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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 …

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

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

“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 …

Implications of the Karaikal-Kankesanthurai ferry service

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 …

Traders anticipate Karaikal-Jaffna ferry service

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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New Delhi: With the help of a Line of Credit offered by India, Sri Lanka has launched a luxury train service that connects the country’s Tamil-dominated Jaffna district to the capital city Colombo. The train service launched today to the Northern Province highlights 2 key pillars of India's development partnership with Sri Lanka - infrastructure development and country-wide focus,” the …

Alliance Air connects Chennai, Jaffna via maiden flight service