PM Modi visit to Leh will send a strong message to China, say Experts
News | July 03, 2020 12:25 ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi makes a surprise visit to Ladakh, being briefed by senior officials at a forward position in Nimu.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes a surprise visit to Ladakh, being briefed by senior officials at a forward position in Nimu.
Amid an ongoing impasse between India and China at the LAC, PM Modi reached Leh along with CDS General Bipin Rawat. He will be briefed on the present situation in the Eastern Ladakh.
Defence Minister was scheduled to visit Leh tomorrow to review the security situation in Eastern Ladakh, in view of the Chinese aggression along the Line of Actual Control.
India-China are holding another round of Corps Commander-level talks as discussions between the two armies take place in Chushul, in Leh district to resolve the ongoing dispute over Chinese aggression along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh region.
Strict air surveillance continued in Ladakh's Leh on June 26.
Even as talks to de-escalate tension between India and China go on, Army Chief General Manoj Naravane paid a visit to military hospital in Leh and interacted with injured soldiers. Army Chief also spoke with soldiers who were injured in a scuffle between Indian and Chinese armies on June 15.
Army Chief General MM Naravane is in Ladakh on a two-day visit to review the on-ground situation after the face-off between Indian and Chinese soldiers in the Galwan valley in which 20 Indian troops were killed in the line of duty on June 15.
Military chopper and fighter jet activity was seen in Ladakh on June 19. Activity was witnessed amid ongoing situation between China and India after violent face-off in Galwan valley in Ladakh.
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.
Former NSA MK Narayanan said that during his conversations with past Chinese leaders, including former Premier Wen Jiabao, he had gleamed that Beijing appreciates the soft power of India’s civilisational ethos
The comments by the Foreign Ministry spokesman came in the backdrop of the continuing standoff between the militaries of India and China at the Line of Actual Control (LAC)
China's notice comes in the backdrop of a rising number of coronavirus cases in India and the ongoing face-off with troops from the People's Liberation Army (PLA) along the LAC in the Leh region
General MM Naravane held a discussion with Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh upon the return of the Indian Army chief from the Leh border, where Indian and Chinese troops are engaged in a face-off along the Line of Actual Control (LAC)
The Srinagar-Sonamarg-Leh highway has been closed for the vehicular traffic after the area received fresh snowfall at the Zojila pass in the Kashmir Valley, officials said on Friday.
A man from Kargil has tested positive for coronavirus and efforts are being made to trace all his contacts, a senior official said on Thursday.
Total number of coronavirus cases in Ladakh have risen to 13 as 3 new cases were confirmed on Saturday from the newly formed union territory. As per latest reports, 2 persons have tested positive in Leh while another one has contracted the virus in Kargil.
Three more people have tested positive for COVID 19 in Ladakh on Tuesday. Out of three new cases, two have tested positive in Leh and one in Kargil district, taking the total number of positive cases in Ladakh to 6.
A man admitted to a hospital in Leh passed away on Sunday, in what could be the first possible death due to the deadly coronavirus outbreak in the country
An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter Scale jolted Leh in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. The earthquake tremors were felt at 8.34 pm Wednesday night. The depth of the earthquake is said to be about 20 kilometers. The intensity of the earthquake falls in the "moderate" category.
The minimum in Leh town of Ladakh region increased by 2.8 degrees to settle at minus 12.8 degrees Celsius, while Srinagar recorded a low of minus 2.4 degrees Celsius
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