GUWAHATI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday asserted India’s aspiration to advance beyond the current disengagement process with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) while indicating that it would require patience. Singh said India and China have been holding talks at both diplomatic and military levels to resolve the differences in some areas…
NEW DELHI: Indian and Chinese troops on Thursday exchanged sweets at several points along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) to mark festival of Diwali. This tradition, aimed at fostering goodwill between the neighboring nations, came just one day after a crucial disengagement process was completed at two long standing friction points, Demchok and Depsang…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said that the recent disengagement of Indian and Chinese troops at Depsang and Demchok in Ladakh is the initial step towards restoring normalcy along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The next phase, he said, involves de-escalation, which will proceed only when India is assured that…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Sunday pointed out India’s strengthened stance on terrorism, saying that there would be a response if similar attacks to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks were to take place again.Speaking to reporters in Mumbai, Jaishankar asserted the need for a “double engine government” in Maharashtra, citing the Centre’s…
NEW DELHI: India and China are set to complete military disengagement in certain areas along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) by October 28-29, as per an ANI report citing defence sources. Patrolling along the LAC will begin once disengagement is complete and both sides have move troops and dismantled temporary structures, a PTI report…
China foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian. NEW DELHI: China on Tuesday confirmed that it has reached an agreement with India to end standoff between the two armies in eastern Ladakh. This statement follows New Delhi’s announcement of a military patrol agreement along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).China foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told a…
NEW DELHI: Army Chief Upendra Dwivedi on Tuesday described the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh as stable but sensitive.Addressing a curtain raiser event for the Chanakya Defence Dialogue, Gen Dwivedi acknowledged the positive signalling coming from diplomatic talks between the two countries, which aim to find an early resolution…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday outrightly dismissed the reports suggesting that Chinese forces have entered into the Indian territory, saying mere paintings of marks in undemarcated locations doesn’t mean the areas have been encroached upon.Rijiju, who represents Arunachal West Lok Sabha constituency, also said that overlapping of patrolling by Indian and Chinese…
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: The US has expressed strong opposition to China’s recent announcement of 30 new names of various places in Arunachal Pradesh amid Beijing’s stepped-up assertions in recent weeks to re-emphasise its claim over the Indian state.“The United States strongly opposes any unilateral attempts to advance territorial claims by incursions or encroachments, military or civilian,…
