The Palk Strait, a narrow strip of water in the Indian Ocean that separates Sri Lanka from Tamil Nadu in India, is a hotly contested area between the fishing communities of the two countries. Indian ...

Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 15 (ANI): The Tamil Nadu government's annual 61-day fishing ban came into effect on Monday, effectively halting the coastal fishing industry. The ban aims to ...

On a windy afternoon last Monday, just a few hours after Chennai had been doused by a short spell of early November showers, a group of fishermen played a game of cards on the sands of Marina beach ...

In Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu, a group of fishermen and employees from the forest department freed two dolphins from fishing nets. IAS official Supriya Sahu uploaded a touching video of the fisherman ...

It has been hard not to feel sorry for Indian Prime Ministers and Sri Lankan Presidents ahead of bilateral meetings over the past 10 years or so. The last item on every agenda has almost certainly ...

Six decades ago, little boys would scoop out sand from the dry riverbed of the Vaigai in Madurai during summer, to see water rising from below. They would wait until the water was clear, and then ...

As the fishermen row between Tamil Nadu and Sri Lankan fishermen is worsening and deep sea fishing is seen as the solution, the state government has come out with a proposal of starting deep sea ...

The JVP/NPP government’s recent forthright support for the rights of small-scale fishermen and the defence of Sri Lankan maritime sovereignty off the northwest and northern coast (Opinion, March 9, ...

NAGAPATTINAM: Amid continuing conflicts between Tamil Nadu and Puducherry fishers, the 61-day annual fishing ban for eastern coastal states came into effect on Friday. For a period from April 15 to ...