Fishermen`s arrests: Jayalalithaa blames `elements` in Sri Lanka Navy

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 13:19

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has said some "elements" in the Sri Lanka Navy are out to "spoil" the conducive environment created between the fishing communities of two nations.

Sri Lanka arrests 22 Indian fishermen

Last Updated: Sunday, December 29, 2013, 13:46

The Sri Lanka Navy Sunday arrested 22 Indian fishermen for poaching in Sri Lankan waters, officials said.

Tamil Nadu fishermen delegation meets PM

Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 22:36

Expressing concern that the fishing community is facing a serious threat from Sri Lankan Navy, a delegation of fishermen from Tamil Nadu and Puducherry today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and told him prevail upon the neighbouring country to release Indian fishermen from Lankan jails.

Jaya slams Centre over arrest of fishermen by SL Navy

Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 17:55

Jayalalithaa today lambasted Centre for what she termed as "facile do not touch policy" over the arrest of Indian fishermen by Sri Lankan navy.

No training should be imparted to Lankan military: Vasan

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 16:25

Joining the chorus against India`s offer to train Sri Lankan Naval personnel, Shipping Minister G K Vasan on Thursday said the Centre should avoid such taking such policy decisions.

India should revoke offer to train Lankan naval officials: DMK

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 14:14

DMK chief M Karunanidhi today demanded that India revoke its offer to train Sri Lankan naval officials and said the act raised doubts if the Centre was going easy on some issues to retain its neutral character worldwide.

India offers to train Sri Lanka Navy

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 00:11

India on Friday offered to train Sri Lankan naval officers as part of ongoing defence cooperation between the two countries.

Sri Lanka not worried by Pillay`s deadline

Last Updated: Sunday, September 29, 2013, 21:18

The Sri Lankan government on Sunday said it would not accept UN Rights Chief Navy Pillay`s deadline to make progress on its rights accountability record.

Sri Lanka transfers nearly 30 prisoners to India

Last Updated: Monday, August 19, 2013, 21:16

Nearly 30 prisoners from India have been transferred back from Sri Lanka under a bilateral agreement signed in 2010.

74 Tamil Nadu fishermen arrested by Lankan Navy

Last Updated: Thursday, August 1, 2013, 08:22

Seventy-four Tamil Nadu fishermen were arrested tonight by the Sri Lankan Navy when they were fishing off Kodaikarai coast, fisheries department officials said.

Six fishermen injured in attack by Lankan naval personnel

Last Updated: Sunday, July 14, 2013, 15:35

Six fishermen were injured, two of them seriously, when they were attacked allegedly by Sri Lankan naval personnel near Katchathivu islet early Sunday morning.

Lankan Air Force, Navy on rescue mission for fishermen

Last Updated: Saturday, June 8, 2013, 14:41

Sri Lankan air force helicopters and naval vessels have been deployed in a joint rescue mission for fishermen caught in stormy weather off the south western coast of the island, relief officials said on Saturday.