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Rahul Gandhi cannot even sit in Parliament for more than an hour: BJP's Bishnu Pada Ray

Beijing News 17 Apr 2024
Even Kharge did not come here."Speaking about the contribution of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to the islands, the BJP leader said, "Who brought the Andaman Trunk Road here?..Who brought medical college, law college here? PM Modi.
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BJP, Oppn spar over Katchatheevu island

Hindustan Times 01 Apr 2024
Kharge likened the island’s ceding to the swapping of enclaves between India and Bangladesh in 2015 under Modi’s leadership and said both were friendly gestures towards neighbouring countries.
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Katchatheevu Row: What's the issue? What India did 50 years ago?

Live Mint 01 Apr 2024
The Prime Minister linked the island row to the capture of Tamil fishermen and the seizure of their boats ... Kharge said Katchatheevu island was given to Sri Lanka as part of a friendly agreement in 1974.
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Katchatheevu island row: Jaishankar lashes out at Cong, DMK, says ‘6,184 fishermen, 1,175 vessels detained by Sri Lanka’

Live Mint 01 Apr 2024
Where is Katchatheevu island and why is it at the centre of a BJP-Congress clash? “As though the situation is for today's central government to resolve… (and) this has just happened, and they are ...
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Priyanka Chaturvedi MP questions MEA’s stand on Katchatheevu Island

Hindustan Times 01 Apr 2024
He quoted Nehru as saying, “I attach no importance at all to this little island and I would have no hesitation in giving up our claim to it ... Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, however, linked the PM’s stance to the upcoming general elections.
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Kharge counters PM Modi after ‘Congress gave away Katchatheevu island’ remark: 'Elections are trigger...'

Live Mint 31 Mar 2024
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, ... Kharge took to microblogging site X to flag four instance of his allegations.Kharge in his second point talked about Modi's statement about Katchatheevu island.
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Katchatheevu Island row: PM Modi vs Mallikarjun Kharge ahead of Lok Sabha elections

Hindustan Times 31 Mar 2024
Kharge said Katchatheevu island was given to Sri Lanka as part of a friendly agreement in 1974 and reminded the Modi government that it too had undertaken a similar “friendly gesture” towards Bangladesh in exchange for border enclaves.
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Where is Katchatheevu island and why is it at the centre of a BJP-Congress clash?

Live Mint 31 Mar 2024
Mallikarjun Kharge hits back at PM Modi's ‘gave away Katchatheevu island’ remark .'Your desperation is palpable'Where is Katchatheevu island?The 163-acre stretch is located in the Palk Strait between Rameswaram in India and Sri Lanka.
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Raising Katchatheevu issue shows PM Modi's desperation: Kharge

The Hindu 31 Mar 2024
Mr. Kharge said that the Katchatheevu island was given to Sri Lanka as part of a friendly agreement in 1974 ....
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Iran’s Armed Forces enjoy high combat, defense power: Navy chief

Press TV 22 Mar 2024
"Our Armed Forces are in full preparedness to defend territorial integrity," Rear Admiral Shahram Irani said while visiting a marine station in Iran's Persian Gulf island of Kharg on Friday ... island.
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'Unauthorised persons' board ship off Oman coast during increase in Houthi attacks

The National 11 Jan 2024
Attention began focusing on the Suez Rajan in February 2022, when the group United Against Nuclear Iran said it suspected the tanker had carried oil from Iran’s Kharg Island, its main distribution terminal in the Gulf ... READ MORE ... Oman ... ....

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