India is planning to enhance its surveillance capabilities and firepower by placing orders for Heron surveillance drones and Spike anti-tank guided missiles from Israel under the emergency financial powers granted by the government.
Corps Commander-level talks between India and China to be held on Tuesday at Chushul in Eastern Ladakh. The talks will focus mainly on the second phase of disengagement along the Line of Actual Control (LAC)
Disengagement between India and China completed at Patrolling Point 17 (Hot Springs) today. With this, disengagement complete at PP-14, PP-15 and PP-17. Chinese Army thinning out in Finger area in Ladakh, news agency ANI reported quoting Indian army sources.
In the first signs of easing tensions along the LAC in eastern Ladakh, China has begun disengaging its troops from flashpoint sites. Armies of India and China will move back in three phases, sources have told India TV.
Locked in a bitter stand-off since last seven weeks, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and Chinese State Councillor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi had a telephone conversation on Sunday. An official communication released today by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) states that the two sides agreed that it was necessary to ensure at the earliest complete disengagement of troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and de-escalation from India-China border areas for full restoration of peace and tranquility.
In an interview with indiatvnews.com, Michael Kugelman said both India and China benefit from each other and would not want to lose out on any opportunities. Kugelman, the deputy director of the Asia Program at the Wilson Center in Washington, stressed that China's actions largely aimed at "telegraphing strength.". Here are some excerpts of the interview:
China has reacted after the surprise visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Ladakh earlier today. In a statement, Zhao Lijian, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson has said, "India and China are in communication and negotiations on lowering the temperatures through military and diplomatic channels. No party should engage in any action that may escalate the situation at this point."
A couple of days after New Delhi banned apps with Chinese links, the Republican leader and Indian American Nikki Haley said that India was continuing to show that it won't back down from a Chinese aggression
Chinese media outlet The Global Times on Wednesday twitted that the loss of Chinese internet company ByteDance, which is the parent company of Tik Tok, could rise upto $6 Billion after India banned 59 Chinese apps.
After Ladakh Standoff china starts giving training to his soldiers in Martial Arts.
Top Indian and Chinese military delegations will meet for the third time in Chushul in Leh district on Tuesday.The meeting will begin at 10:30 a.m.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar has asked alliance partner and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi not to politicise issues of national interest with respect to India-China standoff.
India China standoff: The meeting is taking place in the backdrop of the escalating tension between the two sides after the Galwan Valley clashes on June 15, the most serious cross-border confrontation in the last 45 years.
The sources said Singh told the top military brass to maintain strict vigil on Chinese activities around land border, airspace and in strategic sea lanes, and asked them to adopt a "tough" approach in dealing with any misadventure by Chinese forces.
A government school in Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur district will be named after Sepoy Ankush Thakur who laid down his life in a face-off with China in Ladakh's Galwan valley, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said on Saturday.
India has confirmed that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will participate in a trilateral meeting with his Russian and Chinese counterparts on June 23. The meeting comes amid India's deteriorating relations with China in the aftermath of the Galwan Valley clash between the Indian Army and the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) which led to casualties on both sides.
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has openly criticized China for escalating border situation with India. Calling it a 'rogue actor', Pompeo said that Chinese Community Party wants to undo all the good work done in the world.
Amidst growing tension between India and China, the finance ministry on Friday proposed putting restrictions on foreign investment in pension funds from any of India's bordering countries.
West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC leader Mamata Banerjee said on Friday that the government should not let China enter telecom, railway and aviation sectors.
The Indian Air Force has put all its frontline bases along the 3,500-km de-facto border with China on high alert and moved in additional assets like fighter jets and attack helicopters as part of heightened state of preparedness following the clashes.
Top News
Latest News
