CHENNAI: Tensions in the Palk Strait, that have been on the rise in recent days, was brought to a boil after a young fisherman from Ramanathapuram, was shot dead, allegedly by Sri Lankan navy ...

The project will entail dredging work to deepen the Palk Strait to achieve a 10-metre draft so that ships can sail through. The total cost of the project is estimated at Rs 2,233 crore.

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and Department of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) have been on a gold hunt in the Palk Strait after smugglers from Sri Lanka threw the contraband into the sea on spotting a ...

RAMANATHAPURAM: A group of ten swimmers, including two para swimmers, swam across the Palk Strait from Thalaimannar in Sri Lanka to Dhanushkodi in India on April 18. A press release from the ...

BySunil 27 January 2013 07:15 pm - 1 - { {hitsCtrl.values.hits}} A A A India and Sri Lanka are close to clinching an agreement on drawing a fishing boundary in the Palk Strait that would put an ...

Radhakrishnan said the Centre was firm in its proposal to build a bridge across Palk Strait, connecting Dhanushkodi, the eastern tip of Rameswaram island, and Talaimannar in Sri Lanka.

MDMK leader Vaiko has demanded that the Centre should ask the Lanka govt to remove the underwater defence system set up across the Palk strait on the International Maritime Boundary Line.

Indian swimmers, including an amputee, complete Palk Strait rally swim, setting records and preparing for English Channel crossing.

With a record time of 12 hours 31 minutes, deputy superintendent of police, Mumbai, Balasaheb Ghadge, along with additional director general of police, Andhra Pradesh, Rajiv Trivedi, became the ...

For the first time, India agrees to consider Sri Lanka’s proposal for joint patrolling of Palk Strait Another commitment on the part of India is to expedite the transition towards ending the ...

The ‘forward looking elements’ in the proposed joint management for the Palk Straight and Gulf of Mannar needed to be examined in greater detail, Indian High Commissioner Gopal Baglay had told ...