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Time of India
02-08-2025
- Time of India
14 Nagai fishermen assaulted, robbed by ‘Lankan pirates'
Trichy: Around 14 fishermen from Nagapattinam district were assaulted and robbed allegedly by Sri Lankans when they were fishing in the sea east of Kodiyakarai on Friday night. Injured fishermen were admitted to Nagapattinam Medical College Hospital on Saturday. Sources said groups of fishermen from Vellapallam village ventured into the sea in their fibreglass reinforced plastic motorised boats on Friday. When a group of six fishermen was fishing around ten nautical miles from the coast around 4pm, four unidentified people in two boats attacked them with weapons. Around 7pm, a four-member crew was attacked by at least 14 attackers in four boats. Around 8.30pm, another four-member crew was attacked by more than 10 people. The assailants boarded the fishing boats and landed blows to the crew members. After subduing them, the assailants snatched equipment such as GPS, transceivers, batteries, mobile phones, and some fishing nets. The fishermen returned to Vellapallam on Saturday morning. They informed village representatives, officials from the fisheries department and the Coastal Security Group about the attacks. The Marine police in Vedaranyam registered three separate cases and are investigating. Meanwhile, in a protest, Vellapallam fishermen with 300 FRP boats refrained from venturing into the sea on Saturday. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Friendship Day wishes , messages and quotes !
Time of India
31-07-2025
- Time of India
Two Sri Lankans held with 210kg ganja off TN coast
Trichy: Two Sri Lankan nationals were arrested for smuggling cannabis through the sea near Adirampattinam in Thanjavur district on Thursday. Local fishers rescued the duo after spotting them struggling in the water with floating parcels of contraband. Around 7am, fishermen from Keezhathottam village noticed two men clinging to bags and containers about four nautical miles from shore. Suspecting foul play, they brought the men and their floating parcels back to land and alerted authorities. The Coastal Security Group (CSG) team from Adirampattinam, led by DSP S Murugan and inspector A Manjula, detained the men for questioning. They were identified as Anthanan Amaladasan, 36, and Jeevanantham Varaprakasam, 51, both from Mannar in Sri Lanka's Northern Province. During interrogation, the suspects reportedly said they had arrived by motorised boat on Wednesday night to procure cannabis from Indian contacts. Their boat capsized on their return journey, and they had been adrift for several hours. Seven parcels recovered from the scene contained around 210kg of ganja. The duo was handed over to Adirampattinam police for further investigation. They have been booked under the Passport Act (for illegal entry), the Maritime Zones Act (for crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line), and the NDPS Act (for smuggling narcotics). A police probe is underway.
Time of India
25-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
PM to open Tuticorin airport's new bldg today
Madurai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Tuticorin on Saturday evening for a two-day visit to Tamil Nadu. Arriving from Maldives, where he is on an official visit, he will inaugurate the new terminal building of Tuticorin airport around 7.45pm. Modi will walk through the new terminal building after opening it. Subsequently, he will lay foundation stones and inaugurate various projects. Tight security arrangements have been made in Tuticorin district ahead of the PM's visit. Nearly 1,500 police personnel have been deployed in and around the airport. Coastal Security Group DIG Mahesh Kumar told reporters that heavy security arrangements have been made along the sea too. A team comprising an ASP, a DSP, three inspectors, and 75 police personnel were deployed in three shifts for round-the-clock surveillance of the coast. After the event, Modi will leave for Trichy where he will stay overnight. On Sunday, he will attend the Aadi Thiruvathirai (birth anniversary) festival of Chola emperor Rajendra Chola I at Gangaikonda Cholapuram temple in Ariyalur district.
The Hindu
08-07-2025
- The Hindu
Around 100 kg sea cucumber seized in Nagapattinam district
A Coastal Security Group (CSG) team seized around 100 kg of sea cucumber in Nagapattinam district on Monday and handed over the consignment to the Forest Department for initiating further action. Acting on information, a CSG team of Nagapattinam checked a bushy area in the morning near a burial ground at Keechankuppam in the coastal district. The team found sea cucumber in a boiled and raw state at the spot and confiscated the consignment weighing around 100 kg. The seized sea cucumber was thereafter handed over to the Forest officials for further action, said CSG sources. This is the second such seizure of sea cucumber by the CSG of Nagapattinam at Keechankuppam this month. The team confiscated around 30 kg of sea cucumber last week and handed over the consignment to the Forest Department. Sea cucumber is a protected marine species under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. Its harvest and trade is banned in India.
Time of India
02-07-2025
- Time of India
30kg of sea cucumbers seized in Nagai
Trichy: The Coastal Security Group seized 30kg of processed sea cucumbers from an illegal unit near Nagapattinam on Wednesday. Sources said the CSG received information that a group is processing sea cucumbers near the CSI Cemetery near Keechankuppam. A marine police team led by sub-inspector K Ananthavadivel searched the area and found the processed sea cucumbers. However, the culprits involved in the crime fled the spot before police came there. The team retrieved the echinoderms and handed them over the forest department as per the direction of ADSP K Sivasankar. Forest ranger (in-charge) A Joseph Daniel registered a case, and further investigation is on. On March 22, a CSG team retrieved around 600kg of sea cucumbers from the same place, but no arrest has been made in the case as well. Sea cucumber species are considered 'endangered' and 'vulnerable' under the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature. They are protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. Some individuals process and smuggle them to foreign countries for alleged medicinal purposes.
