Counting of votes for by-elections in Arunachal Pradesh’s Pakke-Kessang and Likabali and Uttar Pradesh’s Sikandara constituencies began on Sunday morning.
A total 7,455 voters including 3943 females would exercise their franchise in 29 polling stations in Pakke-Kessang, while 10608 electorates including 5331 female voters would cast their votes in 39 polling stations in Likabali constituency.
Authorities fear China may be carrying out some heavy construction work in the upper reaches of the Siang river.
Kiren Rijiju said that India believed in keeping friendly relations with its neighbours and was approaching with "the correct policy" in the north-east.
Arunachal Pradesh is Indian territory and the opinion of others on the issue is not a concern for India, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday.
China had on Monday reacted angrily to the Indian Defence Minister's visit to Arunachal Pradesh, saying the visit to the "disputed" region will not be conducive to peace on the border.
China today objected to Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's first visit to Arunachal Pradesh.
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also visited Chabua air base, where she took stock of the operational preparedness and infrastructure development at the base.
President Xi Jinping has told herdsmen from a Tibetan settlement bordering Arunachal Pradesh to "set down roots" to safeguard "Chinese territory".
President Xi Jinping has told herdsmen from a Tibetan settlement bordering Arunachal Pradesh to “set down roots” to safeguard “Chinese territory” and focus on developing their hometown.
Kohima-based Army spokesman Chiranjeet Konwer said there was no casualty or damage to the Company Operating Base of the Longding battalion in the attack.
Two days after seven military personnel were killed in a helicopter crash in Tawang, purported images of their bodies being transferred in cardboard boxes surfaced on Sunday, triggering an outrage
In a first, photo evidence confirms the presence of elusive feline snow leopard in the high altitude region of Arunachal Pradesh at 3,900 metres above sea level.
While China claims Arunachal as South Tibet, India asserts that the dispute covers the Aksai Chin area, which was occupied by China during the 1962 war.
In Itanagar, bandh supporters damaged several vehicles including torching a state transport bus and a private vehicle during morning hours.
China's Foreign Ministry said that New Delhi and Beijing have dispute in the eastern section of the boundary and that both the sides are now trying to seek a solution through negotiation.
The longest standoff between the armies of India and China were witnessed in 1987 at the Sumdorong Chu valley in Arunachal Pradesh.
The decision to increase the deployment along the nearly 1,400-km Sino-India border from Sikkim to Arunachal Pradesh was taken after carrying out a detailed analysis of the situation.
China claims Arunachal Pradesh as "South Tibet" and in April Beijing had announced Chinese "standardised" names for six places in retaliation to Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama's visit there.
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