Lankan Naval personnel allegedly surrounded ten boats and at gunpoint seized the catch early this morning, officials said.
Officials claimed the Lankan Navy was now strictly enforcing the ban on Tamil Nadu fishermen from fishing near Katchatheevu, their traditional area of fishing.
“For the past one week, ten Sri Lankan navy boats have been anchored near the islet and they are using focus lights to warn the Indian fishermen going anywhere near Katchatheevu,” said a fisheries department official.
Rameswaram fishermen were using “banned fishing nets” which were causing harm to marine wealth, and as a result there were clashes between the fishermen and their Lankan counterparts, he said.
Meanwhile,fishermen today returned with poor quantity of fish as they were not allowed near Katchatheevu,officials said.
The Lankan navalmen were patrolling in the area throughout the night, signalling with “focus lights” not to enter their area,they added. | 
Sri Lankan Navy today allegedly forcibly took away the catch netted by fishermen who put to sea from here, while they were fishing near Katchatheevu in the Palk Straits, Fisheries Department officials said.
Parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayaka of Sri Lanka main opposition United National Party (UNP) said yesterday that the UNP turned down a request from a former terrorist to contest the Northern Provincial Council elections under the party. [
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The entire world was asking Sri Lanka to give into the terrorists and avoid confrontation with them, but we chose to trust in the strength and courage of the country’s youth, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. [
Trade unions, opposition parties and civil society organizations are gearing up to hold a massive protest on the 21st against the electricity tariff hike and the performance of the government. [
Deputy leader of the Vavuniya Municipal council M.M.Rathan stated by lighting lamps in the Wellamulliwaikal and Karaiyan Mulliwaikal people paid their respect to civilians killed in the final stage of war in year 2009. [
Students of Jaffna University commemorated death anniversary of people killed in the Mulliwaikal war. [
A woman attempted to commit suicide by jumping into a well with her 3 children in Vavuniya this morning. [
Man who has married mother and daughter of same family arrested. [
International community continuously hold debates on genocide attacks carried out by the racist government against Tamil’s in SriLanka. [
There is little doubt that in 2009 the government of Sri Lanka pulled off one of the nastiest episodes of mass killing since the Rwandan genocide – and got away with it. Tens of thousands of civilians were massacred, with barely a trickle of Syria-like imagery emerging from the battle zone, The Australian reported. [