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Tamil Nadu: "Take all steps to retrieve Katchatheevu," CM Stalin writes to
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him to take "immediate steps to review the Indo-Sri Lankan Agreement at the earliest so that the Katchatheevu Island is retrieved and the traditional fishing rights of our fishermen are permanen
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Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin to present resolution in state assembly on restora
Updated : 11 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The resolution highlights that the retrieval of Katchatheevu is the only permanent solution to safeguard the traditional fishing rights of Tamil Nadu fishermen and to alleviate the challenges they face due to the Sri Lankan Navy's actions.
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10 Indian fishermen detained by Sri Lankan Navy in Gulf of Mannar
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Sri Lankan Navy detained ten Indian fishermen from Mandapam, Tamil Nadu, while they were fishing in the Gulf of Mannar. The incident has sparked unrest among the local fishing community, adding to ongoing tensions over fishing rights between India and Sri Lanka.
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Tamil Nadu: Six Indian fishermen released from Sri Lankan prison, arrive i
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Six Indian fishermen detained in Sri Lanka were released and arrived in Chennai, where they were received by Fisheries Department officials. The incident highlights ongoing tensions over fishing rights, with recent cases of detentions prompting diplomatic efforts by the Indian government.
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CM Stalin urges Jaishankar to secure Tamil Nadu fishermen's traditional fi
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has appealed to Union Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar for immediate and substantial action to uphold the traditional rights of Tamil Nadu fishermen.
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"Don't see necessity to recommence talks," Sri Lankan minister says Katcha
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Over the decades-old territorial and fishing rights dispute around Katchatheevu Island, Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry said, "If you look at it carefully, these are the issues which we have discussed and concluded a long time ago with country-to-country talks. I dont see a necessity t
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"Congress did it, DMK hid it": BJP leader targets ruling coalition allies
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
The decades-old territorial and fishing rights dispute around Katchatheevu Island is in the limelight ahead of polling in Tamil Nadu for Lok Sabha polls on April 19 with the BJP and the opposition engaged in a war of words over the issue
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Pak Senators say demands of Gwadar movement are fair
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
For the past year, the port city has been gripped by protests led by Maulana Hidayat-ur-Rehman, chief of the Haq Do Tehreek, for being denied basic facilities, from healthcare to electricity to clean drinking water.
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Stalin urges Jaishankar to take steps "urgently" to secure release of appr
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Stating that the state government is committed to protecting traditional fishing rights, he said that the "infringement of the traditional rights of our fishermen" in the Palk Bay area is a "continuous threat to the safety" of Indian fishermen.
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Pakistan: Chinese mega-project CPEC behind massive protests in Gwadar, say
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], December 28 (ANI): The massive protests in Gwadar which unnerved Islamabad and Beijing was fuelled by the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
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