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…
India and China have completed pulling back their troops from two face-off points at Demchok and Depsang in eastern Ladakh, just days after signing a patrolling pact to ease tensions along the Line of Actual Control(LAC), several media reports citing Army sources said on Wednesday. Reports said the troops of both countries have fallen back…
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: A top-notch MQ-9B Sea Guardian drone, an unarmed version leased by the Navy from US firm General Atomics, had to be ditched into the sea off Chennai after it encountered a technical failure on a routine surveillance mission in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) on Wednesday afternoon.The “controlled ditching” of the high-altitude, long-endurance…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs said that India and China held a discussion over the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) on Thursday and decided to jointly uphold peace and tranquillity on the ground.MEA said that a ‘frank, constructive and forward-looking exchange of views’ took place at the 31st meeting of…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Wednesday told China the necessity of respecting the Line of Actual Control (LAC) to restore normalcy in bilateral relations. The MEA said that both countries have agreed to maintain peace on the ground in line with existing agreements.“They agreed on the need to jointly uphold peace…
NEW DELHI: Four years into the face-to-face military confrontation in eastern Ladakh, which also triggered tensions all along the Line of Actual Control, there has been no let-up in the way China continues to build border infrastructure and dual-use ‘Xiaokang’ villages, strengthen military positions and deploy additional aircraft at its air-bases facing India.Latest satellite imagery,…
