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Tamil Nadu: DRI seizes 4.9 kgs of smuggled foreign-origin gold in Ramanathapuram

In a joint operation with Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and Customs Preventive Unit (CPU), Ramanathapuram, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 4.9 Kgs of foreign origin gold at mid sea near Vedhalai coast, Mandapam in Tamil Nadu. Read further on Dynamite News:

99 kg of hashish worth ₹108 crore seized near Mandapam during bid to smuggle to Sri Lanka

99 kg of hashish worth ₹108 crore seized near Mandapam during bid to smuggle to Sri Lanka

DRI and Coast Guard intercept boat smuggling 99 kg of hashish to Sri Lanka, leading to arrests and investigation.

Tamil Nadu: 21 fishermen reach Chennai today after being released from Sri Lanka prisons

Tamil Nadu: 21 fishermen reach Chennai today after being released from Sri Lanka prisons

A total of 64 fishermen who belong to Rameshwaram and Mandapam were arrested in three separate arrests by the Sri Lankan Navy, allegedly for cross-border fishing in the month of October. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Family of seven from Sri Lanka arrive in Dhanushkodi by boat

Seven Sri Lankan family members, incl. woman & two girls, reached Dhanushkodi islet near Rameswaram by boat. Struggling to make ends meet due to economic crisis, they paid SLR 1.50 lakh to boatman & crossed Palk Bay. Marine Police brought them to station for interrogation & sent to Mandapam Rehabilitation…

History-sheeter from Sri Lanka reaches Dhanushkodi through vessel; probe on

Jayaraasa, 41, Sri Lankan citizen, arrested by Mandapam police at Rameswaram. He escaped from Sri Lanka fearing arrest for criminal activities, reached Dhanushkodi by boat. Rumours of LTTE sympathiser. Central & State agencies inquired into history. Police registered case, to be produced before Judicial Magistrate & taken to Puzhal Central…

Udayarpalayam temple, a favourite sojourn of Shankaracharya’s, to be renovated

.Renovations of Sri Payaraneeswarar Temple in Udayarpalayam, Ariyalur district, TN, are underway. HR&CE Dept. will spend ₹2 cr. Varadaraja Perumal temple also being renovated at ₹1 cr. Temple tank, Gandeepa Theertham, needs sponsors. Temple has 120 acres & special exec. officer needed to manage. Payarani Mahalingam deity said to have…

Sri Lankan Navy detains 21 more Rameswaram fishermen on poaching charges; 64 fishers from Ramanathapuram held in a fortnight

In less than a fortnight, 64 fishermen from Rameswaram, Thangachimadam and Mandapam in Ramanathapuram district were detained in three different incidents by the Sri Lankan Navy personnel on charges of poaching

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New Pamban bridge may miss its November deadline

New Pamban bridge may miss its November deadline

After missing its earlier deadline of March 2023, which was later extended to July, railway officials are trying to finish by November the work on new Pamban railway sea bridge to connect Mandapam with Rameshwaram on the Pamban Island in Tamil Nadu

New marine tardigrade species named after former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

New marine tardigrade species named after former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

CUSAT researchers discover new species of marine tardigrade, Batillipes kalami, in Mandapam, Tamil Nadu. Named after late President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, it is the second marine tardigrade species from India and the first from the east coast. It is the 37th species of the genus Batillipes and is 0.17mm in…

Nine Mandapam fishermen released by Sri Lankan court

Nine Mandapam fishermen released by Sri Lankan court

Nine fishermen from Mandapam, who were arrested by Sri Lankan Navy personnel on July 25 on the charge of poaching in their territorial waters, were released on bail with certain conditions by a court in the island nation on Tuesday. Rameswaram

Sri Lankan Navy arrests nine fishermen from Tamil Nadu, seizes 2 boats

Sri Lankan Navy arrests nine fishermen from Tamil Nadu, seizes 2 boats

Fishermen from Mandapam arrested by Sri Lankan Navy for poaching. Names of fishermen given. Fishermen leader Jesu Raja calls for intervention from Tamil Nadu CM and Union External Affairs Minister. Over 110 boats impounded by Sri Lankan Navy since 2018, causing untold hardships to families. Fishermen risking lives to bring…

Indian Coast Guard, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seize ₹20 crore worth gold smuggled from Sri Lanka

Indian Coast Guard, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seize ₹20 crore worth gold smuggled from Sri Lanka

On the second day of search by scuba divers deployed by the Indian Coast Guard and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, the Central agencies recovered 11.600 kg of gold from the seabed in Gulf of Mannar on Thursday.

Four more Sri Lankans arrive in Tamil Nadu

Four more Sri Lankans arrive in Tamil Nadu

They will be sent to refugee camp at Mandapam

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