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'Sri Lankan' pirates assault six TN fishermen at sea off Nagapattinam

NAGAPATTINAM: Six fishermen from Nagapattinam and Mayiladuthurai districts were allegedly assaulted and robbed at sea by assailants said to be from Sri Lanka on Friday night. Sources said fishermen C Kumar, K Jegan and N Lakshmanan -- all from Mayiladuthurai camping in Nagapattinam's Kodiyakarai for the past two months -- on Friday afternoon ventured into sea in a motorised boat. …

Sri Lanka Fishermen Kodiyakarai Mayiladuthurai Nagapattinam

3 weeks, 1 day ago

Fishermen in delta districts stay away from sea

The Hindu

Fishermen across the delta districts have refrained from venturing into the sea due to continued rough sea conditions, despite moderate to no rainfall in the region. On Saturday morning, Fisheries Department officials visited all fishing villages in Karaikal, Mayiladuthurai and Nagapattinam, issuing warnings to community leaders about rough seas ahead of Cyclone Fengal, which crossed the coast on Saturday. In …

Boats Karaikal Nagapattinam

3 weeks, 2 days ago

Cyclone Fengal tracker: Puducherry asks residents to stay indoors, issues helplines; heavy rain lashes Tamil Nadu

Hindustan Times

Weather today: Authorities in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are on high alert as Cyclone Fengal approaches the coastal areas, with the landfall expected near Puducherry on Saturday afternoon, November 30. The India Meteorological Department has predicted wind speeds of 70-90 kmph, along with heavy to extremely heavy rainfall across coastal and interior regions of Tamil Nadu and southern Andhra Pradesh. …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Fishing boat from Nagapattinam capsized by Sri Lankan vessel

New Indian Express

NAGAPATTINAM: A fishing boat from Nagapattinam district was allegedly rammed and capsized by a Sri Lankan naval craft near Kodiyakarai on Tuesday evening. According to sources, the group, consisting of K. Sakthivel, R. Devaraj, S. Karthikeyan, and S. Sathish from Seruthur, departed for fishing in a motorised boat registered under M. Dharman on Tuesday morning. S. Karthikeyan, one of the …

Fishermen Fishing Boat Sri Sri Lankan Lankan Nagapattinam

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Four Tamil Nadu fishermen robbed mid-sea by suspected Sri Lankan nationals

The Hindu

Four fishermen from Tamil Nadu were robbed of their fishing gear and other equipment by a group of suspected Sri Lankan nationals while they were fishing mid-sea. The incident occurred on August 24, 2024, after the fishermen – Kumar, 50, from Kuttiyandiyur, Tharangambadi; Kandhan, 51, from Ariyanattu Street, Nagapattinam; David, 43, from Kovalam, Kanniyakumari; and Sandakrush, 51, from Koothankuzhi – …

Fishermen Tamil Sri Lankan Nagapattinam

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Four Nagapattinam fishermen robbed of their belongings mid-sea

The Hindu

A group of seven persons, suspected to be Sri Lankan nationals, allegedly stole fishing gear and other gadgets from four fishermen from Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu as they were fishing mid-sea on the night of Wednesday. The others on the boat were N. Chandran, 61, V. Arumugam, 47, and V. Madurai Veeran, 35, said Coastal Security Group sources. The …

Fishermen Security Group

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Lankan Navy personnel dies while trying to seize TN boat

New Indian Express

NAGAPATTINAM: A Sri Lankan Navy personnel allegedly died after he suffered critical injuries while attempting to seize an Indian trawler that was fishing near Neduntheevu on Tuesday. A Sri Lankan Navy statement said the Indian fishers had crossed the International Maritime Boundary Line and were fishing illegally in Sri Lankan waters. According to the Sri Lankan Navy’s official statement, a …

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7 months ago

14 Sri Lankan fishermen arrested by Indian Coast Guard at Nagapattinam

The Hindu

The Indian Coast Guard has arrested 14 Sri Lankan fishermen along with five boats for crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line and for fishing sea cucumber on Thursday, May 16, 2024, Sources from the Indian Coast Guard said, ICGS Rani Durgavati apprehended five Sri Lankan fishing boats with 14 Sri Lankan crew at 13 nautical mile South East of Point …

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9 months, 1 week ago

15 fishermen from Karaikal and Nagapattinam arrested by Sri Lankan Navy

The Hindu

Fifteen fishermen from Karaikal in Puducherry and Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu, were arrested early on Friday, March 15, 2024, by the Sri Lankan Navy. This is at least the third such incident in March alone and at least the sixth this year: on March 10, the Sri Lankan Navy arrested 15 fishermen including two from Puducherry’s Karaikal district and 13 …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

One T.N. fisherman killed, another missing after mid-sea clash between two fisher groups

The Hindu

One person was killed and another is missing, following a mid-sea clash between two groups of fishermen from the Akkaraipettai and Keechankuppam coastal villages in Nagapattinam district. According to sources, three brothers – S. Athmanathan, S. Sivanesa Selvam, and S. Kalathinathan – natives of Akkaraipettai coastal village in Nagapattinam had ventured into the sea to fish, in a fibreglass boat, …

Fishermen Boat Fisher Nagapattinam Sivanesa Selvam Keechankuppam Kalathinathan

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu’s Nagapattinam attacked at sea and robbed

The Hindu

In two separate incidents, five fishermen from Arcottuthurai coastal village in Nagapattinam district were attacked by unidentified persons, mid-sea, while they were fishing several nautical miles southeast of the Kodiyakkarai coast and robbed of their belongings around midnight on Friday, February 2, 2024. According to police sources, T. Ponnuthurai, 51, and S. Jeyachandran, 40, both hailing from Fishermen Colony in …

Fishermen Nagapattinam

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi alleges corruption in PM Awas Yojana scheme

Live Mint

Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi, on January 29, alleged that eligible beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana scheme were unable to claim benefits citing administrative indifference and suspected corruption as the reasons. He said, “It is tragic that the deserving poor villagers of Nagapattinam district are not able to get the benefit of PM Awas Yojana due to administrative apathy …

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1 year ago

Annamalai seeks Jaishankar's intervention for repatriation of 12 Tamil fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan navy

India TV News

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party President K Annamalai has written a letter to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar requesting the ministry’s intervention for the repatriation of 12 fishermen who have been arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy. Annamalai letter to Jaishankar "We bring to your kind attention the arrest of 12 Tamil fishermen from Nagapattinam by the Sri Lankan …

Tamil Nadu Navy Tamil Bjp Sri Jaishankar Sri Lankan

1 year ago

Indian fishermen allege mid-sea attack by Sri Lankan Navy

The Hindu

Three fishermen from Kodiyakkarai near Vedaranyam in Nagapattinam district were allegedly attacked by the Sri Lankan Navy at sea, early on Friday, December 8, 2023, when they were fishing several nautical miles off the Kodiyakkarai coast. According to police sources, M. Packirisamy, 40 and S. Rajkumar, 33, both from Vellapallam in Nagapattinam district, and R. Sakthi, 46, from Poompuhar in …

Fishermen Sri Lankan Navy Nagapattinam Kodiyakkarai

1 year ago

The inland fishermen who light the Maha Deepam atop Tiruvannamalai

The Hindu

On the narrow Shivapada Veedhi near the famed 7th Century Arunachaleswara Temple, built by the Pallavas, in the bustling Tiruvannamalai town, V.C. Manikandan and Ravishankar hail from the fishermen community that for ages has been entrusted with the task of lighting the copper cauldron atop the 2,668-foot-high Annamalai Hills on Maha Deepam, the final day of the Karthigai Deepam festival. …

Community Light Fishermen Lord Shiva Temple Tiruvannamalai Manikandan

1 year, 2 months ago

Nagapattinam fishermen robbed at mid-sea, again

The Hindu

Three fishermen from Arcottuthurai coastal village near Vedaranyam in Nagapattinam district were robbed of their belongings by a group of unidentified persons mid-sea while they were fishing a few nautical miles to the east off Kodiyakkarai on Saturday night. Nearly 38 fishermen from Nagapattinam district have reportedly suffered threats, attacks, mid-sea interceptions, and robbery of their belongings by unidentified persons …

Nagapattinam Fishing Boat Unidentified Persons

1 year, 2 months ago

Nagapattinam fishermen attacked mid-sea, robbed of their belongings in sixth such attack in two months

The Hindu

Nine fishermen from the Vanavanmahadevi coastal village in Nagapattinam district were attacked by unidentified persons, mid-sea, while they were fishing to the east of Kodiyakkarai, and robbed of their belongings. Police sources said N. Subramanian, 50, A. Murugesan, 41, A. Sundaramoorthy, 55, C. Rajagopal, 62, and S. Mahalingam, 60, all natives of Vanavanmahadevi near Vedaranyam had ventured into the sea …

Board Fishermen Fishing Boat Nagapattinam Murugesan Vanavanmahadevi

1 year, 2 months ago

T.N. fishermen attacked mid-sea, robbed

The Hindu

In two incidents, eight fishermen from Vellapallam and Arcottuthurai in Nagapattinam district were allegedly attacked by unidentified persons while they were fishing mid-sea and robbed of their belongings on Friday night. Sources in the Coastal Security Group said A. Manian, M. Velmurugan, and C. Sathiyaraj, hailing from Vellapallam near Vedaranyam, and G. Kodilingam, of Akkaraipettai in Nagapattinam, had put out …

Fishermen Fishing Tamil Boat Nagapattinam Vedaranyam Unidentified Persons

1 year, 9 months ago

16 fishermen from T.N.’s Pudukottai, Nagapattinam districts arrested by Sri Lankan Navy

The Hindu

Four fishermen of Pudukottai district and 12 fishermen from Nagapttinam district in Tamil Nadu were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on the charge of trespassing while fishing in the early hours on Sunday, March 12, 2023. Coastal Security Group sources said the fishermen were fishing about 30 nautical miles near ‘Alai Theevu’ at around 4.30 a.m. on Sunday when …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Oil spill in Nagapattinam coast | T.N. government will consider demands of fishermen: Minister Meyyanathan

The Hindu

The State Government would take a call on the demand of the fishermen to remove the oil pipelines owned by the Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited from Pattinamcherry off the Nagapattinam coast, said Environment Minister Siva. After visiting Pattinamcherry, a coastal hamlet near here, to take stock of the oil spills in the sea, Mr. Meyyanathan told journalists that the leakage …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Oil spill in Nagapattinam coast | Upset with CPCL, fishermen threaten to intensify protest

The Hindu

Dissatisfied with the work done by Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited to plug the leak on the crude oil pipeline off the Nagapattinam coast, fishermen of Pattinamcherry and adjoining hamlets have threatened to intensify their protest from Monday. N. Sakthivel, a fisherman from Pattinamcherry, said CPCL officials informed the fishermen on Saturday that the leak was plugged. “When we demanded that …

Cpcl Nagapattinam Pattinamcherry

1 year, 9 months ago

Crack in underwater pipeline causes oil spill in sea off Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu

A crack on an undersea pipeline, owned by the Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd., has resulted in an oil spill in the sea off the Nagapattinam coast. Sources said the CPCL pumps crude oil, transported from ships from domestic sources or imported, through an underwater pipeline laid for a few kilometres in the sea from the Chidambaranar jetty to its refinery …

Oil Oil Spill Protest Sea Pipeline Spill Crack

3 years, 2 months ago

Three fishermen injured in mid-sea attack By Sri Lankans near Nagapattinam

The Hindu

Three fishermen of Arcottuthurai near Vedaranyam were injured in an alleged attack against them by Sri Lankan fishers on Friday. When they were fishing in the water close to the International Maritime Boundary Line southeast off Vedaranyam, a group of 10 armed Sri Lankans on board two fibre boats of Sri Lanka intercepted them. Claiming that the Indian fishermen trespassed …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Chennai to See Rains as Cyclone Nivar Heads for Tamil Nadu Coast, High Alert in Nagapattinam, Karaikal

News 18

Chennai is set to experience heavy to very heavy rainfall as a deep depression in the Bay of Bengal remains 650 km away from the city currently, expected to strengthen and convert into Cyclone Nivar and cross the coast between Mamallapuram and Karaikal on November 25. Deputy Director of the regional meteorological centre in Chennai S Balachandran said rain would …

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'Sri Lankan' pirates assault six TN fishermen at sea off Nagapattinam

Fishermen in delta districts stay away from sea

Cyclone Fengal tracker: Puducherry asks residents to stay indoors, issues helplines; heavy rain lashes Tamil Nadu

Fishing boat from Nagapattinam capsized by Sri Lankan vessel

Four Tamil Nadu fishermen robbed mid-sea by suspected Sri Lankan nationals

Four Nagapattinam fishermen robbed of their belongings mid-sea

Lankan Navy personnel dies while trying to seize TN boat

14 Sri Lankan fishermen arrested by Indian Coast Guard at Nagapattinam

15 fishermen from Karaikal and Nagapattinam arrested by Sri Lankan Navy

One T.N. fisherman killed, another missing after mid-sea clash between two fisher groups

Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu’s Nagapattinam attacked at sea and robbed

Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi alleges corruption in PM Awas Yojana scheme

Annamalai seeks Jaishankar's intervention for repatriation of 12 Tamil fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan navy

Indian fishermen allege mid-sea attack by Sri Lankan Navy

The inland fishermen who light the Maha Deepam atop Tiruvannamalai

Nagapattinam fishermen robbed at mid-sea, again

Nagapattinam fishermen attacked mid-sea, robbed of their belongings in sixth such attack in two months

T.N. fishermen attacked mid-sea, robbed

16 fishermen from T.N.’s Pudukottai, Nagapattinam districts arrested by Sri Lankan Navy

Oil spill in Nagapattinam coast | T.N. government will consider demands of fishermen: Minister Meyyanathan

Oil spill in Nagapattinam coast | Upset with CPCL, fishermen threaten to intensify protest

Crack in underwater pipeline causes oil spill in sea off Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu

Three fishermen injured in mid-sea attack By Sri Lankans near Nagapattinam

Chennai to See Rains as Cyclone Nivar Heads for Tamil Nadu Coast, High Alert in Nagapattinam, Karaikal