Sri Lankan Cabinet did not discuss Katchatheevu issue: Cabinet spokesmanPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday cited a media report to assert that new facts reveal that the Congress Party "callously" gave away K...
02 Apr, 2024, 02.09 PM IST
'Why are they doing a somersault now?': Chidambaram slams Jaishankar over Katchatheevu island rowCongress leader P Chidambaram has criticized External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar over the Katchatheevu island dispute, accusing him of a...
01 Apr, 2024, 06.56 PM IST
Katchatheevu: A regular item on Indo-Sri Lankan conversationsKatchatheevu is a 285-acre uninhabited island in the Palk Strait, between India and Sri Lanka. It lies northeast of Rameswaram, about 33 km...
01 Apr, 2024, 12.42 PM IST
Katchatheevu: PM Modi slams DMK, calls out its 'double standards'"Congress and DMK are family units. They only care that their own sons and daughters rise. They don’t care for anyone else. Their callousne...
01 Apr, 2024, 12.41 PM IST
Indira Gandhi government gave Katchatheevu Island to Sri Lanka: PM Modi"These people divided mother India into three parts for politics..," the prime minister said in Lok Sabha, launching a blistering attack on...
11 Aug, 2023, 11.52 AM IST
Fishermen's issue: Tamil Nadu Jayalalithaa slams KarunanidhiJayalalithaa accused Karunanidhi of being a "party" in India ceding Katchatheevu islet to Sri Lanka, by not moving court against the Centre...
15 Apr, 2016, 08.39 PM IST
Not possible to return Katchatheevu to India: Sri Lankan ministerAsserting its sovereignty over Katchatheevu, a Sri Lankan Minister today said it was not possible for the island nation to return the islet...
21 Feb, 2016, 09.45 PM IST
Tamil Nadu thanks Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Centre for getting fishermen releasedThe fishermen were arrested on Nov 28, 2011 for alleged drug trafficking by Sri Lanka and were sentenced to death by a court there on Octob...
05 Dec, 2014, 08.56 PM IST
Demand to revisit Katchatheevu pact with Sri Lanka raised in Rajya SabhaRaising the issue of plight of Tamil fishermen at the hands of Sri Lankan Navy, D Raja (CPI) said "Katchatheevu agreement should be reopene...
11 Jul, 2014, 04.29 PM IST
Government mulls plan to end woes of Tamil Nadu fishermenThe government is considering asking Sri Lanka to give 'fishing rights' around the Katchatheevu Island in the Palk Straits, at a fee, to In...
05 Jul, 2014, 04.45 AM IST
Jayalalithaa urges PM to reverse Centre's stance on KatchatheevuThe affidavit further indicated that "Indian fishermen have no traditional fishing rights" in the area around Katchatheevu.
02 Jul, 2014, 04.25 PM IST
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa orders release of 29 Indian fishermenPresident Mahinda Rajapaksa has ordered the release of 29 Indian fishermen arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy while they were fishing near Kat...
03 Jun, 2014, 10.11 AM IST
- DMK to flag Sri Lanka's alleged war crimes, Katchatheevu island issues in parliament
DMK would demand a resolution for an independent inquiry into the alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka and raise the issue of retrieving Katchat...
03 Dec, 2013, 08.49 PM IST
'Trying for a Pragati Maidan style centre in Katchatheevu'Katchatheevu is in the limelight with CM Jayalalithaa moving the apex court seeking to declare as unconstitutional the agreement under whic...
10 Sep, 2013, 04.16 PM IST
MEA opposes DMK debate on Katchatheevu island pact with Sri LankaMMEA has opposed DMK’s attempt to force a discussion on the sensitive issue of India’s agreement with Sri Lanka on the Katchatheevu island.
30 Aug, 2013, 05.29 AM IST
Jaya renews demand for retrieval of KachatheevuThe 1974 Agreement signed between India and Sri Lanka had determined Katchatheevu as a part of Sri Lanka.
21 May, 2013, 12.11 PM IST
- TESO to move Supreme Court against 1974 agreement on Katchatheevu
Holding that there was no legislation for ceding Katchatheevu to Sri Lanka in 1974, DMK-backed TESO today said it would move the SC.
15 Apr, 2013, 10.28 PM IST