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"Shakuni like match-fixing...," BJP's Kesavan criticises Congress, DMK ove
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Calling the Katchatheevu issue a "grave historic blunder," BJP national spokesperson CR Kesavan on Monday slammed Congress and DMK for giving the Katchatheevu island in a "Shakuni-like match-fixing", adding that they betrayed Tamil interests and also undermined India's sovereignty and integr
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Centre trying everything possible to retrieve Katchatheevu from Sri Lanka:
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai on Monday said that the Union government is trying everything possible to retrieve Katchatheevu island from Sri Lanka. He also reiterated his allegation that the island was ceded to Sri Lanka by the then-Indira Gandhi government in 1974 with the consent of
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Pakistan: Islamabad court grants bail to Fawad Chaudhry in National Accoun
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The court issued the orders during the hearing of the case in which Chaudhry was arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in December 2023.
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"Congress did it, DMK hid it": BJP leader targets ruling coalition allies
Updated : 2 years, 3 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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Islamabad High Court suspends Imran Khan, his wife Bushra Bibi's sentence
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Islamabad High Court on Monday suspended the 14-year sentence of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the Toshakhana case, reported The News International.
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Israeli forces leave Shifa hospital compound after clearing out terrorists
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Israeli soldiers left Gaza's Shifa Hospital compound after eliminating entrenched Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists, the Israel Defence Forces said on Monday.
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"Absurd allegation": P Chidambaram refutes Centre's allegations against Co
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Congress leader, speaking to ANI, claimed that sufferings of over 6 lakhs Tamils who were in Sri Lanka compelled the then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi to acknowledge that the island belonged to the neighbouring country.
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Pakistan faces challenge of economic reforms amid weak coalition governmen
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Amid the staggering economic crisis, Pakistan's biggest challenge now is fiscal consolidation and reforms amid a weak coalition government and political instability stemming from accusations of electoral fraud, the Washington-based Institute of International Finance (IIF) has said, Dawn repo
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China gets increasingly rambunctious in South China Sea
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Indeed, Second Thomas Shoal has emerged as a potent flashpoint in the South China Sea, a submerged reef situated 194km west of the Philippine island of Palawan. This reef is where the Philippine Navy's old landing ship BRP Sierra Madre was grounded in 1999 to reinforce Manila's territorial c
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"DMK donated Katchatheevu for its personal gains": BJP's Tamilisai Soundar
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
South Chennai BJP candidate also alleged that the then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M Karunanidhi, was 'threatened' of action against him by the Centre if "he would have not donated the island" to Sri Lanka.
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Katchatheevu neither acquired nor ceded: claims UBT Sena's Priyanka Chatur
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
"This did not involve either acquiring or ceding of territory belonging to India since the area in question had never been demarcated. Under the Agreements, the Island of Katchatheevu lies on the Sri Lankan side of the India-Sri Lanka International Maritime Boundary Line," the RTI reply from
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"Pandit Nehru saw it as a nuisance": EAM Jaishankar criticises historic Co
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
"This is an observation by the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in May of 1961. He says, he writes, I attach no importance at all to this little island and I would have no hesitation in giving up our claim to it. I do not like matters like this pending. Indefinitely and being raised a
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