Tamil Nadu Fisherman Killed

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will meet representatives of the fishermen community from Tamil Nadu. This comes after the recent death of a young Indian fisherman in Sri Lankan waters and the capture of 85 Indian fishermen by Sri Lanka.

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...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswamy today condemned the killing of an Indian fisherman allegedly by the Sri Lankan Navy and announced a compensation of Rs five lakh for the victim's family.

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.

An Indian fisherman was allegedly shot dead by pirates in Saudi Arabia Sea on Saturday.

India has taken up with Qatar the killing of an Indian fisherman and detention of three others while they were fishing in that country's waters.

A fisherman, who immolated himself in Tamil Nadu raising the cause of Tamils in Sri Lanka, has died. Mani, a native of Cuddalore district attempted to kill himself by pouring petrol outside the District Collector's office. Although he was brought to Chennai for better treatment, he could not be saved.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Monday appealed to people not to fall prey to the "designs" of anti-nuclear lobbyists and defended the police action, in which one fisherman was killed during protests in Tuticorin against the Kudankulam atomic power project.

The US has announced a solatium to the next of kin of a Tamil Nadu fisherman killed in gunfire by US navy personnel off the Dubai coast last month but India believed it would not prejudice the probe into the incident.

Soon after casting their votes for the Presidential election, DMK MPs from the state went into a huddle. The leaders put together a joint memorandum addressed to the Prime Minister on the firing by the US Naval Ship near the Jabel Ali Port in Dubai three days ago, in which 1 fisherman from Tamil Nadu was killed and 3 others were seriously injured.

Ramanathapuram district collector Nandhakumar on Wednesday met the mother and relatives of the fisherman killed in firing by the US Navy off Dubai coast and said Tamil Nadu government was taking all steps to bring his body back to India.

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 ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take up with the US and UAE the shooting to death of a Tamil Nadu fishermen by personnel onboard a US ship in Dubai seas and seek a detailed probe.

India has asked the UAE to register a case against the US navy after one of its ships opened fire on a boat off Dubai. A fisherman from Tamil Nadu was killed; three others from the same state were injured. The Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi has issued a statement today saying the Embassy in Abu Dhabi is working with local authorities to...

India has asked the UAE to register a case against the US navy after one of its ships opened fire on a boat off Dubai. A fisherman from Tamil Nadu was killed; three others from the same state were injured.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will meet representatives of the fishermen community from Tamil Nadu. This comes after the recent death of a young Indian fisherman in Sri Lankan waters and the capture of 85 Indian fishermen by Sri Lanka.

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...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswamy today condemned the killing of an Indian fisherman allegedly by the Sri Lankan Navy and announced a compensation of Rs five lakh for the victim's family.

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.

An Indian fisherman was allegedly shot dead by pirates in Saudi Arabia Sea on Saturday.

India has taken up with Qatar the killing of an Indian fisherman and detention of three others while they were fishing in that country's waters.

A fisherman, who immolated himself in Tamil Nadu raising the cause of Tamils in Sri Lanka, has died. Mani, a native of Cuddalore district attempted to kill himself by pouring petrol outside the District Collector's office. Although he was brought to Chennai for better treatment, he could not be saved.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Monday appealed to people not to fall prey to the "designs" of anti-nuclear lobbyists and defended the police action, in which one fisherman was killed during protests in Tuticorin against the Kudankulam atomic power project.

The US has announced a solatium to the next of kin of a Tamil Nadu fisherman killed in gunfire by US navy personnel off the Dubai coast last month but India believed it would not prejudice the probe into the incident.

Soon after casting their votes for the Presidential election, DMK MPs from the state went into a huddle. The leaders put together a joint memorandum addressed to the Prime Minister on the firing by the US Naval Ship near the Jabel Ali Port in Dubai three days ago, in which 1 fisherman from Tamil Nadu was killed and 3 others were seriously injured.

Ramanathapuram district collector Nandhakumar on Wednesday met the mother and relatives of the fisherman killed in firing by the US Navy off Dubai coast and said Tamil Nadu government was taking all steps to bring his body back to India.

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 ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take up with the US and UAE the shooting to death of a Tamil Nadu fishermen by personnel onboard a US ship in Dubai seas and seek a detailed probe.

India has asked the UAE to register a case against the US navy after one of its ships opened fire on a boat off Dubai. A fisherman from Tamil Nadu was killed; three others from the same state were injured. The Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi has issued a statement today saying the Embassy in Abu Dhabi is working with local authorities to...

India has asked the UAE to register a case against the US navy after one of its ships opened fire on a boat off Dubai. A fisherman from Tamil Nadu was killed; three others from the same state were injured.