Tamil Nadu chief minister had sought PM Modi's intervention in the matter

Sri Lanka releases 76 Indian fishermen as goodwill gesture

The fishermen, arrested early morning today, belong to Tamil Nadu?s Rameswaram district

Sri Lankan Navy arrests 12 Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu

They were reportedly fishing at Neduntheevu, close to Sri Lanka when they were arrested and taken to Kangesanthurai port

Sri Lankan navy arrests seven Indian fishermen

The fishermen admitted fishing in Pakistani waters, after which the court took a lenient view by sentencing them to the number of days they were detained for

350 Indian fishermen allowed by Pakistan court to return home

The two countries frequently arrest each other's fishermen for encroachment

Pakistan arrests 29 Indian fishermen for allegedly trespassing waters

The captured boats had set sail from the coastal town of Porbandar a few days ago

Pakistan arrests 18 Indian fishermen, impounds three boats

Indian fishermen and a boat were seized by Lankan Navy from Ramanathapuram in sea area north of Delft Island

Sri Lankan Navy apprehends 10 Indian fishermen

India had released twelve Sri Lankan fishermen released from the Puzhal Prison in Chennai on March 10

Sri Lanka releases 77 Indian fishermen to defuse bilateral tension

The latest flash point comes a week after the Sri Lankan Navy detained 15 Indian fishermen and took away their equipment and fishing gear

Sri Lanka's navy fatally shoots one Indian fisherman, wounds three

Detained Pakistani fishermen figure may be higher as the Foreign Office number is lower than that of the interior ministry's count

At least 135 fishermen languishing in Indian jails: Pakistan

Massimiliano Latorre, along with fellow marine Salvatore Girone, is accused of killing two Indian fishermen they mistook for pirates in 2012

India's top court allows Italian marine to stay in Italy

Sri Lanka has long fumed over poaching and illegal fishing that it says deplete its own industry

Sri Lankan Navy arrests five Indian fishermen for crossing maritime boundary