Katchatheevu, in the Palk Strait, is a tiny island, measuring 285.20 acres, and is located about 14 nautical miles from Rameswaram in India. The proximity of the isle to both countries ...

Katchatheevu Island is an island spread over 285 acres in the Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka. In other words, it is located in the middle of the ocean between India and Sri Lanka.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is heading to Sri Lanka immediately after his visit to Thailand. He will arrive in the island nation on the night of April 4, Friday. However, Tamil Nadu ...

A tiny, uninhabited island in the Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka has suddenly become a hot topic of debate ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Questions kept swirling about Katchatheevu ...

Katchatheevu Island: Brief introduction The oldest name ... which aimed at resolving the maritime boundaries in the Palk Strait. In 1976, another agreement was signed between both countries.

The political debate over the Katchatheevu island in the Palk Strait is domestic politics trumping foreign policy. The peaceful ceding of a 285-acre uninhabited island in 1974 resulted from the ...

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.

Seizure took place near Point Pedro, Jaffna, in island waters. Incident underscores ongoing tensions over Palk Strait fishing rights. The Sri Lankan Navy recently detained 12 Indian fishermen for ...

The natural history of Adam’s Bridge/Ram Setu Adam’s Bridge, linking the Indian island of Rameswaram with ... drift apart and giving rise to the Palk Strait. In this newly formed strait ...

Katchatheevu, a tiny island between India and Sri Lanka in the Palk Strait, has resurfaced as a political flashpoint in Tamil Nadu, where the BJP is trying to make inroads ahead of the Lok Sabha ...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is heading to Sri Lanka immediately after his visit to Thailand. He will arrive in the island nation on the night of April 4, Friday. However, Tamil Nadu ...