Tag: Katchatheevu island issue

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

April 5, 2024 admin

A view of Katchatheevu in Sri Lanka. | Photo Credit: L. BALACHANDAR 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…

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The Hindu Morning Digest, April 5, 2024

April 5, 2024 admin

A view of Katchatheevu in Sri Lanka. | Photo Credit: L. BalachandarL Government to record parents’ religion to register births When registering the birth of a child, parents will now be required to separately record the religion of both the child’s father and mother, according to Model Rules drafted by the Union Ministry of Home…

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No need for talks with India on ‘resolved’ Katchatheevu issue, says Lankan Foreign Minister

April 4, 2024 admin

Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry. | Photo Credit: AP Sri Lanka sees no reason for re-opening talks on Katchatheevu that India gave up 50 years ago, Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Ali Sabry has said, in the first official reaction yet to the recent remarks of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S….

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The Hindu Morning Digest, April 3, 2024

April 3, 2024 admin

Police detain AAP supporters who were staging a protest outside the Tihar Jail in West Delhi. The Enforcement Directorate has said that that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is the “kingpin” and the “key conspirator” in the excise policy case | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Sri Lankan media hit out at Modi’s Katchatheevu remarks The Sri…

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The Hindu Morning Digest, April 2, 2024

April 2, 2024 admin

Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice DY Chandrachud addresses during the 20th D.P. Kohli Memorial Lecture on Adopting Technology to Advance Criminal Justice, in New Delhi on April 1, 2024 | Photo Credit: ANI Interplay between law and technology can ensure criminal justice reform: CJI Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on April 1 said…

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Katchatheevu | What is the controversy all about?

April 1, 2024 admin

A view of Katchatheevu island in Sri Lanka. | Photo Credit: L. Balachandar The story so far: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 31 raised again the controversial matter of Katchatheevu, a few weeks ahead of the Lok Sabha poll in Tamil Nadu. Citing a report in a daily and posting it on “X” (formerly…

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