Lanka Navy Kills Fisherman

The killing of a 22-year-old Indian fisherman shot dead near Palk Strait allegedly by Sri Lankan Navy personnel has put the focus back on a tiny island of Kachchatheevu that the Tamil Nadu government alleges was wrongly ceded to Sri Lanka through two pacts signed between New Delhi and Colombo in the 1970s. Sri Lanka has denied its Navy was involved...

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.

Taking a tough stand on the recent killings of Indian fishermen allegedly by the Sri Lankan navy, sources have told NDTV that Foreign Minister SM Krishna has asked Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao to go to Colombo to take up the matter.Sources say Ms Rao will go to Lanka on Sunday and meet the Lankan officials on Monday.Last week a fisherman from Tam...

Expressing concern over the killing of Tamil Nadu fishermen allegedly by the Sri Lankan Navy, Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today urged the Centre to take up the matter with Colombo and punish the guilty.The Chief Minister discussed the matter with Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee during the latter's visit to his residence in Chennai, and rec...

An Indian fisherman was killed and another injured after the Sri Lankan Navy opened fire mid sea close to the Tamil Nadu coast. The fishermen were from Pudukottai in Tamil Nadu.The fisherman's body is kept at the government hospital in Pudukottai. Tamil Nadu government has announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh for his family.It was not clear whet...

The killing of a 22-year-old Indian fisherman shot dead near Palk Strait allegedly by Sri Lankan Navy personnel has put the focus back on a tiny island of Kachchatheevu that the Tamil Nadu government alleges was wrongly ceded to Sri Lanka through two pacts signed between New Delhi and Colombo in the 1970s. Sri Lanka has denied its Navy was involved...

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.

Taking a tough stand on the recent killings of Indian fishermen allegedly by the Sri Lankan navy, sources have told NDTV that Foreign Minister SM Krishna has asked Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao to go to Colombo to take up the matter.Sources say Ms Rao will go to Lanka on Sunday and meet the Lankan officials on Monday.Last week a fisherman from Tam...

Expressing concern over the killing of Tamil Nadu fishermen allegedly by the Sri Lankan Navy, Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today urged the Centre to take up the matter with Colombo and punish the guilty.The Chief Minister discussed the matter with Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee during the latter's visit to his residence in Chennai, and rec...

An Indian fisherman was killed and another injured after the Sri Lankan Navy opened fire mid sea close to the Tamil Nadu coast. The fishermen were from Pudukottai in Tamil Nadu.The fisherman's body is kept at the government hospital in Pudukottai. Tamil Nadu government has announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh for his family.It was not clear whet...