‘Bring back 400 TN fishermen stranded in Andaman’
Chennai, April 21 (IANS) The National Fisherfolk Forum (NFF) on Tuesday urged the Central and Tamil Nadu government to take steps to bring back 400...
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AP CM urges Gujarat to take care of stranded fishermen
Amaravati, April 21 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday spoke to his Gujarat counterpart Vijay Rupani over phone and...
‘Ask Indian Embassy in Iran to get food for stranded fishermen’
Chennai, April 20 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Monday requested the Central government to arrange food, water and other basic needs for...
Coast Guard, Navy must prevent foreign fishing vessels: Fishermen
Chennai, April 18 (IANS) Indian fishermen on Saturday alleged that foreign vessels are fishing in the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone during the fish breeding season....
Urgent need for financial assistance to fishermen: MS Swaminathan
Chennai, April 8 (IANS) With the annual fishing ban to enable breeding of fish to start from April 15, there is an urgent and immediate...
Indian Navy rescues 10 fishermen stuck due to lockdown
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Indian Navy rescued of 10 fishermen stranded onboard fishing boat, of Tamil Nadu origin, off Kochi coast, the force said...
‘TN will take care of people from Jharkhand and AP fishermen’
Chennai, March 30 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K.Palaniswami on Monday assured his Jharkhand counterpart Hemant Soren that the state will take care of the...
COVID-19: 900 fishermen stranded in Iran on verge of starvation (IANS Exclusive)
Tehran/New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Almost 900 Indian fishermen stranded in Iran, the third most coronavirus-hit nation, appealed to the Indian government to save their...
Family members of TN fishermen in Iran a worried lot
Chennai, March 10 (IANS) The family members of Tamil Nadu fishermen in Iran are worried lot and are eagerly waiting for the good news about...
Jaishankar assures to rescue stranded fishermen from Iran
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) On the backdrop of COVID-19 spread in Iran, Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar assured Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on...
17 Kerala fishermen trapped in Iran due to coronavirus
Thiruvananthapuram, March 1 (IANS) A video that has been sent from Iran shows that about 17 Kerala fishermen are among the hundreds who are presently...
Ask embassy in Iran to help Indian fishermen, says TN CM
Chennai, Feb 28 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Friday requested External Affairs Minister S.Jaishankar to direct the Indian Embassy in Iran to...
Indian fishermen in Iran seek evacuation over Covid-19 fears
Chennai, Feb 27 (IANS) Over 600 Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu and Gujarat are in Iran and want to return home following coronavirus outbreak in...
More fishermen-friendly approach needed in India: Expert
Kochi, Jan 8 (IANS) Fisheries expert John Kurien on Wednesday called the need for a more fisherman-friendly approach which includes apt housing, inclusion of the...
Pak to release 22 Andhra fishermen on Jan 6
Amaravati, Jan 3 (IANS) Pakistan will on Monday release all 22 fishermen from Andhra Pradesh arrested on charges of espionage, officials said on Friday. Pakistan’s...
Secure release of 13 Indian fishermen from Lankan custody
Chennai, Dec 29 (IANS) Political leaders S. Ramadoss of PMK and Vaiko of MDMK on Sunday urged the union government to secure the release of...
SL Navy arrests 14 Indian fishermen
Colombo, Dec 29 (IANS) Fourteen Indian fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on charges of poaching, officials said on Sunday. The Navy confirmed...
Three TN fishermen detained in Iran released
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Three fishermen from Tamil Nadu, detained by Iranian authorities after their Saudi-owned trawler was confiscated in January this year, have...
9 Indian fishermen who escaped from Yemen set to go home
Kochi, Nov 30 (IANS) Nine Indian fishermen, who arrived here, on a boat from Yemen will be cleared after emigration process is over, said an...
19 fishermen rescued, 2,100 fishing boats docked: ICG
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) Nineteen fishermen have been rescued and 2,100 fishing boats docked at various ports on the west coast in the Arabian...