A special operation by the Sri Lankan Navy and the coast guard has led to the seizure of five Indian fishing trawlers and 24 Indian fishermen being taken into custody, by the neighbouring island nation.

Sri Lankan authorities seize five Indian trawlers with 24 fishermen on board; 35 seizures this year

It’s been four days since Indian fishermen Rajkiran, Xavier and Suganthiran left from their respective homes in the Kottaipattinam fishing hamlet in Southern state of Tamil Nadu.

Four days on, wait continues for return of 2 arrested Indian fishermen, 1 body from Sri Lanka

The mortal remains of an Indian fisherman from Tamil Nadu, who went missing at sea on Monday, were retrieved on Wednesday noon. The boat he was on-board had collided with a Sri Lankan vessel in the Palk Strait, the waters between India and Sri Lanka.

Mortal remains of missing Indian fisherman retrieved, 2 others in Sri Lankan custody

According to the Sri Lankan Navy, they rescued two Indian fishermen from a sinking Indian fishing boat that was “poaching” in Sri Lankan waters, across the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL), on Monday.

Sri Lankan Navy says 2 Indian fishermen rescued, 1 missing; Fishermen allege Navy sank boat

Fishermen from the Pamban area, Rameswaram in the Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu have alleged firing by Sri Lankan Navy on Friday morning. According to a fishermen community leader, their boats had gone about 15-20 nautical miles into the Bay of Bengal from the Pamban area, when their boat was fired upon, by the island country's Navy.

Indian fishermen allege firing by Sri Lankan Navy, share images of bullet hole, ammo

As part of a high-level defence engagement with Sri Lanka, India earlier this month provided the country with 341 Indra Radar spares worth 200 Sri Lankan million.

India provides spares for air surveillance radar to Sri Lanka

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa met on Saturday for a virtual summit. While this is the third virtual summit of Indian PM amid the COVID-19 crisis, after meeting with Australian and European Union leadership, it is the first such meet with any leader of a country in the neighbourhood.

Sri Lanka a priority, says PM Modi during virtual summit with PM Mahinda Rajapaksa

Ahead of Lankan PM Wickremesinghe's visit to India, the Lankan government dropped a $300-million housing deal with China for a joint venture with an Indian company.

As Wickremesinghe visits India, Lanka drops Chinese housing deal