NEW DELHI -- With national elections just around the corner, a political row has erupted in India over a tiny, uninhabited island ceded to neighboring Sri Lanka half a century ago.
Leader accuses Congress party of 'callously' ceding island in 1970s

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is accusing the opposition Congress party of improperly ceding Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by AP and Ken Kobayashi)
NEW DELHI -- With national elections just around the corner, a political row has erupted in India over a tiny, uninhabited island ceded to neighboring Sri Lanka half a century ago.