PM Modi and Tamil Nadu CM Stalin (File photo) NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Monday strongly accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of ignoring the state’s long-standing demands on the fishermen issue and the retrieval of the Katchatheevu islet.Speaking in the Assembly, Stalin said there was no indication that Modi had raised…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the newly built Pamban Railway Bridge, India’s first vertical lift sea bridge, linking the pilgrim town of Rameswaram with the mainland, and flagged off the Rameswaram-Tambaram train and a Coast Guard ship, marking a major infrastructure milestone in Tamil Nadu.Visuals showed first train crossing new Pamban…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday commissioned the new Pamban Rail Bridge in Rameswaram — India’s first vertical-lift railway sea bridge — marking a significant milestone in India’s infrastructure journey. The bridge re-establishes rail connectivity between the mainland and the pilgrimage town of Rameswaram.Read also: Rails above, waves below: Pamban Bridge 2.0 is…
PM Modi to launch new Pamban rail bridge in Rameswaram (PTI photo from part of a trial in January) NEW DELHI: On the occasion of Ram Navami, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Tamil Nadu, on April 6, where he is scheduled to inaugurate India’s first vertical lift sea bridge, offer prayers at…
MADURAI: Sri Lankan Navy apprehended 14 fishermen from Rameswaram and confiscated their two trawlers for allegedly fishing in their territorial waters late on Saturday, raising the total number of Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan custody to 88 this year.The fishermen were handed over to fisheries officials in Kilinochchi district and are likely to be produced…
MADURAI: The Sri Lankan Navy handed over two fishermen and the mortal remains of a third fisherman, who died in a mid-sea collision between an Indian trawler and a Sri Lankan patrol vessel, to the Indian Navy near the International Maritime Boundary Line early Saturday morning.The Indian Navy Ship, INS Bitra, which was deployed off…
