NEW DELHI: The top Army commanders on Tuesday kicked off a review of the overall security situation along the borders with China and Pakistan as well as discussions on key operational priorities and modernisation of the over 11.5-lakh strong force.The four-day Army commanders’ conference (ACC), chaired by General Upendra Dwivedi and attended by chiefs of…
NEW DELHI: Ministry of external affairs (MEA) Friday denied any contradiction between what the Army chief, Upendra Dwivedi, had said this week on disengagement with China in eastern Ladakh and external affairs minister S Jaishankar‘s statement earlier in Parliament on the issue. While MEA has maintained that disengagement at friction points Depsang and Demchok has…
Photo: X/@DefenceMinIndia NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday held bilateral talks with Chinese counterpart Dong Jun in Laos’s Vientiane on the sidelines of the 11th Asean Defence Ministers Meeting-Plus (ADMM Plus).Singh’s meeting comes weeks after New Delhi and Beijing reached an agreement to break the border impasse by agreeing to pull their troops…
The Indian Army began patrolling in the Demchok sector of eastern Ladakh on Friday, with plans to begin patrols in Depsang soon, nearly four and a half years after access was blocked by Chinese troops, news agency ANI reported, citing army sources.This development comes a day after Indian and Chinese troops exchanged sweets at several…
Defence minister Rajnath Singh virtually unveils the ‘Desh ka Vallabh’ statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that disengagement efforts along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh are nearing completion but efforts are being made to move ‘beyond just disengagement’ and build a…
NEW DELHI: Indian and Chinese troops have kicked off the process to disengage in phases at Depsang and Demchok in eastern Ladakh, even as defence minister Rajnath Singh Thursday said “broad consensus” has been reached to restore “ground situation” in some areas on principles of equal and mutual security.“The dismantling of temporary posts and structures…
NEW DELHI: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Tuesday expressed India’s desire to return to the status quo of April 2020 with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).This marks the Army chief’s first statement regarding the India-China border patrolling agreement. After extensive negotiations, India and China have reached a consensus to revert to…
After long negotiations, India and China have finally agreed to return to the patrolling arrangements along the LAC in eastern Ladakh that were in place before the Galwan clashes in 2020. The agreement covers the areas of Depsang and Demchok.External affairs minister S Jaishankar had recently said that about 75 per cent of “disengagement problems”…
NEW DELHI: India is “cautiously optimistic” about the ongoing diplomatic-military talks with China to peacefully resolve the troop confrontation in eastern Ladakh, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday, while at the same time expressing full confidence in the Army to tackle any contingency if things go south along the frontier.“Our optimism” about the talks…
NEW DELHI: The situation along the Line of Actual Control is “stable but sensitive and not normal”, Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi said Tuesday, stressing the armed forces “are operationally fully prepared to deal with any contingency” till China restores the status quo in eastern Ladakh as it existed before April 2020.“With China, you have…
