22 Indian fishermen arrested off Qatar coast
As many as 22 Indian fishermenwere arrested off the coast of Qatar at Al Ruwais and India's embassy in Doha is in touch with local authorities in the matter.
"22 Indian fishermen in seven boats were
Agitators take to water for fuel price cut
More than 200 mechanised boat fishermen on Sunday staged jal satyagraha in Rameswaram wearing black headbands and waving black flags protesting against the recent diesel price hike and demanded that i
11 Indian fishermen arrested by Pakistan
Pakistani authorities have arrested 11 Indian fishermen and seized their two boats for allegedly violating the country's maritime boundary, officials said on Sunday.
The fishermen were arrested by th
Fishermen displeased with oil pipeline plan
Fishermen of Tiruvallur opposed the plan for a 17-km-long pipeline to transport crude oil from Chennai port to the Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) refinery in Manali.
The fisher folks h
Italian marines enjoy no immunity, Centre tells SC
The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the Italian marines who killed two Indian fishermen in February 2012, purportedly mistaking them for pirates, did not enjoy any diplomatic immunity a
Chinese fishermen missing as typhoon hits S. Korea
More than 30 Chinese fishermen were missing after two boats sank Tuesday when a strong typhoon hit South Korea, coastguard officers said.
A total of 31 crew members were aboard the boats which went d
Find permanent solution to stop attacks, says MK
Condemning the attacks on state fishermen by the Sri Lankan navy, DMK president M. Karunanidhi on Monday charged the Central and state governments with not doing enough to address the continuing attac
Delhi emboldened Lanka: CM
Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa has urged the Centre to take steps to prevent attacks on Indian fishermen by Sri Lanka, even as she claimed that Centre’s “soft handling” of the issue has “emboldened” L
Six Tamil Nadu fishermen injured in attck by SL navy
In the second such incident in two days, six Tamil Nadu fishermen were injured when they were allegedly attacked on Tuesday by the Sri Lankan navy which also detained 13 others near Katchatheevu in th
Detained fishermen ordered to be released
Six Tamil Nadu fishermen were injured on Tuesday when they were allegedly attacked by the Sri Lankan navy which briefly detained 13 others near Katchatheevu in the Palk Straits.
The fishermen, taken