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VIJAYAWADA: Four fishermen from Kakinada, who were detained in Sri Lanka's Jaffna jail for over seven weeks, have been released, and are on their way back home, thanks to the swift intervention of the Andhra Pradesh government. The fishermen set out from Kakinada on August 3, 2025 to purchase a boat in Nagapattinam. During their return journey, a navigation error led their vessel into Sri Lankan waters near the Jaffna coast. On August 4, they were apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy, and handed over to the Jaffna police, resulting in their detention for 52 days. The AP government, through its officials at AP Bhavan in New Delhi, acted promptly to secure their release. Continuous coordination with the Indian Embassy in Jaffna, and the Indian Coast Guard facilitated the handover of the fishermen to Indian authorities at Mandapam in Tamil Nadu on September 26. The quartet are now travelling by boat from Mandapam to Kakinada. Arja Srikanth, Additional Resident Commissioner at AP Bhavan, played a key role in the negotiations that ensured the fishermen's swift release.
Kolkata, June 28: A political slugfest has erupted in West Bengal after a woman accused Padma Shree awardee monk Kartik Maharaj, who is posted with the Murshidabad unit of Bharat Sevashram Sangha, of allegedly raping her 12 times for six months in 2013. As per the police complaint lodged by the woman, Kartik Maharaj raped her multiple times 12 years ago promising her a job at a local school. The ruling Trinamool Congress is highlighting the issue in a major way and accusing the BJP of being silent on it since the accused monk had been reportedly close to the saffron party. The woman accusin ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: EC on Thursday revised the rules relating to counting of postal ballots, making it mandatory for all postal ballot papers to be counted before the penultimate round of EVM/VVPATs counting is taken up.The new practice will be first implemented in Bihar where assembly polls are due in Nov.This restores the arrangement prior to May 2019, when EC had changed the guidelines to allow EVM counting to proceed regardless of postal ballot counting stage. The 2019 change did not rule out chances of EVM counting being completed before postal ballot counting. INDIA bloc had, during the 2024 elec ...Read More >
VIJAYAWADA: Four fishermen from Kakinada, who were detained in Jaffna of Sri Lanka, for over seven weeks, have been released and are scheduled to return home on 30 September 2025. The fishermen -- K. Srinu Venkateswar, Karri Nookaraj Borriya, Chanda Nageswara Rao, and Brahmanandam -- were freed following persistent efforts by the Andhra Pradesh government through its officials at AP Bhavan, New Delhi. The fishermen departed Mandapam on a boat escorted by the Indian Coast Guard and are expected to reach Kakinada on 30 September. They had initially left Kakinada on 3 August to Nagapattinam to p ...Read More >