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"Has not studied issue": Hardeep Singh hits back at P Chidambaram over Kat
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The island, located between Rameswaram in India and Sri Lanka, was traditionally used by both Sri Lankan and Indian fishermen.
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One dead, over 50 injured after powerful earthquake jolts Taiwan
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Meanwhile, a tsunami warning issued for Miyakojima and Okinawa islands in Japan following a powerful earthquake in Taiwan has been downgraded from a warning to an advisory, CNN reported citing Japan's Meteorological Agency.
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TN CM Stalin launches scathing attack on PM over Kachchatheevu Island issu
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President MK Stalin slammed the BJP for raising the Kachchatheevu issue ahead of the the Lok Sabha polls and said that the issue has started to backfire now.
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“Nehru called Katchatheevu a piece of rock”: Former Foreign Secy Harsh Shr
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The former Foreign Secretary also argued that when the Britishers had not put the island under 'British India', then why did the Indira Gandhi government delimit it in Sri Lanka's favour.
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"It is not just territorial issue, but that of our people's rights": Forme
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Underlining that the issue of Katchatheevu Island is not just a territorial issue, Former Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Tuesday said that it is rather an issue of the rights of our people, and the ability to fish well beyond the island.
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Kachchatheevu island ceded to Sri Lanka with DMK support: MoS Murugan cont
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Union Minister of State and BJP's candidate from Nilgris Lok Sabha constituency L Murugan on Tuesday continued the BJP's attack on DMK and Congress over the "ceding" of the island of Kachchatheevu to Sri Lanka.
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Indian Coast Guard rebased at northern, southern flanks of Andaman and Nic
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
"In a major boost to maritime security in Andaman & Nicobar islands, @IndiaCoastGuard ships Rajtarang & Rajkiran have been rebased at northern & southern flanks of Islands at Diglipur & Campbell Bay respectively," the Indian Coast Gurad said in a post on 'X'.
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AIADMK's Sellur Raju backs PM's statement on Katchatheevu island
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) over the Katchatheevu island issue, AIADMK leader Sellur K Raju backed the PM's statement, calling it "true."
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Katchatheevu island row: Debate rages ahead of LS polls as BJP demands "ap
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The decades-old issue of Katchatheevu island continued to heat up on Monday, with both Bharatiya Janata Party and the Opposition training guns at each other, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
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"Has BJP mortgaged country's security...": DMK's Kanimozhi on China border
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Coming out hard against the Bharatiya Janata Party amid the Katchatheevu island row, DMK leader Kanimozhi alleged that China has been allowed to infiltrate the country and even rename the state of Arunachal Pradesh.
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"Shakuni like match-fixing...," BJP's Kesavan criticises Congress, DMK ove
Updated : 1 year, 11 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 : 1 year, 11 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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