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A ferry tale from the neighbourhood
1 year, 2 months ago

A ferry tale from the neighbourhood

Hindustan Times  

The launch of a ferry service between Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu and Kankesanthurai near Jaffna in Sri Lanka on Saturday is in step with the view in New Delhi and Colombo to increase connectivity between the two neighbours. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, on Saturday, mentioned grid connection, pipeline and economic corridor besides housing projects, cultural centres and hospitals in …

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India-Sri Lanka ferry service: Embarking on new diplomatic chapter, says PM Modi
1 year, 2 months ago

India-Sri Lanka ferry service: Embarking on new diplomatic chapter, says PM Modi

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: India and Sri Lanka are embarking on a new chapter in diplomatic and economic relations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday as he hailed the launch of a ferry service between the two nations as an "important milestone" in strengthening ties. Addressing the event to launch ferry services between Nagapattinam in India and Kankesanthurai in Sri Lanka, …

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Launch of India-Sri Lanka ferry service truly big step: External Affairs Minister Jaishankar
1 year, 2 months ago

Launch of India-Sri Lanka ferry service truly big step: External Affairs Minister Jaishankar

The Hindu  

“The launch of a passenger ferry service from Tamil Nadu’s Nagapattinam to Kankesanthurai near Jaffna in Sri Lanka is a “truly big step” for boosting people-to-people contacts,” External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on October 14. In his remarks at a virtual ceremony on the launch of the ferry service, Jaishankar said that New Delhi has a "generous and far-sighted …

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Implications of the Karaikal-Kankesanthurai ferry service
1 year, 11 months ago

Implications of the Karaikal-Kankesanthurai ferry service

The Hindu  

With the resumption of air services between Chennai and Jaffna, the focus has now turned to the proposed commencement of the long-talked about ferry services between Karaikal in the Union Territory of Puducherry and Kankesanthurai in Jaffna. A couple of days after India’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Gopal Baglay, went on record, saying the Indian government was working “very …

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Chennai-Jaffna flights to resume after nearly three years of Covid break
2 years ago

Chennai-Jaffna flights to resume after nearly three years of Covid break

The Hindu  

Alliance Air will resume its flight services connecting Chennai and Sri Lanka’s northern city of Jaffna next week, after a nearly three-year, pandemic-induced break. Prior to the service, residents in northern Sri Lanka had to travel south to capital Colombo, either by train or a nearly eight hour-road trip, to take a flight out of the country. Aslo read: Ground …

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Traders anticipate Karaikal-Jaffna ferry service
2 years, 5 months ago

Traders anticipate Karaikal-Jaffna ferry service

The Hindu  

The nod given recently by Sri Lankan cabinet to the long-pending ferry service from Kankesanthurai in Jaffna to Karaikal in Puducherry has been received well by the trading community in the enclave of Puducherry Union Territory. The implication of the takeover of the Karaikal Port by Adani Ports and SEZ on the early operation of the cruise service is being …

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Sri Lanka clears Chinese energy project, 50 km off Tamil Nadu
3 years, 10 months ago

Sri Lanka clears Chinese energy project, 50 km off Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka’s recent decision to pull out of the East Container Terminal deal with India and Japan is not the only challenge to New Delhi’s interests emerging this year. A week before reneging on the 2019 Colombo Port terminal agreement, Sri Lanka cleared a Chinese energy project in three islands off Jaffna peninsula that are barely 50 km from the …

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