Fisherman Family

"We are neither interested in allowances nor any poll promises; I want our son back. I haven't seen him for the last two years," said 56-year-old Ankita Thapariya, the mother of fisherman Ankit who is in a Pakistani jail for illegally entering the ne

An angler in Australia accidentally hooked a crocodile while fishing in Northern Territory last Monday. Trent de With was with his family at a popular fishing spot near the town of Katherine when the incident occurred.

Amid huge anger in Tamil Nadu over the killing of a 22-year-old fisherman by the Sri Lankan navy, Colombo has promised "full and thorough investigation". India has raised the killing with Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and expressed its deep concern.

"Fishing is not just an income generating activity, it is a lifestyle," said local fisheries director Kamalu Sharif. "You cannot remove a fisherman and take him to the farm."

Family members of a fisherman from Gujarat who is lodged in a Pakistani jail want Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to take up the issue of his release during his visit to the neighbouring country. Mr Singh will visit Pakistan for the SAARC meeting this week.

23 fishermen from Tamil Nadu are stuck in UAE's capital Ajman for the last two years after they were caught in a legal battle as witnesses of death of an Arab fisherman at sea.

A fisherman's son and now a fisherman himself, Kulamani Tarai knows all too well that while the sea has provided sustenance to his family for generations, it can also be a cruel and deadly place.

Rahul Gandhi today enjoyed a 'tasty fish' lunch served by a fisherman's family at a hamlet near here and said he would visit the beach again to taste Kerala's delicious tapioca and spicy fish curry.

An Indonesian girl swept away by the devastating 2004 tsunami has been reunited with her family a decade after she was given up for dead, her mother said on Thursday.

A fisherman's family at suburban Bandra today demanded filing an FIR against actor Salman Khan and his bodyguards for allegedly threatening them to shift their boats and fishing nets which were blocking sea view from the star's cottages.

The US on Monday assured a "thorough and transparent" investigation into the killing of an Indian fisherman by one of its naval personnel from aboard a warship off Dubai, even as it conveyed its condolences to the family of the victim.

A pal of gloom has descended on the Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu after the news reached that a fisherman from this coastal district fell to bullets of American security personnel in Dubai. Three others have sustained bullet injuries. Their fishing boat was reportedly approaching the American ship USNS Rappahannock despite warnings and the ...

The Supreme Court today sought a response from the Centre and the Kerala Government on the Italian Government's plea to quash criminal cases filed against two of its Marines, accused of killing two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast.

Relatives of the two Indian fishermen shot dead by Italian marines in February and Kerala's fishing community on Friday assailed the central government for letting them down, after a government lawyer told the Supreme Court that the state government had no jurisdiction in the matter.

A fisherman's welfare association said it would stage a demonstration in front of the office of Project Implementation Agency on March 7 to protest against 'delay'' in implementing housing scheme for tsunami hit fishermen families of Vambakeerapalayam hamlet.

"We are neither interested in allowances nor any poll promises; I want our son back. I haven't seen him for the last two years," said 56-year-old Ankita Thapariya, the mother of fisherman Ankit who is in a Pakistani jail for illegally entering the ne

An angler in Australia accidentally hooked a crocodile while fishing in Northern Territory last Monday. Trent de With was with his family at a popular fishing spot near the town of Katherine when the incident occurred.

Amid huge anger in Tamil Nadu over the killing of a 22-year-old fisherman by the Sri Lankan navy, Colombo has promised "full and thorough investigation". India has raised the killing with Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and expressed its deep concern.

"Fishing is not just an income generating activity, it is a lifestyle," said local fisheries director Kamalu Sharif. "You cannot remove a fisherman and take him to the farm."

Family members of a fisherman from Gujarat who is lodged in a Pakistani jail want Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to take up the issue of his release during his visit to the neighbouring country. Mr Singh will visit Pakistan for the SAARC meeting this week.

23 fishermen from Tamil Nadu are stuck in UAE's capital Ajman for the last two years after they were caught in a legal battle as witnesses of death of an Arab fisherman at sea.

A fisherman's son and now a fisherman himself, Kulamani Tarai knows all too well that while the sea has provided sustenance to his family for generations, it can also be a cruel and deadly place.

Rahul Gandhi today enjoyed a 'tasty fish' lunch served by a fisherman's family at a hamlet near here and said he would visit the beach again to taste Kerala's delicious tapioca and spicy fish curry.

An Indonesian girl swept away by the devastating 2004 tsunami has been reunited with her family a decade after she was given up for dead, her mother said on Thursday.

A fisherman's family at suburban Bandra today demanded filing an FIR against actor Salman Khan and his bodyguards for allegedly threatening them to shift their boats and fishing nets which were blocking sea view from the star's cottages.

The US on Monday assured a "thorough and transparent" investigation into the killing of an Indian fisherman by one of its naval personnel from aboard a warship off Dubai, even as it conveyed its condolences to the family of the victim.

A pal of gloom has descended on the Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu after the news reached that a fisherman from this coastal district fell to bullets of American security personnel in Dubai. Three others have sustained bullet injuries. Their fishing boat was reportedly approaching the American ship USNS Rappahannock despite warnings and the ...

The Supreme Court today sought a response from the Centre and the Kerala Government on the Italian Government's plea to quash criminal cases filed against two of its Marines, accused of killing two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast.

Relatives of the two Indian fishermen shot dead by Italian marines in February and Kerala's fishing community on Friday assailed the central government for letting them down, after a government lawyer told the Supreme Court that the state government had no jurisdiction in the matter.

A fisherman's welfare association said it would stage a demonstration in front of the office of Project Implementation Agency on March 7 to protest against 'delay'' in implementing housing scheme for tsunami hit fishermen families of Vambakeerapalayam hamlet.