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"Congress did it, DMK hid it": BJP leader targets ruling coalition allies
Updated : 1 year, 11 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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"Absurd allegation": P Chidambaram refutes Centre's allegations against Co
Updated : 1 year, 11 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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China gets increasingly rambunctious in South China Sea
Updated : 1 year, 11 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 : 1 year, 11 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 : 1 year, 11 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 : 1 year, 11 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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"Will he take back Katchatheevu?" Manickam Tagore challenges PM Modi
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
"Will he take back Katchatheevu if he is so concerned about Tamil Nadu? I challenge PM Modi. They have failed," Tagore said speaking to ANI on Monday hours after Prime Minister's post on the Katchatheevu island.
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"As though they have no responsibility for it": EAM Jaishankar hits out at
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
"Now, every political party in Tamil Nadu has taken a position on this. Two parties, the Congress and the DMK, have approached this matter as though they have no responsibility for it. As though the situation is for today's central government to resolve, there is no history to this, this
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"DMK did nothing to safeguard Tamil Nadu's interests": PM Modi on Katchath
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
"Rhetoric aside, DMK has done NOTHING to safeguard Tamil Nadu's interests. New details emerging on #Katchatheevu have UNMASKED the DMK's double standards totally. Congress and the DMK are family units. They only care that their own sons and daughters rise. They don't care for anyone else.
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ISL: Mumbai City FC face upbeat Hyderabad FC test in pursuit of league shi
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
At the top of the table, the Islanders have accumulated 41 points from 19 games. With Mohun Bagan Super Giant, who have garnered 39 points from 18 matches, breathing down their necks, Mumbai City FC cannot afford any slip-ups at this stage of the season. They have won 12 matches, drawn five
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"Congress never hesitated to divide country and break it into pieces for i
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the Congress alleging that the grand old party harbors a divisive agenda ingrained in its very DNA.
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"They only want to divide or break our nation": Amit Shah slams Congress o
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
"Slow claps for Congress! They willingly gave up #Katchatheevu and had no regrets about it either. Sometimes an MP of the Congress speaks about dividing the nation and sometimes they denigrate Indian culture and traditions. This shows that they are against the unity and integrity of India
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