Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin demanded at a government function in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that Katchatheevu island, now a part of Sri Lanka according to India-Sri Lanka Maritime Boundary Agreements between 1974-76, should be retrieved to India so that traditional fishing rights of Tamil fishermen are unaffected.

Explained: India-Sri Lanka conflict over Katchatheevu Island

On any given day, swimming across the Palk Strait—the sea channel that connects India and Sri Lanka—is not imaginable. Imagine doing it on a day when there was a cyclone brewing in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, off India's East Coast.

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The Indian high commissioner had taken up the matter with the Sri Lankan PM; the Lankan navy however has not yet admitted to the killing

Indian fisherman's killing: Sri Lanka Navy has promised full probe, say sources

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Explained: India-Sri Lanka conflict over Katchatheevu Island

Meet 13-year-old Autistic girl who swam 29 kms from Sri Lanka to India in record time

Indian fisherman's killing: Sri Lanka Navy has promised full probe, say sources