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Tamil Nadu: Over 3400 pilgrims from Rameswaram head to Katchatheevu to pa
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Over 3400 Devotees from Rameswaram on Friday began their voyage across the sea to participate in the two-day annual St Anthony's Church festival being held on Katchatheevu Island.
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Indian Coast Guard deploys ships, aircraft to ensure safe passage for 3,40
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has deployed ships and an aircraft to ensure the safety of fishermen travelling to Katchatheevu Island for the annual two-day festival at St. Antony's Church.
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Rameswaram fishermen associations announce indefinite strike over deaths o
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Fishermen associations in Tamil Nadu's Rameswaram launched an indefinite strike on Saturday following the death of a fisherman by a Sri Lankan Navy vessel at 5 nautical miles north of Katchatheevu Island.
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India summons Sri Lankan Acting High Commissioner in New Delhi over death
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The statement said that a collision was reported earlier the same day between a Sri Lankan naval vessel and an Indian fishing boat 5 nautical miles north of Katchatheevu Island
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As India-Sri Lanka fishermen dispute remains "persistent problem", Sri Lan
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The visiting Sri Lankan minister, however, did not discuss the issue with his counterpart, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, but emphasised that it is important to find a solution for the sake of "poor fishermen".
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BJP took no "tangible, meaningful" step to retrieve Katchatheevu island: M
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin wrote a letter to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar over the recent detentions of fishermen from the state by Sri Lankan authorities and urged him to work for a "lasting solution" to the long-standing issue.
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"Don't see necessity to recommence talks," Sri Lankan minister says Katcha
Updated : 2 years 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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Union Minister Anurag Thakur accuses Congress of endangering India's sover
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Referring to the row over the Katchatheevu island, Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday accused the Congress of endangering India's sovereignty and national interests.
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"We established good diplomatic relationship with Sri Lanka..": Rajnath Si
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Targeting Congress over the Katchatheevu island row, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh drew a comparison between the Congress and the BJP government at the Centre and said that his government established a good diplomatic relationship with Sri Lanka so that Indian fishermen do not face probl
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"PM Modi should answer on Chinese encroachment": Sharad Pawar over Katchat
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Reacting over Bharatiya Janata Party's criticism of Congress party over the Katchatheevu island row, NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) chief Sharad Pawar asked why no one speaks on the land "infiltrated" by China.
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"Our country will definitely give reply to those with such thinking": Kang
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Responding to Congress leader Digvijay Singh's remarks that "who lives there" on Katchatheevu Island, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kangana Ranaut on Wednesday said that people will give a befitting reply to such parties who have this mindset.
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"Baseless...": Jairam Ramesh attacks PM Modi, EAM Jaishankar over Katchath
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday called Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement on Katchatheevu island "baseless," and said that the External Affairs Minister is trying to make it an "agenda" for their Lok Sabha campaign.
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