Unidentified persons set on fire a glass-bottomed fibreglass boat, which was used for taking tourists to see coral reefs around the islands near Tharuvaikulam coast, on Monday night. The boat was ...

Sources said the fire broke out in the unit of a private thermal power plant at Mel Maruthur near Tharuvaikulam on Monday morning. Three workers handling coal at that time sustained burns.

The 22 fishermen and two tuna-liners, which sailed from Tharuvaikulam on July 21 and 23, were detained by the Sri Lankan navy on Aug 5. The fishermen were produced before the Sri Lankan court ...