanka denies its navy harassed Indian fishermen
Sri Lanka today denied that its navy had "harassed" Indian fishermen, a day after thousands of members of the community launched an indefin...