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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Two Indian fishermen from Rameswaram missing; 2 others rescued by Sri Lankan Navy near Katchatheevu

An unregistered mechanised boat, which had four fishermen on board from Rameswaram, capsized near Katchatheevu islet, while they were engaged in fishing in the mid-sea in the wee hours of Tuesday. When a fisherman swam to the shore, the Sri Lankan Navy personnel, who were on foot-patrolling, carried out a search operation saving another fisherman. According to information reaching Rameswaram, …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Sri Lankan naval vessel collides with Indian fishing boat near Katchatheevu Island; 1 fisherman dead

Hindustan Times

A collision between a Sri Lankan naval vessel and an Indian fishing boat near Katchatheevu island left one fisherman dead and another missing, the ministry of external affairs said on Thursday. Representative Image: Indian fisherman killed, another missing in collision with Sri Lankan naval vessel near Katchatheevu island The collision occurred about 5 nautical miles north of Katchatheevu Island on …

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5 months, 1 week ago

India summons Sri Lankan envoy, registers strong protest over death of Indian fisherman near Katchatheevu

India TV News

New Delhi: The Indian government on Thursday summoned the Sri Lankan High Commissioner in New Delhi to register a strong protest over a collision between a Sri Lankan naval vessel and an Indian fishing boat near the Katchatheevu island, which resulted in the death of an Indian fisherman. Meanwhile, Sri Lankan Navy spokesperson Captain Gayan Wickramasuriya said that the incident …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Katchchatheevu issue: No tangible effort to retrieve Katchatheevu by 3 consecutive BJP governments, charges T.N. CM Stalin

The Hindu

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Mr. Stalin made these remarks in his letter to Union Minister for External Affairs S. Jaishankar, who had, in his communication, contended that the genesis of the Katchchatheevu issue went back to 1974 following an understanding between the then Union and the Tamil Nadu government then. Referring to the contentions made by Mr. Jaishankar in …

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9 months ago

Padma Rao Sundarji | India-Sri Lanka tussle: Let sleeping islands lie

Deccan Chronicle

The silly season is on in full swing. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declined to attend even a Commonwealth summit, only because it was being held in Colombo.A year later, Mr Narendra Modi took over as Prime Minister.In January 2015 and in response to an RTI query, Mr Modi’s government reaffirmed that Katchatheevu island was a part of Sri Lanka. …

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9 months ago

Aksai Chin to Katchatheevu, Congress has no concern for India's integrity

Op India

Although the conflict between China and India broke out in October 1962, the plot had been planned long earlier. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also came up with the concept for the Kashi-Tamil Sangamam in Uttar Pradesh and the Saurashtra-Tamil Sangamam in Gujarat to link Tamil culture with various regions of India. Katchatheevu Island and the problem of Indian fishermen Prime …

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9 months ago

Why a Sri Lankan island is sparking an Indian election controversy

Al Jazeera

Indian Prime Minister Modi claims the former Congress government sneakily gifted Katchatheevu Island to Sri Lanka. The issue originated from a Right to information request by Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai, who suggested that in the 1970s, the Congress Party under the leadership of then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, in consultation with Tamil Nadu’s Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, transferred ownership of …

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9 months ago

Katchatheevu island | Sirima’s call to Indira Gandhi saved negotiations from getting derailed, according to 2003 Sri Lankan book

The Hindu

A telephone call from Sri Lanka’s then Prime Minister Sirima R.D. The issue has acquired prominence in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls with Prime Minister Narendra Modi blaming the Congress on March 31 for the “ceding” of the islet to Sri Lanka. Jayasinghe, who was the Foreign Secretary of Sri Lanka during 1972-89, in his book “Kachchativu: And the Maritime …

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9 months ago

Taiwan earthquake, Row over Katchatheevu island, MPC holds rate at 6.5%, and more

The Hindu

Taiwan records strongest earthquake in 25 years A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck near Taiwan’s eastern coast near Hualien city, killing at least nine and injuring over 900 on Wednesday. Row over Katchatheevu island Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 31 posted on social media platform ‘X’ that he blamed the Congress for “callously” giving away Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka. …

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9 months ago

Why are Katchatheevu pacts being questioned? | Explained

The Hindu

The story so far: On March 31, Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted on social media platform ‘X’ that he blamed the Congress for “callously” giving away Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka. Calling for a “solution”, he said the bilateral agreements signed by India and Sri Lanka in 1974 and 1976, when the Congress and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam were in …

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9 months ago

'No ground' for Indian request for return of Katchatheevu: Sri Lanka Minister

The Hindu

The statements coming out of India on "reclaiming" Katchatheevu island from Sri Lanka have "no ground", the Sri Lankan Minister of Fisheries Douglas Devananda has said. The senior Sri Lankan Tamil politician's comments came days after the Narendra Modi government targeted the Congress Party and its ally the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu accusing them of overlooking national interests …

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9 months ago

Indian statements on 'reclaiming' Katchatheevu island have 'no ground', says Sri Lankan minister

India TV News

Colombo: On the Katchatheevu island issue that has become a hot topic in India ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Sri Lankan Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananda on Thursday said these statements on reclaiming the island ceded by New Delhi decades ago have "no ground". The Indian Prime Minister cited an RTI reply obtained by Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party chief …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Katchatheevu row: Sri Lanka rejects ‘need’ for talks, ex-envoy says ‘BJP invoked a vote-puller’ ahead of Lok Sabha polls

Live Mint

Katchatheevu row: A former Sri Lankan envoy to India, Austin Fernando has accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of exploiting the Katchatheevu island issue as a "vote-puller" and cautioned that the Indian government could face issues if they were to backtrack after the Lok Sabha elections. The former Sri Lankan envoy to India said, “BJP does not have much of …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Politics On Katchatheevu Island Is Unjustified

Live Law

Even though the International Maritime Boundary Line was demarcated and settled finally by a bilateral agreement between India and Sri Lanka on 26th and 28th June 1974, the continuous high-handed acts against Indian fishermen by Sri Lankan authorities forced the Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu in 2006 and followed by the Chief Minister K Karunanidhi in 2008 to plead Indian …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Letters to The Editor — April 4, 2024

The Hindu

An old issue The Bharatiya Janata Party is trying hard to milk the Katchatheevu issue for all it is worth. Instead of raking up what happened in a bygone era in the run-up to the general election, the top leader ought to have raised the issue of the retrieval of the islet with the Sri Lankan government during his rule. …

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9 months, 1 week ago

India Surrendered Fishing Rights in Katchatheevu in 1974, 1976 Agreement Cemented it: Sri Lanka Document

News 18

Indian fishermen continue to be arrested by Sri Lankan authorities because India had surrendered fishing rights near Katchatheevu Island in 1974 itself “beyond doubt” and a further agreement in 1976 only further put this out explicitly, shows a Sri Lankan document of 2008 that News18 has accessed. The Sri Lankan minister cited Article 6 of the 1974 India-Sri Lanka agreement …

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9 months, 1 week ago

What’s behind the Katchatheevu island controversy?

Hindustan Times

The annual feast for the devout at St Antony’s church on the Sri Lankan island of Katchatheevu, located in the choppy waters of Palk Strait, was revived in March 2010 after nearly three decades. Just over a month later, however, a political controversy is raging in India over the small island, used for drying fishing nets and for fishermen to …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Modi govt. scared of uttering the word ‘China’, says Congress

The Hindu

Accusing the Narendra Modi government of a “very weak response” after China renamed 30 places in Arunachal Pradesh, the Congress on Tuesday asked why the Modi government cannot utter a word against China if it can display a “muscular” attitude on Katchatheevu. Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters, senior leader and Lok Sabha member Manish Tewari slammed the …

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9 months, 1 week ago

BJP claims Centre working to bring back Katchatheevu island: Is it possible?

Live Mint

Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai's claim that India is working to reclaim the Katchatheevu has given a diplomatic spin to the raging controversy, prompting Sri Lanka to maintain that the island remains within its control, even as a former diplomat cautioned the Centre against pushing Sri Lanka to China's sphere of influence like Maldives. "Katchatheevu was given to Sri …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Politics aside, why Katchatheevu matters

India Today

Katchatheevu means 'barren island' in Tamil. While the ‘Indo-Sri Lankan Maritime Boundary Agreement of 1974' gave away the island to Sri Lanka, Indian fishermen were still allowed to access Katchatheevu. "The Indian Ministry of Defense must strengthen INS Parundu naval air base at Uchipuli and Thanjavur Air Force to thwart the growing Chinese presence near the Sri Lankan island of …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Katchatheevu agreement did not ‘cede’ territory, Opposition hits back citing 2015 MEA response

The Hindu

Hours after External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar blamed the previous Congress governments for “giving away” the Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka, Opposition leaders hit back by citing a 2015 response of the Ministry of External Affairs that clearly stated the previous agreements did not “involve either acquiring or ceding of territory belonging to India”. Will Foreign Minister Mr. Jaishankar please …

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9 months, 1 week ago

PM Modi says DMK did nothing to safeguard Tamil Nadu's interests on Katchatheevu island issue

Op India

After sharing a news article giving a detailed account of events that led to Sri Lanka overtaking the Katchatheevu island, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday slammed the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and said that the new details emerging in connection to the island have unmasked the DMK’s double standards. PM Modi shared a statement by late DMK MP Era Sezhiyan …

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9 months, 1 week ago

'Cheap tactics': Congress attacks PM Narendra Modi over Katchatheevu

Hindustan Times

New Delhi: The BJP is raising the Katchatheevu issue to divert attention from the "electoral bond scam", DMK said on Monday, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed Tamil Nadu's ruling party over the matter. Congress leader Manickam Tagore said former PM Indira Gandhi had given away the island to save six lakh Tamils. A day after slamming the Congress for …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Can Katchatheevu's retrieval solve India's fishing conundrum?

India Today

The brewing political issue of Katchatheevu islet has again found itself at the centre of a raging debate as Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday doubled down on his accusation of Congress and DMK colluding to "give away" this tiny piece of land -- a flashpoint in the India-Sri Lanka fishing issue -- to Colombo. Situated nearly 25 kilometres northeast …

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Two Indian fishermen from Rameswaram missing; 2 others rescued by Sri Lankan Navy near Katchatheevu

Sri Lankan naval vessel collides with Indian fishing boat near Katchatheevu Island; 1 fisherman dead

India summons Sri Lankan envoy, registers strong protest over death of Indian fisherman near Katchatheevu

Katchchatheevu issue: No tangible effort to retrieve Katchatheevu by 3 consecutive BJP governments, charges T.N. CM Stalin

Padma Rao Sundarji | India-Sri Lanka tussle: Let sleeping islands lie

Aksai Chin to Katchatheevu, Congress has no concern for India's integrity

Why a Sri Lankan island is sparking an Indian election controversy

Katchatheevu island | Sirima’s call to Indira Gandhi saved negotiations from getting derailed, according to 2003 Sri Lankan book

Taiwan earthquake, Row over Katchatheevu island, MPC holds rate at 6.5%, and more

Why are Katchatheevu pacts being questioned? | Explained

'No ground' for Indian request for return of Katchatheevu: Sri Lanka Minister

Indian statements on 'reclaiming' Katchatheevu island have 'no ground', says Sri Lankan minister

Katchatheevu row: Sri Lanka rejects ‘need’ for talks, ex-envoy says ‘BJP invoked a vote-puller’ ahead of Lok Sabha polls

Politics On Katchatheevu Island Is Unjustified

Letters to The Editor — April 4, 2024

India Surrendered Fishing Rights in Katchatheevu in 1974, 1976 Agreement Cemented it: Sri Lanka Document

What’s behind the Katchatheevu island controversy?

Modi govt. scared of uttering the word ‘China’, says Congress

BJP claims Centre working to bring back Katchatheevu island: Is it possible?

Politics aside, why Katchatheevu matters

Katchatheevu agreement did not ‘cede’ territory, Opposition hits back citing 2015 MEA response

PM Modi says DMK did nothing to safeguard Tamil Nadu's interests on Katchatheevu island issue

'Cheap tactics': Congress attacks PM Narendra Modi over Katchatheevu

Can Katchatheevu's retrieval solve India's fishing conundrum?