Fourteen more fishermen held by Sri Lankan Navy
The Hindu
Nineteen mechanised trawlers were also seized by the Sri Lankan Navy.
Fourteen more Tamil Nadu fishermen, belonging to Pudukottai and Mayiladuthurai districts, were allegedly detained by the Sri Lankan Navy on December 20 evening for crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL).
While seven of them were from Mayiladuthurai, the remaining were from Pudukottai. The fishermen had ventured into the sea for fishing on two mechanised trawlers from Jagadapattinam fishing harbour.
A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.