This island is Katchatheevu, measuring just about 1.9 sq km (0.7 sq miles), and sits in the Palk Strait, separating India and Sri Lanka. Located northeast of India's Rameswaram town in Tamil Nadu ...

The contentious issue surrounding Katchatheevu, a tiny island relinquished to Sri Lanka by the Indian government in 1974, has jumped back to being a focal point of debate in Indian politics.

Katchatheevu Island Row: Amidst the ongoing row over Katchatheevu island which was allegedly "handed" to Sri Lanka during the Indira Gandhi-led Congress dispensation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...

PM took to X and wrote that Congress “callously” gave away the island of Katchatheevu to Sri Lanka ... displaying ‘distorted’ India Map in ...