FISHERMEN

Congress workers blocked Union Minister George Kurian's visit to Muthalapozhi to study the rising deaths of fishermen in the harbor channel. The protesters called the construction of the channel "unscientific" and sparked a confrontation with the mi...

In Mizoram, a landslide resulted in three deaths, including a four-year-old girl, after heavy rains caused the partial burial of a tin-roofed concrete building near Aizawl. Simultaneously, the Indian Air Force (IAF) rescued 13 fishermen stranded on ...

Assam's flood situation remains critical, affecting over 6.71 lakh people in the second wave of flooding. Incessant rains cause widespread inundation and displacement. IAF rescues 13 stranded fishermen.

Earlier on Sunday, the IAF had rescued 8 State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel and a revenue official from Jonai in Dhemaji district when they were stranded in another sandbar area during relief operations. Dibrugarh district has been sever...

Pakistan handed over a list of missing defence personnel to India from the wars of 1965 and 1971 while exchanging lists of civilian prisoners and fishermen. The Foreign Office reported that Pakistan provided a list of 254 Indian prisoners in Pakista...

Pakistan has been requested to ensure the safety, security and welfare of all Indian and believed-to-be-Indian civilian prisoners and fishermen, pending their release and repatriation to India, it said. The MEA said India remains committed to addres...

Early Tuesday, the Sri Lanka Navy arrested four Indian fishermen and seized their trawler for allegedly poaching near Delft Island, Jaffna. This incident brings the total number of Indian fishermen arrested in 2024 to 182, with 25 trawlers seized. T...

The Kerala government announced that no moratorium on loan repayment for fishermen has been granted during the ongoing 52-day trawling ban. However, Fisheries Minister Saji Cheriyan stated that measures such as free rations have been provided to fis...

As part of National Waterway 44, Ichhamati forms a 21km riverine border with Bangladesh and flows through the Ranaghat, Bangaon, Basirhat, and Barasat constituencies. Voters in North 24 Parganas' Basirhat and Barasat will cast their ballots on June ...

Gandhi is aiming for her ninth term in the Lok Sabha, and is up against the Samajwadi Party's Ram Bhual Nishad and the Bahujan Samaj Party's Uday Raj Verma. During a campaign event, Pilibhit MP and Maneka's son, Varun Gandhi, said,"Elections are goi...

Cyclone Remal update: A low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal is expected to intensify into a cyclonic storm by May 25th, impacting various regions including the Andaman Islands and Manipur. The India Meteorological Department has issued warnings...

BJP reignited the Katchatheevu debate by accusing the Congress and DMK of betraying the country. Now, Sri Lankan FM Ali Sabry on May 20 said that the Govt doesn’t see a necessity to recommence it. Katchatheevu issue is a longstanding territorial dis...

It advised people to follow traffic advisories, avoid staying in vulnerable structures, stay away from river fronts or areas that face water-logging problems, and not work in the fields during thunderstorms and lightning, etc.

Similarly, there is a forecast for rough sea conditions nearshore along the Tamil Nadu coast during the same period on Monday. The rough sea is anticipated due to high period (15 - 17 sec) swell waves, with heights varying between 0.7 to 1.1 metres....

Officials have urged fishermen and coastal residents to take necessary precautions in response to the alert. A Kerala Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) official stated, "Red alert for swell surge warning has been received from NDMA-INCOIS." The ...

The senior Sri Lankan Tamil politician's comments came days after the Narendra Modi government targeted the Congress Party and its ally the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in Tamil Nadu accusing them of overlooking national interests in the ceding o...

The Katchatheevu Island was a part of India with some disputes over rights with Sri Lanka. Congress govt headed by late PM Indira Gandhi through an agreement in 1974, handed it over to Sri Lanka. PM Modi and his govt has now raised a poll issue sayi...

An official of the Dhalai District administration said that the fishermen often stay in the makeshift ‘Mancha’ to carry out fishing in the giant Dumboor Lake.

Commercial fishermen off Alaska's coast have found a suspected surveillance balloon, adding to concerns about espionage activities. The balloon, resembling those used by foreign countries, will be handed over to the FBI for examination.