Attari Border, Jan 2(ANI): Reciprocating Pakistan’s goodwill gesture, India on Saturday released 31 Pakistani fishermen including one child through Wagah land route.
The fishermen crossed over after the completion of formalities at the border, after the Border Security Force (BSF) handed over the Pakistani [...]
Amritsar, Dec 26 (IANS) Pakistan Saturday handed over 100 Indian fishermen, including nine children, to Indian authorities at the Attari-Wagah joint border checkpost, officials said.
The fishermen, mostly residents of Gujarat, had mistakenly crossed the maritime border around three years ago and were caught by the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency.
‘Pakistan authorities have handed over to us [...]
Karachi, Dec.26 (ANI): Pakistan has finally released 100 out of the 629 Indian fishermen imprisoned in the Malir District Jail.
The fishermen were to be released on Wednesday, but the process was delayed as Pakistani authorities said that the Indian government had told them to [...]
Islamabad, Dec 25 (IANS) An Indian fisherman lodged in a Pakistani jail died of cancer Friday, officials said.
The fisherman identified as Sukkan Koma was arrested for illegal fishing in Pakistani waters in 2006, jail officials in the Pakistani port city of Karachi said.
The 50-year-old Indian had been provided every possible treatment for cancer, Xinhua reported [...]
Gandhinagar, Dec 25 (IANS) A hundred out of the more than 600 Indian fishermen languishing in Pakistani jails were released Friday, an official of a fishermen’s organisation said.
The fishermen, 95 of whom are from Gujarat, were released from Karachi jail, according to a communication received from the Pakistan Peoples Forum, Manish Lodhari, the secretary of [...]
Karachi, Dec.24 (ANI): Pakistani authorities have postponed the release of 100 Indian fishermen, saying the Indian authorities were not ready to receive the fishermen and have asked them to delay the process.
It may be noted that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani [...]
Islamabad, Dec.23 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has announced the release of 100 Indian fishermen, who were apprehended by Pakistani authorities for violating the country’s maritime limits.
According to sources Gilani has instructed the Interior Ministry to make [...]
Gandhinagar, Dec 22 (IANS) Hundred of the over 600 Indian fishermen held in Pakistani jails will be released soon, a fishermen’s forum official said here Tuesday.
Manish Lodhari, secretary of the National Fishworkers Forum (NFF), said from Porbandar that Sami Memon, secretary general of the Pakistan Peoples Forum, had apprised him of their government’s decision [...]
Chennai, Dec 18 (IANS) AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa Friday demanded that the central government withdraw the Marine Fisheries (Regulation and Management) Bill to protect the livelihood of fishermen.
In a statement here, she said: ‘Destroying the livelihood of the Indian fishermen to enable exports to Europe is certainly unacceptable. The government should realise that welfare [...]
New Delhi, Dec 18 (ANI): Activists of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazagam (AIADMK) party staged a protest against the proposed Marine Fisheries Bill here on Friday.
The activists termed the proposed Marine Fisheries Bill as anti-fishermen.
The Marine Fisheries (Regulation and Management) Bill [...]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said here on Wednesday that Government of India has been making persistent efforts for the release of Indian fishermen and their boats from Pakistan.”
Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, Krishna said: [...]
Ahemdabad, Dec 14 (IANS) Four fishing boats from Gujarat with 18 fishermen on board were arrested by Pakistan Marine Agency, a fishermens’ association claimed Monday.
According to Manish Lodhari, secretary of the National Fishermens’ Body based in Porbandar, the latest arrests take the number of Indian fishermen held in Pakistan to 628 in last six years.
New Delhi, Dec 14 (ANI): Defence Minister A K Antony said here on Monday that the Indian Coast Guard is ready to extend aid to distressed Indian fishermen in deep waters.
Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, Antony said: “Indian Coast Guard provides assistance to Indian [...]
Gandhinagar, Dec 3 (IANS) Three fishing boats from Gujarat with 16 fishermen aboard were seized by Pakistan’s Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) Thursday for allegedly entering their territorial waters, a fishermen’s association here said.
Manish Lodhari, secretary of the National Fishing Forum (NFF), told IANS that they had received a message about the boats being seized and [...]
Karachi, Dec 3 (IANS) The Maritime Security Agency (MSA) has arrested 16 Indian fishermen and seized three boats for allegedly venturing into Pakistan’s territorial waters, Online news aagency quoted a private TV channel as reporting.
According to an MSA spokesman, the 16 Indian fishermen were arrested for violating Pakistan’s territorial waters.
The arrested fishermen have been [...]
Chennai, Nov 23 (IANS) The ruling DMK and the major opposition party AIADMK are opposed to the Marine Fisheries (Regulation and Management) Bill, 2009, as they find the provisions against the interests of Indian fishermen.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, pointing out that the state government’s earlier views were not considered in the draft bill, [...]
Chennai, Nov 23 (IANS) Terming the proposed Marine Fisheries (Regulation and Management) Bill, 2009 as ‘anti-fishermen’, AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa Monday said her party would oppose the measure.
The bill is in favour of overseas fishing vessels and ‘contains several provisions to arrest, punish and fine fishermen’ if they violate certain terms, Jayalalithaa said in [...]
Islamabad, Nov 17 (IANS) Nine Indian minors, who were caught while fishing in Pakistani waters, are languishing in prison in the country’s port city of Karachi despite having completed their one-year sentence, says a rights organisation.
The nine boys are currently at the Youthful Offenders Industrial School Karachi, The News International reported.
The children, who belong to [...]
Chennai, Nov 11 (IANS) The Indian Coast Guard Thursday announced the setting up of a mini air station in the port city of Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu and assured sufficient protection for fishermen from Sri Lankan navy attacks.
Speaking to reporters after calling on Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi here, Commander Coast Guard (Region East) A. Rajasekhar [...]
Gandhinagar, Nov 9 (IANS) Three Pakistani fishing boats with 20 fishermen were seized by the Coast Guard off the Kutch-Saurashtra coast, officials said Monday.
The three Pakistani boats were intercepted by a Coast Guard patrol vessel and seized after they were found to be fishing in Indian waters off Jhakhau on the Kutch coast, officials in [...]
Islamabad, Nov. 6 (ANI): Pakistan’s Maritime Security Agency on Friday apprehended 13 Indian fishermen for allegedly trawling in Pakistani territorial waters in the Arabian Sea.
“Our officials seized three Indian fishing boats, arrested 13 crew members 55 nautical miles inside our territorial waters and they have been handed over to the police,” MSA spokesman Lieutenant [...]
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Actor-turned-politician and DMDK chief Vijayakant and his supporters observed a day-long hunger strike here Tuesday demanding ‘full freedom’ for Sri Lankan Tamils in the island nation and protection for Indian fishermen against attacks by the Sri Lankan Navy.
Hundreds of DMDK cadres travelled to Delhi from different parts of Tamil Nadu [...]
New Delhi, Sept 29 (ANI): Angered by what they called ‘laxity’ on part of the Central Government to intervene in the issue of attack on Indian fishermen by Sri Lankan army, the members of the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) held a day-long hunger strike here on Tuesday,
The protest comes close on the heels of [...]
Chennai, Sep 28 (IANS) Actor turned politician Vijayakant, president of DMDK, and his cadres will Tuesday observe a day-long hunger strike in Delhi demanding protection to Indian fishermen from attacks by the Sri Lankan navy and full freedom to Sri Lankan Tamils on the island.
Vijayakant and his supporters will fast from 8 a.m. to [...]
Chennai, Sep 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has reiterated the central government’s commitment to rehabilitation of internally displaced civilians (IDP) in northern Sri Lanka.
In his reply to Karunanidhi’s letters dated Aug 14 and 17, Singh has said: ‘We fully share your concern for the welfare and wellbeing of the displaced Tamil population in Sri [...]
Karachi, Sep.13 (ANI): At least 16 Indian fishermen along with their three boats were nabbed by Maritime Security Agency (MSA) on Sunday for violating Pakistani waters.
“16 Indian fishermen boarding three vessels were arrested over intruding Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) within Pakistan sea limits,” The News quoted MSA spokesperson, as saying.
The spokesperson said fisherman would be [...]
Ahmedabad, Sep. 11 (ANI): Fishermen in Gujarat’s Veraval region have now equipped their trawlers with Global Positioning Systems (GPS).
Now, it would be easy to locate these trawlers on high seas and also warn the fishermen in case they wander into the territorial waters of other countries.
After being installed on all the 12,000 fishing boats in [...]
