Among other factors that pushed the proposal to the background ... It’s a win-win What can a ‘land bridge’ across the Palk Strait do to improving bilateral relations, currently not in ...

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Jaswant Singh on Thursday pledged the government's commitment for an early start of a project pushed by Tamil ... project to deepen the Palk Strait and, thus, have ...

Jayalalithaa pushed for the retrieval of Katchatheevu ... Katchatheevu is an uninhabited islet in the Palk Strait that was formed due to volcanic eruption in the 14th century.

The Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka, as seen from Space Shuttle Endeavor. A bridge and tunnel across the strait have been proposed for construction. Credit: Wikipedia/NASA The Sri Lankan ...

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe discussed potential joint infrastructure projects, including building a land bridge across the Palk Strait, during an official visit to India. India and ...

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 ...

and viability concerns pushed the project into cold storage. The bigger ambition of going beyond Rameswaram requires bridging the Palk Strait itself. The shortest distance of which will be between ...

The new Pamban bridge has a projected lifespan of 100 years Over a century after the original Pamban Bridge was built across the Palk Strait in Rameswaram, India launched a state-of-the-art ...